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The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Gerald Gabrielse a Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University on “The Amazing Electron and Its Moments: Making the Most Precise Tests of the Standard Model and Its Proposed Fixes” on Friday, Nov. 20, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The electron’s […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents James Kneller of the North Carolina State University on “Neutrinos in Supernovae” on Friday, Oct. 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Studying the neutrino with experiments here on Earth is a slow business. This fundamental particle is just so ephemeral under […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Dr. Roland Kawakami of the Ohio State University on “Spins in 2D Materials” on Friday, Oct. 16, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Two-dimensional crystals such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) possess unique properties not found in bulk materials. […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch of Ohio University on “Modern and Jurassic Landscapes in Namibia” on Friday, Oct. 23, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: A National Geographic Society grant to study sedimentary rock deposited originally as river sediment in between basalt flows from a […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Vidya Madhavan of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on “Massless and Massive Electrons: Relativistic Physics in Condensed Matter Systems” on Friday, Oct. 30, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Electrons in free space have a well-defined mass. Recently, a new class of […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Kin Fai Mak of the Pennsylvania State University on “Electrons in 2-dimensional semiconductor atomic layers” on Friday, Sept. 4, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  The unique electronic properties of graphene have attracted tremendous interests. While the discovery of the material is […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Clare Yu of the University of California, Irvine on “A Physicist Looks at Cancer” on Friday, Sept. 11, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: We will give an overview of cancer and discuss what physics can bring to cancer biology. We will […]