Upcoming Colloquia

Affiliation: UCF Department of Physics
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: C215 ESC or Live Online

Physics Education Research

Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Zhongzhou Chen earned his Ph.D. in physics from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in 2012, specializing in physics education and multimedia learning. In 2013 he joined the RELATE group at MIT as a postdoc, conducting educational research in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the edX platform, mentored by Prof. David Pritchard. His current research focuses on analyzing student learning data to improve the effectiveness of online learning, and designing online-learning environments to enhance the quality of measurement and data collection.

Affiliation: SLAC
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: C215 ESC or Live Online

LCLS-II

Biographical Sketch:

Arianna Gleason is a Staff Scientist in the Fundamental Physics Directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and is Adjunct Faculty in the Geological Science Department, Stanford University, where she focuses on dynamic mesoscale materials properties.  She obtained her Ph.D. in 2010 from the University of California, Berkeley, working on high-pressure mineral physics and on planetary sciences. Her research applies ultrafast x-ray probes to study dynamic materials processes related to geoscience, planetary science, and fusion-energy research. She recently received a DOE’s Early Career Award.

Affiliation: Northwestern University
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: C215 ESC or Live Online

Determining the Astrophysical Origins of White-Dwarf Supernovae with JWST Infrared Spectroscopy

Affiliation: University of Utah
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: C215 ESC or Live Online

Cosmology