Department Colloquia Fall 2006

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.

August 25
Dr. Joe Brill
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Electro-Optic Studies of the Dynamics of Charge-Density-Wave Polarization in Blue Bronze
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Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

August 31* • Public Lecture
Dr. A. Zee
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Fearful Symmetry: the Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

September 1
Dr. A. Zee
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Some personal views on quantum field theory: past, present, and future
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

September 8
Dr. Susan Gardner
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Tracking TeV-Scale Physics with neV Neutrons
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

September 15
Dr. Trevor Weekes
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
The Universe as seen in TeV Gamma Rays
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Dick Lamb

September 22
Dr. Gang Cao
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington
4d and 5d Transition Metal Oxides: A New Frontier of Materials Research
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

September 29
Dr. Nancy Levenson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Revealing the Energetic Sources Buried in the Nuclei of Galaxies
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Mike Cavagnero

October 6
Academic Recess -- Fall Break
No Colloquium

October 13
Dr. Stefan Spanier
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BaBar's New Physics Search with Gluonic Penguins
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

October 20
Dr. Sima Setayeshgar
Department of Physics
Indiana University, Bloomington
Physical Limits to Biochemical Signaling
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Ganpathy Murthy

October 27
Dr. Kara Hoffman
Department of Physics
University of Maryland, College Park
Imaging the heavens with neutrinos
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Tom Troland

November 3
Dr. Zeljko Ivezic
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington, Seattle
Mapping the Milky Way with SDSS and LSST
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Moshe Elitzur

November 10
Dr. JoAnne Hewett
Theory Group
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Discovering the Quantum Universe: The Role of Particle Accelerators
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Faculty Host: Susan Gardner

November 17
Dr. Andrei Ruckenstein
BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Rutgers University
Towards Quantitative Models of Transcription Elongation and Termination
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Ganpathy Murthy

November 24
Academic Recess -- Thanksgiving
No Colloquium

December 1
Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle
Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ultracold atoms --- dilute gases with strong interactions
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Keith MacAdam

December 8
Dr. Curtis Callan
Department of Physics
Princeton University
Cellular Biology and Theoretical Physics
Abstract…
Faculty Host: Sumit Das