Physics Department Colloquium
Fall 2021 Schedule
The colloquium schedule for the Fall 2021 semester is as shown below. Additional speakers and titles will be posted as they become available. Click on each title to see the corresponding announcement containing the related abstract.
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: SERC 116 (unless otherwise indicated below)
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: SERC 116 (unless otherwise indicated below)
August 30, 2021
Student Reports
Nick Lukow, Bimal Neupane, Manita Rai, Shuo Jia
October 4, 2021
Jim Freericks
Georgetown University
Title: to be announced
October 11, 2021
Diana Qiu
Yale University
Title: to be announced
October 25, 2021
Elke Aschenauer
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: to be announced
November 8, 2021
Liang Feng
University of Pennsylvania
Title: to be announced
November 15, 2021
Yoshitaka Hatta
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: to be announced
November 29, 2021
Student Reports: to be announced
Student Reports
Nick Lukow, Bimal Neupane, Manita Rai, Shuo Jia
October 4, 2021
Jim Freericks
Georgetown University
Title: to be announced
October 11, 2021
Diana Qiu
Yale University
Title: to be announced
October 25, 2021
Elke Aschenauer
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: to be announced
November 8, 2021
Liang Feng
University of Pennsylvania
Title: to be announced
November 15, 2021
Yoshitaka Hatta
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: to be announced
November 29, 2021
Student Reports: to be announced
Past Events
Spring 2021 Schedule
January 25, 2021
Student Reports
Basu Dev Oli, Shiqi Ruan, Christopher Cocuzza, Xiao Yuan
February 1, 2021
Rongjia Tao
Temple University
Title: Disassembling Blood Clots and Improving Blood Oxygenation with Magnetorheology to Help Covid-19 Patients
February 8, 2021
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
Title: Lunar Impact Glasses: Big Science from Small Samples
February 15, 2021
Ernst Sichtermann
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: Recent Results from the High-Energy Spin-Physics Program at RHIC
March 1, 2021
Robert Jaffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Physics and Energy
March 15, 2021
Wonmuk Hwang
Texas A&M University
Title: Defense against pathogens by T-cells empowered by mechanical force
April 5, 2021
Hanghui Chen
New York University
Title: Emergent Phenomena in Correlated Complex Oxides
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April 12, 2021
Matthew Newby
Temple University
Title: A Review of Recent Findings and Progress in Astronomy
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April 26, 2021
Chih-Kang Shih
UT Austin
Title: Probing and Tuning Interlayer Interactions to Control Electronic and Photonic Properties of 2D Heterostructures
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May 3, 2021
Student Reports
Melanie Rehfuss, Chen Zhi, Ruonan Li, Santosh Neupane
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Student Reports
Basu Dev Oli, Shiqi Ruan, Christopher Cocuzza, Xiao Yuan
February 1, 2021
Rongjia Tao
Temple University
Title: Disassembling Blood Clots and Improving Blood Oxygenation with Magnetorheology to Help Covid-19 Patients
February 8, 2021
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
Title: Lunar Impact Glasses: Big Science from Small Samples
February 15, 2021
Ernst Sichtermann
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: Recent Results from the High-Energy Spin-Physics Program at RHIC
March 1, 2021
Robert Jaffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Physics and Energy
March 15, 2021
Wonmuk Hwang
Texas A&M University
Title: Defense against pathogens by T-cells empowered by mechanical force
April 5, 2021
Hanghui Chen
New York University
Title: Emergent Phenomena in Correlated Complex Oxides
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April 12, 2021
Matthew Newby
Temple University
Title: A Review of Recent Findings and Progress in Astronomy
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April 26, 2021
Chih-Kang Shih
UT Austin
Title: Probing and Tuning Interlayer Interactions to Control Electronic and Photonic Properties of 2D Heterostructures
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May 3, 2021
Student Reports
Melanie Rehfuss, Chen Zhi, Ruonan Li, Santosh Neupane
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Fall 2020 Schedule
August 31, 2020
Alexander Gray
Temple University
Title: Future Directions in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Standing-Waves, Bulk Sensitivity and Time Resolution
September 14, 2020
Student Progress Reports
September 21, 2020
Student Progress Reports
October 19, 2020
Abhay Deshpande
Stony Brook University / BNL
Title: To be announced
October 26, 2020
Martha Constantinou
Temple University
Title: To be announced
November 2, 2020
Mark Pederson
University of Texas at El Paso
Title: To be announced
November 9, 2020
Qimin Yan
Temple University
Title: To be announced
November 16, 2020
Darius Torchinsky
Temple University
Title: To be announced
Alexander Gray
Temple University
Title: Future Directions in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Standing-Waves, Bulk Sensitivity and Time Resolution
September 14, 2020
Student Progress Reports
September 21, 2020
Student Progress Reports
October 19, 2020
Abhay Deshpande
Stony Brook University / BNL
Title: To be announced
October 26, 2020
Martha Constantinou
Temple University
Title: To be announced
November 2, 2020
Mark Pederson
University of Texas at El Paso
Title: To be announced
November 9, 2020
Qimin Yan
Temple University
Title: To be announced
November 16, 2020
Darius Torchinsky
Temple University
Title: To be announced
Spring 2020 Schedule
January 13, 2020
Student Progress Reports
Santosh Adhikari
Huta Banjade
Francesco Granato
Kamal Wagle
January 27, 2020
John Tse
University of Saskatchewan
Title: Wonders of High Pressure Physics and Chemistry
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February 3, 2020
Ariel Caticha
University at Albany
Title: TBD
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February 10, 2020
Itamar Kimchi
University of Colorado Boulder / JILA / NIST
Title: Universal Quantum Entanglement in "Dirty" Quantum Magnets
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February 17, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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February 24, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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March 9, 2020
Marinos Rrapaj
Title: TBD
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March 16, 2020
Mark Pederson
University of Texas at El Paso
Title: TBD
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March 23, 2020
Dong Wu
Naval Research Lab
Title: TBD
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March 30, 2020
Anna Grassellino
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Title: TBD
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April 6, 2020
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
Title: TBD
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April 13, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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April 20, 2020
John Perdew
Temple University
Title: Predictive power of the exact constraints and appropriate norms in density functional theory
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April 27, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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Student Progress Reports
Santosh Adhikari
Huta Banjade
Francesco Granato
Kamal Wagle
January 27, 2020
John Tse
University of Saskatchewan
Title: Wonders of High Pressure Physics and Chemistry
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February 3, 2020
Ariel Caticha
University at Albany
Title: TBD
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February 10, 2020
Itamar Kimchi
University of Colorado Boulder / JILA / NIST
Title: Universal Quantum Entanglement in "Dirty" Quantum Magnets
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February 17, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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February 24, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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March 9, 2020
Marinos Rrapaj
Title: TBD
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March 16, 2020
Mark Pederson
University of Texas at El Paso
Title: TBD
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March 23, 2020
Dong Wu
Naval Research Lab
Title: TBD
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March 30, 2020
Anna Grassellino
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Title: TBD
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April 6, 2020
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
Title: TBD
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April 13, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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April 20, 2020
John Perdew
Temple University
Title: Predictive power of the exact constraints and appropriate norms in density functional theory
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April 27, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
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Spring 2019 Schedule
January 14, 2019
Steven Anlage
University of Maryland, College Park
Title: When Waves Meet Chaos: A Clash of Paradigms
January 28, 2019
Roxanne Springer
Duke University
Title: Feynmanʼs Footprints: Quantum Field Theory in Nuclear and Particle Physics
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February 4, 2018
Charlotte Elster
Ohio University
Title: Let’s go Skating … and do some Physics on the Ice
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February 11, 2018
Kat Barger
Texas Christian University
Title: Large-scale Galactic Ouflows and Tidal Processes of the Magellanic Cloud Galaxies
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February 18, 2018
Michele Pavanello
Rutgers University
Title: Open Quantum Subsystem Dynamics in Liquids and Molecules at Surfaces
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February 25, 2018
Rob Meulenberg
University of Maine
Title: The Electronic Structure of Artificial Atoms (Quantum Dots): An Exercise in Applied Quantum Mechanics
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March 11, 2018
Daniel Savin
Columbia University
Title: Laboratory Astrophysics Studies along the Cosmic Cycle of Gas
March 18, 2018
Long-Qing Chen
Penn State University
Title: Computational Understanding and Prediction of Polar States in Ferroelectric Heterostructures Using Phase-field Method
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March 25, 2018
Norman Wagner
University of Delaware
Title: Rigidity Percolation, Gelation, and Glass Transitions of Spherical & Anisotropic Colloidal Suspensions with Thermo-reversible Short-range Attractions
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April 1, 2018
Doerte Blume
University of Oklahoma
Title: Density Oscillations Induced by Individual Ultracold Two-Body Collisions
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April 8, 2018
Jon Lawrence
University of California, Irvine
Title: Neutron Scattering in Intermediate Valence Compounds
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April 15, 2018
Weili Luo
University of Central Florida
Temple: Magnetically Localizing Heat in a Quasi 1D Magnetic Fluid
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April 22, 2018
Predrag Nikolic
George Mason University
Title: Topological Magnetism
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April 29, 2018
John Bush
MIT
Title: Pilot-Wave Hydrodynamics
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Steven Anlage
University of Maryland, College Park
Title: When Waves Meet Chaos: A Clash of Paradigms
January 28, 2019
Roxanne Springer
Duke University
Title: Feynmanʼs Footprints: Quantum Field Theory in Nuclear and Particle Physics
[Download Abstract]
February 4, 2018
Charlotte Elster
Ohio University
Title: Let’s go Skating … and do some Physics on the Ice
[Download Abstract]
February 11, 2018
Kat Barger
Texas Christian University
Title: Large-scale Galactic Ouflows and Tidal Processes of the Magellanic Cloud Galaxies
[Download Abstract]
February 18, 2018
Michele Pavanello
Rutgers University
Title: Open Quantum Subsystem Dynamics in Liquids and Molecules at Surfaces
[Download Abstract]
February 25, 2018
Rob Meulenberg
University of Maine
Title: The Electronic Structure of Artificial Atoms (Quantum Dots): An Exercise in Applied Quantum Mechanics
[Download Abstract]
March 11, 2018
Daniel Savin
Columbia University
Title: Laboratory Astrophysics Studies along the Cosmic Cycle of Gas
March 18, 2018
Long-Qing Chen
Penn State University
Title: Computational Understanding and Prediction of Polar States in Ferroelectric Heterostructures Using Phase-field Method
[Download Abstract]
March 25, 2018
Norman Wagner
University of Delaware
Title: Rigidity Percolation, Gelation, and Glass Transitions of Spherical & Anisotropic Colloidal Suspensions with Thermo-reversible Short-range Attractions
[Download Abstract]
April 1, 2018
Doerte Blume
University of Oklahoma
Title: Density Oscillations Induced by Individual Ultracold Two-Body Collisions
[Download Abstract]
April 8, 2018
Jon Lawrence
University of California, Irvine
Title: Neutron Scattering in Intermediate Valence Compounds
[Download Abstract]
April 15, 2018
Weili Luo
University of Central Florida
Temple: Magnetically Localizing Heat in a Quasi 1D Magnetic Fluid
[Download Abstract]
April 22, 2018
Predrag Nikolic
George Mason University
Title: Topological Magnetism
[Download Abstract]
April 29, 2018
John Bush
MIT
Title: Pilot-Wave Hydrodynamics
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Fall 2018 Schedule
September 17, 2018
Student Progress Reports
H. R. Banjade, B. Lu, D. Berish, and S. Adhikari
September 24, 2018
Donald Jones
Temple University
Title: Neutrino Physics and the PROSPECT Experiment
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October 29, 2018
Scott A. Chambers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Title: Direct Measurement of Band Edge Profiles at Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Heterojunctions
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Student Progress Reports
H. R. Banjade, B. Lu, D. Berish, and S. Adhikari
September 24, 2018
Donald Jones
Temple University
Title: Neutrino Physics and the PROSPECT Experiment
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October 29, 2018
Scott A. Chambers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Title: Direct Measurement of Band Edge Profiles at Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Heterojunctions
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Spring 2018 Schedule
January 22, 2018
Student Progress Reports
Colin Lauer, Kanishka Wijesekara, Weibing Yang, Lixin Zheng
January 29, 2018
Rongjia Tao
Temple University
Title: Applying Magneto-Rheology to Reduce Blood Viscosity, Suppress Turbulence, Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes
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February 5, 2018
Student Progress Reports
Arian Arab, William Henry, Eric Lechner, Chandra Bahadur Shahi
February 12, 2018
Student Progress Reports
Ravini Chandrasena, Francesco Granato, Leila Kasaei, Dan Trainer
February 19, 2018
Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
Drexel University
Title: Detecting Cosmic Neutrinos with IceCube at the South Pole
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February 26, 2018
Maxim Dzero
Kent State University
Title: Far-from-equilibrium superfluidity: quenches and delights
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March 12, 2018
Adrienn Ruzsinszky
Temple University
Title: Merging Green’s Function-based Many-Body and Density Functional Theory for Materials Science
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March 19, 2018
Peter Johnson
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: Shining a light on High Tc Superconductivity
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March 26, 2018
Bogdan Andrei Bernevig
Princeton University
Title: Topological Quantum Chemistry
April 2, 2018
Jeff Wereszczynski
IIT
Title: Exploring the Relationship Between the Structure, Function, and Dynamics of Biomolecular Complexes
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April 9, 2018
Karl Jansen
DESY
Title: The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: the tensor network approach
April 16, 2018
Richard Jones
University of Connecticut
Title: Search for Gluonic Resonances with GlueX
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April 23, 2018
Benjamin Seibold
Temple University
Title: Traffic Waves, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Future of Traffic Modeling
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April 30, 2018
David Prendergast
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: TBA
Student Progress Reports
Colin Lauer, Kanishka Wijesekara, Weibing Yang, Lixin Zheng
January 29, 2018
Rongjia Tao
Temple University
Title: Applying Magneto-Rheology to Reduce Blood Viscosity, Suppress Turbulence, Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes
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February 5, 2018
Student Progress Reports
Arian Arab, William Henry, Eric Lechner, Chandra Bahadur Shahi
February 12, 2018
Student Progress Reports
Ravini Chandrasena, Francesco Granato, Leila Kasaei, Dan Trainer
February 19, 2018
Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
Drexel University
Title: Detecting Cosmic Neutrinos with IceCube at the South Pole
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February 26, 2018
Maxim Dzero
Kent State University
Title: Far-from-equilibrium superfluidity: quenches and delights
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March 12, 2018
Adrienn Ruzsinszky
Temple University
Title: Merging Green’s Function-based Many-Body and Density Functional Theory for Materials Science
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March 19, 2018
Peter Johnson
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: Shining a light on High Tc Superconductivity
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March 26, 2018
Bogdan Andrei Bernevig
Princeton University
Title: Topological Quantum Chemistry
April 2, 2018
Jeff Wereszczynski
IIT
Title: Exploring the Relationship Between the Structure, Function, and Dynamics of Biomolecular Complexes
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April 9, 2018
Karl Jansen
DESY
Title: The Quest for Solving Quantum Chromodynamics: the tensor network approach
April 16, 2018
Richard Jones
University of Connecticut
Title: Search for Gluonic Resonances with GlueX
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April 23, 2018
Benjamin Seibold
Temple University
Title: Traffic Waves, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Future of Traffic Modeling
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April 30, 2018
David Prendergast
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Title: TBA
Fall 2017 Schedule
August 28, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Pratikkumar Dhuvad, Amani Kraishan, Abhirup Patra and Kazi Tawhid-Al-Islam
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September 11, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Miguel Abele, Danielle Berish, Burku Duran, and Niladri Sengupta
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September 18, 2017
David B. Kaplan
University of Washington
Title: Computing Reality
September 25, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Benjamin Agyare, Huta Banjade, Samuel Kim, Wenura Withanage
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October 2, 2017
Xiao-Liang Qi
Stanford University
Title: Entanglement, Chaos and Order
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October 9, 2017
Nuh Gedik
MIT
Title: Optical tuning of electronic valleys
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October 16, 2017
Phillip Duxbury
Michigan State University
Title: The new era of femtosecond materials physics: From making the molecular movie to engineering of topological states
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October 23, 2017
Dale Van Harlingen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: S-TI-S (Superconductor-Topological Insulator-Superconductor) Josephson junction networks: a platform for exploring and exploiting topological states and Majorana fermions
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October 30, 2017
Kyle Shen
Cornell University
Title: Shedding Light on Quantum Materials
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November 6, 2017
Marianna Safronova
University of Delaware
Title: Search for new physics with atomic clocks
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November 13, 2017
Eite Tiesinga
NIST and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
Title: Interferometry with ultracold atomic gasses
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November 27, 2017
Kendall Mahn
Michigan State University
Title: Neutrinos and Accelerators
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December 4, 2017
Eric Hudson
UCLA
Title: Boltzmann's Beating
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Student Progress Reports
Pratikkumar Dhuvad, Amani Kraishan, Abhirup Patra and Kazi Tawhid-Al-Islam
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September 11, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Miguel Abele, Danielle Berish, Burku Duran, and Niladri Sengupta
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September 18, 2017
David B. Kaplan
University of Washington
Title: Computing Reality
September 25, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Benjamin Agyare, Huta Banjade, Samuel Kim, Wenura Withanage
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October 2, 2017
Xiao-Liang Qi
Stanford University
Title: Entanglement, Chaos and Order
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October 9, 2017
Nuh Gedik
MIT
Title: Optical tuning of electronic valleys
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October 16, 2017
Phillip Duxbury
Michigan State University
Title: The new era of femtosecond materials physics: From making the molecular movie to engineering of topological states
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October 23, 2017
Dale Van Harlingen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: S-TI-S (Superconductor-Topological Insulator-Superconductor) Josephson junction networks: a platform for exploring and exploiting topological states and Majorana fermions
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October 30, 2017
Kyle Shen
Cornell University
Title: Shedding Light on Quantum Materials
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November 6, 2017
Marianna Safronova
University of Delaware
Title: Search for new physics with atomic clocks
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November 13, 2017
Eite Tiesinga
NIST and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
Title: Interferometry with ultracold atomic gasses
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November 27, 2017
Kendall Mahn
Michigan State University
Title: Neutrinos and Accelerators
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December 4, 2017
Eric Hudson
UCLA
Title: Boltzmann's Beating
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Spring 2017 Schedule
January 23, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Arian Arab, Hamza Atac, Reginald Fisher, and Eric Lechner
January 30, 2017
Goran Mihajlović
Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA
Title: Physics and applications of spin torque magnetic random access memories
February 6, 2017
Xi-Cheng Zhang
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Title: Extreme THz Science
February 13, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Ravini Chandrasena, Daniel Olvitt, Chandra Shahi, and Mannix Shinn
February 20, 2017
Kent Paschke
Physics Department, University of Virginia
Title: Modern Measurements of Parity Violation with Electron Scattering
February 27, 2017
Leonard C. Feldman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University
Title: Electronic Materials: Past, Present and Future
March 6, 2017
Svetlana Kotochigova
Physics Department, Temple University
Title: Novel states of matter with ultracold magnetic lanthanides
March 20, 2017
Tetsuo Hanaguri
RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan
Title: Spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling spectroscopy on unconventional superconductors
March 27, 2017
Cullen Blake
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Title: Searching for Earth-Like Planets Beyond the Solar System
April 3, 2017
Dimitri N. Basov
Physics Department, Columbia University
Title: Quantum materials: insights from near field nano-optics
April 10, 2017
Johnpierre Paglione
Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland
Title: Beyond Triplet - Experimental Evidence of High-Spin Superconductivity
April 17, 2017
Dr. Craig Roberts
Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Why is the proton 2000-times heavier than the electron?
April 24, 2017
Student Progress Reports
William Henry, Thomas Melbourne, Dan Trainer, Leila Kasaei
May 1, 2017
Joseph A. Formaggio
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Weighing Neutrinos
Student Progress Reports
Arian Arab, Hamza Atac, Reginald Fisher, and Eric Lechner
January 30, 2017
Goran Mihajlović
Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA
Title: Physics and applications of spin torque magnetic random access memories
February 6, 2017
Xi-Cheng Zhang
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Title: Extreme THz Science
February 13, 2017
Student Progress Reports
Ravini Chandrasena, Daniel Olvitt, Chandra Shahi, and Mannix Shinn
February 20, 2017
Kent Paschke
Physics Department, University of Virginia
Title: Modern Measurements of Parity Violation with Electron Scattering
February 27, 2017
Leonard C. Feldman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University
Title: Electronic Materials: Past, Present and Future
March 6, 2017
Svetlana Kotochigova
Physics Department, Temple University
Title: Novel states of matter with ultracold magnetic lanthanides
March 20, 2017
Tetsuo Hanaguri
RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Japan
Title: Spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling spectroscopy on unconventional superconductors
March 27, 2017
Cullen Blake
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Title: Searching for Earth-Like Planets Beyond the Solar System
April 3, 2017
Dimitri N. Basov
Physics Department, Columbia University
Title: Quantum materials: insights from near field nano-optics
April 10, 2017
Johnpierre Paglione
Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland
Title: Beyond Triplet - Experimental Evidence of High-Spin Superconductivity
April 17, 2017
Dr. Craig Roberts
Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Why is the proton 2000-times heavier than the electron?
April 24, 2017
Student Progress Reports
William Henry, Thomas Melbourne, Dan Trainer, Leila Kasaei
May 1, 2017
Joseph A. Formaggio
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Weighing Neutrinos