Colloquium Schedule
Colloquia are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM in SR1 634.
| Date | Title | Host |
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| 01/14/25 |
The Hunt for Perpendicular Magnetic Field Measurements in Plasma Dr. Elizabeth Jensen, Planetary Science Institute |
Bering |
| 01/21/25 |
Prof. Jianyi Yang, UH | Chen |
| 01/28/25 |
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| 02/04/25 |
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| 02/11/25 |
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| 02/18/25 |
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| 02/25/25 |
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| 03/04/25 |
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| 03/11/25 |
(Spring Break) | |
| 03/18/25 |
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| 03/25/25 |
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| 04/01/25 |
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| 04/08/25 |
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| 04/15/25 |
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| 04/22/25 |
| Date | Title | Host |
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| 08/20/24 |
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| 08/27/24 |
Cutting-Edge Optical Imaging Technologies for Advancing Medical Diagnostics Prof. Rohith Reddy, UH |
Das |
| 09/03/24 |
Toward Quantum Imaging of Nuclei Prof. Miguel Arratia, UC Riverside |
Bellwied |
| 09/10/24 |
Quantum Information Informed Quantum Algorithms Dr. Yu Zhang, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Bittner |
| 09/17/24 |
Infrared Optics Using Emerging Optical Materials Prof. Mikhail A. Kats, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Das |
| 09/24/24 |
Quantum Vacuum Dressed Materials Prof. Junichiro Kono, Rice University |
Ordonez |
| 10/01/24 |
Low-Cost, In Vivo Microscopy Prof. Dongkyun Kang, University of Arizona |
Das |
| 10/08/24 |
Promises and Challenges in Designing Metal-Organic Chalcogenides for Optoelectronic Applications Prof. Yeongsu Cho, UH |
Bittner |
| 10/15/24 |
In Vivo Microscopy of Microvasculature Following Brain Injury Prof. Andrew Dunn, UT Austin |
Das |
| 10/22/24 |
Modeling Structural Ensembles Of Genomes Dr. Vinicius Contessoto, Rice University |
Morrison |
| 10/29/24 |
Observation of Relaxation Stages In an Out-Of-Equilibrium Closed Quantum System Prof. Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Texas A&M University |
Ordonez |
| 11/05/24 |
Electrocatalysts of Complex Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Prof. Hong Yang, UIUC |
S. Chen |
| 11/12/24 |
RESERVED | Ordonez |
| 11/19/24 |
Dr. Katarina Cicak, NIST | Miller |
| 11/26/24 |
Prof. Lizy Kurian, UT Austin | Varghese |
| Date | Title | Host |
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| 01/16/24 |
(RESCHEDULED) Many-Body Quantum Dynamics of Exciton Polaritons in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Semiconductor Microcavities Prof. Carlos Silva, University of Montreal |
Ordonez |
| 01/22/24 Monday |
Location: HSC 102 @ 2:00 PM Chemical Engineering, by Nature Dr. Thomas Dursch, Springer Nature, USA |
Shi |
| 01/23/24 |
Initial- vs. Final-State Effects in Hadronic Collisions from A-A to e-p to e-A Dr. Dhevan Gangadharan, University of Houston |
Bellwied |
| 01/24/24 Wednesday |
Novel Fabrication of Quantum Wires: Towards Fractionalized Excitations Dr. Tomoya Asaba, Kyoto University, Japan |
X. Chen |
| 01/25/24 Thursday |
Correlated Topological Quantum Materials: Design and Realization Dr. Chandan Setty, Rice University |
Hosur |
| 01/30/24 |
Quarkonia and Ultra-Peripheral Interactions in Heavy-Ion Collisions Dr. Krista Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Bellwied |
| 01/31/24 Wednesday |
Scalable and Patternable Control of Two-Dimensional Materials for Future VLSI Prof. Sidong Lei, Georgia State University |
X. Chen |
| 02/01/24 Thursday |
Exploring Quantum Frontiers: From Hybrid Systems to Novel Phenomena in Light-Matter Interactions Dr. Luiz Santos, Emory University |
Hosur |
| 02/05/24 Monday |
A Tale of Two Pair Density Wave (Pdw) States in a Magnetic Superconductor Dr. He Zhao, Brookhaven National Lab |
X. Chen |
| 02/06/24 |
Band Geometry and Topology in Correlated Quantum Materials Dr. Jiabin Yu, Princeton University |
Hosur |
| 02/07/24 Wednesday |
Room-Temperature and Many-Body Quantum States in Topological Materials Dr. Shafayat Hossain, Princeton University |
X. Chen |
| 02/08/24 Thursday |
Developing Quantum Technologies: From Topology-Based Energy Harvesting to Controlling Superconductors with Supercurrent Dr. Michal Papaj, UC Berkeley |
Hosur |
| 02/12/24 Monday |
How Excitons Met Topology Dr. Ryo Mori, University of Tokyo, Japan |
X. Chen |
| 02/13/24 |
Quantum Adventures Out of Equilibrium: New Topological Order and the Fate of Many Body Localization Dr. Philip Crowley, Harvard University |
Hosur |
| 02/14/24 Wednesday |
A Possible Path to Room-Temperature Superconductivity: From Ambient to High Pressure; from High Pressure to Ambient Again!? Dr. Liangzi Deng, University of Houston |
X. Chen |
| 02/20/24 |
Novel QCD in the Structure of Protons and Nuclei Dr. Thomas Boettcher, University of Cincinnati |
Bellwied |
| 02/22/24 Thursday |
How Do Hadrons Assemble and Melt? — Studying QCD at High Energy Colliders Dr. Wenqing Fan, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
Bellwied |
| 02/27/24 |
Aging and Slow Dynamics in Earth's Carbon Cycle Prof. Dan Rothman, MIT |
Gunaratne |
| 02/29/24 Thursday |
Creation of Fragile Anti-Matter at the LHC Dr. Benjamin Doenigus, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany |
Bellwied |
| 03/05/24 |
Tackling Materials Science Challenges with Extended Ising Models Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa, University of Houston |
Bassler |
| 03/12/24 |
(Spring Break) | |
| 03/18/24 Monday |
Probing strangeness in Neutron Stars using Multimessenger Data Prof. Debarati Chatterjee, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India |
Ratti |
| 03/19/24 |
Entangled Photon Pairs Produced from the Vacuum Within Reach of Superconducting Devices: Analogue of Relativistic Phenomena Dr. Hui Wang, RIKEN, Japan |
Ordonez |
| 03/26/24 |
Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance: Enhancing MRI Signals by >10,000-fold for Real-Time In Vivo Biochemical Imaging and Assessment of Cancer Prof. Lloyd Lumata, UT Dallas |
Das |
| 04/02/24 |
Magnetism in Two-Dimensional Self-Intercalated Van Der Waals Materials Prof. Shixiong Zhang, Indiana University Bloomington |
Deng |
| 04/09/24 |
Breaking Kirchhoff's Law of Thermal Radiation and Its Implications in Energy Applications Prof. Bo Zhao, University of Houston |
Bassler |
| 04/16/24 |
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| 04/23/24 |
"Ungrading" Physics 11: The Parable of the Tether Ball Mr. Miguel Vasquez-Vega and Prof. Hugh Gallagher, Tufts University |
Cherdack |
| 04/25/24 Thursday |
Emergence of Consensus About Classical Reality in a Quantum Universe Dr. Akram Touil, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Mondaini |
| 04/30/24 |
From the Mouth and Nose to the Lungs: Treating Resistant to Antibiotic Infection with Photonic Techniques Prof. Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Texas A&M University |
Das |
| 05/07/24 |
Silicon-Based Nanofabrication and Carbon Nanotechnology Prof. Joseph (Joe) Lyding, UIUC |
Miller |