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Physics Department Colloquium

Spring 2023 Schedule

The colloquium schedule for the Spring 2023 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)
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January 23, 2023
Leslie C. Bland
Temple University
Title: Evidence for a QCD accelerator in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
[Abstract]

January 30, 2023
Guru Khalsa
Cornell University

Title: New pathways for control of structure, symmetry, and functionality in condensed matter
[Abstract]

February 20, 2023
Paul Halpern
Saint Joseph's University
Title: Einstein and Schrödinger's Pursuit of a Unified Field Theory
[Abstract]

March 6
No Colloquium
Spring Break

March 13, 2023
Zi-Kui Liu
Pennsylvania State University
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

March 20, 2023
Jim Sauls
Louisiana State University
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

March 27, 2023
Daniel McCarron
University of Connecticut
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

April 3, 2023
Akshay Murthy
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

April 10, 2023
Laura Greene
Florida State University
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

April 17, 2023
Babak Seradjeh
Indiana University Bloomington
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

April 24, 2023
Evelyn Thomson
University of Pennsylvania
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

May 1, 2023
Rosi Reed
Lehigh University
Title: to be announced
[Abstract]

Past Events

Fall 2022 Schedule

August 29, 2022
Mohsen Yeganeh
ExxonMobil
Title: Solid with Infused Reactive Liquid (SWIRL): An Approach to Effective CO2 Capture
[Abstract]


September 5, 2022
No colloquium (Labor Day)

September 12, 2022

Graduate Student Progress Reports
Presenters: TBA

September 19, 2022
Eric Stach
University of Pennsylvania

Title: Exploiting the capabilities for electron and ion microscopy at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology at Penn for condensed matter research
[Abstract]


September 26, 2022
Raju Venugopalan
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: Classical lumps and their quantum descendants in QCD at high energies
[Abstract]


October 3, 2022
Alessandra Lanzara
UC Berkeley
Title: Leveraging local symmetry breaking to engineer novel materials properties
[Abstract]


October 10, 2022
Karsten Heeger
Yale University
​Title: Probing the nature of neutrino mass
[Abstract]


October 17, 2022
​Charles Ahn
Yale University
​Title: Materials Physics of Complex Oxide Interfaces

October 24, 2022

Graduate Student Progress Reports
Presenters: Pradeep Bhetwal, Joseph Delmar, Kefeng Shi
[Abstract]

October 31, 2022
Jim Napolitano
Temple University
Title: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics: a Personal Story from a Non-Expert
[Abstract]


November 7, 2022
Louis DiMauro
Ohio State University
​​Title: Building a Quantum Trajectory Simulator for Studying Strong Field Physics
[Abstract]

November 14, 2022

Brian Kendrick
Los Alamos National Laboratory
​​Title: Quantum dynamics of ultracold chemical reactions:  quantum interference, excited electronic states and long-lived complexes
[Abstract]


November 21, 2022
No colloquium (Thanksgiving Week)

November 28, 2022
Sanfeng Wu

​Princeton University
Title: Luttinger Liquids in a Two-Dimensional Moiré Lattice
[Abstract]


December 5, 2022
Chris Greene
​Purdue University
Title: Universal few-body physics of a few nucleons or a few ultracold atoms
[Abstract]

Spring 2022 Schedule

January 10, 2022
Graduate Student Progress Reports
Presenters: Christopher Cocuzza, Shiqi Ruan, Jay Paudel, and Aaron Kaplan

January 24, 2022
Graduate Student Progress Reports
Presenters: Melanie Cardona, Babu Ram Pokrel, Tanvir Chowdhury, and Jeng-Yuan Tsai

February 7, 2022
Joel Karp
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Advances in PET Scanners Creating New Opportunities for Molecular Imaging

March 7, 2022
Robyn Sanderson
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Building the Milky Way
[Abstract] 


March 21, 2022
Edwin Fohtung 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
​Title: Probing Topological and geometric defects in functional materials
[Abstract]


March 28, 2022
​Jorge Piekarewicz
Florida State University
​Title: Neutron Rich Matter in Heaven and Earth
[Abstract]


April 4, 2022
Morten Eskildsen
University of Notre Dame
​​Title: Using vortices to explore unconventional superconductivity
[Abstract]

April 11, 2022
Jak Chakhalian
 
​Rutgers University 
Title: New Topological States in Synthetic Magnets
[Abstract]

April 18, 2022

Yimin Xu
​American Physical Society 
Title: An Editorial View of Peer Review
[Abstract]

April 25, 2022

Deyu Lu
​Brookhaven National Laboratory 
Title: A new look at X-ray absorption spectral analysis from a data lens
[Abstract]

Fall 2021 Schedule


August 30, 2021
Student Reports
Nick Lukow, Bimal Neupane, Manita Rai, Shuo Jia

October 4, 2021
Jim Freericks 
Georgetown University
Title: Theoretical insights into ultrafast thermometer and the approach to equilibrium in pump/probe experiments

October 11, 2021
Diana Qiu
Yale University
Title: Excitons in Flatland: Exploring and Manipulating Many-body Effects on Optical Excitations and their Dynamics in Low-Dimensional Materials

October 25, 2021
Elke Aschenauer
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: The Electron-Ion Collider: A world-wide unique collider to unravel the mysteries of visible matter 


November 1, 2021
Liang Feng 
University of Pennsylvania
​Title: Non-Hermitian Photonics: New Functionality by Symmetry, New Opportunity beyond Symmetry

November 8, 2021

​Svetlana Kotochigova
Temple University
​Title: Nonadiabatic dynamics in reactive scattering of ultracold atoms and molecules.

November 15, 2021
Yoshitaka Hatta
Brookhaven National Laboratory

​​Title: to be announced

November 29, 2021
Dr.  Dong H. Wu 
​Naval Research Lab 
Title: Identification of chemical and biological molecules using superradiance terahertz pulse

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
[Download Abstract]


April 12, 2021
Matthew Newby
Temple University

​Title: A Review of Recent Findings and Progress in Astronomy
[Download Abstract]


April 26, 2021
Chih-Kang Shih
UT Austin

​Title: Probing and Tuning Interlayer Interactions to Control Electronic and Photonic Properties of 2D Heterostructures
[Download Abstract]

May 3, 2021
Student Reports

Melanie Rehfuss, Chen Zhi, Ruonan Li, Santosh Neupane
[Download Abstract]

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

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
[Download Abstract]


February 3, 2020
Ariel Caticha
University at Albany
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


February 10, 2020
Itamar Kimchi
University of Colorado Boulder / JILA / NIST

​Title: Universal Quantum Entanglement in "Dirty" Quantum Magnets
[Download Abstract]


February 17, 2020
Speaker to be determined
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


February 24, 2020
Speaker to be determined
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


March 9, 2020
Marinos Rrapaj
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


March 16, 2020
Mark Pederson
University of Texas at El Paso

​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


March 23, 2020
Dong Wu
Naval Research Lab
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


March 30, 2020
Anna Grassellino
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


April 6, 2020
Nicolle Zellner
Albion College
​Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


April 13, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]


April 20, 2020
John Perdew
Temple University

​Title: Predictive power of the exact constraints and appropriate norms in density functional theory
[Download Abstract]


April 27, 2020
Speaker to be determined
Title: TBD
[Download Abstract]



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
[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
[Download Abstract]


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
Download Abstract
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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

Download Abstract

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
Download Abstract


February 26, 2018
Maxim Dzero

Kent State University
Title: Far-from-equilibrium superfluidity: quenches and delights
Download Abstract


March 12, 2018
Adrienn Ruzsinszky

Temple University
Title: Merging Green’s Function-based Many-Body and Density Functional Theory for Materials Science
Download Abstract


March 19, 2018
Peter Johnson

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: Shining a light on High Tc Superconductivity
Download Abstract


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
Download Abstract

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
Download Abstract


September 11, 2017
Student Progress Reports

Miguel Abele, Danielle Berish, Burku Duran, and Niladri Sengupta
Download Abstract


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
Download Abstract


October 2, 2017
Xiao-Liang Qi

Stanford University
Title: Entanglement, Chaos and Order
Download Abstract


October 9, 2017
Nuh Gedik
MIT
Title: Optical tuning of electronic valleys
Download Abstract


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
Download Abstract


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

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