Ars Scientia: An artist and a physicist walked into a glassblowing studio …

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The UBC Ars Scientia collaboration brings together artists and scientists to identify fruitful areas for interdisciplinary work. I'll describe how it plunged this theoretical physicist into a messy (and fun!) glassblowing studio, why it saw me capturing explosions at 100,000 frames per second at the hospital, and how some serendipitous physics observations have taken me […]

Ke Zou: Recent progress on understanding the superconductivity of bulk and monolayer FeSe

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Ke Zou, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Abstract: The physics of high-temperature superconductors is usually governed by the interplay of the spin and charge degrees of freedom. FeSe has the simplest chemical composition among Fe-based superconductors, yet monolayer FeSe on SrTiO3 substrate reports one of the highest […]

Careers in Outreach

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Speakers: Theresa Liao, Communications Coordinator, Storyteller, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UBC Andrew Jamison, Senior Manager, Geering Up and Outreach, UBC Ella Meyer, Quantum Computing Outreach Coordinator, Geering Up, UBC

Inna Vishik: Electronic Correlations and Topology across Tc in a Magnetic Weyl Semimetal

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Inna Vishik, Associate Professor in Physics and Astronomy at UC Davis Abstract: Co3Sn2S2 is a magnetic Weyl semimetal below its Curie temperature (Tc) of 177K. I will discuss our recent spatial and temperature-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies in this system.  Across Tc, we observe signatures […]

Alexandra Navrotsky: Recent Developments in High Temperature Calorimetry

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Alexandra Navrotsky - Center for Materials of the Universe (MotU) , Arizona State University Title: Recent developments in high temperature calorimetry Abstract: A variety of high temperature calorimetric techniques have recently advanced for application to refractory oxides and related materials. These include improvements in oxide melt […]

Marlou Slot: Atom by Atom and Layer by Layer: Designing and Realizing Electronic Quantum Matter

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Marlou Slot; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Title: Atom by Atom and Layer by Layer: Designing and Realizing Electronic Quantum Matter Abstract: Quantum simulators are a versatile tool to study the behavior of quantum matter in a controlled way. […]

Kwabena Bediako: New Twists on Chemistry and Physics in Moiré Superlattices

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Kwabena Bediako, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, Dept. of Chemistry Title: New twists on chemistry and physics in moiré superlattices     Abstract: Atomically thin or two-dimensional (2D) materials can be assembled into bespoke heterostructures to produce some extraordinary physical phenomena. Likewise, these highly tunable materials are […]

Dr. Valentino R. Cooper: Exploring the Chemical Landscape of High Entropy Oxides

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Dr. Valentino R. Cooper Title: Exploring the Chemical Landscape of High Entropy Oxides Abstract: High entropy, multi-component metal alloys (HEA), have superior mechanical properties and high radiation tolerances; which are, in part, driven by configurational entropy. Recently, an oxide analogue comprised of MgO, CoO, NiO, CuO […]

Careers in Industry

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Shabir Barzanjeh: Microwave entanglement generation and its application in quantum sensing

BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Shabir Barzanjeh, Asst. Prof., University of Calgary Abstract: The recent interest in mechanical quantum systems is driven not only by fundamental tests of quantum gravity but also by developing a new generation of hybrid quantum technologies. Here I confirm the long-standing prediction that a parametrically driven mechanical oscillator can entangle electromagnetic fields. We observe stationary […]

Careers in Research

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This Careers in Research panel will focus on the quantum chemistry world where we will discuss the careers after graduation, job search, challenges and opportunities for graduate students of chemistry, physics and engineering with:   Dr. Prakash Verma, Computational Chemist & Psi Quantum Dr. Alexandre Fleury, Scientific Researcher @1 Qbit

Unboxing Quantum: Seeing the World in a Different Light

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Everyday, the interaction between light and matter is giving us information about the world that we live in through our eyes. But the range of frequencies that our eyes are sensitive to -- visible light -- is extremely limited. How does light interact with matter on other frequencies? And how can we leverage light-matter interaction […]