DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
University of Missouri Columbia

Joint Condensed Matter/ECE/Biological Physics Seminars Schedule
AY 2006-2007

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

Aug. 23

Xiaoqin Zou, MU Dalton Research Center

Predicting protein-small molecule interactions for rational drug design

Henry White

Aug. 30

no seminar this week

 

 

Sept. 6

Jiexuan He, MU Physics

Spin angular momentum transfer: physics and applications for hard disk drives and memories

Shufeng Zhang

Sept. 13

Wouter Montfrooij, MU Physics

The ground state of a quantum critical system

 

Sept. 20

Volodymyr Turkowski, MU Physics

Nonequilibrium dynamical mean-field theory of strongly correlated electrons

Carsten Ullrich

Sept. 27

Dale Koelling, Department of Energy

Funding opportunities at DOE

Giovanni Vignale

Oct. 4

Elijah Flenner, MU Physics

Anisotropic spatially heterogeneous dynamics in a model glass-forming binary mixture

Ioan Kosztin

Oct. 11

Shi-Jie Chen, MU Physics

RNA folding in mRNA Splicing

 

Oct. 18

Stefano Chesi, Purdue University

Spin-orbit interactions in a two-dimensional electron or hole liquid

Giovanni Vignale

Oct. 25

Dimitri Culcer, Argonne

Spin precession and spin relaxation in semiconductors

Giovanni Vignale

Nov. 1

Suchi Guha, MU Physics

Space-charge-limited conduction in polyfluorene

 

Nov. 8

Mikhail Kiselev, University of Wurzburg

Kondo Effect in Organometallic Complexes and Nanoelectromechanical Devices

Giovanni Vignale

Nov. 15

Sheila Grant,  MU Biological Engineering

Optical biosensors based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer

Carsten Ullrich

Nov 22

Thankgiving recess

 

 

Nov. 29

Bill Yelon, UMR/MU Physics

YBa2Ru1-xCuxO6: A High Temperature Superconductor without Cuprate Planes

 

Dec. 6

Irene D'Amico, University of York/UK

Global architecture and entanglement distribution in quantum dot based quantum computers

Carsten Ullrich

Dec. 8

Stop Day

 

 

Jan 16

Classes begin

 

 

Jan 17

no seminar this week

 

 

Jan. 24

Maikel Rheinstaedter, MU Physics

Using neutron spectroscopy to study collective dynamics of biological and model membrane systems

 

Jan. 31

Emil Prodan, Princeton

DC conductance of long molecular chains

Giovanni Vignale

Feb. 7

no seminar this week

 

 

Feb. 14

Evan Boote, UM Radiology

Gold nanoparticles as contrast agents for computed tomography:  Physics, Simulation models, and Experimental results

Kattesh Katti

Feb. 21

Max Bertino, UMR Physics

Photolitography of quantum dots and conducting polymer fibers

Carsten Ullrich

Feb. 28

Michael Goggin, Truman State University

Quantum entanglement for fun and profit

Carsten Ullrich

Mar. 7

APS March Meeting

 

 

Mar. 14

Flemming Hansen,  TU Denmark

Studies of Dynamical Layering in Adsorbed Alkane Films by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering

Hak Taub

Mar. 21

Ray Osborn, Argonne

Polaronic Correlations in Bilayer CMR Manganites

Wouter Montfrooij

Mar. 22 

Special Seminar:
Ken Herwig, Oak Ridge National Lab

Status and Future Plans of the Spallation Neutron Source and HFIR

Hak Taub

Mar. 28

Spring break

 

 

Apr. 4

Michael Springborg, U. Saarland, Germany

Theoretical studies of the properties of nanowires, polymers, and nanoparticles

Sashi Satpathy

Apr. 11

Leide Cavalcanti, MU Physics

Structural study of lipid membranes as drug carriers

Maikel Rheinstaedter

Apr. 18

Sun Mingzai, MU Physics

How can Physics help to better understand atherosklerosis?

Gabor Forgacs

Apr. 25

Amit Joshi, Baylor College of Medicine

NIR Fluorescence Guided Tomographic Molecular Imaging

Ping Yu

May 2

John Freeland, Argonne

Creating novel ground states at the interface between different complex oxides

Sashi Satpathy

May 4

Stop Day