Colloquium Schedule – Fall 2016 Date Fall 2016 – Colloquium Information Sept. 7, 2016 Edo Waks Quantum nanophotonics: controlling light with a single quantum dot Sept. 14, 2016 Zhanqing Li Air Pollution and Climate Changes in China: Impact and Feedback Sept. 21, 2016 James Carton The ocean’s role in global warming, and the climate hiatus Sept. 28, 2016 Jeremy Munday The Physics and Photonics of Next Generation Solar Cells Oct. 5, 2016 Chuanmin Hu From green tides, oil spills, to global ocean biology: How two coastal events led to a new remote sensing algorithm concept for the global ocean Oct. 12, 2016 George Ruppeiner From fluids to black holes: thermodynamics probes the mesoscale Oct. 19, 2016 Michael Zwolak Detection and interrogation of biomolecules via nanoscale devices: From DNA sequencing to fundamental physics Oct. 26, 2016 Jamie Holder Astronomy at the Highest Energies: Exploring the Extreme Universe with VERITAS Nov. 2, 2016 Sasha Efros Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Discovery, Milestones, and Recent Theoretical Developments Nov. 9, 2016 Charles Gatebe Understanding BRDF of various surface types (ocean, vegetation, snow, desert, wetlands, cloud decks, smoke layers) for remote sensing applications Nov. 16, 2016 Dave Winker A Decade of Global Lidar Profiling Nov. 23, 2016 Thanksgiving Nov. 30, 2016 Gorden Videen Scattering and Remote Sensing of Small Particles Dec. 7, 2016 Luis Orozco Optical Nanofibers: A platform for quantum optics