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Seminar & Colloquium

• Seminar by Dr. Fei Ding (IBM Research Laboratory Zurich) on "Manipulating Excitonic Excitations in Inorganic/Organic Semiconductors", March 2, 2012 (Fri) from 4:30 - 5:30 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Fei Ding (IBM Research Laboratory Zurich) on "Exploratory Photonics with Quantum Emitters", March 1, 2012 (Thu) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room 404, William M W Mong Engineering Building, CUHK
• Colloquium by 王乃彦院士 (Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Institute of Atomic Energy) on "慣性約束聚變及快點火", February 22, 2012 from 4:30 5:30 pm in Room G18, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Govardhan Reddy (University of Maryland) on "Folding Landscape of Green Fluorescent Protein", February 20, 2012 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room G06, Y. C. Liang Hall, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Govardhan Reddy (University of Maryland) on "Growth of Amyloid Fibrils", February 17, 2012 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. David Minh (Duke University) on "Nonequilibrium Driven Processes for Equilibrium Averages and Free Energies", February 13, 2012 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room G06, Y. C. Liang Hall, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. David Minh (Duke University) on "Improving the Computational Microscope for Biological Macromolecules", February 10, 2012 (Fri) from 2:00 - 3:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Yang-yu Liu (Northeastern University) on "Taming Complexity - The Mathematics of Network Control", February 6, 2012 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room 106, Y. C. Liang Hall, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Yang-yu Liu (Northeastern University) on "Network - the Architecture of Complexity", February 3, 2012 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Shirley Ho (Carnegie Mellon University) on "Clustering of Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Galaxies: The Measurement, Systematics and Cosmological Implications", February 2, 2012 (Thu) from 2:30 - 3:30 pm at Room 311, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Man-Hong Yung (Harvard University) on "Digital Quantum Simulation with a Quantum Computer: Challenges and Opportunities", January 19, 2012 (Thu) from 4:30 - 5:30 pm at C2, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Man-Hong Yung (Harvard University) on "What Can We Do with a Few Qubits in the Lab?", January 18, 2012 (Wed) from 4:30 - 5:30 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Yi-lin Wu (Harvard University) on "Bacteria-driven Flows in a Thin Fluid Film", January 16, 2012 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room 106, Y. C. Liang Hall, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Yi-lin Wu (Harvard University) on "Motion in Bacterial Swarms: from the Cells to the Milieu", January 13, 2012 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Zhen-yu Zhang (USTC) on "Quantum Energy", January 12, 2012 (Thu) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Ning Xu (USTC) on "Jamming at High Densities", January 10, 2012 (Tue) from 2:30 - 3:30 pm at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Quan Wen (Harvard University) on "How does a Worm Wiggle?", January 9, 2012 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 pm at Room 106, Y. C. Liang Hall, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Quan Wen (Harvard University) on "The Roundworm: Where Neuroscience Meets Biophysics", January 6, 2012 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Mr. William Man-Yin Cheung (University of Toronto) on "Jets in Soft-Collinear Effective Theory", December 29, 2011 (Thu) from 2:30 - 3:15 pm at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Ning Xu (USTC) on "Criticality of the Zero-temperature Jamming Transition", December 23, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Nicholas Chia (UIUC) on "Statistical Physics of Gene Transfer: What the Emerging Rules of Life Tell Us about Adaptation, Genomics, and Complexity", December 16, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Nicholas Chia (UIUC) on "A Collective Mechanism for Phase Variation in Biofilms", December 14, 2011 (Wed) from 4:30 - 5:30 pm at Room 311, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Pik-Yin Lai (National Central University) on "Nonlinear Physics in Cardiac Systems: Control of Oscillatory Behavior", December 2, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Mimi Koehl (University of California, Berkeley) on "How Do Water-borne Larvae of Bottom-dwelling Marine Animals Land in the Right Place", November 25, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Thomas M. Powell (University of California, Berkeley) on "Applications of Climate Model Calculations/results to Regional-Scale Features in the Coastal Ocean", November 24, 2011 (Thu) from 3:30 - 4:30 pm at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Teresa Lopez-Leon (Universite Montpellier 2, France) on "Liquid Crystals in Spherical Confinement", November 23, 2011 (Wed) from 4:30 - 5:30 pm at LT4, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Jue Shi (Hong Kong Baptist University) on "The Decision to Live or Die in Response to DNA Damage Regulated by Differential p53 Pathway Dynamics", November 18, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Li You (Tsinghua University) on "Enhanced Measurement Precision with Non-classical Quantum States", November 4, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Jian-Dong Huang (The University of Hong Kong) on "Autonomous Formation of Sequential Periodic Stripes from Density-dependent Motility", October 21, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Tin-Lun Ho (The Ohio State University) on "Degenerate Quantum Gases: Present and Future", October 7, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Mr. Yi-ge Lin (National Institute of Metrology, BeijingT) on "Time and Frequency Standards Based on Ultracold Atoms", September 30, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Kam-Tuen Law (HKUST) on "Majorana Fermions in Systems with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling", September 15, 2011 (Thu) from 3:00 - 4:00 pm at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Lian-tuan Xiao (Shanxi University) on "Manipulation of Single-Molecule Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics by an External Electric Current", September 9, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Ho-Bun Chan (HKUST) on "Coupling Nanomechanical Motion to Electromagnetic Fields through the Casimir Effect and Surface Evanescent Waves", September 2, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München) on "Nanoplasmonics on Phospholipid Membranes", August 26, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at LT4, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Jeevak M. Parpia (Cornell University) on "Fundamental and Applied Science with Stressed Resonant NEMS/MEMS", August 1, 2011 (Mon) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. George Ho (Johns Hopkins University) on "New Results from the Messenger Mission to Mercury", July 21, 2011 (Thu) from 2:00 - 3:00 pm at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Prof. Jinwu Ye (Mississippi State University) on "Superradiance, Photon Phase Diffusion, Berry Phase and Number Squeezed State of Cold Atoms or Superconducting Qubits inside a Cavity", July 4, 2011 (Mon) from 2:30 - 3:30 pm at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Baoyou Geng (Anhui Normal University) on "Low/Non Pt Nanostructures: Fabrication and Their Electrocatalytic Performance for the Fuel Cells", June 22, 2011 (Wed) from 3:30 - 4:30 pm at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Lecture Series by Prof. Ming-Chung Chu on "Q & A on Particle Physics", June 7 to July 7, 2011 at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Heywood Tam (University of Florida) on "Axion Dark Matter and the Lithium Problem", June 8, 2011 (Wed) from 3:30 - 4:15 pm at L3, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Chiu Man Ho (Vanderbilt University) on "Leptogenesis from Neutrino CPT Violation", May 27, 2011 (Fri) from 2:30 - 3:15 pm at LG23, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Hui Hu (Iowa State University) on "Development of Advanced Flow Diagnostic Techniques to Study Complex Thermofluid Phenomena", May 23, 2011 (Mon) from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. James E. Gubernatis (Los Alamos National Laboratory) on "Monte Carlo Computation of Multiple Extremal Eigenvalues: Algorithms, Results, and Issues", May 6, 2011 (Fri) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Xiaofeng Jin (Fudan University) on "Magnetically Driven Anormalous Elasticity in Ultrathin Film of Iron", May 5, 2011 (Thu) from 3:30 - 4:30 pm at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Klaus Muller-Dethlefs (University of Manchester) on "A Novel Ultra-cold Rydberg Plasma: from Wigner Crystallisation to a Degenerate Bose Gas?", April 21, 2011 (Thu) from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Wing-Ki LIU (University of Waterloo) on "Intense Laser-atom/molecule Interactions", April 15, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Mojmir SOB (Masaryk University) on "The Application of Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations in Multiscale Modeling of Materials", April 14, 2011 (Thu) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Xiaofeng JIN (Fudan University) on "Unveiling Intrinsic Mechanism of Anomalous Hall Effect", April 8, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Wenjie WAN (Yale University) on "Coherent Perfect Absorber: Anti-laser", March 8, 2011 (Tue) from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Rm 128, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Wenjie WAN (Yale University) on "Optical Hydrodynamics: From Soliton to Shock Wave", March 4, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Qi ZHOU (Joint Quantum Institute, USA) on "Bosons in the Double-well Potential: from a Disordered Case to Novel Condensates in a Superlattice", March 1, 2011 (Tue) from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Rm 128, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Henry Tsz-King WONG (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) on "Detection of Dark Matter", February 28, 2011 (Mon) from 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. at Rm 311, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Qi ZHOU (Joint Quantum Institute, USA) on "Recent Developments and Grand Challenges in Cold Atom Physics", February 25, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Paul ASHBY (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) on "Toward Capturing Membrane Protein Dynamics with the Fiber Force Probe", February 24, 2011 (Thu) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at LT2, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Ge Mo Lin (南開大學陳省身數學研究所) on "Academician Lecture Series and Physics Department Colloquium", February 22, 2011 (Tue) from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Yanwen WU (University of Cambridge) on "Adiabatic Rapid Passage Using a Linearly Chirped Pulse in a Single Quantum Dot", February 21, 2011 (Mon) from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Rm 128, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Yanwen WU (University of Cambridge) on "Quantum Computation in Semiconductor Quantum Dot Systems", February 18, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Kin-Fung MAN (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, USA) on "Robotic Exploration of Space and Mars", February 17, 2011 (Thu) from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at L5, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Cheng CEN (University of Pittsburgh) on "On Demand Nanoscale Electronics, Photonics and Beyond—Future Research Plan", February 15, 2011 (Tue) from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Rm 128, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Cheng CEN (University of Pittsburgh) on "Oxide Nanoelectronics on Demand", February 11, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Professor See-Chen YING (Brown University) on "Quantum Nature of Hydrogen Atoms Adsorbed on Metallic Surfaces", January 21, 2011 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Professor Chen-Ning YANG (Nobel Laureate in Physics) on "One Dimensional Fermions and Bosons", December 3, 2010 (Fri) from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at LT1 Lady Shaw Building, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Jia-yu TANG (University of Tokyo) on "Investigating Future Probes of Cosmic Acceleration", December 1, 2010 (Wed) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at L1, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Fu-Sin LING (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) on "N-body Simulations, Dark Disks and Implications for Direct and Indirect Detection", November 24, 2010 (Wed) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at Rm 311 Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Fu-Sin LING (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) on "The Flavor Puzzle: Why Neutrinos are Different?", November 23, 2010 (Tue) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at Rm 311 Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Qing-Hai WANG (National University of Singapore) on "PT-Symmetric Quantum Mechanics and Its Applications", November 19, 2010 (Fri) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at LG23 Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Xu-Ming ZHANG (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on "Photonic & Biophotonic MEMS Devices", November 12, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2 Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Peter LU (Harvard University) on "Universal Gelation of Particles with Short-ranged Attraction", November 5, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2 Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Kirill VOLOSHIN (Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Russia) on "ALICE – The Search for Quark-gluon Plasma at LHC", November 4, 2010 (Thur) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at L3 Science Centre, CUHK
• Public Presentation by Dr. Ling Miao (Editor, Physical Review Letters) and Dr. Sarma Kancharla (Editor, Physical Review B) on "The Physical Review Journals and You: Grow Together and Move Physics Forward Together", October 25, 2010 (Mon) from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Rm 128, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Enrique HENESTROZA (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) on "Progress Towards Inertial Fusion Energy", October 25, 2010 (Mon) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Rm 703, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK
• Lecture Series by Prof. Wai Yee Keung (University of Illinois at Chicago) on Particle Physics (May 17, 19, 24, 26, 2010)
• Colloquium by Dr. Jiangfeng Du (University of Science & Technology of China) on "量子計算概述", May 14, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Jiangfeng Du (University of Science & Technology of China) on "磁共振量子計算研究進展", May 13, 2010 (Thu) from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Room 311, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Tingyong Chen (The Johns Hopkins University) on "Ballistic Transport via Point Contacts", May 10, 2010 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Room LG23, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Tingyong Chen (The Johns Hopkins University) on "Mind the Gap of Fe Superconductors", May 7, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L1, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. He-Peng Zhang (University of Texas) on "Resonant Generation of Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves", April 12, 2010 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Room LG23, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. He-Peng Zhang (University of Texas) on "Collective Motion and Density Fluctuations in Bacterial Colonies", April 9, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Prof. Edmund Chang (Stony Brook University) on "Storm Tracks in the Changing Climate", April 1, 2010 (Thu) from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at L1, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Prof. Yi-Ying WU (Ohio State University) on "Oxides, Graphene and their Composites for Li-ion Batteries and Dye-sensitized Solar Cells", March 19, 2010 (Wed) from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Room LG23, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Fabio Scardigli (National Taiwan University) on "Uncertainty Relation and Micro Black Holes in a Planck Scale Lattice Universe", March 10, 2010 (Wed) from 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. at L4, Science Centre, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Anonio Ruotolo (City University of Hong Kong) on "Spintronics: Radiofrequency Devices and their Applications", March 10, 2010 (Wed) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Ning Liu (Tyndall National Institute) on "Optical Characterization of Nano-devices and Challenges to Achieve Extreme Spatial and Temporal Resolution", March 8, 2010 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Room LG23, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Ning Liu (Tyndall National Institute) on "Dynamics Study at Nanoscale: Surface Chirality Manipulation and Motion Control of Nanomechanical Resonators", March 5, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Joint Colloquium by Dr. Kin-Yiu Wong (University of Minnesota) on "Systematic Ab Initio QM/MM with Path-Integral Approach for RNA and Protein Simulations, and Spectroscopy Calculations", March 3, 2010 (Wed) from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. Da-jun Wang (JILA, NIST and University of Colorado) on "Dipolar Collisions between Ultracold Polar Molecules", March 1, 2010 (Mon) from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Room LG23, Science Centre North Block, CUHK
• Colloquium by Dr. Da-jun Wang (JILA, NIST and University of Colorado) on "Quest for Ultracold Polar Molecules", February 26, 2010 (Fri) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at L2, Science Centre, CUHK
• Seminar by Dr. De-yu Lu (University of California) on "Characterizing Physical Properties of Nanomaterials: Insights from First-principles Theories", February 22, 2010
• Colloquium by Dr. De-yu Lu (University of California) on "Efficient Evaluation of Dielectric Response Functions: Applications to Ground State and Excited State Problems", February 19, 2010
• Colloquium by Prof John Z. H. Zhang (East China Normal University) on "Accurate Computational Study for Protein Structure and Dynamics", January 8, 2010

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