Spring 2022 Colloquium

Note: All colloquia will be held in room 152 Coates Hall at 3:30 p.m, unless otherwise indicated.

LSU Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Archives

Date Title of Talk Speaker Speaker's Institution Host
Thurs., Feb. 24, 2022

Integrated structure and reaction theories for accurate predictions in the FRIB era

Chloë Hebborn  FRIB Theory Fellow at Michigan State University (MSU) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Assistant Professor Kristina Launey
Friday, March 4, 2022 Towards lightwave-controlled switches of quantum properties in 2D materials Álvaro Jiménez-Galán Postdoc, Max Borne Institute, Berlin Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor

Monday, March 7, 2022

Howel Russell room 130

Interfacial Band Engineering of Oxide Heterostructures for Electronic, Energy, and Quantum Systems Ryan Comes Assistant Professor, Auburn University David Young, Alumni Professor of Physics
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Physics in the NISQ era: opportunities for high energy and nuclear physics Niklas Mueller Postdoc, Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics and the Joint Quantum Institute  Assistant Professor Kristina Launey
Thursday, March 10, 2022 The QCD spectrum: Challenges and prospects Arkaitz Rodas Postdoc, College of William and Mary Assistant Professor Kristina Launey

Monday, March 14, 2022

Coates Hall room 145

Experimental approaches to emergent spin degrees of freedom  Yishu Wang Postdoc, Institute for Quantum Matter at The Johns Hopkins University David Young, Alumni Professor of Physics

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Coates Hall room 145

Ab-initio simulations of ultrafast electron-nuclear dynamics: Paving the way to attochemistry Victor Despré  Postdoc, Theoretical Chemistry Group, Heidelberg University Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor
Thursday, March 17, 2022 Advanced Shell-model Approaches to Nuclear Reactions for Astrophysics Alexis Merecene Postdoc, Yale University Assistant Professor Scott Marley

Monday, March 21, 2022

Howel Russell room 130

Controlling magnetism in strongly correlated oxide thin films Ludi Miao Postdoc, Cornell University David Young, Alumni Professor of Physics

Tuesday March 22, 2022

Coates Hall room 145

R-Matrix calculations for ultrafast spectroscopy of noble-gas atoms Kathryn Hamilton Postdoc, Drake University Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor
Thursday, March 24, 2022 Attosecond Pulse Applications: Production of Spiral Vortex Patterns from Electron Waves Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Coates Hall room 145

Epitaxy of Quantum Materials and Heterostructures  Prosper Ngabonziza Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research  David Young, Alumni Professor of Physics

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Nicholson Hall Room 435

Magnetic “multiverse” probed by neutron Xiaojian Bai  Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory  David Young, Alumni Professor of Physics

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Nicholson Hall Room 435

Observing correlated-electron dynamics inside molecules Francois Mauger Assistant Research Professor, LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy Mette Gaarde, Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor