Colloquia from 2017 - 2018

Summary of colloquia presentations for the academic year
for the Academic Year 2017-2018 (August 2017 through July 2018)
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).
Date/Time	Speaker	Title/Host
WINTER Term 2018:
Thursday Date 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	TBA Department University	TBA Host: TBA
PREVIOUS talks:
WINTER Term 2018:
TUESDAY June 12 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Max Joshua Blue Skies Space Ltd. London, U.K.	Twinkle – a low-Earth orbit visible and infrared exoplanet spectroscopy observatory Host: S. Metchev
THURSDAY May 10 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Paula Heron Department of Physics University of Washington In conjunction with the 2018 Ontario Assoc. of Physics Teachers (OAPT) Conference	Improving learning, broadening participation and preparing students for 21^st century careers: Multiple roles for physics education research Host: T. Poepping
THURSDAY April 26 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Tanvir Qureshi Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto	Graphene-based composite: Future in Civil Engineering application Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY April 19 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Robert Cockcroft Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Western Ontario	Indigenous Skies: Increasing Diversity in and Attractiveness of Astronomical Knowledge Host: R. J. Sica
FRIDAY April 13 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Gordon MacLeod Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Krugersdorp, South Africa	Africa and Astronomy: Economic Development thru Science Host: M. Houde
THURSDAY April 5 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Mark Daley Department of Computer Science Western University	What does a computer scientist know about getting hit in the head? Host: A. Soddu
THURSDAY March 29 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Niayesh Afshordi Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics	Quantum Black Holes in the Sky: from Quantum Gravity to Astrophysics and Cosmology Host: S. Basu
THURSDAY March 22 3:30 p.m. PAB Room 106	-- CANCELLED -- Dr. Kenneth Clark Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy Queen's University 2018 Annual Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Lecture	CANCELLED: Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown Host: B. Chronik
THURSDAY March 22 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Marco Cortesi National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) Michigan State University	Developments and applications of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD): A concise review Host: A. Soddu
THURSDAY March 15 2:30 p.m. PAB Room 106	Dr. Neil Turok Director Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics 2018 Physics Undergraduate Conference (PhUnC) Keynote Presentation	Quantum Universe Host: P. Wiegert
THURSDAY March 8 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Arnd Pralle Department of Physics University at Buffalo, SUNY	Magnetothermal Deep-Brain Neuromodulation in Freely Behaving Mice Host: A. Soddu
THURSDAY March 1 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Amartya Sengupta Physics Department Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi	Optics in material science: From ultra-fast timescales to ultra-high pressures Host: S. Shieh
THURSDAY February 22 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	READING WEEK - No Colloquium
THURSDAY February 15 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Zbigniew Wasilewski Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Waterloo	Towards high quality InSb quantum wells and wires – a quest for topological quantum computers Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY February 8 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Mark Gorski Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Western Ontario	Molecular Tracers of Star Formation Feedback in Nearby Galaxies Host: P. Barmby
THURSDAY January 25 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Jillian Scudder Department of Physics and Astronomy Oberlin College	The hunt for cosmic monsters: understanding galaxies in the confused FIR sky Host: P. Barmby
THURSDAY January 18 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Arash Akbari-Sharbaf Institut Quantique Université de Sherbrooke	Tunable magnetic phase from antiferromagnetic order to quantum spin liquid in Mo₃O₁₃ cluster magnets Host: M. Cottam
WEDNESDAY January 17 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Debra Wunch Department of Physics University of Toronto SPECIAL Physics & Astronomy Talk	Remote Sensing for Carbon Cycle Science Host: R. J. Sica
THURSDAY January 11 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Shriharsh Tendulkar Department of Physics McGill Space Institute McGill University	Probing the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts Host: M. Houde
FALL Term 2017:
THURSDAY December 14 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Renée Hložek Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Toronto	New cosmology with small-scale CMB data: Ultra-light dark matter and cosmic voids Host: S. Gallagher
FRIDAY December 8 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Robert Weryk Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa SPECIAL Physics & Astronomy SEMINAR	Discovery circumstances of the first interstellar asteroid Host: P. G. Brown
THURSDAY December 7 3:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Aaron Zimmerman Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics University of Toronto	The First Detection of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Host: R. Valluri
WEDNESDAY December 6 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Sophie Godin-Beekmann Director of Research Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France	The depletion of the ozone layer and its interaction with climate change Host: R. J. Sica
THURSDAY November 30 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Cecile Fradin Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University	Proteins drilling holes in lipid membranes: The influence of the membrane physical parameters Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY November 23 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. John Wei Department of Physics University of Toronto	Superoxygenation and Superconductivity in Copper Oxide Thin Films Host: G. Fanchini
TUESDAY November 21 2:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Olga Trichtchenko Institute for Aerospace Studies University of Toronto	Computing solutions to Euler's equations with different conditions at the interface Host: R. J. Sica
THURSDAY November 16 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Edwin (Ted) Bergin Department of Astronomy University of Michigan	Connecting protoplanetary disk and exoplanet atmospheric composition Host: E. Peeters
THURSDAY November 9 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Eugene Wong Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Western Ontario	Cancer metastasis, dormancy and recurrence from the physics perspective Host: T. A. Sigut
TUESDAY November 7 11:00 a.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. C. Megan Urry Department of Physics Yale University Special Departmental Seminar	Galaxy Evolution: Do Active Galactic Nuclei Quench Star Formation? Hosts: L. Goncharova / S. Gallagher
MONDAY November 6 5:00 p.m. SEB 1059	Dr. C. Megan Urry Department of Physics Yale University The Annual ELIZABETH LAIRD Memorial Lecture	Black Holes, Galaxies, and the Evolution of the Universe Hosts: S. Gallagher / L. Goncharova
THURSDAY November 2 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Michael Meyer Department of Astronomy University of Michigan	Empirical constraints on theories of planet formation: Capitalizing on diversity Host: S. Metchev
THURSDAY October 26 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	-- CANCELLED -- Dr. Zbig Wasilewski Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Waterloo	Towards high quality InSb quantum wells and wires – a quest for topological quantum computers Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY October 19 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Ayse Turak Department of Engineering Physics McMaster University	Nanostructures for interfacial engineering in organic optoelectronics Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY October 12 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Stephen R. Julian Department of Physics University of Toronto	New quantum phases of matter Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY October 5 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Rodrigo Vieira Department of Astronomy University of São Paulo	The life cycles of Be star disks Host: C. E. Jones
THURSDAY September 28 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. James Wurster Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Exeter, U.K.	The implications of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics on star formation Host: S. Basu
THURSDAY September 21 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Leyla Soleymani Department of Engineering Physics McMaster University	Materials innovations towards developing miniaturized diagnostics platforms Host: G. Fanchini
THURSDAY September 14 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr Julio Martinez-Trujillo Department of Physiology & Pharmacology Brain and Mind Institute Robarts Research Institute The University of Western Ontario	Complex behaviour and the Cerebral Cortex, a fertile ground for quantitative scientists Host: A. Soddu
THURSDAY September 7 1:30 p.m. PAB Room 100	Dr. Shohini Ghose Department of Physics & Computer Science Centre for Women in Science Wilfrid Laurier University	What If...? Host: G. Fanchini

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Colloquia from 2017 - 2018

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In conjunction with the 2018 Ontario Assoc. of Physics Teachers (OAPT) Conference

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2018 Annual Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Lecture

2018 Physics Undergraduate Conference (PhUnC) Keynote Presentation

The Annual ELIZABETH LAIRD Memorial Lecture

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