Colloquia : Physics & Applied Physics : UMass Lowell

Colloquia: Fall 2009 Schedule

Location: Olney 218 (unless noted otherwise)
Time: 3:30 p.m - refreshments; 4 p.m. - colloquium begins

Colloquia Coordinator: Professor Albert Altman

September 16 2009

Harnessing Surface dislocation Networks for Molecular Self-Assembly
Karsten Pohl
University of New Hampshire

September 23, 2009

Natural Optical Frequency Magnetism
Enhancing Magnetic Dipole Transitions in Lanthanide Ions
Zia Rashid
Brown University

September 30, 2009

Black Holes and Hypervelocity Stars
Margaret Geller
Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory

October 14, 2009

Force-Induced DNA interactions :From phase transitions to viral replication
Mark Williams
Northeastern University

October 21, 2009

Biomineralization: Lessons in Materials Physics
Joanna Aizenberg
Harvard University

October 28, 2009

Optics and Photonics in Silk
Fiorenzo Omenetto
Tufts University

November 18, 2009

Nature's fundamental bosons Z, W, H, photons (What do we know experimentally?)
Ulrich Becker
MIT

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September 16 2009
	*Harnessing Surface dislocation Networks for Molecular Self-Assembly* Karsten Pohl University of New Hampshire
September 23, 2009
	Natural Optical Frequency Magnetism Enhancing Magnetic Dipole Transitions in Lanthanide Ions Zia Rashid Brown University
September 30, 2009
	Black Holes and Hypervelocity Stars Margaret Geller Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
October 14, 2009
	*Force-Induced DNA interactions :From phase transitions to viral replication* Mark Williams Northeastern University
October 21, 2009
	*Biomineralization: Lessons in Materials Physics* Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
October 28, 2009
	*Optics and Photonics in Silk* Fiorenzo Omenetto Tufts University
November 18, 2009
	*Nature's fundamental bosons Z, W, H, photons (What do we know experimentally?)* Ulrich Becker MIT