Carleton University’s Faculty of Science will host Nobel Prize winner Art McDonald on Oct. 15, 2015. The esteemed Queen’s University researcher is the former director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO).
Dr. McDonald worked closely with associates from Carleton’s Physics Department, including David Sinclair, who was the SNO deputy director and who was responsible for the construction and initial operation of SNOlab, which grew out of the observatory.
The research group at SNO produced ground-breaking work in detecting neutrinos in the lab two kilometres below the Earth’s surface, providing the first conclusive evidence that neutrinos have mass, something that was long doubted, and that they change their state.
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Members of the Carleton community and media are invited to attend. Media will be able to ask questions during a Q & A session during the event. Also available will be Carleton’s VP Research Nimal Rajapakse, Dean of Science Malcolm Butler and Dr. Sinclair. They will be available for one-on-one’s following the formal proceedings.
When: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: River Building Conference Rooms, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Parking: Free parking is available to media. Please put your media credentials on your dashboards.
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