2016 Seminars

Turbulence in The Relativistic Universe
Dr. Jonathan Zrake, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Jan. 22, 2016

Panther Alumni Week special talk-Atomic Membranes
Professor J. Scott Bunch Department of Mechanical Engineering and Division of Materials Science and Engineering Boston University
Feb. 5, 2016

The Mu2e Experiment
Alumnus Dr. Jason Bono will visit FIU Physics and give a colloquium on his research project in Fermilab
Feb. 12, 2016

ALCHIM: Using 1H NMR to measure the Length of Fatty Acids
Dr. Joseph Sachleben is a Research Scientist and Technical Director of University of Chicago's Biological Sciences NMR facility.
Feb. 25, 2016

Excitonic Resonant Emission-Absorption of Surface Plasmon in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Professor Jiming Bao from Department of Electrical and Computer Science, University of Houston, will give a colloquium talk on his research in nanophotonics and nanomaterials.
March 4, 2016

LIGO, squeezed states of light, and nonlinear light-atom interactions
Dr. Eugeniy Mikhailov from the College of William & Mary will give a talk on his research in quantum optics.
April 1, 2016 

Photopatterning of Molecular Orientation in Liquid Crystals
Professor Qihuo Wei from Kent State University will give a talk on soft matter Physics.
April 15, 2016

Nuclear Physics in Proton Therapy
Professor Cynthia Keppel Hall A and C Experimental Group Leader Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Community Faculty, Department of Radiation Oncology and Biophysics Eastern Virginia Medical School Senior Executive Director Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute
April 22, 2016

Light with a twist: an introduction to twisted light with orbital angular momentum
Mark Siemens, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Denver
April 29, 2016

Active learning and adaptive testing in a large enrollment physics class
Professor Joerg Reinhold will give a talk on Physics Education
Sept. 2, 2016

Materials under Extreme Conditions
Professor Jiuhua George Chen, Professor of Materials Engineering, Director of CeSMEC, FIU
Sept. 23, 2016

Modeling Biophysical Processes at the Bio-Nano Interface
Dr. Binquan Luan From IBM research lab will give a talk on Theoretical Biophysics
Sept. 30, 2016

Tailored Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters of Iron-oxide for Diagnosis and Therapy
Professor Alexandros Lappas, Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology (Greece)
Oct. 21, 2016

Cell mechanics in 3D
Professor Robert Ros from Physics Department and Center for Biological Physics of Arizona State University will give a talk on Experimental Biophysics. This talk is supported by BSI.
Oct. 28, 2016

Broken Symmetry and Magnetic Skyrmions
Professor Sunxiang Huang from UM Physics Department will give a talk on experimental condensed matter physics
Nov. 4, 2016

Proton Remains Puzzling
Professor Haiyan Gao from Duke University Physics Department will give a talk on Nuclear Physics.
Nov. 18, 2016