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2025 Spring Schedule

DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
1/29/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Christopher Mundy (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)	A conceptual approach to understanding complexity using the tools of theory and simulation	McPherson Lab 2019
1/30/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Christopher Mundy (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)	Debye-Huckel Theory and Beyond	Smith Lab 2006
1/31/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Christopher Mundy (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)	Understanding Surface Potentials	McPherson Lab 2019
2/5/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Jinjun Liu (Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville)	Spin-Vibronic Structure of Candidate Molecules for Direct Laser Cooling	McPherson Lab 2019
2/6/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Jinjun Liu (Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville)	The Jahn-Teller Effect and Related Intramolecular Interactions	Smith Lab 2006
2/7/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Jinjun Liu (Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville)	Rotational and Fine Structure of Open-Shell Molecules in Nearly Degenerate Electronic States	McPherson Lab 2019
2/26/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Amalie Frischknecht (Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories)	TBA	McPherson Lab 2019
2/27/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Amalie Frischknecht (Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories)	TBA	Smith Lab 2006
2/28/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Amalie Frischknecht (Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories)	TBA	McPherson Lab 2019
4/2/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Michael Zuerch (Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley)	TBA	McPherson Lab 2019
4/3/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Michael Zuerch (Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley)	TBA	Smith Lab 2006
4/4/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Michael Zuerch (Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley)	TBA	McPherson Lab 2019
4/9/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Yuen-Ron Shen (Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)	Sum Frequency Spectroscopy for Surfaces and Interfaces	McPherson Lab 2019
4/10/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Yuen-Ron Shen (Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)	Optical Responses of a Medium Involving an Interface	Smith Lab 2006
4/11/2025 8:45am - 10:10am	iOS	Dr. Yuen-Ron Shen (Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley)	Structures of Buried Water Interfaces	McPherson Lab 2019

2023 Spring Schedule

DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
2/15/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Frank Neese (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)	How to combine spectroscopy and quantum chemistry to get insight into transition metal based catalysis	2015 McPherson
2/16/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Frank Neese (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)	Let us talk about best practice in computational chemistry	E245 Scott Lab
2/17/2023 2:20pm -3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Frank Neese (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)	The fascinating world of magnetic molecules and why electronic structure matters	2015 McPherson
3/22/2023 2:20pm -3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Aravind Asthagiri (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)	Understanding elementary surface reactions through surface science experiments and first-principles modeling	2015 McPherson
3/23/2023 2:20pm -3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Aravind Asthagiri (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)	Developing first-principles based microkinetic models - how the sausage is made	E245 Scott Lab
3/24/2023 2:20pm - 3:40pm	iOS	Dr. Aravind Asthagiri (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)	Bridging surface science to catalysis	2015 McPherson
4/5/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Darrell G. Schlom (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)	From Understanding Solids to Creating Materials	2015 McPherson
4/6/2023 2:20pm - 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Darrell G. Schlom (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)	PARADIM Success Stories (+ reflections on running a national user facility dedicated to synthesis)	E245 Scott Lab
4/7/2023 10:15am- 11:15am	iOS	Prof. Darrell G. Schlom (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)	Frontiers of Oxide MBE	2019 McPherson
4/12/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff (University of Chicago)	The remarkable dynamics of bimolecular association: Protein-protein interactions and DNA hybridization	2015 McPherson
4/13/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff (University of Chicago)	Fundamentals of diffusion-limited bimolecular reaction dynamics	E245 Scott Lab
4/14/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff (University of Chicago)	Insulin dimerization through coupled folding and binding	2019 McPherson
4/19/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Takashi Oka (University of Tokyo)	Non-perturbative optics in quantum materials and geometric effects	2015 McPherson
4/20/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Takashi Oka (University of Tokyo)	Basics of Floquet engineering of quantum materials	E245 Scott Lab
4/21/2023 2:20pm- 3:40pm	iOS	Prof. Takashi Oka (University of Tokyo)	Dynamical responses in driven quantum materials	2019 McPherson
7/25/2023 10:00AM- 11:30AM	iOS	Dr. Misha Ivanov (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany and Imperial College, London UK)	Lightwave Electronics in Trivial, Topological, and Strongly Correlated Solids	Zoom
10/4/2023 10:00AM- 11:30AM	iOS	Prof. Franz X. Kärtner Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany Department of Physics & The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany	X-lites Talk: Enabling Technologies for X-ray FELs, Attosecond Science and THz Strong-Field Physics	Zoom Watch the recording here
11/17/2023 11:30am- 1:00pm	iOS	Gerard McCaul (Tulane University)	Malleable light: From Single Atom Computing to Superspectroscopy	Zoom & PRB 1080 Watch the recording here

Summer 2022


DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
7/26/2022 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Arvinder Sandhu (University of Arizona)	Measurement and control of electronic couplings using attosecond pump-probe techniques	Watch the recorded webinar here
9/1/2022 from 10am to 11am EDT	iOS	Patrick Rupprecht (Max-Plank)	From femtoseconds to femtometers – controlling quantum dynamics in molecules using core-level transient absorption spectroscopy	Watch the recorded webinar here
11/9/2022 10:00am- 11:30am	iOS	Anne L'Huillier (Lund, Sweden)	Attosecond light pulses for the study of electron dynamics in matter	Watch the recorded webinar here

Series Title: Photonics and Nanophotonics


DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
12/3/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Mikael Rechtsman (Penn State)	Topological Photonics	Watch the recorded webinar here
12/10/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Jelena Vuckovic (Stanford)	Scalable classical and quantum photonics: an optimized approach	Watch the recorded webinar here
12/17/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Jeff Thompson (Princeton)	Quantum technologies with rare earth ions	Webinar recording available for Institute members and upon request
1/28/2022 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Thomas Murphy (University of Maryland)	2D THz Optoelectronics	Watch the recorded webinar here
2/11/2022 from 10am to 11am EDT	iOS	Joyce Poon (Max Planck Inst., U. of Toronto, & Technical University of Berlin)	Silicon integrated photonics for future “computing”	Webinar recording available for Institute members and upon request
2/18/2022 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	iOS	Nathalie de Leon (Princeton)	Correlating materials analysis with qubit measurements to systematically eliminate sources of noise	Watch the recorded webinar here

2021 Fall Semester - Series Title: Spin Dynamics in Molecules and Materials


DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
8/6/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	David Waldeck (University of Pittsburg)	Adventures with Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity	Zoom Watch the recording here
8/27/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Chunhui Du (UC San Diego)	Harnessing Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond for Next-Generation Quantum Science and Technology	Zoom Watch the recording here
9/3/2021 from 10:00am to 11:00am	iOS	Olga Smirnova (MBI Berlin)	Ultrafast Chirality: Twisting Light to Twist Electrons	Zoom Watch the recording here
9/17/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Christian Back (Technical University of Munich)	Optical and Electrical Detection of Spin Orbit Fields	Zoom Watch the recording here

2021 Spring Semester - Series Title: Frontiers in Quantum Information Science and Engineering


DATE	HOST	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
1/15/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	IMR	Michel Devoret (Yale University)	Error Correction of Logical Quantum Bits Encoded in a Superconducting Cavity	Zoom Watch the recording here
1/29/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Chris Monroe (Duke University and IonQ Inc.)	Quantum Computing with Atoms	Zoom Watch the recording here
2/19/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Carl Williams (National Institute of Standards and Technology)	Quantum Information Science Landscape and NIST	Zoom Watch the recording here
2/26/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Mikhail Lukin (Harvard University)	Exploring New Frontiers with Programmable Quantum Systems	Zoom Watch the recording here
3/12/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	IMR	Zhenghan Wang (University of California Santa Barbara and Microsoft Station Q)	Engineering New Physical Reality: Quantum Computing with Topological Materials	Zoom Watch the recording here
04/09/2021 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Brian DeMarco (University of Illinois)	Quantum Information Science and Engineering at Illinois	Zoom Watch the recording here
4/23/2021 from 3:45pm to 4:45pm	IMR	Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin)	Quantum Computational Supremacy	Zoom Watch the recording here

2020 Webinar Schedule


DATE	SERIES	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
10/23/2020 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Doug Schumacher (The Ohio State University)	Relativistic Laser Plasma Interactions, the OSU Scarlet Laser, and LaserNetUS	Zoom link on Event page Watch the recorded webinar here
11/20/2020 3:30pm to 4:30pm	iOS	Robert Baker (The Ohio State University)	A First for the Nation: New Ultrafast Science Facility on Campus!	Zoom link on Event page Watch the recorded webinar here
12/11/2020	iOS	Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin (The Ohio State University)	Challenges and Opportunities in Training a Quantum-Ready Workforce	Zoom link on Event page Watch the recorded webinar here

2020 Spring Semester

A list of speakers for the 2020 Spring Semester
DATE	SERIES	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
1/10/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	QIS	Maciej Maska (University of Silesia, Poland)	Testing Non-Adiabatic Theories of Ultrafast Strong Field Ionization	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
1/17/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	iOS	Lisa Ortmann (The Ohio State University)	Testing Non-Adiabatic Theories of Ultrafast Strong Field Ionization	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
1/24/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	QIS	Kyle Wendt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)	Optimal Control for the Quantum Simulation of Nuclear Dynamics	*DIFFERENT LOCATION* Physics Research Bld, Room 1080
1/31/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	iOS	Open		Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
2/7/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	QIS		Cancelled	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
2/14/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	iOS	Ovidiu Costin (The Ohio State University)	The Mathematical Theory of Nonrelativistic Matter-Radiation Interaction and Results	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
2/21/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	QIS	Open		Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
2/28/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm	iOS	Open		Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
3/6/2020		No seminar	Spring Break
3/13/2020 CANCELLED	iOS	Maxim Shcherbakov	Shaping the spectrum of light with time-variant nanostructures	CANCELLED
3/20/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm TO BE RESCHEDULED	iOS	Robert Baker	A First for the Nation: New Ultrafast Science Facility on Campus!	TO BE RESCHEDULED
3/26/2020 (Thurs) 3:00pm to 4:00pm TO BE RESCHEDULED	iOS	Rajarshi Roy (University of Maryland)	Seeing the Light: Photons, Complexity and Randomness	TO BE RESCHEDULED
4/3/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm TO BE RESCHEDULED	QIS	Kavir Dass (Air Force Research Laboratory)	Title TBA	TO BE RESCHEDULED
4/10/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm TO BE RESCHEDULED	iOS	Ken Singer (Case Western Reserve University)	Title TBA	TO BE RESCHEDULED

2019 Fall Semester

A list of speakers for the 2019 Fall Semester
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	WHERE
10/18/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm	Bill Plick (University of Dayton)	Quantum Weirdness and Quantum Technology	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
10/25/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm	Imad Agha (University of Dayton)	Reconfigurable Photonics: Enabling Technologies for Classical and Quantum Information Processing	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
11/08/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm	Paulina Kuo (NIST)	Entangled Photons for Quantum Information Applications	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138
11/22/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm	Maissam Barkesli (University of Mayland)	Title TBA	Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2019 Spring Semester

A list of speakers for the 2019 Spring Semester
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
11-Jan		No Seminar
18-Jan	Igor Adamovich (OSU College of Engineering)	Laser Diagnostics for Measurements of Electric Field and Excited Metastable Species in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and Reacting Flows
25-Jan*** will be held in 1080 PRB	Michael Hatridge (University of Pittsburgh)	Qubit measurement with two-mode squeesed light
1-Feb	No Seminar
8-Feb	Luke Bissell (Air Force Research Laboratory)	Solid state materials strategies for quantum information
15-Feb	No Seminar
22-Feb	No Seminar
1-Mar	No Seminar
8-Mar	No Seminar
15-Mar	No Seminar	Spring Break
22-Mar
29-Mar	Burcin Bayram (Miami University)	"Time-Resolved High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy with Energetic Sodium Molecules"
5-Apr	Eric Rowell (Texas A&M)	Mathematical Problems in Topological Quantum Computation
12-Apr	Carlo Samson (Miami University)	Playing Around with the Coldest Thing in the Universe using Laser Beams
19-Apr*** Note will be held in 4138PRB at 12:30pm	Gurudev Dutt (University of Pittsburgh)	Quantum information processing with defects in diamond
26-Apr	Samir Bali (Miami University)	Quest for cold atom ratchets to simulate bio molecular motors
3-May	Karthik Vishwanath (Miami University)	Quantifying Optical Coefficients of Turbid Media using Diffuse Optics

2018 Fall Semester

A list of speakers for the 2018 Fall Semester
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
30-Aug	Ruggero Caravita (CERN)	Advances towards pulsed antihydrogen production for a first antimatter gravity ement in the AEGIS experiment
21-Sep	Dan Gauthier (Ohio State, Physics)	Introduction to Quirk – a tool for simulating quantum computers
5-Oct	No Seminar Scheduled
12-Oct	No Seminar Scheduled
19-Oct	Imran Mirza (Miami University)	Few-photon quantum optics with cavities, emitters and waveguides
26-Oct	Chris Ball (Ohio State, ECE)	Development of Submillimeter Wave Sensor Systems
2-Nov	Dan Gauthier (Ohio State, Physics)	Introduction to Quirk, Part II
9-Nov		No Seminar
16-Nov	Nurul Islam (Ohio State, Physics)	A brief introduction to quantum key distribution
23-Nov		Thanksgiving Break
30-Nov		QIS

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