Week of February 17, 2013 to February 23, 2013

1. Monday, February 18, 2013

   1. 12:00 pm

      Shiwei Zhang  (William & Mary)

      
      ICMT Seminar: Computing electron correlation effects: an auxiliary-field perspective
      190 ESB
   2. 3:00 pm

      Kang-Kuen Ni

      
      Special QI/AMO Seminar: New Prospects for Cold Molecular Physics
      280 MRL
   3. 4:00 pmHugh Hillhouse, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
      Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
      100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
   4. 4:00 pm   Materials Sciences and EngineeringProf. Hugh Hillhouse, University of Washington, "Earth abundant element solar cells from nanocrystal-inks and molecular-inks"
      100 MSEB

2. Tuesday, February 19, 2013

   1. 2:00 pmChBE 565 Seminar of Special Interest, Dr. Christopher Alabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Multiparametric Evaluation of Nanocarriers for siRNA Delivery"
      116 Roger Adams Laboratory
   2. 2:00 pmDanny Perez, Los Alamos National Laboratory
      MatSE Special Seminar
      280 Materials Research Laboratory
   3. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Gerry Wright
      Prof. Gerry Wright, McMaster University, "Resisting Resistance: Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance with Small Molecules"
      116 Roger Adams Lab
   4. 4:00 pmSoft Materials Seminar
      119 Materials Science and Engineering Building

3. Wednesday, February 20, 2013

   1. 1:00 pm

      Professor Masahiro Hotta (Tohuku University)

      
      Special QI/AMO Seminar: Quantum Energy Teleportation
      

      280 MRL
   2. 4:00 pmMarkus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna
      Physics Colloquium, "Quantum Optomechanics"
      141 Loomis Lab
   3. 4:00 pmProf. Garnet Chan, Princeton University, "Impacts of quantum information in quantum chemistry"
      112 Chem Annex

4. Thursday, February 21, 2013

   1. 11:00 am

      Chris Varney (University of Massachusetts)

      
      Special ICMT Seminar: Topological Phase Transitions
      

      190 ESB
   2. 12:00 pmCHEM 575 Seminar, Ms. Jessie Peh, UIUC, "Towards artificial RNA scaffolds for protein assembly"
      217 Noyes Laboratory
   3. 2:00 pmChBE 565 Seminar of Special Interest, Mr. Christopher Wilmer, Northwestern University, ''Algorithmic Exploration of 'Building-Block' Chemistry: Rapid Discovery of Optimal Gas Storage & Separations Materials"
      116 Roger Adams Laboratory
   4. 2:00 pmJessica Krogstad, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
      MatSE Special Seminar
      280 Materials Research Laboratory
   5. 4:00 pmHard Materials Seminar
      119 Materials Science and Engineering Building
   6. 4:00 pm   Materials ChemistryProfessor Sara Skrabalak, Indiana University, "Shaping the Synthesis and Assembly of Bimetallic Nanostructures"
      112 Chem Annex

5. Friday, February 22, 2013

   1. 1:00 pm

      Prof Ryan T Gordon -
      Dept of Physics - Western Illinois University

      
      Condensed Matter Seminar: Superconducting gap studies of iron-based superconductors from London penetration depth measurements
      

      190 Engineering Sciences Bldg - corner Goodwin & Springfield

       
   2. 2:00 pm

      Aubrey Weigel, School of Biomedical Engineering (Krapf Lab), Colorado State University, Fort Collins

      
      CPLC Seminar: "Characterizing the diffusional behavior and trafficking pathways of KV2.1 using single particle tracking in live cells"
      464 Loomis