Seminar on Modern Optics and Spectroscopy

March 1

Barry Masters, MIT
Resonance energy transfer theories: from experiments to classical theory to quantum mechanical theories

March 8

Lukas Novotny, University of Rochester
Optical antennas for enhanced light-matter interactions

March 15

Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia
Understanding aerosols on a molecular level

March 22

20th Annual Richard C. Lord Lecture:

Stefan Hell, University of Gottingen, Germany
Nanoscopy with focused light

March 29

Lisa Marshall, MIT
Probing submillisecond dynamics in the fluorescence spectra of single semiconductor nanocrystals

April 5

Craig Taatjes, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore
Laser and synchrotron investigations of fundamental combustion chemistry

April 19

Jeff Gore, MIT
Games that microbes play: the game theory behind cooperation and conflict in microbial populations

April 26

Xiaotin Jia, MIT
Characterization of graphene nanoribbons and graphene edges by Raman Spectroscopy and TEM

May 3

Oleg Andreev, University of Rhode Island
The pH low insertion peptides (pHLIPs): mechanism of insertion and medical applications