| Date | Speaker/Institution | Host/Contact | Title/Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9 - CANCELLED | Prof. George Gibson, Physics Department,
University of Connecticut |
Robin Marjoribanks | Non-Resonant Excitation and Ionization of Simple Molecules by Strong Laser Fields |
| Jan 16 | Emanuel Istrate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto | Greg Scholes | "Photonic Crystal Heterostructures: Resonant Tunneling and Waveguiding" |
| Jan 23 | Prof. J. Stewart Aitchison, Nortel Institute Chair in Emerging Technology, The Edward S. Rogers Sr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto | Greg Scholes | Discrete Spatial Solitons |
| Jan 30 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Feb 6 | Dr. Delmar Larsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Free University Amsterdam. | Greg Scholes | Polarized Transient Absorption Studies of the Initial PhotoInduced Dynamics of the Photoactive Yellow Protein Photoreceptor |
| Feb13 | Dr. Philip A. Anfinrud, Senior Biomedical Research Scientist, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK National Institutes of Health, USA | R.J. Dwayne Miller | Watching a Protein as it Functions: Real-Time Observations using Femtosecond IR Spectroscopy and Picosecond X-ray Crystallography |
| Feb 20 | NO SEMINAR | READING WEEK | |
| Feb 27 | Prof. Lewis Rothberg, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester | Greg Scholes | Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers intended for Organic Optoelectronics |
| Mar 6 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Mar13 | Prof. Edward Castner, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | R.J. Dwayne Miller | Probing Dynamics in Aqueous Polymers: From Hydrogen-Bonds to Drug Delivery |
| Mar 20 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Mar 27 | Professor Hersch Rabitz, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University | Daniel Lidar | Controlling Quantum Phenomena: The System Knows Best |
| Apr 3 | Michael A. J. Rodgers,Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University | Greg Scholes | Ultrafast Studies of the Excited State Dynamics of Metallotetrapyrroles |
| Apr 10 | Mohammad Mojahedi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) University of Toronto | Greg Scholes | |
| Apr 17 | Dr. Andrew Clayton, Department of
Molecular
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry |
Greg Scholes | |
| FRIDAY - Apr 26 (SPECIAL SEMINAR) IN LM 158 AT 3:30 PM | Professor Valy Vardeny, University of Utah | Greg Scholes | Singlet versus triplet yields in electroluminescent polymers |
| MONDAY - Apr 29 (SPECIAL SEMINAR) | Dr. Andrew Fisher (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College, London) and Dr. Werner Hofer (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College, London) | John Polanyi | |
| May - Aug | NO SEMINARS | SUMMER BREAK | |
| Sept. 11 | Dr. John Wright, Professor of Analytical Science and Physical Chemistry University of Wisconsin - Madison | Greg Scholes | Two dimensional coherent vibrational spectroscopy using doubly vibrationally enhanced four-wave mixing (DOVE-FWM) spectroscopy- the optical analogue to 2D-NMR |
| Sept. 18 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Sept. 25 | Prof. Edward (Ted) H. Sargent, Nortel Networks - Canada Research Chair in Emerging Technologies, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto | Greg Scholes | Nanotechnology for the Optical Internet |
| Oct 02 | Professor Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago | Greg Scholes | Colloid Quantum Dots and infrared intraband studies |
| Oct 9 in Room 158 | Prof. Robin M. Hochstrasser: Special Event - A.R. Gordon Lecture Series | Greg Scholes | Stretching Infrared Spectroscopy: Multidimensional infrared analogues of NMR applied to peptides, proteins and liquids |
| Oct 16 | Dr. George N. Gibson, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut | Robin Marjoribanks | Extreme Multiphoton Coupling: Nonlinear Optics in the VUV |
| Oct. 23 | Dr. Theodore G. Goodson III, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wayne State University | Greg Scholes | Optical Excitations in Novel Dendritic Architectures |
| Oct 30 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| Special Seminar: Thursday, Nov. 07 at 12 noon | Prof. Z. Valy Vardeny Physics Department, University of Utah | Sajeev John | Laser Action in pi-Conjugated Systems |
| Nov 13 | Prof. Brian W. Pogue, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College | Alex Vitkin | Using Diffuse Light for Diagnosing and Treating Tumors |
| Special Seminar, Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 4 p.m. in MP 408 | Dr. Kristian Helmerson, NIST - Gaithersburg | Aephraim Steinberg | Optical manipulation of liposomes and hydrosomes |
| Tuesday, Nov. 26 in MP 408 at 4:10 p.m. | Prof. Alexander Sergienko, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Physics, Boston University | Aephraim Steinberg | Quantum Information Processing and Precise Optical Measurement with Entangled Quantum States |
| Nov 27 | Eric Borguet, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh | Dwayne Miller | Nonlinear Optical Studies of Hot Electrons at Semiconductor Interfaces |
| Dec 04 | |||
| Dec 11 | Warren S. Warren, Professor of Chemistry, Director, Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging Frick Laboratories, Princeton University | Dwayne Miller | Femtosecond Laser Pulse Shaping: Applications to Optical Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy |
| Dec 18 | Professor David Cramb Assistant Professor of Chemistry University of Calgary | Dwayne Miller | The effects of anesthetics on lipid bilayers: Visualizing the Dream |
| Dec 24 | NO SEMINAR | HOLIDAYS | |