10月29日，英国伯明翰大学的Prof. Richard E. Palmer前来实验室进行学术交流与访问，并为师生们作“Atomic manipulation by electron injection”的学术报告。
报告人简介：   
 　　Richard Palmer is Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Head of the Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, which he established in 1994 as the first centre for nanoscience in England. The Laboratory’s research interests include nanostructured surfaces, atomic clusters, atomic manipulation and nanofabrication. Professor Palmer obtained his first degree (1983) and PhD (1986) at Cambridge University, where he held 1851, Clare College and Royal Society Research Fellowships. He has held visiting positions at Cornell, Oxford and Harvard Universities and the Technical University of Denmark. He has been elected to Honorary Professorships at the University of Wales, Swansea, Harbin Institute of Technology, China and the Petronas University of Technology, Malaysia. He was awarded the 1996 Charles Vernon Boys Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics and was the Mott Prize Lecturer in 1997 and IoP Ireland Lecturer in 2006. In addition he was founding Chair of the IoP’s Nanoscale Physics and Technology group. He was awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree by Hasselt University, Belgium in 2010. He is the author of ~300 publications and ~20 patent applications and has given more than 200 invited lectures; his work has also featured in ~100 media articles/programs. His research has also led to the formation of four new, spin-off companies since 2005, reflecting the technological and industrial impact of the long term research programs of the Laboratory.