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2009 Seminar Programme


Date Speaker Title Abstract
Friday 30 January Dr Ed Hinds
Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London
Quantum Optics on Atom Chips

Monday 9 February Prof. Tony Wilson
Dept of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK
Making Light Work in Microscopy
Abstract

Friday 13 February Dr Harry Quiney
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science, University of Melbourne
Towards the Imaging of Single Biomolecules
Abstract

Friday 6 March Dr Michael Mark
Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria & Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, SUT
Ultracold Atomic and Molecular Quantum Gases - a Big Playground
Abstract

Tuesday 20 March Dr Alexander Jesacher
Dept for Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Active and Adaptive Optics
in Microscopy
Abstract

Friday 17 April Prof. Hui Hu
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
Ultracold Atomic Fermi Gases in the Strongly Interacting Regime
Abstract

Friday 15 May Dr Tim Vaughan
Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology
Tackling the Within-Host Stochastic Dynamics of HIV Infection
(or: Why Virology Needs Theoretical Physicists)
Abstract

Friday 26 June Dr Rachel Won
Associate Editor of Nature Photonics

How to Get Published in Nature Journals?

Abstract

Thursday 2 July Dr Michel Orrit
Molecular Nano-Optics and Spins, Leiden Institute of Physics, The Netherlands

Single Molecules as Optical Probes for Structure and Dynamics

Abstract

Thursday 9 July Dr Kai Dieckmann
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany

Ultracold Heteronuclear Fermi-Fermi Molecules

Abstract

Friday 17 July Dr Tõnu Pullerits
Chemical Physics, Lund University, Sweden

Photon Echo Spectroscopy Reveals Structure-Dynamics Relationships in Carotenoids

Abstract

Friday 24 July Prof. Matthew Bailes
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology

Radio Astronomy in Software

Abstract

Friday 7 August

Dr Martin Straub
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, Dresden, Germany

Waveguide Modes in Silicon Photonic Crystal Slabs

Abstract

Tuesday 18 August

Dr Andrew Clayton
Cell Biophysics Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne

EGF Receptor in the Lime Light

Abstract

Friday 21 August

Dr Jeff Davis
Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology

Understanding Energy Transfer and Photosynthesis through Multidimensional Spectroscopy

Abstract

Friday 18 September

Prof. Chennupati Jagadish
Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University

Nanowires for Optoelectronic Device Applications

Abstract

Friday 2 October

Prof. Yanrong Song
Beijing University of Technology, China

Optically-Pumped Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Abstract

Friday 30 October

A/Prof. Joanne Etheridge
Director, Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy and Dept. of Materials Engineering, Monash University

Determining Local Atomic Structures Using Atomic-scale Electron Beams

Abstract

Friday 6 November

Prof. Kristian Helmerson
School of Physics, Monash University

Superfluidity in Atomic Bose Gases

Abstract

Friday 13 November

Dr Scott Wade
Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University of Technology

Sensor Development and Application

Abstract

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