The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S24-16    2024-Apr 22

          Editor: Daniel Friedan        Publisher: Christina Pettola
Contributions should be sent to newsletter@physics.rutgers.edu


ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congratulations to the following recipients of the undergraduate scholarships and awards that were announced at the April 17, 2024 Department Banquet:
   Richard J. Plano 2024 Summer Research Internship: Wai Chen, Sidharth Raj, Zhongming Sun
   Mary Wheeler Wigner Memorial Scholarship: Jeremiah Hou, Colin Macrie
   Herman Y. Carr Scholarship: Darshan Lakshminarayanan, Aniruddha Madhava, Raymond Niu
   Noémie B. Koller Scholarship: Raye Kessler, Emily Pham, Srushti Selot
   Robert L. Sells Scholarship: Ethan Kasaba, Hari Rajesh, Anish Suresh
   Paul L. Leath Award for outstanding senior thesis: Suchindram Dasgupta, Udbhav Kaushik, Anish Suresh
   Aryabhata Endowed Award in Astronomy: Zoe Rosenberg, Michaela Schwab
   Mohan S. Kalelkar Award: Amy Flather, Manisha Parthasarathy
   Richard T. Weidner Physics Prize: Cormac Grindall

Dave Maiullo and Mark Croft will present the Faraday Physics Show in the Physics Lecture Hall during Rutgers Day, Saturday, April 27, 2:30-4:00pm (with sidewalk demos 12-2pm).   link: https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft/FARADAY.HTML



SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIUM:
     Seminars and colloquia are being conducted either in-person, on the web, or hybrid. See below the events listing for pages giving instructions for connecting to the web seminars.

CMS  Mon Apr 22        S.L. Sondhi, University of Oxford
1:30   330W and Zoom   Special Seminar: "Liouville, Mach, Mermin, Wagner and Classical Fractons"
                       link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97397507909?pwd=R3E2Z0piMjBYYkJPQjFXakJQVG9CZz09

EIJC Tues Apr 23       Claire Riggs, Rutgers University
11:00   330W           "A Discussion of Motherhood in Academia"

CMS  Tues Apr 23       Andrey Chubukov, University of Minnesota
1:30   330W and Zoom   "Unconventional discontinuous transitions in a 2D system with spin and valley degrees of freedom"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98298456143?pwd=ZXR5bk4wWEJQZEpvQUUwT1Y3LzJjZz09

HET  Tues Apr 23        Ibrahima Bah, Johns Hopkins University
2:30   385E and Zoom    "Aspects of topological symmetry, holography, and branes"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94699297301?pwd=SVJieHRUYUtmZmRCbGZKQlBTMTRPdz09

MPS  Wed Apr 24        Ilya A. Gruzberg, The Ohio State University
10:45   Zoom           "Multifractals and conformal invariance at Anderson transitions"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91746584944?pwd=S1RGQlZ0dUkxaFB3b292aVEzU1FyQT09

IQB  Wed Apr 24        Oriana Fisher, Lehigh University
12:00   Zoom           "Bracing bacteria for copper acquisition"
                       link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99765567444

COL  Wed Apr 24        Natalia Perkins, University of Minnesota
3:30   330W and Zoom   "Exploring Quantum Spin Liquids: From Theory to Experiment"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09

MPS  Thurs Apr 25      Alexander Neimark, Rutgers University
12:10   Hill 705       "Mesocanonical Ensemble to Study Equilibrium and Hysteretic Transitions in Confined Nanophases"

AST  Thurs Apr 25      Anna Wright, Johns Hopkins University
2:00   330W and Zoom   "Previewing Roman's Survey of Stellar Halos Using the FOGGIE Simulations"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93190640031?pwd=T0NYSmxFdlF3NlNNZEczNHc5WGRMdz09

CMS  Fri Apr 26        Marcello Barbosa da Silva Neto, the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro
1:30   112W            Special Seminar: "Topological tellurium: Nature's first negative inductor"


*********Partial List of Next Week's Seminars**************

NPS  Mon Apr 29        Prajwal Mohan Murthy, MIT
1:00   112W and Zoom   "A Search for Neutron EDM: A Case for Measurement in Deformed Isotopes"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93190640031?pwd=T0NYSmxFdlF3NlNNZEczNHc5WGRMdz09

CMS  Tues Apr 30       Eslam Khalaf, Harvard University
1:30   330W and Zoom   "From quantum Hall to Hubbard physics in twisted bilayer graphene"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98298456143?pwd=ZXR5bk4wWEJQZEpvQUUwT1Y3LzJjZz09

SIP  Tues Apr 30       Indra Gankhuyag, Madisen Johnson, Billy Cole, Danisbel Herrera, Rutgers University
5:00   330W            TBA

MPS  Wed May 1         Sara A. Solla, Northwestern University
10:45   Zoom           "A mean-field theory for heterogeneous networks of spiking neurons"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92590601376?pwd=Vzg4RTlsUTNFQ2JhQVhSK2U1c3JIQT09

COL  Wed May 1         Dolev Bluvstein, Harvard University
3:30   330W and Zoom   TBA
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09

AST  Thurs May 2       Alexandra Amon, Princeton University
2:00   330W and Zoom   "Weak lensing with a billion galaxies: new opportunities, challenges and strategies"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93190640031?pwd=T0NYSmxFdlF3NlNNZEczNHc5WGRMdz09


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The departmental calendar of colloquia and seminars is
        https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/events-calendar/

For instructions for connecting to the web seminars, see

     AST        Astrophysics Seminar                         https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/astro/seminars
     CCB        Chemistry & Chemical Biology                 https://chem.rutgers.edu/
     CMS        Condensed Matter Seminar                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/seminars/condensedmatter
     COL        Colloquium                                   https://physics.rutgers.edu/events/colloquium
     CQB        Center for Quantitative Biology              https://cqb.rutgers.edu/
     DELTA-P    Developing Educators and Leaders 
                       Among TAs in Physics                  https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/deltap/
     GAP        Geometry & Physics Seminar
     HET        High Energy Theory Seminar                   https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/het/seminars
     HEX        High Energy Experimental                     http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/seminars
     HON        Honors Seminar
     I2I        Invitations to Industry
     IQB        Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine       https://iqb.rutgers.edu/seminars
     JPAS       Junior Physics & Astronomy Seminar
     LSM        Lab for Surface Modification                 https://lsm.rutgers.edu/events/
     MiPA/EIJC  RU Minorities in P & A /                     https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/rumipa/eijc.html
                       Equity & Inclusion Journal Club                                      
     ML         Machine Learning Group Meeting
     MPS        Mathematical Physics Seminar                 https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-webinar/range.listevents/-
                                                             https://cmsr.rutgers.edu/news-events-cmsr/mathematical-physics-in-person-seminar/range.listevents/-
     MSE        Materials Science & Engineering              https://mse.rutgers.edu/
     NPS        Nuclear Physics Seminar                      https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/np/seminars
     PAER       Physics and Astronomy Education Research
     PCS        Physical Chemistry Seminar                   https://remsinglab.com/pchemseminars
     SIP        Seminar in Physics                           http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/grad/634/
     SPS        Society of Physics Students Talk Series      http://sps.physics.rutgers.edu/
     SSPAR      Student Seminars in P & A at Rutgers         http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/gso/SSPAR/