John Anderson Research Colloquia 2005-2006
19 October, 2005
Prof Celso Grebogi,
College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Title: "Chaos: Control and Communication"
10 November 2005
Prof Jeremy Baumberg, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southhampton
Title: "Metallic Nanostructured Plasmonic Crystals for ultra-sensitive molecular Raman Detection"
16 November, 2005
George Darling, Surface Science Research Centre, The University of Liverpool
Title: "Surface Science Theory - Applied to Astrophysics"
30 November, 2005
Prof Malcom Heggie, Theoretical Chemistry Group, University of Sussex
Title: "Toujours avec mode'ration - the story of graphite in nuclear reactors"
14 December, 2005
Prof Thomas Krauss, Photonic Crystal Research Group, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews
Title: "Control of light in photonic crystals: From cavity qed to optical delay lines"
1 February, 2006
Prof Kishan Dholakia, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews
Title: "Optical Micromanipulation takes hold for the colloidal and biological sciences"
15 February, 2006
Jason Crain, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK & IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Title: "Model systems for self-assembly: hydration and 'folding' of small molecules"
15 March, 2006
Prof John Pendry, Imperial College London
Title: The Perfect Lens: Resolution beyond the Limits of Wavelength
29 March, 2006
Prof Stephen Morris, Dept of Physics, University of Toronto
Title: Fracture patterns
26 April, 2006
Prof Charles S. Adams, Dept. of Physics, Durham University
Title: "Ultra-cold atoms in a large period optical lattice"
3 May, 2006, The 2006 David Elder Lecture: The Huygens Probe at Titan
The 2006 David Elder lecture will be given by Professor John Zarnecki of the Open University on Wednesday the 3rd of May 2006 at 18.00 in room K3.25 of the John Anderson Building, 107 Rottenrow East, G4 0NG Glasgow.
10 May, 2006 [rescheduled because of snow cancellation on 1 March]
Bill Munro, Quantum Information Processing Group, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol , UK
Title: "Quantum Information Processing with Photons: Which way forward?"
6 June, 2006 [special colloquium organised with LEOS, 3:30pm, rm. 3.14]
Please contact Stephane Calvez for more information
Professor Selim Ünlü, Boston University , IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, "Nanoscale Imaging of Semiconductor and Biological Systems" 6th June 2006: University of Strathclyde
