PHYSICS AND
ASTRONOMY WINTER 2007 COLLOQUIM SCHEDULE
January 26: Joel Giedt, Fine
Theoretical Physics Institute, University of MN
“Lattices,
Strong Dynamics, and Warped Extra Dimensions at the Frontier”
February 2: Brian DiDonna,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
“Filamin cross-linkers in the cytoskeleton: fragility under strain”
February 9: Eric Majzoub, Sandia
National Laboratories
“Estimating the enthalpy of formation of complex
hydrides using first-principles and global optimization techniques”
February 16: David Mattingly
“Quantum
gravity signals in astrophysics and cosmology”
February 23: Yoram Rudy,
Washington University (hosted by Sonya)
“From Genetics to Cellular Function Using Computational
Biology”
March 2: Robert Mathieu, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Speaker for the Joint UMSL/Rolla
Meeting (UMSL)
March 16: Thomas Curtright,
University of Miami
"Quasi-hermitian QM"
April 6: Jian-Min (Jim) Zuo, University of IL Urbana-Champagne (hosted by Jimmy)
April 13: Lifeng Dong, Missouri
State U (hosted by Phil)
April 20: NASA Space Grant meeting (Washington U)
April 27: Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 4: Alumni Lunch
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Colloquium: 3:00PM Rm 328
Benton Hall
Coffee: 2:30
PM Rm
516 Benton Hall
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