{"id":12556,"date":"2025-08-19T14:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/?page_id=12556"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:23:23","slug":"physics-colloquium-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/physics-colloquium-2020-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Colloquium 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>URI Physics Colloquium<\/h1>\n<h2>Fall 2020\/Spring 2021 Colloquium Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fridays at 4 PM, East Hall, Room 112<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"820\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><strong>Title (click on the link for abstract)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><strong>Host<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">09\/06\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">09\/13\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">09\/20\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mskcc.org\/research\/ski\/labs\/daniel-heller\">Daniel A. Heller,<\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Sloan Kettering Institute<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">Nanotechnologies for Cancer Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment.<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">09\/27\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.jpl.nasa.gov\/people\/McCleary\/\">Jacqueline McCleary<\/a>,<\/p>\n<pre>NASA<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract09-27-19-jacqueline-mccleary\/?fbclid=IwAR06oRVUn45a8YfEp6EnxALsMY-tqC8geqpaGjht-MiqaQQI5pi3gWuQkng\">Dark Matter and Galactic Dust at Megaparsec Scales<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/micheal-antosh\/\">Michael Antosh<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">10\/04\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">10\/11\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">TBA<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">10\/18\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">Irene Andreu,<\/p>\n<pre>URI<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract10-18-19-irene-andreu\/\">The Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: materials characterization at the nanoscale and beyond.<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">10\/25\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">TBA<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">11\/01\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">TBA<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">11\/08\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">TBA<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">11\/15\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/douglas-b-gobeille\/\">Douglas Gobeille<\/a><\/p>\n<pre>URI<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">Minding the Matter: Observations of the Early and Late Universe and the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">11\/22\/2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/david-r-heskett\/\">David Heskett<\/a><\/p>\n<p>URI<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract11-22-2019-david-heskett\/\">Lithium Ion Batteries: The 2019&nbsp;Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><strong>Winter Break&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">\n<pre>01\/22\/2020<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>Yun-Pil Shim<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>University of Maryland<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/10710-2\/\">Encoded qubit approach to superconducting quantum computing<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/leonard-m-kahn\/\">Leonard M. Kahn<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">01\/29\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>Utkan G\u00fcng\u00f6rd\u00fc<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>University of Maryland<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract01-29-2020-utkan-gungordu\/\">Quantum computing with semiconductor quantum dots<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/leonard-m-kahn\/\">Leonard M. Kahn<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">02\/05\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>Yuanxi Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Pennsylvania State University<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract02-05-2020-yuanxi-wang\/\">First-principles theory of electron-phonon physics in 2D materials<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/leonard-m-kahn\/\">Leonard M. Kahn<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">02\/07\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>Fran\u00e7ois Mauger<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Louisiana State University<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract02-07-2020-francois-mauger\/\">Watching electrons move in molecules<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/leonard-m-kahn\/\">Leonard M. Kahn<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">02\/14\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">02\/21\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">02\/28\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">03\/06\/2020<\/p>\n<p>(Cancelled)<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">\n<p class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/slaybaugh-gregory\/\">Slaybaugh Gregory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">Peptide-membrane Interaction: a Kinetics Study<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">03\/13\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">03\/20\/2020<\/p>\n<p>(Cancelled)<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/nicholas-bianchi\/\">Nicholas Bianchi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>URI&nbsp; Physics<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/abstract03-20-2020-nicholas-bianchi\/\">Interface States in One Dimensional Binary\/Quaternary Photonic Crystal Heterostructures<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/oleg-andreev\/\">Oleg Andreev<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;03\/27\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;04\/03\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">&nbsp;04\/10\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">04\/17\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">04\/24\/2020<\/p>\n<p>(Cancelled)<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">Conan Weiland<\/p>\n<pre><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/\">NIST<\/a><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">Variable Kinetic Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy for Non-Destructive Depth Profiling of Electronic Materials<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">\n<p class=\"iw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/david-r-heskett\/\"><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"dheskett@uri.edu\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"75\">David Heskett<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">East 112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">05\/01\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\">05\/08\/2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"41%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"16%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URI Physics Colloquium Fall 2020\/Spring 2021 Colloquium Schedule Fridays at 4 PM, East Hall, Room 112 Date Speaker Title (click on the link for abstract) Host Location 09\/06\/2019 &nbsp; N\/A &nbsp; &nbsp; 09\/13\/2019 &nbsp; N\/A &nbsp; &nbsp; 09\/20\/2019 Daniel A. 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