Physics Colloquium Spring 2020
All colloquia take place Thursdays at 1:30 pm in Smith Hall 111, unless otherwise noted. (Schedule for Fall 2019)
Jan 16
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Dr. Eva Andrei Rutgers University Title: The magic of twisted two-dimensional crystals Host: Benjamin Fregoso |
Jan 23
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Ohio State University
Title: The Little Bang Standard Model
Host: Michael Strickland
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Jan 30 | Dr. Jacob Scott Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute Title: Controlling disease evolution: models and experiments on fitness landscapes to understand timescales, trajectories and outcomes Host: Maxim Dzero |
Feb 6
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Dr. Martin Savage University of Washington Title: Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics Host: Michael Strickland |
Feb 13
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Dr. Ertugrul Ozbudak University of Cincinnati Title: Correlated expression of segmentation clock genes drives robust pattern formation during embryonic development Host: Hamza Balci |
Feb 20
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Dr. Paul Canfield Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory Title: Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to Discovering and Understanding New Materials Host: Khandker Quader |
Feb 27
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Dr. Barbara Castanheira Endl Baylor University Title: White Dwarf Stars in the HET Dark Energy Experiment Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Mar 5 | Dr. Rebecca Schulmann Johns Hopkins University Title: Designing nanofluidic circuits and devices with DNA Host: Thorsten Schmidt |
Mar 12 | Kent State University Title: Bottomonium suppression in the quark-gluon plasma Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Mar 19 | Case Western Reserve University Title: From Giant Magnetoresistance to Nonlinear Transport in Quantum Materials – An Exciting Journey with Spin Host: Maxim Dzero |
Mar 26 | No Colloquium: spring break |
Apr 2 | Ohio University Title: Nuclear Reactions: a Few-Body Perspective Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Apr 9 | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Title: Before the Stars Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Apr 16 |
Dr. Michael Strickland
Kent State University Title: Bottomonium suppression in the quark-gluon plasma Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Apr 23 |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Title: TBA Host: Veronica Dexheimer Dr. Hector Da Silva
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title: Neutron stars as fundamental physics laboratories Host: Veronica Dexheimer |
Apr 30
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No Colloquium: finals week |