Teaching and Seminar Series

The IGERT seminar series features monthly seminars from leaders in academia and industry on Optics and Quantum Electronics. The seminars are on Mondays 11 to 12 noon and, otherwise noted, will be in the 7th floor Schapiro/CEPSR Interschool Lab.

In addition, monthly informal lunches for the IGERT Associates and Fellows will be provided on the first Monday of each month at 12 noon (location to be confirmed). IGERT Associates are also welcome to co-teach or participate in teaching of the IGERT courses.

Seminar Series

Fall 2015

09/16/2015
Pizza lunch - Speaker: Prof. Ioannis (John) Kymissis, Columbia University, Getting There From Here: From an Academic Project to a Small Company.
10/06/2015
Dr. Benjamin J. Eggleton, The University of Sydney, Good vibrations: Nonlinear sound-light interactions in nanoscale circuits.
10/08/2015
Pizza lunch - Speakers: IGERT Fellows David Calhoun and Dennis Wang.
10/09/2015 at 5:30PM in 750 CEPSR
Columbia University IGERT Workshop Part 1 - Feedback on your Experience in an Interdisciplinary PhD Program and Network with other Interdisciplinary PhD Students.
11/04/2015
Pizza lunch - Speakers: IGERT Fellows Geoffrey Iwata and Adam Overvig.
12/04/2015 at 5:30PM in 750 CEPSR
Columbia University IGERT Workshop Part 2 - Feedback on your Experience in an Interdisciplinary PhD Program and Network with other Interdisciplinary PhD Students.
12/16/2015
Pizza lunch - Speaker: Prof. Vijay Modi, Columbia University, What is Energy Access? A tangle of technologies and yet few options for the poor.

Spring 2015

03/25/2015 at 5:30PM in 750 CEPSR
Dr. H. Philip Stahl NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope: The First Light Machine abstract.
04/02/2015 at 5:30PM in 750 CEPSR
Pizza lunch - Speaker: IGERT Fellow Heather Hill.
04/15/2015 at 5:30PM in 750 CEPSR
Dr. Mircea Cotlet Brookhaven National Laboratory, Near-Infrared Single Particle Spectroscopy of PbS/CdS Nanocrystals.

Fall 2014

10/09/2014 at 1 pm in 1306 Mudd
Dr. Yilei Li, Columbia University, Physics Department, Probing the linear and second-order nonlinear response of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by optical spectroscopy, abstract.
10/23/2014 at 11 am in CEPSR 414
Michael J. Biercuk Director, Quantum Control Laboratory ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, The University of Sydney,Quantum Control Engineering using Trapped Ions, abstract.
10/30/2014 at 10:30AM in CEPSR 414, CEPSR
Michael White Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National laboratory, Dynamics and Mechanism of Photoreactions on TiO2(110) Surfaces, abstract.
11/24/2014 at 11:30AM in 703 NWC building
Jacob Zubin Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, Quantum and Thermal Polaritonics, abstract.
12/08/2014 at 11AM in CEPSR 414, CEPSR
Dr. Denis Potapenko Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University, Light-powered chemistry on pristine single and nanocrystal TiO2 surfaces, abstract.

Fall 2013

9/30/2013 at 11 am in 214 Mudd
Dr. Tony Low, IBM TJ Watson, Nanoscale Science and Technology Group, Graphene electronics, Optoelectronics and Plasmonics, abstract.
10/14/2013 at 11 am in 214 SW Mudd
Jianke Yang, University of Vermont, Exponential Asymptotics for Line Solitons in Two dimensional Periodic Potentials, abstract.
11/22/2013 at 2:30PM in Sindeband East 414, CEPSR
Michael J. Biercuk Director, Quantum Control Laboratory ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, The University of Sydney, Control in Quantum Coherent Systems, abstract.
12/6/2013 at 3:00PM in Interschool Lab, 750 Schapiro / CEPSR
Professor Nuh Gedik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shining Light on Topological Insulators, abstract.

Spring 2013

2/5/2013 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Dr. Chih-Kang (Ken) Shih, University of Texas at Austin, Active nanophotonics: from coherent control of quantum emitters to plasmonic nanolasers, abstract.
5/6/2013 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Dr. Na Young Kim, Standford University, Microcavity Exciton-Polariton Condensates - Physics and Applications, abstract.
6/3/2013 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Prof. Siddharth Ramachandran, Boston University, Scaling Network Capacity by Twisting Light, abstract.

Spring 2012

1/30/2012 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Dr. Kartik Srinivasan, NIST, Nanophotonic technologies for quantum optics and metrology, abstract.
2/13/2012 at 11 am in 644 Mudd
Prof. Alexander Gaeta, Cornell University, Novel silicon-based nonlinear optical devices, abstract.
2/24/2012 at 10 am in 750 Schapiro
Prof. Fangwen Sun, University of Science and Technology of China,Nanophotonics towards quantum information techniques with diamond and NV centers: fabrication and detection, abstract.
3/11/2012 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Prof. Andrew P. Knights, McMaster University, Silicon-based Optical Links - Can They Be Economically Viable?, abstract.
4/02/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Prof. Stefan Strauf, Stevens Institute of Technology, Grapheotonics: Photonics with CNTs and graphene, abstract.
4/23/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Prof. Richard Osgood, Columbia University, Squeezing light in wires: the fascinating optical physics of silicon nanowires, abstract.
4//30/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Prof. Lukas Novotny, University of Rochester, Optical antennas for enhanced light-matter interactions, abstract.
5/02/2012 at 11 am in 750 Schapiro
Dr. Rachel Won, Nature Photonics, Manuscript preparation and submission, abstract.

Fall 2012

9/17/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Prof. Ken Crozier, Harvard University, The Nano-Optics of Plasmonic Optical Tweezers, SERS Substrates, and Multi-Colored Silicon Nanowires, abstract.
9/24/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Dr. Nicholas Camillone III, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Ultrafast Surface Chemical Dynamics at the Nanoscale, abstract.
10/1/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Prof. T.P. Ma, Yale University, CMOS Technologies BAsed on High-Mobility Channel Materials, abstract.
10/3/2012 at 11 am in 703 NWC
Prof. J.P. Wolf, University of Geneva, Laser Filament Based Water Vapour Condensation, abstract.
10/11/2012 at 11 am in Davis Auditorium
Prof. Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, Metamaterials: From Structure to Function, abstract.
10/11/2012 at 11:15 am in Davis Auditorium
Dr. William M.J. Green, CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics for Exascale Computing, abstract.
11/5/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Dr. Nanfang Yu, Harvard University, A Quest into the Invisible, abstract.
11/12/2012 at 11 am in 414 Schapiro
Dr. Fengnian Xia, IBM, Graphene Photonics and Electronics, abstract.

An IGERT research mini-symposium will be held (coinciding with one of the seminar speakers or other campus events), where a best poster award will be selected. In addition, a professional and research ethics seminar training will be delivered annually, covering ethics and responsible conduct in multidisciplinary research.