| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
Area |
Jan 16 |
Beth Gwinn | Physics | Silver Cluster Emitters in DNA Cages |
Condensed Matter Experiment |
Jan 23 |
Joan-Emma Shea | Chemistry / Physics | TBA |
Biophysics |
Jan 30 |
Lars Bildsten | KITP/Physics | Thermonuclear Explosions in Stars: A New Theoretical and Observational Frontier |
Astrophysics |
Feb 6 |
Paul Hansma | Physics | Biophysics | |
Feb 13 |
Omer Blaes | Physics | TBA |
Astrophysics |
Feb 20 |
Boris Shraiman | KITP/ Physics | TBA |
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Feb 27 |
Benjamin Monreal | Physics | TBA |
High Energy Experiment |
Mar 6 |
Everett Lipman | Physics | TBA |
Biophysics |
Mar 13 |
Carl Gwinn | Physics | Noisy Stars |
Astrophysics |
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area |
7 Apr |
Tim Sasseen | AT&T Government Solutions | "Ten things I wish I had known in graduate school" | Career |
14 Apr |
Alan Heeger | UCSB Physics | "Plastic" Solar Cells |
Condensed Matter Experiment |
21 Apr |
Crystal Martin | UCSB Physics | Galactic Winds: Answers to the Missing Satellites, Overcooling, and Intergalactic Metal Enrichment Problems??? |
Astrophysics |
28 Apr |
Joe Polchinski | KITP | High Energy Theory | |
5 May |
Ski Antonucci | UCSB Physics | Quasars and Radio Galaxies |
Astrophysics |
12 May |
David Awschalom | UCSB Physics | Quantum Information Processing with Semiconductor Spintronics |
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19 May |
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26 May |
HOLIDAY - MEMORIAL DAY |
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2 Jun |
David Stuart | UCSB Physics | Searching for new phenomena with early LHC data |
High Energy Experiment |
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area |
11 Jan |
Frank Brown | UCSB Chemistry | Modeling biomembrane dynamics and structure | Theoretical biophysics |
18 Jan |
Omar Saleh | UCSB Materials | Biophysics | |
25 Jan |
Ski Antonucci | UCSB Physics | Radio Galaxies and Quasars | Observational Astrophysics |
1 Feb |
Mark Sherwin | UCSB Physics | Science and technology at the heart of the electromagnetic spectrum |
Condensed Matter Experiment |
8 Feb |
Tommaso Treu | UCSB Physics | Dark matter and black holes over cosmic time |
Observational Astrophysics |
15 Feb |
Paul Atzberger | UCSB Mathematics | Coarse-Grained Modeling and Simulation of Biological Phenomena at the Intracellular Level |
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22 Feb |
Wim Van Dam | UCSB Physics/Engineering | Applied Metaphysics: Nonlocality as a Resource | Theoretical Physics |
29 Feb |
Panel Discussion | UCSB Physics Grads | "How To Do Well on the Advancement Exam": Ken Shen (Moderator), Lisa Manning, Eric Daub, Hugh O'Neill, Shawn Pfeil, and Brandon Armstrong |
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7 Mar |
TBA | |||
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area | Student Host |
1 Oct |
Lars Bildsten | KITP and UCSB Physics | From Novae to Supernovae: Nuclear Explosions in Distant Galaxies | Astrophysics | |
8 Oct |
Joan-Emma Shea | UCSB Chemistry | Theoretical Investigations of the Effects of the Cellular Environment on Protein Folding |
Theoretical Biochemistry | |
15 Oct |
John Martinis | UCSB Physics | Working in a Government Laboratory | Condensed Matter Experiment | |
22 Oct |
Nicola Spaldin | UCSB Materials | Theoretical Materials Physics | ||
29 Oct |
Grad Student Panel Discussion | UCSB Physics | "Finding an Advisor" : Dan Allen, Jesse Berezovsky, Ken Shen, Lisa Manning, Susanna Thon, Noah Ribeck |
Physics | |
5 Nov |
Dirk Bouwmeester | UCSB Physics |
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19 Nov |
Omar Saleh | UCSB Materials | Biophysics | ||
26 Nov |
Gary Horowitz | UCSB Physics | Quantum Black Holes | Relativity | |
3 Dec |
Claudio Campagnari | UCSB Physics | Experimental Physics at the Highest Energies and the Shortest Distances |
High Energy Experiment |
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area | Student Host |
| 13 Apr | Audrey Nelson | General Electric | A Journey from UCSB Physics to GE Sensing (Slides) | Career Seminar: High Energy Experiment | Ben Zaks |
| 20 Apr | Chris Van de Walle | UCSB Materials | First-Principles Studies of Hydrogen in Materials: From Fascinating Physics to Alternative Energy |
Materials | Curtis Asplund |
| 27 Apr | Craig Prater | Digital Instruments Inc. | Physics in Industry: Commercialization of Atomic Force Microscopy | Mariarosaria D'alfonso | |
| 4 May | John Martinis | UCSB Physics | Condensed Matter Experiment | ||
| 11 May | Everett Lipman | UCSB Physics | Measuring Individual Biological Molecules with Visible Light |
Biophysics | Ben Zaks |
15 May |
Alex Filippenko | UC Berkeley | Evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe & Dark Energy (KITP Small Seminar Room- Kohn Hall) |
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| 25 May | Beth Gwinn | UCSB Physics | TBA | Condensed Matter Experiment | |
| 1 Jun | Jim Langer | UCSB Physics | The Mysterious Glass Transition | Condensed Matter Theory |
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area | Student Host |
| 12 Jan | Omar Saleh | UCSB Materials | Manipulating single biomolecules | Materials: Biophysics | Brian Camley |
| 19 Jan | Dirk Bouwmeester | UCSB Physics | Quantum state control with photons, solid-state cavity QED systems, and micromechanical structures | Experimental Condensed Matter | Kurt Soto |
| 26 Jan | Omer Blaes | UCSB Physics | The Mysterious, Ordered Variability |
Theoretical Astrophysics | Max Watson |
| 2 Feb | Song-I Han | UCSB Chemistry | Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced NMR for biomedical and biological applications: current work at 10 GHz and perspectives for higher frequencies | Condensed Matter Experiment | Wing To |
| 9 Feb | David Berenstein | UCSB Physics | String Theory | Dan Balick | |
| 16 Feb | Matt Britton | Caltech Observatories | Astronomical Adaptive Optics | Career Seminar: Observational Astrophysics | Kurt Soto |
| 23 Feb | Grad Student Panel Discussion | UCSB Physics | The Advancement Exam | Panel Discussion |
None |
| 2 Mar | David Stuart | UCSB Physics | Probing fundamental interactions with the LHC | High Energy Experiment | Chris Justus |
| 9 Mar | Peng Oh | UCSB Physics | 21cm emission from the high-redshift universe | Theoretical Astrophysics | Brian Camley |
| 16 Mar | Audrey Nelson | General Electric | Postponed for Spring 2007 | Career Seminar: High-Energy Experiment | Ben Zaks |
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Area | Student Host |
| 29 Sept | Tim Brown | Las Cumbres Observatories and UCSB Physics | What is LCOGT (anyway)? And what can it do for **me**? | Experimental Astrophysics | Curtis Asplund |
| 6 Oct | Ken Babcock | Affinity Biosensors, Inc | Adventures in Technology Development: |
Career Seminar: Experimental Condensed Matter | Benjamin Zaks |
| 13 Oct | Joe Polchinski | KITP and UCSB Physics | Gauge/Gravity Duality | String Theory | Christopher Justus |
| 20 Oct | Phil Pincus | UCSB Physics and Materials Science | The Hydrophobic Interaction and Hydrogen Bonding Networks | Theoretical Biophysics | Dan Balick |
| 27 Oct | Andrew Cleland | UCSB Physics | Experimental Condensed Matter | Wing To | |
| 3 Nov | Grad Student Panel Discussion | UCSB Physics | How to Find An Advisor | Panel Discussion |
None |
| 10 Nov | Holiday |
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| 17 Nov | Harry Nelson | UCSB Physics | Experimental Search for Dark Matter | Experimental High-Energy Physics | Mariarosaria D’alfonso |
| 24 Nov | Holiday |
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| 1 Dec | Crystal Martin | UCSB Physics | TBA | Observational Astrophysics | Sungbin Lee |
| 8 Dec | Steve Trainoff | Wyatt Technologies, Inc | Why Do Chemical and Pharmaceutical Companies Care Why the Sky is Blue? |
Career Seminar: Experimental Condensed Matter | Brian Maertz |
Originator: Carl Gwinn
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