Physics Events
Physics Colloquia Series
The Physics Department Colloquia series will feature general interest topics at a level accessible to staff, postgraduates and undergraduates alike. Both guest speakers and Macquarie speakers will talk on a wide variety of subjects across the full range of the physics discipline.
For further information, please contact David Spence on 9850 8973. Proposals or requests for guest speakers are welcome. Details of previous colloquia are below.
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Noon, Wednesday 29nd October |
W5C 220 | Non-equilibrium plasma nanoarchitectronics |
Prof. Kostya Ostrikov, Plasma Nanoscience Center Australia (PNCA) |
Noon, Wednesday 22nd October |
C5C 498 | Quantum metrology and phase measurements |
Dr Dominic Berry, Centre for Quantum Information Science and Security, Macquarie U. |
3pm, Thursday 25th September |
E6A 102 | Galaxy Assembly on Our Doorstep |
Dr Daniel Zucker,Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
| 12 noon, Wednesday 27th August | W5C 220 | "Stellar Duets: how companions shape the lives and evolution of stars" |
Dr Orsola De Marco, |
| 12 noon, Monday 25th August | E6A 102 | "Multi-object spectroscopy of star clusters: from planet formation to the quest for dark matter" |
Dr Laszlo Kiss, Institute of Astronomy, University of Sydney |
| 12 noon, Wednesday 20th August | C5C 498 | "Exploring Low Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets with Precision Radial Velocities" |
Dr James P Lloyd |
| 12 noon, Wednesday 13th August | C5A 304 | "PLATO: the Dome A Antarctic PLATeau Observatory" |
Dr Jon Lawrence, School of Physics, University of NSW |
| 2pm, Friday 25th July | E6A 102 | Applications of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) in Materials |
Dr David McPhail, The Department of Materials, Imperial College London |
| 3-5pm, Thursday 5th June | E7B 100 | The PILOT Roadshow: A discussion of PILOT's scientific capabilities and industry opportunities. |
Prof. Michael Burton, Prof. John Storey, Dr Jon Lawrence (UNSW) & Dr Will Saunders(AAO). |
| 11am, Wednesday 28th May | E6A 102 | AIP Women in Physics Lecture: Emerging optical fibres for applications beyond data transmission |
Prof. Tanya Monro,
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, The University of Adelaide |
| 12 noon, Wednesday 6th February | E6A 102 | Optically Pumped Semiconductor Disk Lasers |
Prof. Allister Ferguson, University of Strathclyde |
2007 colloquia
| 11am, Fri 9th February 2007 | E6A 102 | Frictional properties of confined nanoparticles: effects of particle size and shape |
Professor Jacob Israelachvili, University of California |
| 12 noon, Thursday 5th April 2007 | E6A102 | Direct writing of photonic integrated chips using ultrafast lasers |
A/Prof Mick Withford, CLA, Dept. of Physics, Macquarie University. |
| 12 noon, Thursday 19th April 2007 | E6A102 | Diamond Growth and Applications |
Dr James Rabeau, QIS, Macquarie University. |
| 12 noon, Thursday 3th May 2007 | E6A102 | Global control of quantum information |
Prof. Jason Twamley, Quantum Information Science, Dept. of Physics, Macquarie University |
| 12 noon, Thursday 7th June 2007 | E6A102 | Looking for information in quantum gravity |
Dr Daniel Terno, QIS, Macquarie University |
| 12 noon, Friday 29th June 2007 | E7B Mason Theatre | Joint ARC Nanotechnology Network and LEOS Distinguished Lecture: "Applications of Optical Resonance to Biological Sensing and Imaging" |
Prof. M. Selim Ünlü, Boston University |
| 12 noon, Thursday 12th July 2007 | E6A 102 | Applications of techniques in quantum optics: ultrahigh Q microresonators and quantum imaging |
Dr. Warwick Bowen, Physics Department, University of Otago |
| 12 noon, Thursday 26th July 2007 | E6A 102 | Wave Particle-Duality with a Single Photon: The Delayed Choice Gedanken Experiment - at Last a Real Experiment
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Prof. Jean-Francois Roch, |
| 11 am, Monday 13th August | E6A102 | Symmetry and polarization in photonic crystal fibers |
Dr Mike Steel, RSoft Design Group Inc, and CUDOS, USyd. |
| 11:30am, Tuesday 18th September | W5A T1 | "Cosmic sound and the WiggleZ: measuring dark energy" |
Dr. Scott Croom |
| 12 noon, Wednesday 7th November | E7B T4 | Organic Semiconductor Lasers |
Dr. Christian Karnutsch, |
| 12 noon , Wednesday 5th December 2007 | E6A 102 | Star Formation in the First Billion Years |
Dr Andrew Bunker Head of Astronomy, Anglo-Australian Observatory |
2006 colloquia
| 11am, Wed 27th September 2006 | C5C T1 | Researching GaN to commercialisation - the last step |
Dr Scott Butcher, BluGlass Ltd. |
| 11am, Wed 11th October 2006 | C5C T1 | Heroic failures (or how not to commercialise your brilliant idea…) |
Dr Ian Clarke, Engineering manager, Optium Australia |
| 11am, Wed 25th October 2006 | C5C T1 | AIP Women in Physics Lecture: " Light, particles, action" |
Prof. Deb Kane, Department of Physics, Macquarie University |
| 11am, Wed 8th November 2006 | C5C T1 | Scaling effects in ultra-thin ferroelectric heterostructures |
Dr Nagarajan Valanoor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW. |
| 11am, Tue 21st November 2006 | C5C T1 | ARC Proposals - Do's and Don'ts |
Prof. Chris Tinney, Anglo-Australian Observatory, Chair of the ARC Physics Chemistry and Geosciences Panel |
| 11am, Wed 22nd November 2006 | C5C T1 | Quantum Computing - Beyond the Hype |
A/Prof Lloyd Hollenberg, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology , University of Melbourne |
| 11am, Fri 15th December 2006 | E7B 100 | Spin-Based Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices |
Prof Pallab Bhattacharya, ARC Nanotechnology Network Distinguished Lecturer |