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2022 Events
January
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Jan 11, 2022 at 1:00pm Online
: Konstantin Lehmann. Estimating Deceiving Signatures and their Role in the Observation of the VBF Production Mode in the Higgs-Boson Decay into two W Bosons -
Jan 14, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Dennis Salazar. Solving the Solar Neutrino Problem with Neutrino Oscillations -
Jan 14, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Zhi Han. Extracting Quantum Entanglement from Continuous Variable Cluster States -
Jan 14, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Oliver Stelzer-Chilton. Searching in (the) dark and new directions at the Large Hadron Collider -
Jan 19, 2022 at 1PM Online
: David Evans. Anisotropic Magnetic Properties and Anomalous Transport Properties of RCuAs2 Single Crystals (R = Y, La-Nd, Sm, Gd-Yb) -
Jan 21, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Luis Ramirez. Bio-inspired material -
Jan 21, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Dilraj Ghuman. Finding the Neutrino Mass with KATRIN -
Jan 21, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Elham Kashefi. Verification of Quantum Computation -
Jan 28, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Metea Marr. TBA -
Jan 28, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Matthew Leighton. TBA -
Jan 28, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Philip Stamp. Quantum gravity in the lab -
Jan 31, 2022 at 2PM Online
: Matt Harrington. Biological fabrication of hierarchically structured soft matter -
Feb 07, 2022 at 2PM Online
: Catherine Beauchemin. A primer in virophysics
February
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Feb 4, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Mehdi Keshavarz. TBA -
Feb 4, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Obinna Uzoh. TBA -
Feb 4, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Andrew Pelling. Messy, Soft and Squishy: The Complex Biophysics and Mechanobiology of Living Cellular Systems -
Feb 11, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Shirin Riahi. TBA -
Feb 11, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Mae Abedi. Geometrically frustrated magnetism -
Feb 11, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Megan Valentine. Harnessing nature’s ingenuity to make tough and stimuli-responsive materials -
Feb 15, 2022 at 6:00PM Online
: SFU Faculty of Science. 'Picture a Scientist' Discussion -
Feb 18, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Mariah Goeks. Changing Hue with Force: Tuning the color transition of mechanophores -
Feb 18, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Andre Marziali. The physics of race cars -
Feb 28, 2022 at 2PM Online
: Caroline Colijn. Genomic Epidemiology in SARS-CoV-2: new tools and challenges
March
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Mar 4, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Philip Jackle. Physics education research: do short, post-lecture multimedia summaries improve learning? -
Mar 4, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Florian Baer. Out-of-equilibrium dynamics in the multi-component Bose-Hubbard model -
Mar 4, 2022 at 2:30PM *C9000 & Online*
: Nigel Smith. A window on TRIUMF -
Mar 8, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.1 and online
: Tanmay Vachaspati. Electroweak Monopoles, Magnetic Fields, and Topological Defect Formation -
Mar 11, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Paras Pokharel. Quantum Computing with Defect -
Mar 11, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Damian Sheppard. Slowly Rotating Black Holes in Einstein Quartic Gravity -
Mar 11, 2022 at 2:30PM *C9000* and online
: Tanmay Vachaspati. Is the Universe magnetized? -
Mar 16, 2022 at 6PM Online
: Career Night 2022. -
Mar 18, 2022 at 2:30PM Online
: Edo Kussell. Memory in Bacteria: From Single Cells to Ecologies -
Mar 21, 2022 at 2:30PM P8445.1
: Gabriel J. Man. Fundamental studies of the electronic structure of lead halide perovskites using synchrotron-based resonant electron and X-ray spectroscopies -
Mar 25, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Amin Safaseesirat. A pendulum model of collective behavior in neuronal systems -
Mar 25, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Koushik Bar. Correlation of Cell Growth Dynamics Under Stress with Antibiotic Persistence -
Mar 25, 2022 at 2:30PM *In-person in C9000*
: Dept of Physics. Professors Answering Simple Questions -
Mar 30, 2022 at 11:00 AM Online
: Alan Aspuru-Guzik. Quantum Algorithms for Near-Term Quantum Computers -
Mar 30, 2022 at 2:00PM Online
: Lindsay Babcock. Longitudinal Spin Diffusion of a Two-Domain Ultracold Non-Degenerate Bose Gas
April
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Apr 1, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Hoda Taeb. Molecular dynamics simulations of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein -
Apr 1, 2022 at 2:30PM *C9000* and Online
: Douglas Scott. Physics Pranks and Astronomical Antics -
Apr 04, 2022 at 2:30PM SSB7172
: Armita Nourmohammad. Evolutionary control of evolving populations: from molecular phenotypes to HIV therapy -
Apr 8, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Sina Falakian. Inference of the DNA Replication Process in Human Genomes -
Apr 8, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Adrian Yeung. Applying reinforcement learning in fusion power research -
Apr 8, 2022 at 2:30PM TASC2 7000-level Atrium
: Dept of Physics. 2022 Physics Annual Poster Competition -
Apr 11, 2022 at 2PM Online
: F. Marty Ytreberg. Using molecular modeling to study protein structure, function, and evolution -
Apr 14, 2022 at 2:00PM Online
: Shayan Gheidi. Muon Spin Relaxation Studies of Cuprates in the Normal State -
Apr 14, 2022 at 3PM P8445.1 and online
: Jose Tomas Galvez Ghersi. Dimensional deformation of sine-Gordon breathers into oscillons -
Apr 21, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Luise Poley. Silicon tracking detectors – connecting the dots -
Apr 28, 2022 at 10:30AM P8445.2 and online
: Gopolang Mohlabeng. New Directions for Discovering Dark Matter Beyond the Weak Scale -
Apr 29, 2022 at 10:30AM P8445.2 and online
: Gopolang Mohlabeng. Special Relativity
May
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May 19, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Dr. Dominik Legut . Out of plane MAE by Tm doped novel 2D semiconductor Bi2−xTmxO2Se -
May 20, 2022 at 10:30AM P8445.2
: Loren Kaake. Organic Electronic Materials: Mixed Ion-Electron Transport and Self-Assembly in Supercritical Fluids -
May 25, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: John Bechhoefer. The colloidal nature of complex fluids enhances bacterial motility -
May 31, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Eundeok Mun. Housekeeping, photo sessions and other business -
June 2, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Weibing Xing. Comprehensive Characterization of Multi-Phase Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathodes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
June
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Jun 1, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Luis Ramirez-Ramirez. Nonlinear mechanics of human mitotic chromosomes. -
Jun 3, 2022 at 2:30PM P8445.2
: Shawn Sederberg. An ultrafast journey through nanometres, attoseconds, and Teslas -
Jun 7, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Daniel Higginbottom. Silicon spin-photon devices for quantum technologies -
Jun 14, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Jens Lassen. TBA -
Jun 15, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Hoda Taeb. Sequence-dependent surface condensation of a pioneer transcription factor on DNA -
Jun 21, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Corina Andreoiu. Decay Spectroscopy Experiments with Radioactive Beams and Large Spectrometers at TRIUMF -
Jun 22, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Alaa Al-Shaer. Dynamic arrest and aging of biomolecular condensates are modulated by low-complexity domains, RNA and biochemical activity -
Jun 28, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Matthias Danninger. TBA -
Jun 12, 2022 at 11AM P8445.2
: Sujit Narayanan. Chiral Symmetry Breaking in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene
July
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Jul 5, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Bernd Stelzer. Particle Physics, the Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs Boson -
Jul 5, 2022 at 2PM P8445.2
: Igor Boeettcher. Simulating hyperbolic matter on a circuit board -
July 6, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Zak Frentz. Microbial population dynamics and evolutionary outcomes under extreme energy limitation -
Jul 12, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Jeffrey McGuirk. Bose-Einstein condensates - The coldest stuff in the universe -
Jul 13, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Jannik Ehrich. Nonlinear Phototaxis and Instabilities in Suspensions of Light-Seeking Algae -
Jul 19, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Michel Vetterli. Detectors and accelerators -
Jul 20, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Miranda Louwerse. Efficient Control and Spontaneous Transitions -
Jul 26, 2022 at 12PM P8445.2
: Karen Kavanagh. Electrically active semiconductor nanostructures -
Jul 27, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Tushar Saha. Experimental study of information-powered engines
August
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Aug 3, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Steven Blaber. TBA -
Aug 4, 2022 at 1:00PM P8445.2
: Mehdi Pourzand . DOMAIN WALL MOTION IN AN ULTRACOLD 87RB GAS -
Aug 10, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Nancy Forde. A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor -
Aug 15, 2022 at 10:00AM P8445.2
: Mark Rempel. Modelling burnt bridge ratchets; optimizing their efficiency and motility -
Aug 15, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Obinna Uzoh. The influence of crystal electric field on the physical properties of CeCd3X3 (X = P and As) -
Aug 15, 2022 at 2:30PM SSB 7172
: Zhiyue Lu. Beyond non-equilibrium steady-state — information and energy extraction from time-varying environments. -
Aug 16, 2021 at 1PM Physics Courtyard
: Physics Dept. USRA Poster Session -
Aug 17, 2022 at 11:00AM Online
: Vadim Smirnov. The quasinormal modes of non-rotating black holes and wormholes -
Aug 17, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Koushik Bar. Self-assembly of tessellated tissue sheets by expansion and collision -
Aug 18, 2022 at 9:30AM Online, P8445.2
: Tushar Saha. Information-powered engines -
Aug 23, 2022 at 10:00AM Online, P8445.2
: Ulas Ozdemir. Phenomenology of unconventional superconductors -
Aug 24, 2022 at 12:30PM P8445.2
: Chris Angtsmann. The position of the axon initial segment assembly site can be predicted from the shape of the neuron -
Aug 30, 2022 at 10:00AM Online, P8445.2
: Benjamin Jager. Precision Measurements of Higgs Boson Production in Decays to W Bosons using Machine Learning with the ATLAS Experiment -
Aug 31, 2022 at 1:00PM P8445.1
: Dr. Etienne Dreyer . Disentangling particle jets using deep learning on graphs and hypergraphs
September
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Sep 16, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 and online
: Dept of Physics. Physics Research Jamboree 2022 -
Sep 23, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Heinz Asch. Exploration of Charge Dependence in the Strong Nuclear Interaction -
Sep 23, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Zhi Han. Topology in physics -
Sept 23, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Ingrid Stairs. The Short-Timescale Universe According to CHIME
October
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Oct 03, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Danielle Tokarz . Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy for Biomedical Applications -
Oct 4, 2022 at 11:00 AM Online
: Chad Briddon . Using SELCIE to investigate screened scalar field models sourced by complex systems -
Oct 5, 2022 at 2:30 PM P8445.2 & Online
: Chi-kwan Chan . Resolving the Galactic Center Black Hole with the Event Horizon Telescope -
Oct 7, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Luis Ramírez-Ramírez. Improving the resolution of single-molecule tracking using Minimal Photon Fluxes (MINFLUX) -
Oct 7, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Dilraj Ghuman. Finding the Moon from the Pacific -
Oct 7, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Daniel Higginbottom. Silicon Colour Centre Quantum Technologies -
Oct 11, 2022 at 3:30PM AQ3150 & Online
: Natasha Holmes. Equity and Inequalities in Lab Group Work -
Oct 13, 2022 at 10:30 PM P8445.2
: David van Valen. Everything as Code -
Oct 14, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Mariah Goeks. The Physics of Nerve Conduction -
Oct 14, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Ruchir Tullu. ENTANGLEMENT-ASSISTED INTERFEROMETRIC TELESCOPE ARRAYS -
Oct 14, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: David Reichman. Anomalous Low-Temperature Behavior of Glasses -
Oct 17, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Weiran Sun . KINETIC EQUATIONS WITH INTERNAL STATES -
Oct 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Philip Jackle. Development of a Negative Helium Ion Source with Non-Metallic Charge Exchange -
Oct 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Jake Stewart. Cubing the Screen: Volumetric Voxel Displays -
Oct 21, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Physics IDEA Team. Report from the Physics IDEA Committee -
Oct 24, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Ailene MacPherson . Inferring Epidemiological Dynamics from Phylogenetic Trees -
Oct 25, 2022 at 2:00 PM Online
: Victor Pozsgay . Low-energy EFT causality bounds -
Oct 28, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Hoda Taeb. Do aerosols play a key role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2? -
Oct 28, 2022 at 1:30 PM C9000
: Pak Tik Fong. Reaching the quantum limit of measurement: quantum SU(1,1) interferometry -
Oct 28, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Ashutosh Kotwal. The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics -
Oct 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM P8445.2
: Aurelie Spiesser. Recent Developments in Silicon Spintronics
November
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Nov 04, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Adrian Yeung. A Computational Study of Polymer Membrane Fuel Cells -
Nov 04, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Israel Lumumba. The challenges of ocean mapping, how much do we really know? -
Nov 4, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Nicole Vassh. 65 years of nuclear astrophysics enters the multi-messenger era -
Nov 07, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Zak Frentz . Can molecular heat pumps explain the intracellular temperature anomaly? -
Nov 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM Online
: Dr. Daniel Jiménez Aguilar. The dynamics of domain wall strings -
Nov 14, 2022 at 1:30PM Online
: Matt Scott . Physiological characterization of adaptive evolutionary dynamics -
Nov 17, 2022 at 4:30PM Online
: Nancy Forde. Free Information Session about Graduate Programs in Physics at SFU, at 4:30 pm on Thursday November 17th, 2022. -
Nov 18, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Mohammad Mostaan. Quantum computers: a hardware overview. -
Nov 18, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Dennis Salazar. PENeLOPE: Measuring a precise neutron lifetime with an ultracold neutron magneto-gravitational trap -
Nov 18, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Joel Primack. Cosmology, Galaxy Formation, and Planets with James Webb Space Telescope -
Nov 21, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Miranda Holmes-Cerfon. The dynamics of particles with ligand-receptor contacts -
Nov 25, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Zachary Podrebersek. Magnetic Storage Devices, A Survey -
Nov 25, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Mehdi Keshavarz. Complex Numbers in Quantum Mechanics: Computational Trick or Fundamental Necessity? -
Nov 25, 2022 at 3:30PM P8445.2
: Dept of Physics. PHYSICS UNDERGRAD PIZZA PARTY -
Nov 28, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: Oren Raz. Echo Chambers in the Ising Model
December
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Dec 02, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Paras Pokharel. Searches for Long-Lived Particles in the ATLAS -
Dec 02, 2022 at 1:30PM C9000
: Metea Marr . The physical mechanism of the auroras -
Dec 2, 2022 at 2:30PM C9000 & Online
: Reuven Gordon. Nanoaperture Tweezers: From Single Proteins to Single Quantum Emitters -
Dec 5, 2022 at 1:30PM P8445.2
: J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin. First passage time and entropy of a 1D Brownian particle with stochastic resetting to random positions -
Dec 9, 2022 at 1:00PM P8445.2
: Leea Stott. Purcell enhancement of the silicon T centre