2016-2017 Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series
| 9 Sept. | “Field Day” kick off party |
| 16 Sept. | Physics and Astronomy Departments Title: “Physics Beyond Williams: grad school, jobs” |
| 23 Sept. | Scott Olesen ’10, MIT Title: “Discovering hidden ecological relationships between bacteria using modeling and statistics” |
| 30 Sept. | Alipasha Vaziri, Rockefeller University Title: “Direct detection of a single photons by humans” |
| 14 Oct. | Ashay Patel, Emily Stump, Jack Scaletta, Maria Prado Title: “Off-Campus Summer Research” |
| 28 Oct. | Jeff Linsky, University of Colorado Title: “UV and X-Ray Emission from exoplanet host stars: Results of the muscles HST Survey and photochemistry in exoplanet atmospheres” Time/Place: noon, TPL 205 |
| 4 Nov. | Amar Vutha, University of Toronto Title: “Time in the tides of gravity” |
| 10 Nov. | Sigma Xi Talk (Part I) Charles Doret, Williams College Title: “Atoms at Work: Quantum mechanics, qubits, and quool tools for research and technology” 4:15PM, Wege Auditorium |
| 11 Nov. | Dave Kaiser, MIT Title: “Testing Quantum Theory with the Cosmos” |
| 11 Nov. | Sigma Xi Talk (Part II) Charles Doret, Williams College Title: “Quantum Simulation with Trapped Calcium Ions” 4:15PM, Wege Auditorium |
| 17 Nov. | Joseph Silk, University of Oxford Title: “Dark Matters” 8PM, Wege Auditorium |
| 18 Nov. | Duffy Turner, NYU Title: “Distinguishing line-broadening mechanisms in CdSe nanocrystals using two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy“ |
| 12 Dec. | Thesis Progress Reports 2PM |
| 3 Feb. | “All About Research” Physics and Astronomy Faculty |
| 10 Feb. | Jay Pasachoff, Williams Title: “The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017” |
| 24 Feb. | Abi Singh, University of Delaware Title:“Reverse engineering cellular processes and making cells to do fun things” |
| 28 Feb | General Science Talk William Bialek, Princeton University Title: “More perfect than we imagined: A physicist’s view of life” 7PM, Wege Auditorium |
| 1 March | Joint colloquium with physics and computer science William Bialek, Princeton University Title: “Physics problems in early embryonic development” 4:30PM, TPL 205 |
| 10 March | Larry Ruzzo, University of Washington Title: “Bias in RNA sequencing and what to do about it” Joint Physics/Computer Science/Astronomy Colloquium |
| 16 March | Faculty Lecture Series – Fred Strauch, Physics “Testing Reality with Quantum Physics” Wege Auditorium, 4:15PM |
| 7 April | Leon Golub, Harvard Title: “Sun and Earth” |
| 13 April | Jay Pasachoff, Sigma Xi Lecture Title: “Solar Eclipses: This Summer’s and Others” 4:15PM, Wege Auditorium |
| 14 April | Darine El Haddad, NIST Title: “Planck’s constant, the NIST-4 Watt Balance, and the future of the kilogram” |
| 28 April | Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College Title: “Perspective On Quantum Information Science And Quantum Noise Control” |
| 5 May | Amy Banzaert, Wellesley College Title: “Engineering in the Liberal Arts: Education & Research” |
| 15 May | Honors Thesis Final Presentations |