Colloquia 2014 - 2015

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Fall Semester

October, 2

"Non-thermal fixed points: From turbulent Bose gases to high-energy physics"

Prof. Thomas Gasenzer, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany
October, 10

"A quantum Otto engine with spin squeezing"

Prof. Ozgur Mustecaplioglu, Koc University, Turkey
October, 16

"As Time Goes By, Backwards"

Prof. Steven Anlage, University of Maryland, USA
October, 23

"Particle Physics in the Multiverse"

Dr. Bert Schellekens, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, The Netherlands
October, 30

"Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging: Modern tools and Emerging Trends"

Dr. Giannis Zaharakis, IESL/FORTH
November, 6

"Effective temperatures"

Prof. Leticia Cugliandolo, Univ. Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris VI, France
November, 13

"Synchronization of Large Linear Oscillator Arrays"

Prof. J.J.P. Veerman, Portland State University, USA
November, 20

"Long-lived nuclear spin states: Overcoming relaxation and dissipation of quantum systems in the real world"

Prof. Malcolm Levitt, University of Southampton, UK
November, 27

"Resolving and manipulating the dynamics of the electron wave packets in high-field laser-atom interaction with sub-fs resolution"

Dr. Paris Tzallas, IESL/FORTH, Greece
December, 4

"On the motion of cyclic maromolecules: a departure from the classic picture"

Prof. Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Univ. of Crete
December, 11

"Research and applications that led to the 2014 Physics Nobel Prize"

Prof. A. Georgakilas, Univ. of Crete

Spring Semester

February, 5

"Different Strategies for Collecting Light in Photosynthesis: Insights from Structure-Based Theory"

Prof. T. Renger , Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
February, 12

"Interplay of Thermodynamics and Kinetics in the Nanoworld"

Prof. P. Kelires, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
February, 19

"Hypersonic Soft Phononics"

Prof. G. Fytas, Univ. of Crete
February, 26

"Advanced materials & devices concepts for plastic opto/electronics"

Prof. Th. Anthopoulos, Imperial College London, UK
March, 5

"Insights in III-Nitride surface thermodynamics, kinetics and electronic structures from first principles"

Dr. L. Limperakis, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Germany
March, 12

"Quantum wavelength division multiplexing: a promising route to large scale quantum information processing"

Prof. C. Fabre, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie & École Normale Supérieure, France
March, 19

"Quantum Zeno Dynamics and Quantum Zeno Subspaces"

Prof. S. Pascazio, Univ. of Bari & INFN, Italy
March, 26

"Quantum clocks and quantum causality"

Prof. C. Brukner, Univ. of Vienna & Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
April, 23

"Nanoscale magnetic sensing with stationary and mobile NV centers"

Prof. C. Degen, ETH, Switzerland
April, 30

"The Sun, sunspots, and Earth's climate"

Prof. H. Spruit, Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Germany
May, 7

"Ultrafast electron dynamics initiated by attosecond and intense extreme ultraviolet pulses"

Prof. G. Sansone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
May, 14

"Thermodynamics and mechanics of nerves"

Prof. T. Heimburg, Niels Bohr Institute & Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
May, 21

"Gravitational waves from inflation: the good, the bad and the ugly"

Prof. S. Sarkar, University of Oxford, UK
May, 28

"Is smell a quantum phenomenon?"

Prof. L. Turin, Ulm University, Germany