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Monday, September 3rd 2018
08:00 am:
University closed for Labor Day
Tuesday, September 4th 2018
1:25 pm:
Quantum Materials Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Nikolaos Biniskos, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
Subject: Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of La1-xBixMnO3+δ (δ>0) perovskite compounds
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Organizational meeting
Wednesday, September 5th 2018
1:25 pm:
Quantum Materials Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Nikolaos Biniskos, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
Subject: : Inelastic neutron scattering investigations in the series Mn5-xFexSi3
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
There will be no seminar this week.
4:30 pm:
CM Journal Club in PAN 120
There will be no Journal Club this week.
Thursday, September 6th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
There will be no seminar this week.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Andrew Zangwill, Georgia Institute of Technology
Subject: Walter Kohn and the Creation of Density Functional Theory
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Michel Janssen
Friday, September 7th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Dmitry Chichinadze
Subject: Specific heat in strongly hole-doped Iron-based superconductors
3:35 pm:
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Andrew Zangwill, Georgia Institute of Technology
Subject: Four Facts Everyone Ought to Know About Science
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Ke Wang, Condensed Matter
Subject: Introduction
Tuesday, September 11th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Subject: Organizational Meeting
Note the change of time, day and room from the previous calendar announcement. This is the time slot for the seminar for the rest of the semester.
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Meg Foster
Subject: "Soviet Space Race Propaganda - Women in space and the status of women in science."
Wednesday, September 12th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Elbio Dagotto, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Subject: Iron-Based High-Tc Superconductors: Brief Review and New Results in Superconducting Ladders BaFe2S3 and BaFe2Se3
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
There will be no seminar this week.
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in PAN 110
Subject: Organizational Meeting
Thursday, September 13th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
There will be no seminar this week.
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Terry Jones, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Raman Sundrum, University of Maryland College Park
Subject: Fundamental Physics and the Fifth Dimension
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Tony Gherghetta
Friday, September 14th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Brenda Knauber
Subject: Noise of the Noise in Amorphous Semiconductors
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
No seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Paul Woodward, University of Minnesota
Subject: 3-D Stellar Hydrodynamics of Convective Boundary Mixing and its Consequences for Stellar Evolution
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: No Speaker Due to Schedule Change
8:00 pm:
Observing Night in 510-02 Tate
Rooftop observing through our historic telescope in the dome of the John T. Tate Hall. Presentation followed by outdoor observing (weather-permitting).
[Abstract]
Monday, September 17th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Matt Fritts, University of Minnesota
Subject: Detector R&D for SuperCDMS
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
Tuesday, September 18th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Benjamin Frigo Vaz , Bionanotechnology Lab, UMn
Subject: Orbital Mirrors for Terraforming Mars
4:00 pm:
Party for Steve Monson in 285 Tate
Wednesday, September 19th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Subject: Visualizing quantum Hall liquids and their boundary modes
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Andrey Chubukov
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Organizational Meeting
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in PAN 110
Subject: No journal club this week
[Abstract]
Thursday, September 20th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker:  Prakash Kara, Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
Subject: Determining the precision of networks in the living brain with multi-photon microscopy
PLEASE NOTE THE SEMINAR IS IN ROOM PAN 110 THIS WEEK
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Trevor Knuth & Liliya Williams
Subject: To be announced
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
Subject: Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Friday, September 21st 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Scott Dossa
Subject: Simulating Crystal Growth in an Optical Floating Zone Furnace
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
No seminar this week.
1:00 pm:
"Vainshteinfest: Insights info Quantum Field Theory" in 201 Tate
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Party for Terry Thibeault, no colloquium.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Sarah Robins , Department of Philosophy - University of Kansas
Subject: The Neurophilosophy of Memory: Reconciling Stable Engrams and Neural Dynamics
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Martin Greven, Condensed Matter
Subject: New developments and opportunities in quantum materials research
8:00 pm:
Observing Night in 510-02 Tate
Rooftop observing through our historic telescope in the dome of the John T. Tate Hall. Presentation followed by outdoor observing (weather-permitting).
Monday, September 24th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Joshua A. Frieman, Fermilab
Subject: Probing Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
2:00 pm:
FTPI Seminar in Physics 301-20
Speaker: Alexander Monin
Subject: EFT for CFT with large charge
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
Special Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in 110 PAN
Speaker: Natalia Perkins, University of Minnesota
Subject: The pursuit of Majorana fermions in Kitaev materials
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Tuesday, September 25th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Rafid Mahbub, University of Minnesota
Subject: Primordial Black Hole formation in Inflation models
[Abstract]
Wednesday, September 26th 2018
1:25 pm:
Joint Condensed Matter/Center for Quantum Materials Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Inna Vishik, UC Davis
Subject: ARPES studies of the model cuprate HgBa2CuO4+d (Hg1201)
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
To be announced
Thursday, September 27th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Keehun Kim, graduate student in Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan’s lab, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
Subject: A cell-free FRET-based assay for profiling the intrinsic efficacy of GPCR ligands
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Aliza Beverage, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in Physics Tate B50
Speaker: Raymond Jeanloz, UC Berkeley
Subject: Pressure as a Probe for Atoms, Molecules and Planets
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Cynthia Cattell
Friday, September 28th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Shuhui Luo
Subject: Elastic transmission of a Helium beam through a slab of superfluid Helium
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Vladimir Rosenhaus (IAS)
Subject: SYK and Conformal Field Theory
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
No Colloquium. Physics Colloquium speaker is a planetary physicist.
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Deirdre Cooper Owens Department of History Queens College, CUNY
Subject: Exploring Hapticity, Slavery and the Emergence of American Gynecology
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Vlad Pribiag, Condensed Matter
8:00 pm:
Observing Night in 510-02 Tate
Rooftop observing through our historic telescope in the dome of the John T. Tate Hall. Presentation followed by outdoor observing (weather-permitting).
Monday, October 1st 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Iary Davidzon, IPAC/Caltech
Subject: Probing the early universe *without* JWST
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: M. Claudia Scarlata
Tuesday, October 2nd 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Aleksey Cherman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Patricle vortex systems and the nature of cold quark matter.
[Abstract]
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Physics
Speaker: Chiara Amato, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Subject: Validation of Hypersonic Flow Simulations via Molecular-Scale Physics
Wednesday, October 3rd 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar
Edythe and Irving Misel Family Lecture Day, No Seminar this Week
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in PAN 110
Subject: No journal club this week
[Abstract]
7:00 pm:
Misel Public Lecture in McNamara Alumni Center, Memorial Hall
Speaker: Professor Nergis Mavalvala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject: Gravitational Waves: A New Window to the Universe
[Abstract]
Thursday, October 4th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Jon Garamella, graduate student in Vincent Noireaux’s lab, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
Subject: Synthetic cell prototyping using a cell-free transcription-translation system (TXTL)
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker:  Jamie Cheshire, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Professor Nergis Mavalvala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject: Gravitational wave detectors: past, present and future
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Friday, October 5th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Mengxing Ye
Subject: Quantization of the thermal Hall conductivity at small Hall angles
[Abstract]
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Daniel Harlow (MIT)
Subject: Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 101
There will be no colloquium this week
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Erik Peterson, Department of History - University of Alabama
Subject: "Epigenetics is 76 years old, so why are you just now hearing about it?"
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Patrick Kelley, MIFA
Monday, October 8th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Ali Kheirandish, UW - Madison
Subject: The first evidence for the origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos: multimessenger observation of a flaring blazar
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
3:35 pm:
Special Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in 110 PAN
Speaker: Fiona Burnell, University of Minnesota
Subject: The emergence of topology in strongly correlated many-body systems
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Tuesday, October 9th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Andre Sieverding, University of Minnesota
Subject: Neutrinos in core-collapse supernova nucleosynthesis
[Abstract]
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: No seminar this week.
Wednesday, October 10th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Joel Moore, UC Berkeley
Subject: Unconventional hydrodynamics in 1D and 2D quantum matter
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Andrey Chubukov
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Nhan Viet Tran, FNAL
Subject: Fast & Furious 10: triggers, ML, and computing at the LHC and beyond
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Subject: Resonant Valence Bond
Thursday, October 11th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Dushyant Mehra, graduate student in the biomedical engineering department at the Mayo Clinic
Subject: Mapping and Manipulation of DNA Architecture in Vivo
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Andrew Helton (SOFIA)
Subject: Understanding the long-term variability of the dusty, symbiotic Mira variable star, R Aquarii
[Abstract]
3:10 pm:
School Photo in Tate Mall Entrance
Refreshments will be served before the photo. Photo will be at 3:20 sharp on the steps.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Joel Moore, UC Berkeley
Subject: Topology and the electromagnetic responses of quantum materials
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
7:00 pm:
Dark Matter Detectives in John T. Tate Hall, Room B50
Speaker: Professor Priscilla Cushman
MIfA Public Lecture Series
[Abstract]
Friday, October 12th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Eduardo Vitral
Subject: Curvature driven evolution of a smectic-A liquid crystal out of thermodynamic equilibrium
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Bhupal Dev (Washington U.)
Subject: New Physics at Neutrino Telescopes
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Lucy Ziurys, University of Arizona
Subject: A Molecular View of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution: Millimeter Observations of Supergiants and Planetary Nebulae
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Susan Jones, Program in History of Science; Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - University of Minnesota
Subject: "The Homelands of the Plague: Soviet Disease Ecology in Central Asia, 1920s–1950s"
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Aleksey Cherman, High Energy
Monday, October 15th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Chris Pankow, Northwestern
Subject: Gravitational-wave Astrophysics with Compact Binary Mergers
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
3:35 pm:
Special Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Andre David, CERN Switzerland.
Subject: Fundamentals of Science and Fundamental Science
[Abstract]
Tuesday, October 16th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Aleksey Cherman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Effective actions for topologically-enriched superfluids
[Abstract]
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: John Wygant
Wednesday, October 17th 2018
1:25 pm:
Joint Condensed Matter/Center for Quantum Materials Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Raymond Osborn,Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Subject: Imaging Nanoscale Disorder in Reciprocal Space
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Subject: No journal club this week
Thursday, October 18th 2018
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Evan Tyler, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Biophysics Seminar in B50 Tate 
Speaker: Terry Hwa, Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
(Note: Terry Hwa will not give a Biophysics Seminar but just a colloquium)
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Terry Hwa, University of California, San Diego
Subject: Bacterial growth laws and the origin of dimensional reduction
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Elias Puchner
Friday, October 19th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Zach Anderson
Subject: Neutron scattering study of antiferromagnetic excitations in HgBa2CuO4+δ
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Emilian Dudas (Ecole Polytechnique)
Subject: Hidden symmetries and Goldstone bosons from higher dimensions?
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Physics
Speaker: Adam Frank, University of Rochester
Subject: Blowing Away Exoplanets: The Photo-evaporation of Planetary Atmospheres
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Jaipreet Virdi, University of Delaware
Subject: Mechanical Quackery: Electrical Cures for Deafness in the United States, 1880-1930
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Ke Wang, Condensed Matter
Subject: Novel Quantum Physics in van der Waals Nanostructures
Monday, October 22nd 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Wenlei Chen, UMN
Subject: Novel search for TeV-initiated pair cascades in the intergalactic medium
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Patrick Kelly
Tuesday, October 23rd 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Ermal Rrapaj, University of Minnesota & University of California, Berkeley
Subject: Supernovae and neutron stars: Constraining dark matter through nuclear interactions
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Julie Vievering, P.S. Athiray and Sophie Musset
Subject: Investigating high-energy solar phenomena with the FOXSI-3 sounding rocket
Wednesday, October 24th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland, College Park
Subject:  High-spin superconductivity in topological half-Heusler semimetals
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vlad Pribiag
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
To be announced
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Subject: Boltzmann Transport Equation
Thursday, October 25th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Oleg Krichevsky, Molecular Biophysics Lab, Ben-Gurion University
Subject:  T cell communication through cytokines follows a simple sink-diffusion model
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Elias Puchner
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Nathan Eggen and Aliza Beverage, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Steven Gubser, Princeton
Subject: Number theory and spacetime
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Priscilla Cushman
Friday, October 26th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Yiming Wu
Subject: Special role of the first Matsubara frequency for superconductivity near a quantum-critical point --the non-linear gap equation below $T_c$ and spectral properties along the real frequency axis.
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Steven Gubser (Princeton)
Subject: From p-adic AdS/CFT to prospects in cold atoms
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Bin Chen,Center for Solar Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Subject: Solar Flare Observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Benjamin Goldberg , Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of South Florida
Subject: Margaret Cavendish’s Medical Recipes: Medicine, Experience, and Natural Philosophy in Early Modern England
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Michael Zudov, Condensed Matter
Monday, October 29th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 301 Tate
Speaker: Clem Pryke, UMN
Subject: Latest constraints on primordial gravitational waves from BICEP/Keck
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
Tuesday, October 30th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
To be announced
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: John Wygant, University of Minnesota
Subject: The role of Poynting flux in powering ion and electron energy flux of the cusp wind
[Abstract]
Wednesday, October 31st 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Adam Wei Tsen, University of Waterloo, Institute for Quantum Computing
Subject:  New Phase Transitions in Atomically Thin Quantum Materials
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Ke Wang
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
To be announced
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Subject: No journal club this week
Thursday, November 1st 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Douglas G. Mashek, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics and Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Minnesota
Subject: The fascinating world of lipid droplet biology
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Chris Nolting, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Robert Kleinberg, Columbia University & Boston University
Subject: mK to km: How Millikelvin Physics is Reused to Explore the Earth Kilometers Below the Surface
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Shaul Hanany
Friday, November 2nd 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Xuzhe Ying
Subject: Anomalous Hall Effect in Symmetry Protected Topological Metals
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Anson Hook (U. Maryland)
Subject: New approaches to the Hierarchy problem
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Vanessa Bailey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The WFIRST Coronagraph Instrument
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
There will be no colloquium this week.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Robert Lysak, MIFA
Monday, November 5th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Guillermo Fernandez Moroni, Fermilab
Subject: Dark Matter and Neutrino direct detection using CCDs
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
Tuesday, November 6th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Sheng Tian, University of Minnesota
Subject: Comparisons of auroral structures and in-situ observations
3:00 pm:
Thesis Defense in PAN 110
Speaker: Justin Watts, University of Minnesota
Subject: Spin Relaxation and Size Effects in Cu and Al Nanowires
This is the public portion of Mr. Watts' Thesis Defense. His advisors are Paul Crowell and Chris Leighton.
Wednesday, November 7th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Jason Petta, Princeton University
Subject: Microwave Spectroscopy of Valley States in Silicon
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Ke Wang
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Nick West, Fermilab
Subject: Searches for new physics with Z boson leptonic decays and large missing transverse momentum
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Subject: Z2 Topological Index
Thursday, November 8th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Isaac Angert, graduate student in Jochen Mueller’s lab, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
Subject: Ultra-sensitive detection of plasma membrane binding and nanometer lengths with dual-color fluorescence z-scan in live cells
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Jason Petta, Princeton University
Subject: Quantum Computing with Electron Spins in Silicon
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Friday, November 9th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Yilikal Ayino, University of Minnesota
Subject: Multi-band two-dimensional superconductivity above the Pauli limit in NdxSr1-xTiO3
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Keisuke Harigaya (IAS, Princeton)
Subject: Higgs parity, strong CP problem and unification
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Gautham Narayan, Space Telescope Science Institute
Subject: From Tens to Tens of Thousands: Supernovae Science in the Big-Data Era
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Andrew J. Hogan, Department of History, Creighton University
Subject: Reform or Exclude?: Debating Medicine’s Role in Disability and Mental Health
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Randall Victora, ECE
Monday, November 12th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Subject: There will be no seminar this week.
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
Tuesday, November 13th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
1:15 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Bob Lysak, University of Minnesota
Subject: Kinetic Alfven Waves and Juno Observations of Auroral Particle Acceleration at Jupiter
Please note: early start time for the seminr, this week only.
Wednesday, November 14th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Mathias Scheurer, Harvard University
Subject: Gauge theories of fluctuating antiferromagnetism for the cuprate superconductors
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
To be announced
Thursday, November 15th 2018
08:00 am:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 120
Speaker: Lee Penn, CHEM and Diversity Committee
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in PAN 120
Speaker: John Marko, Northwestern University
Subject: Single-molecule studies of protein-DNA interactions
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Jett Priewe, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: John Marko, Northwestern University
Subject: Physics of chromosome folding and disentanglement
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Elias Puchner
Friday, November 16th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Sajna Hameed
Subject: Neutron and X-ray scattering study of the ferro-antiferromagnetic cross-over in Y1-xLaxTiO3
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Alba Grassi (SCGP Stony Brook)
Subject: A solvable deformation of Quantum Mechanics
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Brian O'Shea, Michigan State University
Subject: Connecting the first stars in the universe to the Milky Way
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Daniel Rood, Department of History, University of Georgia
Subject: El Principio Sacarino: Organic Chemistry Meets Racial Capitalism in the Cuban Sugar-Mill
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Jeremiah Mans, High Energy
Monday, November 19th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 301 Tate
Speaker: Soumyajit Mandal, Case Western Reserve University
Subject: Ultra-steep-spectrum Sources in Galaxy Clusters
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Thomas W. Jones
Tuesday, November 20th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Physics 301-20 Tate
Speaker: Mauricio Martinez Guerrero, North Caroline State University
Subject: Hydrodynamic Fluctuations and Lower Bounds of the Transport Coefficients
[Abstract]
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Aaron Breneman, University of Minnesota
Subject: Followup to Global-scale coherence modulation of radiation-belt electron loss from plasmaspheric hiss.
4:00 pm:
Special Condensed Matter Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Xiaoyu Wang, University of Chicago
Subject: Electrical transport near an Ising-nematic quantum critical point
Note change of time and day, this week only.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Rafael Fernandes
Wednesday, November 21st 2018
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
To be announced.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018
08:00 am:
Thanksgiving Holiday-University Closed
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
No journal club, Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday, November 23rd 2018
08:00 am:
Thanksgiving Holiday-University Closed
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Subject: NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Thanksgiving - there will not be a speaker this week.
Monday, November 26th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 301 Tate
Speaker: Sharan Banagiri, UMN
Subject: Gravitational wave searches for the post-merger remnants of GW170817
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
Tuesday, November 27th 2018
11:15 am:
Nulear Physics Seminar in Physics 301-20 Tate
Speaker: Fabian Rennecke, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Subject: Strangeness Neutrality and the Phase Structure of QCD
[Abstract]
12:15 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Evan Tyler, University of Minnesota
Subject: A Statistical Study of High Amplitude Whistler-mode Waves Using 5 Years of Van Allen Probes Data
Note change of time and location, this week only. This is the public portion of Mr. Tyler's Thesis Defense.
[Abstract]
12:15 pm:
Thesis Defense in PAN 110
Speaker: Evan Tyler
Subject: High Amplitude Whistler-Mode Waves
Wednesday, November 28th 2018
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Kimberley Hill, CEGE
Subject: Phase transitions in the rheology of granular mud
Faculty Host: James Kakalios
Thursday, November 29th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Santosh Adhikari, graduate student in Elias Puchner's lab, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
Subject: Quantitative Super-resolution imaging and tracking of endosomes, lipid droplets and fatty acids in living cells
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Huaqing Mao, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Marco Velli, UCLA
Subject: Parker Solar Probe: Understanding Coronal heating and Solar Wind acceleration
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Robert Lysak
Friday, November 30th 2018
08:00 am:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Physics
Speaker: No Colloquium
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Ezra Day-Roberts
Subject: Contrasting Ferromagnetism in FeS2 Pyrites Induced by Cobalt Doping and by Electrostatic Gating
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: Jaroslav Trnka (UC Davis)
Subject: Effective field theories from soft limits of scattering amplitudes.
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Physics
Speaker: No Colloquium
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker:  Cynthia Cattell, MIFA
Monday, December 3rd 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 301 Tate
Speaker: Karl Young, UMN
Subject:  Science Targets and Forecasts for PICO - Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Shaul Hanany
12:30 pm:
FTPI Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Alexander Turbiner
Subject: Choreography in (non)-Newtonian gravity
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Mikhail Shifman
Tuesday, December 4th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Jackson Olsen, University of Minnesota
Subject: Detecting Neutrinos from Supernovae
[Abstract]
Wednesday, December 5th 2018
1:25 pm:
Joint Condensed Matter/Center for Quantum Materials Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Damjan Pelc
Subject: Inhomogeneity in complex oxide superconductors
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Martin Greven
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
Speaker: Kenneth Long, the University of Wisconsin
Subject: Cross section measurements and new physics searches with WZ vector boson scattering events at CMS
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
CM Journal Club in Tate 201
Speaker: Vipul Chaturvedi
Subject: In-operando probes in the ion gel gating of La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 epitaxial films
[Abstract]
Thursday, December 6th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
Speaker: Steven Vogel, NIH/NIAAA
Subject: VenusA206 dimers behave coherently at room temperature
[Abstract]
12:05 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Sourabh Singh Chauhan, University of Minnesota
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
Speaker: Stacy McGaugh, Case Western
Subject: Dynamical Regularities in Galaxies and their Implications for Dark Matter
Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium.
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: J. Woods Halley
4:35 pm:
Climate and Diversity Committee Meet and Greet. 4:30 - 6:00 Drop In in Tate Lower Atrium (near B-50) right after the colloquium
Subject: Introduction and Information gathering session
Come and meet your Climate and Diversity Committee and reps from student groups. Find out what we do, connect with your colleagues, provide feedback and suggestions. Refreshments will be served.
Friday, December 7th 2018
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Nicholas Lewellyn
Subject: Infinite-randomness fixed point of quantum superconductor-metal transitions
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201
Speaker: K. S. Babu (Oklahoma State U.)
Subject: Fermion masses, proton decay and the strong CP problem in SUSY SO(10)
[Abstract]
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Tracy Clarke, Naval Research Lab
Subject: Low Frequency Astrophysics: From FRBs to Surveys
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
Speaker: Roger Stuewer, History of Science and Technology, Department University of Minnesota
Subject: From the Old to the New World of Nuclear Physics, 1919–1939
Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m.
[Abstract]
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
Speaker: Paul Crowell, Condensed Matter
Monday, December 10th 2018
12:15 pm:
Cosmology Lunchtime Seminar in 201 Tate
Speaker: Rich Ormiston, UMN
Subject: Extending the reach of gravitational-wave detectors with machine learning
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Vuk Mandic
12:30 pm:
FTPI Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Pavel Pylyavskyy, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Mathematics
Subject: Ising model and the positive orthogonal Grassmannian
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Alex Kamenev
Tuesday, December 11th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
1:25 pm:
Space Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018
09:05 am:
Methods of Experimental Physics Poster Session in Tate Hall Basement Atrium
Join us for a poster session recognizing the work this semester's MXP II students have accomplished this Fall.
1:25 pm:
Condensed Matter Seminar in 110 PAN
Speaker: Brian Skinner, MIT
Subject: Percolative Phase Transition in the Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement
[Abstract]
Faculty Host: Boris Shklovskii
3:35 pm:
Elementary Particle Physics Seminar in PAN 110
There will be no seminar this week.
Thursday, December 13th 2018
10:10 am:
Biophysics Seminar in 120 PAN
There will be no seminar this week.
3:35 pm:
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium in B50 Tate
There will be no colloquium this week
Friday, December 14th 2018
10:00 am:
Thesis Defense in Peik Hall 325
Speaker: Miranda C. P. Straub, Curriculum and Instruction Department.
Subject: An Empirical Model of Physics Instructors’ Beliefs about the Purpose, Actions, and Context of Doing Homework
This is public portion of Ms. Straub's Thesis Defense. Her advisors are Leon Hsu and Ken Heller.
[Abstract]
12:20 pm:
Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Daniel Shaffer
Subject: Interplay between Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling, Magnetic Field, and Topological Superconductivity in Monolayer NbSe_2
12:30 pm:
High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar in Tate 201-20
There will be no seminar this week.
2:30 pm:
MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium in Tate 301-20
Speaker: Rafaella Margutti, Northwestern University
Subject: Discovery frontiers in the new era of Time Domain Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
[Abstract]
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium in 275 Nicholson
There will be no colloquium this week
4:40 pm:
Introduction to Research Seminar in Tate 110
There will be no seminar this week.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018
11:15 am:
Nuclear Physics Seminar in Tate 301-20
There will be no seminar this week.
Monday, December 24th 2018
08:00 am:
University Closed
Tuesday, December 25th 2018
08:00 am:
University Closed

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