Hamilton College
Physics Colloquia
2017-2024
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Dr. Alia Hamdan, RIT
Understanding Empathy in Physics Faculty: A Theoretical Framework
Presented on Monday, December 2, 2024
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Dr. Diana Valverde Mendez, Yale University
Exploring the dynamic 3D world inside live bacterial cells
Presented on Monday, November 4, 2024
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Prof. Kate Brown, Hamilton College
Planet Nine, or Nein?, Modified Gravity as an Alternative to the Planet Nine Hypothesis
Presented on Monday, October 28, 2024
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Prof. Zoe Boekelheide, Lafayette College
Elongation of a ferrofluid droplet near a permanent magnet: a tidal or magnetic energy effect?
Presented on Monday, October 14, 2024
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Prof. Viva Horowitz, Hamilton College
Resonators and Artificial Cytoplasm:
Network Mapping and Cellular Motion
Presented on Monday, October 7, 2024
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RJ Taylor, NC State University, Hamilton class of 2019
He6-CRES: Measuring microwaves from single electrons to search for
new physics
Presented on Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Anya Nugent, Northwestern University, Hamilton class of 2018
BRIGHT: An Exploration of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Environments, their Connection to
Neutron Star Mergers and Impact on the
Universe's Heavy Element Enrichment
Presented on Thursday, April 11, 2024
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Dr. Joelle Corrigan, Intel Corporation, Hamilton class of 2016
Intel's 12-Qubit Test Chip
Presented on Friday, April 5, 2024
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Elise LePage, University of Californi Berkeley, Hamilton class of 2018
Computing Knot Invariants
from Topological Field Theory
Presented on Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Dr. Shannon Ray, National Research Council Fellow, Air Force Research Laboratory
Ignorance Implies Symmetry-Symmetry implies Ignorance:
Rethinking Quantum Entropy Using the Surfaces of Ignorance
Presented on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023
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Prof. Franky So, North Carolina State University, Hamilton class of 1979
High-Temperature Quantum Phenomena in Hybrid Perovskites
Presented on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023
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Prof. Asanka Amarasinghe, Hamilton College
Testing a non-dark matter universe with cosmological perturbations
Presented on Fri, Sep 22, 2023
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Prof. Madhavan Varadarajan, Raman Research Institute
Quantum Gravity: A view from General Relativity
Presented on Thursday, May 4, 2023
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Prof. Eilat Glikman of Middlebury College
How to See a Black Hole
Presented on Thursday, March 2, 2023
- Prof. Charles Collett
Exploring Clock Transitions in Molecular Nanomagnets
- Prof. Bolutife Olofinjana
- Prof. Amani Jayakody
Perovskite SrCoOx - Surprising Structural and Magnetic Behavior
- Prof. Janet Sheung
- Prof. Casey Berger
- Prof. Ben Olsen
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Prof. Shane Larson
Gravity and Light: Using Multi-Messenger Astronomy to See the Cosmos
Presented on Monday, October 24, 2022
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Dr. Josué J. López
On-Chip Planar Lens Architectures for Optical Beam Steering
Presented on Monday, October 17, 2022
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Wolfram Technology Seminars
Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha in Education and Research
Presented on September 21, 2022
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Sara Seager, Morris Fellow Speaker
Exoplanets and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
Presented on April 14, 2022
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Shima Parsa, RIT
Polymer for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Tale of Microscale Dynamics and Bulk Transport
Presented on March 3, 2022
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Cacey Bester of Swarthmore College
Impact Into Granular Media: A Collisional Process
Presented on February 17, 2022
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Tzula Propp, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Light and Information in Open Quantum Systems
Presented on November 29, 2021
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Annemarie Exarhos, Asst. Prof. of Physics, Lafayette College
Artificial Atoms in Two-Dimensional Materials for Quantum Technologies
Presented on November 15, 2021
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Dr. Hai Bui
Scattering Phenomenon on Curved Surface and Effects of Defects
Presented on July 15, 2021
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Eduardo Galiano-Riveros, Prof. of Physics, Emeritus, Laurentian Univ.
Assessment of the Likelihood of a Radiation-Induced Loss of Pregnancy in the Unintentional Irradiation of a Live Human Fetus
Presented on July 1, 2021
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Zachary Smith of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Quantum Information Science Branch
Trapping Barium Ions at the Air Force Research Lab
Presented on April 22, 2021
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Priyangika Wickramarachchi, SUNY Oswego
Higgs Production via Gluon Fusion at LHC
Presented on March 25, 2021
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Amin Bayat Barooni of the Physics Education Research Group, Georgia State University
Three Research-Based Approaches to the Design of Physics Activities
Presented on March 18, 2021
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Asst. Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Core Faculty of Women's Studies at the Univ. of New Hampshire
Large Scale Structure From Microphysics
Presented on February 4, 2021
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Physics Grad School Q&A Panel w/ Alexei Smith '19, Elise LePage '18, and Kenny Ratliff '16. Catherine Ryzcek '21 moderates, Prof. Viva Horowitz hosts
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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McKinley Brumback '14, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Assoc., Caltech
Exploring the Physics of Accretion onto Luminous, Magnetized Neutron Stars
Presented on November 9, 2020
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Physics Summer Research Highlights:
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Sid Molnar '22 - Computer Modeling of Neutron Spin Transport, Presented on Monday, September 21, 2020
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Will Crane-Morris '22 - Analysis of a Black Hole Accretion Disk, Presented on Monday, September 21, 2020
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Matt Jankowski - Nonrelativistic Effective Quantum Mechanics of the Coulomb Potential, Presented on November 2, 2020
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Alex Golub - Using Machine Learning for New Materials, Presented on November 2, 2020
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Igor Aharonovich
Quantum Technologies in Flatland - The Quest for White Graphene (aka Hexagonal Boron Nitride)
Presented on October 19, 2020
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Dr. Robert Dimeo, Director of the NIST Center for Neutron Research
True Stories Told with Neutrons
Presented on October 7, 2019
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Megan Marshall Smith, UMD
The Effect of the Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Thin Black Hole Accretion Disks
Presented on May 9, 2019
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David M. Jacobs
Macro Dark Matter
Presented on April 26, 2019
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Jeffrey M. Hyde
Gravitational Waves, Neutrinos, and the Production of Matter in the Universe
Presented on April 22, 2019
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Michael Brown
Laboratory Astrophysics: The SSX Plasma Wind Tunnel at Swarthmore
Presented on April 18, 2019
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Dr. Christopher J. Collison
Mechanisms, Photophysics, and Materials Design for Optimized Organic Photovoltaics
Presented on April 11, 2019
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Dr. Gregory D. Fuchs
The Electronic and Vibronic Properties of Single Photon Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Presented on April 9, 2019
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"A New and Efficient Way to Detect Light: A Graphene Nanomechanical Bolometer"
by Benjamín J. Alemán
Presented on November 5, 2018
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David R. Sokoloff of the University of Oregon
Engaging Students with Research-Validated Uses of Technology, Computer Data Acquisition, Video Analysis, Personal Response Systems, and Distance Learning
Presented on October 29, 2018
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David Weiss
Quantum Computing with Maxwell's Demon
Presented on October 15, 2018
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"Journey Through a Quantum Wormhole" by Daniel L. Jafferis
Presented on October 8, 2018
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K. Aurelia Ball
Using Computational Biophysics to Reveal Hidden Structure: Understanding How HIV Hijacks Cellular Functions
Presented on April 5, 2018
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Johannes Blaschke
Hydrodynamics of Microswimmers: Phase-Separation and the Influence of Gravity
Presented on November 6, 2017
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Peter E. Nugent
Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe
Presented on October 16, 2017
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Hal M. Haggard of Bard College
Black Hole Fireworks: Quantum Gravity Effects Outside the Horizon as a Spark for Black to White Hole Tunneling
Presented on September 18, 2017
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Kate Brown
Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics and Hofstadter's Cocoon
Presented on May 4, 2017
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Walter F. Smith
Self-Assembling Circuits: Photoconductivity and Solar Cell Activity of Organic Nanowires and DNA-Porphyrin Complexes
Presented on April 17, 2017
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Charles Collett
Exploring Clock Transitions in Molecular Nanomagnets
Presented on March 2, 2017
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Jack Steiner, Einstein Postdoc Fellow, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MIT
Measuring the Spins of Stellar-Mass Black Holes
Presented on October 24, 2016
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David Hanneke
Quantum Control of Molecular Ions
Presented on October 7, 2016
Talks will normally be at
4:10 PM in G041. They will be
preceded by refreshments at about 4.
