{"id":2484,"date":"2026-03-03T16:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:49:42","slug":"ul-team-at-iop-spring-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/ul-team-at-iop-spring-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UL Team at IOP Spring Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IOP-Spring-meeting.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Left to right: Agata Pytel, Mohammed Rafi-Uddin, Niamh Hickey, Eoghan Collins, Robert Guest, Lin Lyu, Tara Ryan &amp; Suzad Mohammad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong contingent of researchers from the University of Limerick recently showcased their excellence at the <strong>Institute of Physics (IOP)<\/strong> Spring Conference in Waterford on Feb 27-28, 2026. Representing a diverse range of topics within Physics, these talented researchers highlighted the vital contributions they are making in science today. UL also played a prominent role in the prestigious <strong>Rosse Medal<\/strong> competition, which celebrates the best in postgraduate science communication. This year, the top honour was awarded to UL\u2019s very own <strong>Tara Ryan<\/strong>, pictured 2nd for the right, marking a proud moment for the university and further affirming its commitment to supporting and championing women in STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Left to right: Agata Pytel, Mohammed Rafi-Uddin, Niamh Hickey, Eoghan Collins, Robert Guest, Lin Lyu, Tara Ryan &amp; Suzad Mohammad A strong contingent of researchers <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/ul-team-at-iop-spring-conference-2026\/\" title=\"UL Team at IOP Spring Conference 2026\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1683,\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BeeGates01-1.mp4\"><img src=\"http:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BeeGates01-1.mp4\" alt=\"Bee Hive Gates\" class=\"wp-image-1683\"\/><\/a><figcaption>A 25x macro lens shoot with iphonr 6 of gated hive entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-primary-science"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiaphysics.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}