| Date |
Fall 2015 – Colloquium Information |
| Sept. 2, 2015 |
Title: “High-energy astrophysics of pulsars and their winds”
Dr. Oleg Kargaltsev, George Washington University |
| Sept. 9, 2015 |
Title: Plasmonics: From quantum effects to light harvesting applications
Dr. Peter Nordlander, Rice University |
| Sept. 16, 2015 |
Title: Nanospectroscopy of materials for renewable energy
Dr. Marina Leite, UMD |
| Sept. 23, 2015 |
Title: Magnetically-driven nanoparticle drug delivery: where physics meets biology
Dr. Didier Depireaux, UMD |
| Sept. 28, 2015 |
Title: “Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging Molecules, Cells, and Embryos at High Spatiotemporal Resolution”
Dr. Wesley Legant, HHMI, Janelia Research
Chemistry Hosting |
| Oct. 7, 2015 |
CANCELED
Title: LON-CAPA – an open-source online homework for introductory physics courses
Dr. Naresh Sen |
| Oct. 14, 2015 |
Title: Subtropical low cloud organization across thermodynamic and dynamic states using NASA Aqua and MERRA observations
Dr. Brian Kahn, JPL |
| Oct. 21, 2015 |
Title: Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic nanostructures: discovery, physical mechanism and impact on data storage
Dr. Imre Bakonyi |
| Oct. 28, 2015 |
Title: Incorporation of sp2 bonded carbon forming Graphene nanostructures in the Matrix of Ag, Al and Cu
Dr. Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, UMD |
| Nov. 4, 2015 |
Title: Lidar applications in oceanography
Dr. Deric Gray, Naval Research Lab |
| Nov. 11, 2015 |
Title: A Galaxy-Scale Fountain of Cold Molecular Gas Pumped by a Black Hole
Dr. Grant Tremblay, Yale University |
| Nov. 18, 2015 |
Title: “Decoherence of polarization entanglement in optical fibers ”
Dr. Michael Brodsky, Army Research Lab |
| Dec. 2, 2015 |
Title: What Makes a Starburst Tick?
Dr. Alberto Bolatto, UMD |