Department Colloquia Spring 2010

Chem-Phys 155
Fridays 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Refreshments are served in Chem-Phys 155 at 3:15 PM

Colloquia distinguished by a shift in time or place are indicated by an *. Please see the accompanying links for details.

Some links may not be active until the week of the talk.

January 15
Dr. Josh Frieman
Theoretical Astrophysics, Fermilab
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Probing Dark Energy: Results from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

January 22
Dr. John Harton
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Colorado State University
Measuring the Highest Energy Particles in the Universe - Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

January 29 - cancelled, to be rescheduled -
Dr. Jaime Fernandez-Baca
Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
Neutron scattering studies of the magnetic interactions in the geometrically frustrated triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuFeO₂
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Gang Cao

February 5
Dr. Cristiano Galbiati
Department of Physics
Princeton University
A Walk on the Dark Side
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Brad Plaster

February 12
Dr. Jocelyn Monroe
Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hints and Traces: Chasing the Dark Matter Wind
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Renee Fatemi

February 19
Dr. Chris Greene
Fellow of JILA
Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
Seeing the biggest little molecules in Nature
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

February 26
Dr. Fred K.Y. Lo
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Moshe Elitzur

March 5
Dr. Mark Kruse
Department of Physics
Duke University
[Topic: LHC ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Renee Fatemi

March 12
Dr. Ray LeBeau
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

March 19
No Colloquium
Academic Recess -- Spring Break

March 26
Dr. Shamit Kachru
Department of Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Al Shapere

April 2
Dr. Tracy Usher
SLAC
[Topic: Fermi ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

April 9
Dr. Aron Pinczuk
Department of Physics
Columbia University
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Ganpathy Murthy

April 16
Dr. Blayne Heckel
Department of Physics
University of Washington, Seattle
[Topic: 199Hg EDM expt]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

April 22* • Van Winter Lecture
Dr. Chris Hill
Theoretical Physics
Fermilab
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

April 23
Dr. Chris Hill
Theoretical Physics
Fermilab
[Topic: ]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

April 30
Dr. Bob Wiringa
Physics Division
Argonne National Laboratory
[Topic: Ab Initio Nuclear Structure]
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner