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Materials Science Graduate Program - Spring 2024 Seminar Series

*All seminars take place in-person Wednesdays at 3:20 pm in AMLCI room 101, unless otherwise noted 

Previous Seminars - Fall 2021 Materials Science Graduate Program Seminars

Jan 24

Dr. Peter Palffy-Muhoray 
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Work from Shape Change: A Mean Field Study of Hard Particle Interactions

Jan 31

Dr. Qiang Guan
Department of Computer Science
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Bring Quantum Computing Solutions to Computational Chemistry

Feb 7

Dr. Elda Hegmann
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Biological Sciences
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Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Bio-inks for 3D Printing

Feb 14

Dr. Antal Jakli 
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Physics
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Piezoelectric Liquids and Fluid Ferroelectric Filaments

Feb 19* 
(Monday)
 

*Please note this seminar is on Monday, February 19th at 11:00am in AMLCI room 228 


Department of Physics
University of Ljubljana

Interaction of Optical and Topological Solitons in Unwound Chiral

Feb 21


AlphaMicron 

Resurgence of Guest-Host Liquid Crystal Science and Technology

Feb 28 

Dr. Michael Model 
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Biological Sciences
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The Strange Material from Which Cells Are Made

Mar 1*
(Friday)

*Please note this seminar is on Friday, March 1st at 12pm in Cunningham Hall in room 013


Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD

How Biochemistry in Vitro Can Differ from Biochemistry in Vivo

Mar 13

**This seminar has been rescheduled to March 13th**
Dr. Torsten Hegmann
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Helical Mano- and Microfilament Morphologies Formed by a Specific Class of Bent-Core Molecules

Mar 20


CPIP Alumni
META

Liquid Crystal in AR/VR Devices

Apr 3

Dr. Edgar Kooijman
Materials Science Graduate Program
Department of Biological Sciences
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Greasing Membrane Structure and Function

Apr 10

Dr. Pedro Lowenstein
P.R. Lowenstein, MD, PhD
Richard Schneider Collegiate Professor
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering 
Dept. of Neurosurgery 
University of Michigan School of Medicine

Brain tumors are organized as liquid crystals in vitro (2D) and in vivo (3D): novel therapeutic opportunities!?

Apr 17


Laboratory of Nonlinear Optical Studies
Washington State University

Why do Some Dye-Doped Polymers Self Heal?

Apr 24

Dr. Tigran Galstain
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Laval University 

Liquid Crystals in Bio Medicine