Colloquium Schedule- Fall 2015 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