Topics

Astronomy & Astrophysics

• Ground and space based gamma-ray astronomy (Holder)
• Where do fast radio bursts come from? (Holder)
• The formation and early evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs (Gizis)
• Pulsating white dwarf stars and precision asteroseismology (Provencal)
• Scenarios of giant planet formation and evolution and their impact on the formation of habitable terrestrial planets (Dodson-Robinson)
• Variable snow lines affect planet formation (Dodson-Robinson)
• Radiatively driven stellar winds from hot stars (Owocki)
• Magnetic fields of nondegenerate stars (Petit)

AMO Physics

• Extremely high-intensity laser interactions with fundamental quantum systems (Walker)
• The ultimate X-ray machine (DeCamp)
• Ultrafast carrier dynamics in nanostructures for solar fuels (Gundlach)
• The quantum halo state of the helium trimer (Szalewicz)
• Casimir forces: Still surprising after 60 years (Szalewicz)
• Quantum information with Rydberg atoms (Safronova)
• Quantum optomechanics (Singh at ECE)
• Squeezing quantum noise (Singh at ECE)

Biological Physics

• Molecular dynamics simulations and drug discovery (Lyman)
• Fluid lipid membranes (Lyman)
• Graphene nanodevices for DNA sequencing (Nikolic)

Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Physics and Nanophysics

• Spin torque building blocks (Xiao)
• Skyrmions on track (Jungfleisch)
• Magnon spintronics (Jungfleisch)
• Spin transport in non-magnetic nanostructures induced by nonlocal spin injection (Ji)
• Practical aspects of modern and future permanent magnets (Hadjipanayis)
• Magnetic nanoparticles: Synthesis, functionalization, and applications in bioimaging and magnetic energy storage (Unruh)
• Quantum shot noise (Nowak)
• Shaping optical space with metamaterials (Chui)
• Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells (Shah)
• Understanding photocatalysis: Mechanisms and materials (Shah)
• Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics (Birkmire)
• Quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators (Law)
• Graphene plasmonics (Law at MSEG)
• Graphene spintronics (Nikolic)
• 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures (Nikolic)
• Defect center qubits: computing and sensing applications (Singh at ECE)

Elementary Particles, Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

• Neutrino mass and new physics (Barr)
• Status and implications of beyond-the-Standard-Model searches at the LHC (Barr)
• The origin of galactic cosmic rays (Gaisser)
• Utrahigh energy cosmic rays (Stanev)
• Ice cube: An instrument for neutrino astronomy (Seckel)
• Discovery of gravitational waves (Shafi)
• Experimental cosmology with cosmic microwave background (Shafi)

Space and Plasma Physics

• Magnetic field reconnection: A first-principles perspective (Shay)
• Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and time scales in astrophysical and space plasmas (Matthaeus)
• Spacecraft observations of solar wind turbulence (Maruca)
• Kinetic physics of the solar corona and solar wind (Maruca)