Previous Events
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| Special Colloquium: Vision for National Neutron Scattering Center at the Future NextGen MURR Reactor |
Abstract: The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) has long been recognized as a crucial resource on the MU campus for a wide range of nuclear science and technologies. It has been a major driver for research in archaeometry, radiochemistry, analytical… Show more Speaker: Prof. Tom Heitmann, MU Research Reactor |
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| Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective |
Abstract: The "glass problem" is nontrivial in a unique sense: unlike many other problems in physics, there is no established theoretical framework in which to pose it cleanly. In daily life, amorphous solids and glasses are no less (and arguably more) prevalent than… Show more Speaker: Prof. Zohar Nussinov, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium: How superconducting qubits work |
Abstract: This talk will cover the physical principles behind the winning qubit design -- the transmon -- and its derivatives. I will review the factors that limit the qubit coherence, and the ongoing efforts to mitigate them. We will also explore… Show more Speaker: Prof. Leonid Glazman, Yale University |
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| Phonon Thermal Hall Effect in Quantum Materials |
Abstract: As a thermal analog of the electrical Hall effect, the thermal Hall effect has emerged as a powerful probe in detecting charge-neutral excitations in insulating materials. Phonons, unlike magnons, were long believed to be incapable of generating a thermal… Show more Speaker: Prof. Lu Chen, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| (Dissertation Defense) New Insights into Galaxy Evolution -- a Quartet of JWST Studies | Speaker: Bangzheng (Tom) Sun |
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| Inverting Biophysics: From Function to Ensembles |
Abstract: Most of computational biology is predicated upon the sequence → structure → function → phenotype paradigm. Thanks to artificial intelligence and the availability of data at various scales, researchers have been trying to bridge gaps between the… Show more Speaker: Prof. Abhishek Singharoy, Arizona State University |
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| Electrons Going Nonlinear: Second-order Corrections to Ohm’s Law in 2D Materials |
Abstract: The history of nonlinear responses in physics is long and rich. Although they were first considered as early as 1968, only recently quadratic-in-electric-field corrections to Ohm’s law begun to regain attention. In the age of topology in condensed matter… Show more Speaker: Dmitry V. Chichinadze, Edwin Thompson Jaynes Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| (Comprehensive Exam) A Comparative Study of Methods for Calculating the Figures of Rotating Giant Planets | Speaker: Kishlay Singh |
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| Emerging Opportunities in 2D Ferroic and Multiferroic Materials and Devices |
Two-dimensional (2D) layered van der Waals (vdW) ferroics (e.g., ferromagnets [1,2] and ferroelectrics [3]) are atomic-thin crystalline flatlands with long-range ferroic order. Given that these functional materials are mechanically flexible, optically transparent,… Show more Speaker: Prof. Cheng Gong, University of Maryland |
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| Strong Correlations in 2D Anisotropic Moiré Superlattices |
Abstract: Electrons in many solid materials, despite of their Coulomb interactions, can be qualitatively treated as non-interacting quasiparticles, a concept central to Fermi-liquid theory, established by Lev Landau in the 1950s. However, an increasing number of… Show more Speaker: Prof. Pengjie Wang, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| AGNs, Black Holes, and Their Host Galaxies at Cosmic Noon | Speaker: Vicki Kuhn |
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| Controlling Adsorption: From Free Energy Landscapes to Materials Design |
Abstract: Phase transitions, metastability, and hysteresis in porous materials remain some of the most elusive phenomena in adsorption science — difficult to predict, and even harder to control. Yet controlling them is essential: hysteresis limits the efficiency of… Show more Speaker: Dr. Filip Formalik, Northwestern University |
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| Precision semiconductor technology from molecular vapors and machine learning |
This talk examines the use of deposition processes involving molecular vapors in precision control of materials for semiconductor applications. Recent work from our group has employed (1) oxidative molecular layer deposition (oMLD) to synthesize sequence-controlled… Show more Speaker: Prof. Matthias Young, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri |
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| Feedback Signatures and Implications for the Central Engine in AGN Revealed by JWST Spectroscopy | Speaker: Dr. Lulu Zhang (University of Texas, San Antonio) |
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| Gravitational Multipoles as Probes of Giant Planet Interiors | Speaker: Prof. Sergei Kopeikin |
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| Controlling quantum states in materials with light |
Abstract: Recent advances in laser technology allow for higher levels of quantum state control in materials. After a survey of recent experimental results, I will describe recent theoretical studies from my group exploring different mechanisms of quantum state… Show more Speaker: Prof. Gregory Fiete, Northeastern University |
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| GALEX + JWST: An investigation of star-forming galaxies in the low-z universe | Speaker: Harold Diaz-Quiroz |
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| (Special Seminar) Do time delay effects explain galactic rotation curves? | Speaker: Prof. Thomas Curtright (University of Miami) |
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| Non-Equilibrium and Entropy-Driven Transport Physics in Multicomponent Materials under Extreme Conditions |
Non-Equilibrium and Entropy-Driven Transport Physics in Multicomponent Materials under Extreme Conditions Chaochao Dun (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)Abstract: Functional stability under extreme thermal, chemical, mechanical, and irradiation… Show more Speaker: Chaochao Dun, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| Light across space and phase: creating spin-photon interfaces and probing single-photon emitters |
Light across space and phase: creating spin-photon interfaces and probing single-photon emitters Feng PanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University Abstract:In quantum technologies, room-temperature photonic devices—such as quantum… Show more Speaker: Feng Pan Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University |
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| Lyman-α as an Observational Probe of Reionization in the JWST Era: Challenges and Pathways Forward | Speaker: Mason Huberty (University of Minnesota) |
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| Novel phases and dynamics of highly frustrated quantum systems |
Abstract: We know from everyday life that a collection of atoms organizes itself into a solid, liquid, or gas, depending on the external conditions. But how do many interacting electrons organize themselves, and collectively evolve with time? This question has… Show more Speaker: Prof. Hitesh Changlani, Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory |
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| Unlocking New Pathways for Translational Biophotonic Diagnostics: From Static Plasmonic and Stochastic Colloidal Assays to Quantum Polaritonic Sensing |
Abstract: Biological systems function through intricate yet well-balanced biomolecular processes. Probing critical bioanalytes, such as protein biomarkers, therapeutic drugs, and metabolites, provides a powerful lens into human health and bioprocess performance, as… Show more Speaker: Dr. Peng Zheng, Johns Hopkins University |
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| SPT-selected protoclusters and the early emergence of the hot intracluster gas | Speaker: Dazhi Zhou (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
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| Tuning Charge and Ion Transport in Polymer Blends for Bioelectronic and Electrochemical Systems |
Abstract: Functional polymers provide a versatile platform for engineering materials in which ionic, electronic, and mass transport can be tuned through controlled nanostructure. Yet achieving predictive performance in these systems requires… Show more Speaker: Dr. Masoud Ghasemi, Penn State University |
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| Advancing Ultrafast Optical Microscopy Imaging to Visualize Nanoscale Photophysics |
Abstract: Key functional phenomena - from vision and photosynthesis to advanced optoelectronics and photonics - originate from ultrafast microscopic photophysical dynamics. Macroscopic properties emerge from electronic and structural evolution, often occurring on… Show more Speaker: Dr. Elham Ghadiri, Wake Forest University |
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| The saga of the Hall effects |
One hundred and forty seven years after Edwin Hall's discovery of the classic effect in which an electric potential difference is generated across an electric current, different versions of the Hall effect continue to fascinate and are at the very heart of… Show more Speaker: Prof. Giovanni Vignale, University of Missouri |
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| Prospect of detecting supernovae at high redshifts | Speaker: Prof. Haojing Yan |
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| Electronic Correlations and Topology in 5f-electron Systems |
Abstract: The concept of strongly correlated topological insulators is extremely attractive, not only because their surface states host massless helical carriers protected from backscattering, but because in 5f-electron systems these surface states can become more… Show more Speaker: Dr. Krzysztof Gofryk (Idaho National Laboratory) |
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| Emergent phases in quantum magnets: fractionalization, fragmentation and new particles |
Abstract: In recent years, bilayers and moire superlattices of van der Waals materials have surfaced as new tunable quantum platforms for the realization of emergent phases. While moire-induced electronic phases have been extensively explored over the past few years… Show more Speaker: Prof. Onur Erten, Arizona State University |