Previous Events
To see the upcoming events and seminars, please check the Events page.
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| Haunted Observatory | ||
| Special O.M. Stewart Colloquium - Structural Transformations and Metastability of Gases Adsorbed in Nanopores: Insights from IRMOFs |
Abstract: The structure of fluids confined in nanopores can change significantly as the number of adsorbed molecules increases. These adsorption-induced transformations may differ fundamentally from conventional capillary condensation, raising important questions… Show more Speaker: Prof. Bogdan Kuchta, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology |
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| (I) Colors Are Not All You Need: Redshift Measurement With Single-band Observation; (II) Constraining the Light Curves of Magnified Stellar Events at z ~ 0.725 | Speaker: Qian Yu; Carter Meyerhoff |
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| Unraveling the impact of complex disorder on functional properties of crystalline materials |
Abstract: The atomic scale arrangement of atoms, ions, and spins in crystalline materials underlies their wide range of properties of importance everywhere from large structures (buildings, bridges, ships), machines that can operate under extreme conditions (engines… Show more Speaker: Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory |
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| Emergent Many-Body Phases and Dynamics in Quantum Matter: From Self-Bound Droplets to Ultracold Chemistry |
Abstract: We will discuss the formation and instabilities of quantum droplet and bubble phases arising in two-component attractively interacting bosonic mixtures. Insights regarding the interplay of atom and interaction imbalance as well as the impact of… Show more Speaker: Prof. Simeon I. Mistakidis, Department of Physics, Missouri S & T |
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| Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays | Speaker: Prof. Sergei Kopeikin |
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| Spin Transport and Magnetic Control in Altermagnets |
Abstract: Altermagnets combine advantages of antiferromagnets with a momentum-dependent spin splitting that can arise without spin–orbit coupling. This unusual combination creates new opportunities for generating spin currents and controlling magnetic order. In this… Show more Speaker: Prof. Alexey Kovalev, University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
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| Metal Halide Perovskites for Sustainable Energy Conversion |
Abstract: Metal halide perovskites have emerged as promising functional materials for next generation energy conversion technologies due to their excellent optoelectronic properties. Our approaches to improving the performance and long - term stability of perovskite… Show more Speaker: Prof. Tran Van-Dang, Hanoi University of Science and Technology |
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| Probing IMF–ISM Feedback with Spatially Resolved Galaxy Observations | Speaker: Aparna Joshi |
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| Alternative Synthetic Pathways Targeting Quantum Materials |
Abstract: Conventional synthesis of solid-state materials typically requires high temperatures above 600 °C and long heating times, from days to weeks, to enable atomic diffusion and formation of the thermodynamically stable phase. Although many important materials… Show more Speaker: Prof. Kelly Powderly, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Engineering Approaches for Scalable Trapped-Ion Quantum Computation |
Abstract: Scalable quantum computation has the potential to solve certain problems far more efficiently than classical computation. Trapped ions offer a promising platform for scalable quantum computation. However, as the system size scales up, both computational… Show more Speaker: Prof. Wenchao Ge, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri |
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| An investigation of star-forming galaxies in the low-z universe | Speaker: Harold Diaz-Quiroz |
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| Accessing high-density charge transport regime in graphene with modulation doping and high-k electrostatics |
Abstract: Two-dimensional materials offer a vast range of band structures, yet experiments have explored only a narrow portion of them, in part because conventional electrostatic gating limits the accessible carrier density. We use two approaches to extreme doping of… Show more Speaker: Dr. Dmitry Shcherbakov, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Undergraduate Summer Research Showcase | Speaker: Maria Sanchez Rincon (Caltech), Lachlan Hobart (University of Queensland), and Tanish Parida (Acton-Boxborough Regional High School) |
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| Physically Motivated Stellar Populations for Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn | Speaker: Gibson Bowling (Arizona State University) |
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| Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF) | Speaker: Prof. Haojing Yan |
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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) |