The Rutgers Physics & Astronomy Newsletter       Number F24-3    2024-Sept 16

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congratulations to our newest PhD's: 
- Dr. Ran Adler successfully defended his dissertation "Correlated Materials 
Design – New Methods and Applications" written under the direction of Prof. Gabi 
Kotliar, on September 12, 2024.
- Dr. Xinyuan Lai successfully defended his dissertation "Scanning Tunneling 
Microscopy Studies of Twisted Van Der Waals Layers" written under the direction 
of Prof. Eva Andrei, on September 13, 2024.
- Dr. Lindsey Kwok successfully defended her dissertation "Supernovae Beyond the 
Rainbow: Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Spectroscopy of Exploding Stars with 
HST and JWST" written under the direction of Prof. Saurabh Jha, on September 13, 
2024.



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  Tues Sept 17       Ritesh Agarwal, UPenn
1:30   330W and Zoom    "Nonlocal photogalvanic spectroscopy as a probe of complex matter: topological light meets topological materials"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98298456143?pwd=ZXR5bk4wWEJQZEpvQUUwT1Y3LzJjZz09

AST  Tues Sept 17       Jonathan Trump, UCONN
2:00   401W and Zoom    "The Census of Supermassive Black Holes over Cosmic Time"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93190640031?pwd=T0NYSmxFdlF3NlNNZEczNHc5WGRMdz09

HET  Tues Sept 17       Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, MIT and Harvard
2:30   385E and Zoom    "Cosmology's Midlife Crisis: Embracing the Machine Learning Makeover"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94699297301?pwd=SVJieHRUYUtmZmRCbGZKQlBTMTRPdz09

SIP  Tues Sept 17       Jak Chakhalian, Rutgers University
5:40   330W             "Weyl fermions meet magnetic monopoles in solids"

MPS  Wed Sept 18        Scott Sheffield, MIT
10:45   Zoom            "Gauge theory and random surfaces"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91460176387?pwd=ifgUfxa1aMLBf5bpJwa5b2BHPIJa9S.1

COL  Wed Sept 18        Eleni Katifori, University of Pennsylvania
3:30   330W and Zoom    "Excitable Networks"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09

MPS  Thurs Sept 19      Avraham Soffer, Rutgers University
12:10   Hill 705        "Scattering Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Waves: A Unified New Paradigm"

DELTA-P  Thurs Sept 19  Chaz Ruggieri, Rutgers University
6:00   Zoom             "Student Problem Solving Strategies in Physics"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92365790058?pwd=SQxOQaT5OxuBXOBVXrG7h8BpXkkead.1


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

CMS  Tues Sept 24       Sangkook Choi, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
1:30   330W and Zoom    "Quantum Many-Body Theory: Enhancing and Benefiting from Quantum Computing"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98298456143?pwd=ZXR5bk4wWEJQZEpvQUUwT1Y3LzJjZz09

HET  Tues Sept 24       Daniel Jafferis, Harvard
2:30   385E and Zoom    "3d gravity as a tensor model"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94699297301?pwd=SVJieHRUYUtmZmRCbGZKQlBTMTRPdz09

MPS  Wed Sept 25        Sylvia Serfaty, New York University
10:45   Zoom            "Coulomb and Riesz gases: some recent developments"
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91460176387?pwd=ifgUfxa1aMLBf5bpJwa5b2BHPIJa9S.1

IQB  Wed Sept 25        Michael Manhart, Rutgers University
12:00   Zoom            "How do Metabolic Interactions between Bacteria Affect the Fitness of Mutations?"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98522736773

COL  Wed Sept 25        Ruth Murray-Clay, UC Santa Cruz
3:30   330W and Zoom    TBA
                        link:  https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09

MPS  Thurs Sept 26      Pedro Garrido, Universidad de Granada
2:00   Hill 705        "Computer Simulations of Hard Particles: A Tool to Understand Macroscopic Laws"

DELTA-P  Thurs Sept 26  Chaz Ruggieri, Rutgers University
6:00   Zoom             "Instructional Explanations in Physics"
                        link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92365790058?pwd=SQxOQaT5OxuBXOBVXrG7h8BpXkkead.1


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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://rutgers.instructure.com/courses/321686/
     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/633/
     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/