Colloquia from 2016 - 2017

Summary of colloquia presentations for the academic year
for the Academic Year 2016-2017 (August 2016 through July 2017)
Date/Time	Speaker	Title/Host
You can find all the Physics & Astronomy Events on Western's Events Calendar by clicking here. Our Colloquia will be presented (unless otherwise noted) on THURSDAYS at 1:30 p.m. in PAB Seminar Room 100 (Main Floor [south side] of the Physics & Astronomy Building).
Winter Term 2017:
PREVIOUS Colloquia:
WEDNESDAY May 10 2:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull Department of Physics and Astronomy Rice University	Searching for Planets Around the Youngest Stars Host: S. Metchev
TUESDAY May 2 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Tengming Shen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA Dr. Shen is a candidate for a faculty position in P&A	Superconductivity and magnetism: Have they changed or touched your life, and how can they revolutionize the 21st century? Host: R.J. Sica
Thursday April 27 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Sami Dib Universidad de Atacama, Copiapo and Starplan, Copenhagen	Assessing and understanding variations in the outcome of star formation Host: S. Basu
Thursday April 20 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Adolf Witt Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Toledo	The puzzle of the Extended Red Emission in Interstellar Space Host: E. Peeters
Thursday April 13 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Paul Higgs Department of Physics & Astronomy McMaster University	Understanding the RNA World: How to get from Chemistry to Biology using some Physics Host: J. de Bruyn
Thursday April 6 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Al-Amin Dhirani Department of Physics / Department of Chemistry University of Toronto	Nanoengineering materials: A bottom-up approach towards understanding long outstanding challenges in condensed materials science Host: M. Singh
Thursday March 30 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Leslie Rogers Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Chicago	The Diversity and Demographics of Distant Rocky Worlds Host: S. Metchev
Thursday March 23 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Richard Holt Department of Physics and Astronomy Western University	Some Random Thoughts on Quantum Mechanics Host: J. de Bruyn
Thursday March 16 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Prof. Michael Dunham Physics Department SUNY Fredonia	The formation of stars: How do stars gain their mass? Host: M. Houde
Thursday March 9 2:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Nigel Smith Director of SNOLAB Keynote Speaker at the Physics Undergraduate Conference (PhUnC)	The SNOLAB Science Programme: Cutting-edge science from a deep hole in the ground Host: D. Del Papa
Thursday March 2 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Adam Muzzin Department of Physics and Astronomy York University	How to build a Big Galaxy Host: S. Metchev
Thursday February 16 3:30 p.m. PAB Room 106	Dr. Stanley Greenspoon Capilano University 2017 Annual CAP Lecture	What's New in the Search for Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life Host: B. Chronik
Thursday February 16 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	CANCELLED Dr. Michael Meyer Department of Astronomy University of Michigan	Empirical constraints on theories of Planet Formation: Capitalizing on Diversity Host: S. Metchev
Thursday February 9 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Jason Rowe Physics Department Université de Montréal	From Pixels to Planets: A history of transiting extrasolar planets with a behind-the-scenes look and first-hand account of the Kepler Mission Host: S. Metchev
Thursday February 2 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Bruce Gaulin Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research McMaster University	Quantum Ground States in Real Frustrated Magnets Host: G. Fanchini
Thursday January 26 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Paulo Miles-Páez Department of Physics & Astronomy Western University	Exploring ultra-cool atmospheres with linear polarimetric observations Host: S. Metchev
Thursday January 19 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe School of Physics & Astronomy Rochester Institute of Technology	What Drives Star Formation in the Most Luminous galaxies in the Universe? Host: S. Metchev
Thursday January 12 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	CANCELLED Dr. Markus Müller Departments of Applied Mathematics and Philosophy Western University	From physical principles to quantum theory and beyond Host: T. A. A. Sigut
Thursday January 5 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	No Colloquium this week
Thursday December 15 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Tobin Filleter Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering University of Toronto	Mechanics of 2D Materials: Tribology, Strength, and Fracture of Graphene and Graphene Oxide Host: G. Fanchini
Thursday December 8 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Arash Bahramian Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University	Population of X-ray binaries in globular clusters Host: S. Metchev
Thursday December 1 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Richard Hill Visiting Scientist at Perimeter Institute and University of Chicago, Fermilab	The Proton and the Future of Particle Physics Host: A. Buchel
Thursday November 24 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. David Litchfield Chair, Department of Biochemistry Director, Functional Proteomics Facility Western University	Proteomic strategies to reveal the promise and peril of molecular targeted therapies and precision medicine Host: A. Soddu
Thursday November 17 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Hanno Rein Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences University of Toronto, Scarborough	Simulating the Solar System for 10 billion years at machine precision: Numerical challenges and physical results Host: P. G. Brown
Thursday November 10 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University	Soft materials at surfaces and interfaces: Elastocapillarity Host: S. Mittler
Thursday November 3 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Robert Scott Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Bretagne Atlantique Université Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) Brest, France	What is curved spacetime? What is all the excitement about gravitational waves? Host: R. Valluri
Thursday October 27 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Robert Marshall Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department The University of Colorado, Boulder	The Earth’s Atmosphere as a Natural Source of X-ray Radiation Host: P. G. Brown
Thursday October 20 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Georges Michaud Physics Department Université de Montréal	From the Horizontal Branch to HgMn stars: Atomic diffusion in stars Host: J. Landstreet
Thursday October 13 9:30 a.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Tony Moffat Physics Department Université de Montréal	BRITE-Constellation now in full bloom Host: C. E. Jones
Thursday October 6 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Louis J. Dubé Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Université Laval	A Network Approach to Complex Systems – complexity made simple, … but not simpler Host: A. Soddu
Thursday September 29 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Megan Reiter Astronomy Department University of Michigan	Powerful jets driven by intermediate-mass protostars in the Carina Nebula Host: S. Metchev
Thursday September 22 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Paul Wiegert Department of Physics & Astronomy Western University	Detecting invisible planets and four other neat-o things Planetary Dynamics can do for you Host: R.J. Sica
Thursday September 15 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Jessica Grahn Brain + Mind Institute, Department of Psychology Western University	Feeling the beat: Rhythm, movement, and the brain Host: A. Soddu
Thursday September 8 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Anahi Granada Physics & Astronomy Department University of Western Ontario	Be stars as probes of critical rotation and its effect on environment and stellar evolution Host: C. E. Jones
Thursday August 25 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Louis Allamandola Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Lab NASA Ames Research Center	From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology Host: E. Peeters
MONDAY August 22 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. David Turner Astronomy & Physics Department Saint Mary's University, Halifax	The Mysterious Stars of Lunenburg Nova Scotia Host: D. F. Gray

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