Meetings
Meetings
Oakley Group Meetings
Held weekly: Thursday 10am
Room: Chemistry 5.013
Rotation of 2 groups: each in group gives a 10 minute research update, chalk-talk style (no slides, just speaking at the whiteboard with a pen)
Any other business (administrative stuff)
Date
Group
Oct 8, 2026
Ma
Maxime Grasser
La
Lana Francis
Fa
Faith McLeish
Oct 15, 2026
Fa
Faith McLeish
Ff
Ffion Jones
Fa
Fathima Thanha Thazhe Namboorikandy
Oct 22, 2026
Ma
Maxime Grasser
La
Lana Francis
Fa
Faith McLeish
Oct 29, 2026
Fa
Faith McLeish
Ff
Ffion Jones
Fa
Fathima Thanha Thazhe Namboorikandy
Nov 5, 2026
Ma
Maxime Grasser
La
Lana Francis
Fa
Faith McLeish
Nov 12, 2026
Fa
Faith McLeish
Ff
Ffion Jones
Fa
Fathima Thanha Thazhe Namboorikandy
Nov 19, 2026
Ma
Maxime Grasser
La
Lana Francis
Fa
Faith McLeish
Hybrid Oakley/Chilton Group Meetings
Held weekly: Thursday 11am in summer (9am in winter)
Room: Roscoe 4.9
Currently run in conjunction with the
Chilton Group
(Australia National University) in a hybrid format.
One research presentation (on rotation), 25 minutes + questions and feedback.
Expectation: Presentations should be conference-level quality with an introduction + conclusion and acknowledgements slide
Every 4 weeks journal club takes the place of a one research presentation (on rotation; info below)
Coding Club takes place every 12 weeks (takes the place of one Journal club slot)
One person volunteers to present a coding/software tutorial for the group
Group Meeting Rotation
Date
Presenter
24
th
September
Toby
1
st
October
Maxime
8
th
October
Journal Club (Ed)
15
th
October
Reece
22
nd
October
Ben
29
th
October
Lana
5
th
Novermber
Journal Club (Ffion)
12
th
November
Toby
19
th
November
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26
th
November
Ashraful
3
rd
December
Ffion
10
th
December
Fathima
17
th
December
Maxime
24
th
December
Christmas Break
31
st
December
Christmas Break
7
th
January
Christmas Break
14
th
January
21
st
January
Journal/Coding Club Rotation
Date
Main Presenter
8
th
October
Ed
5
th
November
Ffion
3
rd
December
Coding Club TBC
1:1 Meetings
Held weekly in Dover G.023 or via Teams upon request
Purpose:
Discuss research progress in the form of a technical report:
Template
Discussion of anything else relevant to the PhD program (i.e. conferences, papers, progression targets, etc)
Brainstorming solutions and new ideas together