The Department of Physics Seminar Series at Stevens Institute of Technology is a vibrant platform where discovery sparks dialogue. Featuring leading scientists, pioneering researchers and thought leaders from across the fields of physics and quantum science, these seminars ignite curiosity, foster collaboration and inspire the next generation of innovators.
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Please stay tuned for the upcoming Seminar Series schedule.
For a complete overview of upcoming seminars, lectures, and academic events across all departments, please visit the Schaefer School's full event calendar.
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Zhe Yu Jeff Ou, City University of Hong Kong
Unbalanced Interferometers Beyond Coherence Length
Dr. Chuanwei Zhang, Washington University, St. Louis
Quantum Technologies with Atom-Light Interaction
Dawei Luo, Stevens Institute of Technology
Learning Non-Markovian Noise Parameters Dynamically with Ensemble Optimal Control
Yury Levin, Columbia University
Giant Magnetic Waves and Quantum Fluids Inside a Neutron Star
Marianna Safronova, University of Delaware
Quantum Technologies for New-Physics Searches in the Laboratory and in Space
Jason Rabinovitch, Stevens Institute of Technology
High-Speed Compressible Flows and Space Exploration
David Pine, New York University
Non-Convex Colloids and the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Diamond
Nanfang Yu, Columbia University
Flat Optics
Michal Lipson, Columbia University
Next Generation of Silicon Photonics
Rod Kim, Stevens Institute of Technology
Versatile RF Interconnects and Electronics for Extreme Environmental Sensing and Communications
Jonathan Pelliciari, NSLA-II
Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering to Study Quantum Materials
Emil Have, Niels Bohr Institute
What Non-Lorentzian Geometry Can Do For You
Nicolas Loizeau, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
Locality and Subsystems from the Spectrum
Chris Overstreet, Johns Hopkins University
Precision Measurement with Atom Interferometry
Santosh Kumar, Stevens Institute of Technology
Exploring Quantum Enhanced Systems and Technologies
Youka Kaku, Nagoya University
Quantum Effect Unique to Gravity Based on the Weak Equivalence Principle in Atomic Interferometry
Benjamin Leinwand, Stevens Institute of Technology
ACRONYM: Augmented Degree Corrected, Community Reticulated Organized Network Yielding Model
Wei Ting Chen, SNOCHIP Inc.
Metasurface Optics: From Lab Innovations to Commercial Realization
Qiushi Guo, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
Integrated Lithium Niobate Ultrafast and Nonlinear Photonics: New Devices and Systems on an Old Material
Adnane Noual, University Mohamed First, Oujda, Morocco
Acoutso-Plasmonic Coupling in Metallic Nanoparticles and Quantum Emitters Coupled to Plasmonic Devices Modelling Using Near-to-Far-Field Transformations Approaches
Ulrik Lund Andersen, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Unlocking New Possibilities with Continuous Variable Quantum Sensing
Kaleem Ullah, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stevens Institute of Technology
Characterization of Nanoscale Systems: From Far-Field Imaging to Optoelectronics in 2D Materials
Alexander Gaeta, Fellow of the Optica, APS, and IEEE, and a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
Synchronization Dynamics of Nonlinear Photonic Oscillators
Xufeng Zhang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Slow-Wave Hybrid Magnonics
Michael Hahn, Columbia University
Understanding Alfven Wave Heating of the Solar Corona through Observations and Experiments
Giovanni Milione, Senior Researcher & Business Incubation Lead, NEC Laboratories America, Inc, Princeton, NJ
Structured Light: Fundamentals, Communications, and Sensing
Michela Biasutti, Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Upcoming Climate: What We Know and What We Wish to Know
Jack Harris, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University
Testing Quantum Mechanics by Measuring the High-Amplitude Motion of a Massive Oscillator
Emanuele Galiffi, PhD, Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
Manipulating Waves with Spatiotemporal Symmetry Breaking
Cynthia Osuala, PhD, and Abdelali Sajia, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology
Quantum Transport in a Graphene Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer \ Realizing Credible Optical Superresolution
Xuefeng Jiang, PhD, Seton Hall University
Chaotic Photonics in Microresonators
Simon Yves, PhD, CUNY ASRC
Phonomic Hyperbolic Metamaterials with a Twist
Ana Asenjo-Garcia, PhD, Columbia University
Universal Scaling Laws for Correlated Decay of Many-Body Quantum Systems
David Haviland, PhD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Multipartite Entanglement in Microwave Frequency Combs
Blakesley Burkhart, PhD, Rutgers University and the Flatiron Institute
How Supermassive Black Holes Ignite the Intergalactic Medium: Tales from the Low Redshift Lyman-Alpha Forest
Nikita Nefedkin, PhD, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Collective Effects in Atomic Arrays and Time Interfaces for Quantum States of Light
Andrew Cupo, PhD, Dartmouth College
Ultrafast Control of Quantum Materials: Floquet Band Engineering and Beyond
Victor V. Albert, PhD, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Topology and Entanglement of Molecular Phase Space
Adam Overvig, Stevens Institute of Technology
Controlling Light with Geometric Symmetries
Konstantin Beyer, Stevens Institute of Technology
Local Verification of Quantum Memory in Non-Markovian Dynamics
Xiaofeng Qian, Stevens Institute of Technology
Speaking Wave Optics in The Language of Mechanics-When Two 350-year-old Theories of Huygens Meet
Matthew Coleman, Stevens Institute of Technology
Accretion Through the Boundary Layer
Jiamin Quan, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Cavity Control of Excitons In Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
Alireza Seif, IBM Quantum
Measurements, Conditional Operations and Entanglement Dynamics in Open Quantum System
Michael Tobar, University of Western Australia
Recent Tests on Fundamental Physics using Photons and phonons at UWA
Sultan Abdul Wadood, Princeton University
Explorations in Optical Spatial Coherence: Superresolution and Graded-Index Fibers
Tiancheng Song, Princeton University
Controlling Quantum Materials in 2D Flatland
Mayukh Lahiri, Oklahoma State University
Quantum Imaging with Undetected Photons: Experiment, Theory, and Implications
Luis L. Sánchez-Soto, Complutense University of Madrid
Achieving the Ultimate Resolution
Cheng Gong, University of Maryland
2D Magnets and 2D Magnetism
Alessandro Zenesini, University of Trento, Italy
Coherently Rabi-Coupled Ultracold Sodium Mixture: From Magnetic Interfaces to Pair Production
Marc Favatra, Montclair State University
Listening to the Universe: Observing Gravitational-Waves with LIGO
Miguel Alonso, Institut Fresnel, Centrale Marseille, France
The Structure of Light: Tailoring and Measuring Intensity, Phase and Polarization
Justin Dressel, Chapman University
Continuous Quantum Measurements and Machine Learning on Superconducting Qubits
Can-Ming Hu, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Cavity Magnonics