Andrew Chamblin, friend and colleague to many past and present members of the Gravitation & Relativity Group, died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2006 at the very early age of 36.
Friends and relatives of Andrew have joined together to commemorate his memory by forming the Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture Fund with the intention of funding an annual lecture to be given in DAMTP on a subject of relevance to Andrew's life and work.
Anyone wishing to contribute to the fund should complete either the UK or US gift form available below:
- UK Gift Form (please return to the Cambridge Development Office):
- PDF format; MS Word format
- US Gift Form (please return to Cambridge in America):
- PDF format; MS Word format.
Contributions for UK tax payers are eligible for the Gift Aid scheme which means that a donation of £100 attracts a further £25 from the UK Treasury.
Alternatively, the relevant forms can be obtained by contacting the GR secretary, or the Cambridge Development Office, 1 Quayside, Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AB, or Cambridge in America, PO Box 9123 JAF BLG, New York, NY 10087-9123, naming the fund.
The 17th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Illuminating the Dark Universe with Gravitational Waves", was given by Professor Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) at 5pm GMT on Tuesday 14th November 2023 at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. The lecture was also livestreamed online. [video]
The 16th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Black Holes, Thermodynamics and Information Loss", was given by Professor Robert Wald at 5pm on Friday 4th November 2022 at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, and was also livestreamed online. [video]
The 15th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "From the possibility to the certainty of a supermassive black hole", was given online by Professor Andrea Ghez, Nobel Laureate, at 5pm GMT on Wednesday November 3rd 2021. [video]
The 14th Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Infinite Phase Space and the Two-Headed Arrow of Time", was given online by Professor Alan Guth at 5pm GMT on Friday 18th December 2020. [video]
The 13th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "What Are We? Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going?", was given by Professor John Ellis FRS at 5pm on Wednesday 20th March 2019 in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The 12th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Observing Black Holes in Quantum Mechanics", was given by Professor Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel Laureate, at 5pm on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. [video]
The 11th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves: LIGO and Beyond", was given by Professor Kip Thorne at 5pm on Tuesday 23rd May 2017 in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. [video]
The 10th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Memorial Lecture, entitled "Harnessing the Quantum World", was given by Professor Raymond Laflamme at 5pm on Wednesday 16th March 2016 in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The 9th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Memorial Lecture, entitled "A Beautiful Question", was given by Professor Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, at 5pm on Tuesday 10th March 2015 in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The 8th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture , entitled "The Pointless Universe," was given by Professor Michael Green FRS in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge at 5pm on Thursday 13th March 2014. [video]
The 7th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "The Infinity Puzzle - From the Higgs Boson to the LHC", was given by Professor Frank Close OBE at 5pm on Friday 15th March 2013 in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge. [video]
The 6th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "On the Shoulders of Eastern Giants: The Forgotten Contribution of Medieval Physicists", was given by Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE at 5pm on Friday 16th March 2012 in the the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge. [video]
The 5th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos", was given by Professor Brian Greene at 5pm on Friday 18th March 2011 in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge. [video not available, sorry]
The 4th annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "The Amazing Diversity of Planetary Systems", was given by Professor Michel Mayor at 5pm on Monday 10th May 2010 in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The 3rd annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "How Many Universes Are There?", was given by Professor Paul Davies AM at 5pm on Monday 4th May 2009 in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The 2nd annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Deep Questions of Cosmology: Did Something Happen Before the Big Bang?", was given by Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS at 3pm on Friday 27th June 2008, in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. [video]
The inaugural Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture took place in Lady Mitchell Hall in Cambridge at 4.30pm on Wednesday 9th May 2007 and was given by Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS. Professor Hawking spoke on Out of a Black Hole. [video not available, sorry]
The Andrew Chamblin Memorial Conference was held at Trinity College, Cambridge on Saturday, October 14, 2006.