Colloquium Schedule – Spring 2021 Date Spring 2021 – Colloquium Information Feb. 3, 2021 Dr. David Tomanek Title: Magic with Semiconducting 2D Nanolayers Feb. 10, 2021 Dr. Xia Li Title: Effects of Wintertime Arctic Sea Ice Leads on Low-level Clouds Feb. 17, 2021 Dr. Cengiz Onbasli Title:Controlling magnetism using epitaxial strain, laser or magnetic field pulses Feb. 24, 2021 Dr. Mark Zelinka Title: Global warming is larger in the latest climate models than in their predecessors. Do we trust them? Mar. 3, 2021 Dr. C. Henry Yang Title: Quantum computing with Silicon MOS spin qubits Mar. 10, 2021 Dr. Anouar Benali Title: Towards predictive simulations of molecules and solids using quantum Monte Carlo methods. Mar. 17, 2021 SPRING BREAK ( No Colloquium ) Mar. 24, 2021 Dr. Xiaoguang Xu Title: Remote sensing of aerosol properties Mar. 31, 2021 Dr. Paul Kent Title: Supermaterials from supercomputers Apr. 7, 2021 Dr. Amin Dezfuli Title: Atmospheric Rivers Bring Floods and Dust to the Middle East Apr. 14, 2021 Dr. Nuri Oncel Title: From Semiconductor Surfaces to Li-ion Batteries Apr. 21, 2021 Dr. Greg McFarquhar Title: Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions in mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean: Results from recent field campaigns Apr. 28, 2021 Dr. Ivy Tan Title: Potential links between ice nucleation and the spread in Arctic amplification May. 5, 2021 Dr. Cem Tasan Title: Hydrogen in metals: So much trouble from so little. May. 12, 2021 Dr. Bilge Yildiz Title: Energy-Efficient Hardware and Intelligent Materials for Brain-inspired Computing: Artificial Synapses Based on Proton and Oxygen Motion