2006-2007 Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series 

22 Sept.

Prof. Kevin Jones - Physics Dept. Chair, Williams College
Title: "Photoassociation: when atoms go bump in the light"

29 Sept.

Prof. Christopher Monroe - University of Michigan
Title: "Quantum Computing and Individual Atoms"

13 Oct.

Dr. Douglas Martin - Brandeis University
Title: "Structure and function of kinesin: a fluorescent look at a molecular motor" [
abstract]

20 Oct.

Brian Gerke '99- University of California, Berkeley
Title: "Nearly Normal Galaxies in a Preposterous Universe"
[abstract]

27 Oct.

Dr. Elizabeth Juarros - University of Connecticut
Title: "Polar Molecules in the Ultracold Realm" [
abstract]

3 Nov.

Dr. Ana Jofre - National Institute of Standards and Technology
Title: "HYDROSOMES: Optically trapped femtoliter containers for single molecule studies" [
abstract]

10 Nov.

Prof. Andrew Skinner '92 - Skidmore College
Title: "A Chain-Boson Model for the Decoherence of Coupled SQUIDS"

14 Nov.

Brant Nelson '87 - Formerly, Spitzer Space Center, Caltech
Title: "Thermal Dust Reverberation in Active Galactic Nuclei: What is Markarian 335 Doing This Week?"

17 Nov.

Prof. Prof. Ioana Niculescu - James Madison University
Title: "Large Bjorken x: Convergence Point for High and Medium Energy Physics" [
abstract]

1 Dec.

Dr. Noel Goddard - Harvard University
Title: "Why This Genetic Code?"

25 January

Thesis Students Progress Reports - 2:00pm-Brian Munroe, 2:20pm - Toby Schneider, 2:40pm - Megan Bruck, 3:00pm - Arjun Sharma, 3:20pm - Break, 3:40pm - Owen Simpson, 4:00pm - Jared Strait, 4:20pm - Daniel Sussman, 4:40pm - Alexei Zaliznyak

2 Feb.

David Park, Webster Atwell-Class of 1921 Professor of Physics, Emeritus - Williams College
Title: "Complex-valued Probability?"

2 Mar.

Prof. Dayle Smith - Whitman College
Title: "Modeling electron transfer properties of metalloproteins"

9 Mar.

Prof. David Weiss - Pennsylvania State University
Title: "How to and why make a one-dimensional gas" [
abstract]

15 Mar. (Thursday)

Prof. Ward Lopes - Mt. Holyoke College
Title: "The development of order in ultra-thin PS-PMMA diblock copolymer films" [
abstract]

6 April

Prof. Peter Collings - Swarthmore College
Title: "Chromonic Liquid Crystals: A New form of Soft Matter" [
abstract]

13 April

Ginel Hill '00 - Stanford University
Title: "Investigating gecko adhesion with a MEMS 2-axis force sensor"

20 April

Heidi Hammel - Planetary Sciences Institute
Title: "Uranus and Neptune: Hot Studies of Ice Giants"

27 April

Judy Karpen - Naval Research Lab
Title: "The Sun through new glasses: what's hot in solar physics" [
abstract]

3 May

Eugene Matranga - former NASA Engineer
Title: "X-15 and Apollo: the role of engineering in space exploration" - Time: 4:00 pm

14 May

Final Thesis talks