Department of Physics and Astronomy

Johns Hopkins University

Colloquium schedule for Fall 2009

The colloquia are held on Thursdays at 3:00 pm in the Schafler Auditorium of the Bloomberg Center, unless indicated otherwise.
Refreshments are served in the third floor lounge at 2:45 pm.
Directions to the department.

September 10
Speaker: Eric Bell (University of Michigan)
Host: Colin Norman
Title: Old, red and dead galaxies in a lambda CDM Universe

September 17
Joint Colloquium with the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Speaker: L. Mahadevan (Harvard University)
Host: Mark Robbins
Title: Geometric mechanics: from the atomic to the tectonic

September 24
Speaker: S. James Gates Jr.(University of Maryland)
Host: Jon Bagger
Title: Seeing the Mathematics Behind Supersymmetry Theories - Adinkras

October 1
Speaker: Ian Shipsey (Purdue University)
Host: Andrei Gritsan
Title: Bionic Hearing: the Science and the Experience

October 8
Speaker: Steve Murray (Harvard-Smithsonian)
Host: Colin Norman
Title: X-ray Astronomy in the Era of Chandra and Plans for the Future

October 22
Speaker: Eva Andrei (Rutgers University)
Host: Nina Markovic
Title: Electronic properties of graphene

October 26 (Monday)
Joint Colloquium with the Department of Biophysics
Speaker: Dave Thirumalai (University of Maryland)
Host: Doug Barrick
Title: RNA folding landscapes from Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

November 5
Speaker: Pier Oddone (Fermilab Director)
Host: Jon Bagger
Title: Angels and demons: particle physics at a juncture

November 12
Speaker: Caleb Scharf (Columbia University)
Host: Colin Norman
Title: The New Astrobiology

November 19
Speaker: Eugenie Samuel Reich, science and technology writer
Host: Peter Armitage
Title: The Schön Affair

December 8
Brickwedde Lecture
Speaker:Leonard Susskind (Stanford University)
Host: Zlatko Tesanovic
Title: TBA

Spring 2010 Colloquium Schedule

Colloquium talks are aimed at the general audience in the Department, including graduate students and staff in all fields. We rely on your suggestions to improve future colloquia. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Nina Markovic at 410-516-6422 or email nina at pha.jhu.edu