ICTP - Colloquia

Colloquia

ICTP's colloquia series aims to increase interaction between its research groups as well as expose doctoral students to the Centre's rich array of physics and mathematics activities.

Past colloquia can viewed on ICTP's YouTube page.

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20 Sep 2019

Bo Persson to Give ICTP Colloquium

25 September at 17:00

3 Sep 2019

ICTP Colloquium

4 September event features physicist Timothy Beers

26 Aug 2019

Colloquium 28 August

Speaker: Liliana Arrachea, University of San Martín, Argentina

8 Jul 2019

Extreme Climate: What Will the Future Bring?

Public event 8 July to highlight the science behind climate change

4 Jun 2019

This Week at ICTP

Two colloquia not to be missed!

14 Jan 2019

Prof. A.M. Glazer To Give Colloquium

January 15 at 16:30

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Europe/Rome Petra Rudolf was born in Munich, Germany. She studied Physics at the La Sapienza, University of Rome, where she specialized in Solid State Physics. In 1987 she joined the National Surface Science laboratory TASC INFM in Trieste for the following five years, interrupted by two extended periods in 1989 and 1990/1991 at Bell Labs in the USA, where she started to work on the newly discovered fullerenes. In 1993 she moved to the University of Namur, Belgium where she received her PhD in 1995 and then quickly moved from postdoctoral researcher to lecturer and senior lecturer before taking up the Chair in Experimental Solid State Physics at the University in Groningen in 2003. Her principal research interests lie in the areas of condensed matter physics and surface science, particularly molecular motors, 2D solids, organic thin films and inorganic-organic hybrids. Dr. Rudolf is the President of the European Physical Society; she was the President of the Belgian Physical Society in 2000/2001 and was elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering,honorary member of the Italian Physical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, "Lid van verdienst" of the Dutch Physical Society and Fellow of the American Physical Society. For her work on molecular motors she received the 2007 Descartes Prize of the European Commission. In 2013 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau by H.M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Abstract: Nano-engines and molecular motors form the basis of nearly every important biological process. In contrast to this solution chosen by Nature for achieving complex tasks, all of mankind's present day technologies function exclusively through their static or equilibrium properties. One can therefore easily anticipate that the controlled movement of molecules or parts of molecules offers unprecedented technological possibilities for the future. In this presentation I shall illustrate how introducing new concepts like incorporating a ratchet mechanism, allows for the creation of molecular engines that transcend simple switches. I shall discuss how to build molecular engines that allow movements at the molecular level to be coupled to the macroscopic world, e.g., to transport macroscopic objects like drops of liquid over a surface. Another example are molecular systems that can be triggered to form spontaneously functional structures with a well-defined position on surfaces. I shall discuss molecular switches, which can be addressed with light and charge transfer and show that such systems can be employed for “read and write” functions. The talk will be livestreamed from the ICTP website. Light refreshments will follow the event. The event is open to all those interested. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

4 Nov 2019

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium on Molecular Motors and Switches at Surfaces

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste, Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Professor Petra Rudolf, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

Europe/Rome The title of the talk is to be confirmed. The abstract is forthcoming. Professor Michael E. Peskin is a Professor at the SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford University, USA. Prof. Peskin is interested in all aspects of theoretical elementary particle physics, but particularly the nature of new elementary particles and forces that will be discovered at the coming generation of proton and electron colliders. These particles are needed to explain symmetry-breaking in the weak interactions and to provide an identity for cosmic dark matter. For more details, please see: www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/ All are welcome to this event which will be livestreamed from the ICTP website: www.ictp.it Light refreshments will be served. ICTP ICTP pio@ictp.it

Colloquium

20 Nov 2019

@ ICTP

ICTP Colloquium on 30 TeV: The quest to reach the next milestone in elementary particle physics

Address: Strada Costiera 11 34151 Trieste Italy

Room: Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall

Speaker(s): Professor Michael E. Peskin, SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford University, USA

Colloquium Start Time: 16:30

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