Foundations and Frontiers of Physics
   Spring 2015

An informal seminar for first year graduate students.

Wednesdays, 5pm in the New Physics PSC building room , 2136.
Please be at 4:30 pm before the talk for a gathering that may include the speaker.

Syllabus

Guidelines for speakers

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan. 28	Jim Drake UMD Physics	Plasma theory
Feb. 4	William Phillips  UMD Physics	Atomic Molecular physics
Feb. 11	Jim Gates  UMD Physics	High-energy - Superstring theory
Feb. 18	Jordan Goodman UMD Physics	Particle astrophysics
Feb. 25	Dan Lathrop UMD Physics	Plasma experiment
Mar. 4	Paulo Bedaque UMD Physics	Nuclear theory
Mar. 11	Arpita Upadhyaya UMD Physics	Biophysics
Mar. 18	SPRING BREAK
Mar. 25	Jimmy Williams UMD Physics	Condensed matter experiment
Apr. 1	Joe Redish UMD Physics	Physics and Teaching
Apr. 8	Mohammad Hafezi JQI	Quantum Optics
Apr. 15	Kaustubh Agashe UMD Physics	Particle theory
Apr. 22	Alberto Belloni UMD Physics	Particle Experiment
Apr. 29	Victor Yakovenko UMD Physics	Condensed Matter/Econo Physics
May 6	Christopher Monroe UMD Physics	Ion trap quantum computation

Faculty organizers:

Jay Sau, Room 2308 John S. Toll Physics Building, x 51417, jaydsau-at-umd.edu

Alberto Belloni, 3208F Physical Sciences Complex, x 56058,

abelloni-at-umd.edu

Last modified Jan 22, 2015