Christopher Aubin, Ph.D., associate professor of physics at Fordham University, will present, “Established 1936: The particle that began and could end the Standard Model.” During the 20th century, there was an explosion of new particles discovered, so many that it took decades for physicists to formulate what is now known as the Standard Model of

Join us for a presentation from Ben Coco, a physics student in Fordham’s Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, as he presents “Galactic Archaeology at Notre Dame” and “We are all star stuff, but what about the stuff stars can’t make?” All of the elements through iron can be formed in stars, but what about

Johannes Flick, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physics, City College of New York, will present, "First-Principle Approaches to Strong Light-Matter Coupling in Molecular and Extended Systems." In recent years, research at the interface of material science, chemistry, and quantum optics has surged and now offers new possibilities to study light-matter interactions. The combination of theoretical

Dennis Marks, Ph.D., professor emeritus, Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences and Engineering Technology at Valdosta State University, will present “Geometry: From Fordham Prep to the Cosmos.” Relativity is expressed geometrically, but quantum mechanics is expressed in terms of matrices. Geometric algebra expresses geometrical elements as matrices, thereby providing a common mathematical language for both relativity

Join us for a presentation from David Adipietro, a mechanical engineering student in Fordham's Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, will present "SpaceX." SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the

Jeremy Tinker, Ph.D., associate professor of physics at NYU, will present “The History of the Universe from 1919 to Today.” From the Speaker: I will review some of the fundamental observations that have led us to the understanding that the universe is not only expanding but that this expansion is currently accelerating. I will begin

Stephen Holler, Ph.D., professor and chair in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, will present “Characterization and Classification of Aerosol Particles.” Light scattering is a useful tool for characterizing airborne particulate matter. For spherical particles, the characterization and classification are trivial, but this is not so for nonspherical particles. The vast majority of airborne

Quamrul Haider, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, will present, "Can We Keep Our Planet Inhabitable Until 2050?" It is a very dicey time for our planet. In the last 100 years or so, because of our unrestrained use of fossil fuels and systematic over-exploitation of natural resources, we have pushed

Pedro Espino, Ph.D., FCRH '12, presently a postdoctoral researcher at the Pennsylvania State University Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmo, will present "Neutron Stars as Ideal Physics Laboratories." The environments associated with neutron stars are unique sites with physical phenomena operating on many different energy and length scales. Neutron stars are ideal laboratories where we

Ronald L. Koder, Ph.D., the James Peace Professor of Physics at the City College of New York, will present “Utilizing Disorder in Natural and Designed Proteins and Enzymes.” The largest destabilizing force in biopolymer folding is the inescapable configurational entropy loss in going from a disordered unfolded state to an ordered folded state. One way

Christopher Koenigsmann, Ph.D., associate professor, in the chemistry department at Fordham University, will present, “Designing New Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy and Sensor Applications." A key technological shortfall in the development of practical renewable energy and sensor devices is the high cost and poor durability of the precious metal catalysts that drive electrochemical reactions within operating

Nick Geiser, FCRH '17, will present, “What good is string theory? The Math & Physics of Strings." String theory is the most promising candidate for the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity in a mathematically consistent framework. Moreover, string theory is a well-established conceptual and computational tool that has been applied to a wide range

Jessica Esquivel, Ph.D., associate scientist within the particle physics division in Fermilab's Muon Department, will present, "Can Wobbling Muons Probe Physics Beyond the Standard Model? Fermilab’s Muon g-2 Run 1 Results." On April 7, 2021, Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment announced its first results of the precision measurement of the anomalous muon magnetic moment based on

Elizabeth Thrall, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Fordham University, will present “Overcoming Obstacles: Visualizing How the DNA Replication Machinery Bypasses DNA Damage.” Across all domains of life, DNA is replicated by a multi-protein complex known as the replisome. At the center of the replisome are DNA polymerases, the enzymes that synthesize

Megan Urry, Ph.D., the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, will present, "Black Holes, Galaxies, and the Evolution of the Universe." Black holes form at the centers of galaxies in the young Universe and, over the next 13 billion years, they grow together by

Viviana Acquaviva, Ph.D., professor in the physics department at the CUNY NYC College of Technology and at the CUNY Graduate Center, will present "Understanding the Universe Using Machine Learning." Astronomy has truly become a “Big Data” science in the last few decades thanks to technological advances in telescopes development and the availability of space-based observations.

Sriram Ganeshan, Ph.D., assistant professor at City College, City University of New York (CCNY), will present, “Chiral Hydrodynamics: From Active Matter to Quantum Hall Fluids.” Our understanding of the universal phenomenon in many-body systems ranging from subatomic to astronomical scales relies largely on the hydrodynamical framework. Thus, the discovery of a new hydrodynamic effect opens

Ioannis (John) Kymissis, Ph.D., Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering and chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University SEAS, will present, "Electronics on Anything: How Thin Film Electronics can Instrument the World." Silicon electronics have revolutionized the processing and handling of information. The high temperatures required to create crystalline silicon devices, however,

Sheehan Ahmed, Ph.D., FCRH 2011, assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University, will present "Teaching with ISLE: Facilitating Students to Discover Physics for Themselves." Effectively introducing new students to physics goes hand in hand with using research-based practices for teaching physics. Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE) is an inquiry-based approach that focuses on students discovering physical

John Gustafson, FCRH '16, and Dan Wines, FCRH '17, will present, "The Physics Ph.D. Experience at UMBC: A Fordham Alumni Journey." This talk will present an overview of the physics Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). UMBC is a mid-sized research university located in the Maryland metropolitan area, and the physics

Yacine Ali-Haimoud, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physics, New York University, will present, “Hunting for Dark Matter in the Early Universe." It is now well-established that a large part of the matter in the universe is some substance that appears to be oblivious to any force but gravity. The nature of this "dark matter" remains

Vinod Menon, Ph.D., of City College and Graduate Center (CUNY), will present, “Control of Light Matter Interaction in 2D Materials.”

Gumaro Rendón, Ph.D., of Brookhaven National Lab, will present, “New Physics on the Lattice.”