Seminar Calendar
February 2019
Friday, February 1st, 2019
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Synthesis and Transmission Electron Microscopy of Transition Metal Trichalcogenides in the Single Chain Limit
Thang Pham,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Unification of integrability in supersymmetric gauge theories
Junya Yagi,
Perimeter Institute,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Collective and local effects in the driven-dissipative dynamics of many-body quantum systems
Nathan Shammah,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory,
RIKEN, Japan,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Heterogeneously integrated membrane photonic devices on Si substrate for datacom and computercom applications
Shinji Matsuo,
Senior Distinguished Researcher,
NTT Device Technology Laboratories,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Be X-ray binaries: spinning stars messing up population synthesis predictions
Serena Vinciguerra,
Junior Scientist/Postdoc,
Observational Relativity and Cosmology,
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
A Systematic Exploration of Extragalactic Nuclear Transients with the Zwicky Transient Facility
Suvi Gezari,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery
Taylor Sparks,
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Utah,
Thursday, February 7th, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Quantum phase transitions in ZnO two-dimensional electron systems
Joseph Falson,
Nobel Laureate Fellowship postdoctoral researcher,
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research,
Friday, February 8th, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Dynamic Imaging of Chiral and Topological Excitations in Magnetism
Felix Büttner,
postdoctoral researcher,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
A Systematic Approach to Tilted Black Hole Accretion
Chris White,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
KITP,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Monday, February 11th, 2019
11:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Searching for physics beyond the Standard Model with underground detectors
Graham Giovanetti,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
Bayesian analysis for compact binaries
Yann Bouffanais,
Research Assistant,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Padova,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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IQIM/High Energy Physics Seminar
New Technologies for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Searches
John Doyle,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Tailoring Instability at the Atomic Limit for Novel Material Properties
SungWoo Nam,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Friday, February 15th, 2019
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
N=4 Super Yang-Mills correlators at strong coupling from string theory and localization
Silviu Pufu,
Princeton University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
W algebra and four dimensional N=2 Argyres-Douglas theory
Dan Xie,
Harvard CMSA,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Revival of the Fittest: Exploding Core-Collapse Supernovae
David Vartanyan,
Graduate Student,
Dept of Astrophysical Sciences,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
The Universe at Cosmic Noon
Rachel Theios,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Controlling Electrochemistry Using Electrolyte Design
Chibueze Amanchukwu,
TomKat Center Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainable Energy,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
What Happens When a Massive Star Fails (Sort of) to Explode?
Eliot Quataert,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials from Nanoscale to Bulk: Assembly, Properties, and Applications in Optoelectronics and Renewable Energy
Osman Bakr,
Associate Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
KAUST (Saudi Arabia),
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
The Importance of Interfaces: Using Ionic Liquids and Nanodiamonds to Explore New Concepts in Materials Design
Matthew Gebbie,
GLAM postdoctoral fellow,
Materials Science & Engineering,
Stanford University ,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Probing the axiverse with superconducting radiofrequency cavities
Yoni Kahn,
University of Chicago,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
New regimes of the small-scale turbulent dynamo and astrophysical implications
Siyao Xu,
Hubble Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Friday, February 22nd, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Low-dimensional Halide Perovskites for Light Harvesting and Optical Sources
Li Na Quan,
postdoctoral fellow,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Constraining QFT using Modular Theory
Nima Lashkari,
Institute for Advanced Study,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
High-Energy Astrophysics with Exoplanet Satellites: AGN, Jets, and Blazars
Krista Lynne Smith,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Deartment of Physics,
Stanford University,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Monday, February 25th, 2019
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Metasurface Computational Imaging
Arka Majumdar,
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics,
University of Washington,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Core-collapse Supernova Physics in the Multimessenger Era
Sarah Gossan,
LIGO, Department of Physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Materials Science of Halide-Perovskite Solar Cells
Nitin Padture,
Otis Everett Randall University Professor of Engineering, Director of the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation,
Brown University,