Colloquium Schedule – Spring 2017 Date Spring 2017 – Colloquium Information Feb. 1, 2017 No Colloquium Feb. 8, 2017 Hartwin Peelaers Fundamental limits on optical transparency of transparent conducting oxides Feb. 15, 2017 Khang Hoang Defect physics as key to understanding functional materials Feb. 22, 2017 Can Ataca Materials for Energy and Sustainability: A Multidimensional Approach Mar. 1, 2017 Zhigang Wu Quantum mechanical simulations of dynamics of electronic excitations in nanoscale materials assemblies Mar. 8, 2017 Guangfu LouAtomic-level control over the growth and defects of functional materials Mar. 15, 2017 Dr. Steven G. Ackleson Sensing and Modeling of Coastal Marine Environments Mar. 22, 2017 SPRING BREAK Mar. 29, 2017 Kurt Jacobs Exploring open quantum systems beyond master equations Apr 5, 2017 Nadia L. Zakamska Black hole feedback Apr. 12, 2017 Heidi Dierssen Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Understanding Sources of Light Scattering in the Southern Ocean Apr. 19, 2017 Michael Goerz Optimal Control for Entangling Quantum Gates Apr. 26, 2017 Kirk D. Knobelspiesse Multi-angle polarimetry: the once and future king (of aerosol remote sensing) May 3, 2017 Barbara Balestra, Inst of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz The use of the phytoplanktonic group coccolithophore as climate proxy: insight from the IODP Expedition 339 May 10, 2017 2017 Joseph F. Mulligan Memorial Lecture Presented by Natalie DeNigris The Experiences of Japanese Physicists during World War II