The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number S24-15    2024-Apr 15

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


ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminder that the annual Department Banquet and Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by Society of Physics Students and Rutgers Astronomical Society, will be this Wednesday, April 17 starting at 6pm in the International Lounge in the Busch Student Center.  The costs of the banquet are generously supported by the Department Chair’s Fund – thank you to those who help contribute to this Fund. Note that all seats at the annual Department’s Banquet on April 17 have been filled.


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.

HET  Tues Apr 16       Temple He, Caltech
2:30   385E and Zoom   "A synergy of shockwaves, edge modes, and infrared physics"

SIP  Tues Apr 16       Nicholas Adams, Elizaveta Trunina, Anushka Saha and Kaustubh Roy, Rutgers University
5:00   330W            TBA

MPS  Wed Apr 17        Margherita Disertori, University of Bonn
10:45   Zoom           "Fractional Anderson model and long-range self-avoiding walks"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96795898977?pwd=VzdYV1RaYnpVU2NQajF5TEtCUmRtUT09

IQB  Wed Apr 17        John Jimah, Princeton University
12:00   Zoom           "Structural biology of membrane architecture and remodeling"
                       link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99765567444

COL  Wed Apr 17        Michael Zwick, Senior VP for Research at Rutgers
3:30   330W and Zoom   "Free ranging discussion on research at Rutgers"
                       link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09

MPS  Thurs Apr 18      Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
12:10   Hill 705       "Mathematical construction of two-dimensional conformal field theories"

I2I  Thurs Apr 18       Wen-Sen Lu, Atlantic Quantum
12:00  330W and Zoom    "Invitation to Industry from Wen-Sen Lu in Quantum Computing"
                        link: https://us06web.zoom.us/my/erdosinstitute

HET  Thurs Apr 18      Carlos Blanco, Princeton University
2:30   385E and Zoom   "Scintillating Methods to Detect Dark Matter from Nano to Astro Scales"


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

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    TBA
                        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/96795898977?pwd=VzdYV1RaYnpVU2NQajF5TEtCUmRtUT09

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

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


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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/