A Nobel Prize winner will be hosting a free public lecture in Lancashire this month.

American physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate, Professor William D. Phillips, will host a lively and intriguing public lecture at Lancaster University in November.

“Time, Einstein, and the coolest stuff in the universe” is free and open to all and will include visually fascinating experiments and explanations.

Professor Phillips will explore how the measurement of time is being revolutionised through the use of atomic clocks in our everyday lives.

In 1997, Professor Phillips shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for ‘development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light’.

He joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States in 1978 and is a member of the Laser Cooling and Trapping Group of NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory.

Professor Phillips is also a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andy Schofield said: “We’re delighted to welcome Professor Bill Phillips to Lancaster and honoured to have such a world-renowned academic as part of our public lecture series.

“This is an open invite for local residents to visit our welcoming campus and hear from Professor Phillips in this accessible, fun and educational talk.

“The public lecture series is just one of the ways the University engages with our communities, sharing research and its relevance to everyday lives.”

The public lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 23, 6.30pm - 8pm at the Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre on Lancaster University’s Bailrigg campus.

Book your free ticket at Lancaster University's website.