Seminar Fall 2022

Physics Colloquium Schedule

All colloquia will be held at 4 PM in Olin 101 (unless noted otherwise). Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Olin Lobby prior to each seminar. For additional information contact wfuphys@wfu.edu.

Thurs. Aug. 25, 2022 — Welcome and Summer research presentations including Chao Shang, Eduardo Castellanos, Josiah Brinson, and Ethan Payne

Thurs. Sept. 8, 2022 — Research opportunities in Physics at WFU – Part II featuring experimental biophysics and condensed matter physics in the laboratories of Dany Kim-Shapiro, Martin Guthold, and David Carroll.

Thurs. Sept. 1, 2022 — Summer research presentations Part II including, Arina Yu, Jesse Gao, Emily Foley, and Matthew Barnes followed by Research opportunities in Physics at WFU – Part 1 featuring innovative optics and lasers in the laboratories of Ajay Ram Simrath Kandada and Vice Provost Keith Bonin.

Thurs. Sept. 15, 2022 —Professor Yoeri van de Burgt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands – “Organic Neuromorphic Electronics and Biohybrid Systems” – (host: O. Jurchescu)

Thurs. Sept. 22, 2022 — Research opportunities in Physics at WFU – Part III featuring the condensed matter physics experimental laboratory and computation/theory groups of Oana Jurchescu, Stephen Winter, Timo Thonhauser (presented by Saif Ullah), and Natalie Holzwarth.

Thurs. Sept. 29, 2022 — Research opportunities in Physics at WFU – Part IV featuring computation/theory groups in biophysics and in gravitational physics of Fred Salsbury (also representing Sam Cho), Greg Cook, Paul Anderson, and Eric Carlson.

Thurs. Oct. 6, 2022 — Dr. Wanyi Nie, Los Alamos National Laboratory and WFU alum – “Carrier transport in 2D perovskite semiconductors and its application in high performance X-ray sensing” (host: D. Carroll)

Thurs. Oct. 13, 2022 — Fall break

Thurs. Oct. 20, 2022 — Professor Nicholas Kortessis, WFU Biology, “More than just noise: Embracing environmental variability and its consequences for ecology” (host: S. Winter)

Thurs. Oct. 27, 2022 — Professor Zahra Raissi, “Multipartite entanglement, and error correction”, Virginia Tech (host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Nov. 3, 2022 — Dr. Rodney Averett, Exponent, Inc., “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” How to Leverage Your Experiences for a Career in Biomedical Engineering and Technologies (host: M. Guthold)

Thurs. Nov. 10, 2022 — Professor Rongmon Bordoloi, NCSU, “A Tale of Cosmic Ecosystems: How galaxies evolve” (host: P. Anderson)

Thurs. Nov. 17, 2022 — Professor Vinod Menon, Dept. of Physics, City College of New York CUNY. “Strong light-matter interaction in 2D materials” (host: A. R. S. Kandada)

Thurs. Nov. 24, 2022 — Thanksgiving Holiday —

Tues. Nov. 29, 2022 — Taylor Ordines, WFU graduate student — Ph. D. Defense — “Semiclassical Prediction of the Preinflationary Era, and Limits on f(R,T) Gravity” — Mentor: E. Carlson — Public talk: 10-11 AM in Olin 107.

Tues. Nov. 29, 2022 — Robert Link, WFU graduate student — Master’s Defense — “The Solvothermal Growth of Moiré Superlattices in Antimony Telluride Spiral-Type Nanoplates” — Mentor: D. Carroll — Public talk: 2-3 PM in Olin 107.

Thurs. Dec. 1, 2022 —Professor Hanli Liu, UTA and WFU alum, “Near-infrared light stimulation on the head enhances cerebral metabolism, connectivity, and EEG powers in healthy humans” (host: D. Kim-Shapiro)