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SUMMARY:CUNYSciCom's 2025 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:A panel of judges (a science professor\, a trained public liaison\, and an undergraduate student) will give feedback to all participants\, and cash prizes of up to $500 will be awarded! Sponsored by the Doctoral and Graduate Student Council\, the GC Biology Department\, and external donor funding. \nHosted By \n\nBiology\nDoctoral and Graduate Students’ Council\nAdjunct Project\n\nAdmission Price \nFree \nRegister \nRegister to attend in-person or virtually here (Non-CUNY attendees will need a photo ID). \nWrap up the academic year with CUNYSciCom’s annual Communicating Your Science Symposium where students can win prizes for the best science presentations. The annual symposium challenges student scientists to present and explain their research to two different audiences—their peers and the general public—in short\, contained presentations that include contextual descriptions of the work\, visual aids\, and an audience Q&A. \nEmail us with any questions! cunyscicom@gmail.com \nLocation \nThis event is taking place in-person at the Advanced Science Research Center’s Main Auditorium (85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York\, NY 10031). \nFeatured Student Presenters \nTBA \nKeynote Speaker \nBen Taylor\, Nerd Nite \nFull Schedule \n9:30 a.m. – Registration + coffee\n10:00 a.m. – Welcome/Overview Talk\n10:10 a.m. – Presentation Block 1\n11:30 a.m. – Keynote Speaker; Mini activity; Intro to lunch thought activity\n12:15 p.m. –  Lunch\n1:10 p.m. – Presentation Block 2\n2:30 p.m. – Dismiss judges to discuss awards\n2:35 p.m. – Discuss lunchtime thought activity\n2:45 p.m. –  Announce Awards\n3:00 p.m. – Social Hour (until 5:00 p.m.)
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/cunyscicoms-2025-symposium/
LOCATION:Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environmental Sciences,Nanoscience,Neuroscience,Photonics,Structural Biology
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Andrea Fiore
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Andrea Fiore\, Eindhoven University of Technology. \nNanophotonics on the Tip of a Fiber\nAbstract – By transferring nanopatterned semiconductor membranes on the tip of optical fibers\, we combine the power of nanophotonics with the flexibility of fiber sensing. In this talk I will discuss a variety of fiber-tip sensors of physical and biochemical parameters based on this Membrane-on-Fiber technology. \nBio – Andrea Fiore holds a PhD degree in Optics from the University of Orsay\, and has previously worked in Thales Research and Technology (Orsay\, France)\, at the University of California at Santa Barbara\, at the Italian National Research Council (Rome\, Italy)\, and at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).  Prof. Fiore has been the recipient of the ‘Professeur boursier’ (Switzerland) and ‘Vici’ (The Netherlands) personal grants\, and has been awarded the 2006 ISCS ‘Young Scientist’ Award (International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors). He has acted as principal investigator in several national projects\, team leader in many EU projects\, coordinator of EU-FP6 project ‘SINPHONIA’ and of the Dutch national program ‘Nanoscale Quantum Optics’. He has led a 20 M€ NWO Gravitation program on Integrated Nanophotonics and he has co-founded the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute. He has coauthored over 180 journal articles and given around 60 invited talks at international conferences. He also co-founded three spin-offs\, nanoPHAB\, MantiSpectra and Firefly Sensing\, which commercialize nanophotonic technologies developed in his group. \nThis is an in-person seminar. If you opt to join via zoom use Meeting ID 883 7886 8895\, Passcode 345888
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-andrea-fiore/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photonics
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SUMMARY:Photonics Initiative Seminar: Angel Rubio
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Angel Rubio\, Max Planck Institute \n\nCavity Quantum Electrodynamics for Quantum Materials Design\n\n\n \nAngel Rubio\n\nMax Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter\, Luruper Chaussee 149\, 22761 Hamburg\, Germany\nInitiative for Computational catalysis (ICC) and Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) Flatiron Institute\,  10010 NY\, USA\n\n\n\n\nAbstract – A central challenge in computational physics is the accurate modeling and control of quantum materials under the influence of light. Traditional approaches such as Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) have enabled progress in simulating light-driven phenomena\, but new frameworks are required to capture the effects of quantized electromagnetic fields on matter at equilibrium. In this context\, Cavity Materials Engineering has emerged as a powerful paradigm\, enabling ground-state modifications of materials by embedding them in optical cavities and leveraging vacuum fluctuations\, rather than external driving or photon excitation. This “dark” regime departs from conventional polaritonic physics by targeting the material ground state directly. When coupled to intrinsic nonlinearities—such as anharmonic phonon modes or metastable phases—vacuum fluctuations can induce macroscopic changes in material properties\, including superconductivity\, magnetism\, and structural transitions. The mechanism is conceptually similar to boson-mediated interactions in condensed matter\, yet uniquely exploits the electromagnetic vacuum as the mediating field. To model these phenomena\, we present the conceptual foundations of Quantum Electrodynamical Density Functional Theory (QEDFT)—a first-principles framework that seamlessly incorporates light-matter interactions into electronic structure theory. We will introduce its key theoretical principles and highlight recent applications demonstrating how cavity quantum electrodynamics can be used to predict and control emergent phases of quantum matter. This approach opens new frontiers in material design at the intersection of quantum optics and many-body physics. \n\n\nSome relevant  recent references\n\nEngineering quantum materials with chiral optical cavities \, H. Hübener\, U. D. Giovannini\, C. Schäfer\, J. Andberger\, M. Ruggenthaler\, J. Faist\, and A. Rubio Nature materials 20\, 438-442 (2021)\nQuantum materials engineering by structured cavity vacuum fluctuations}\\H. Hübener\, E. Vi\~nas Bostr\”om\, M. Claassen\, S. Latini\, A. Rubio Mater. Quantum. Technol. {\bf 4} 023002 (2024) (link https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2633-4356/ad4e8b/pdf)\nCavity engineered phonon-mediated superconductivity in MgB2 from first principles quantum electrodynamics\, I-T. Lu\, Dongbin Shin\, Mark Kamper Svendsen\, Hannes Hübener\, Umberto De Giovannini\, Simone Latini\, Michael Ruggenthaler\, Angel Rubio\, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (PNAS) 121\, e2415061121 (2024) \nControlling the magnetic state of the proximate quantum spin liquid α-RuCl3 with an optical cavity\,  Emil Vinas Boström\, Adithya Sriram\, Martin Claassen\, Angel Rubio\, npj Computational Materials 9\, 202 (2023)\nThe ferroelectric photo ground state of SrTiO3: Cavity materials engineering\, S. Latini\, D. Shin\, S. A. Sato\, C. Schäfer\, U. D. Giovannini\, H. Hübener\, and A. Rubio PNAS 118\, e2105618118 (2021)\nUnderstanding polaritonic chemistry from ab initio quantum electrodynamics\, M. Ruggenthaler\, D. Sidler\, A. Rubio\, Chemical Reviews 123\, 11191 (2023)\nTheory of quantum light-matter interaction in cavities: Extended systems and the long wavelength approximation\, Mark Kamper Svendsen\, Michael Ruggenthaler\, Hannes Hübener\, Christian Schäfer\, Martin Eckstein\, Angel Rubio\, Simone Latini  arXiv: arXiv:2312.17374\nCavity Spectroscopy for Strongly Correlated Systems\, Lukas Grunwald\, Emil Viñas Boström\, Mark Kamper Svendsen\, Dante M. Kennes\, Angel Rubio\, arXiv:2410.21515\n\n\n\nBio – Prof. Angel Rubio received his PhD in Physics with honors from the University of Valladolid in 1991 where he did fundamental work on the structural and optical properties of metallic clusters. Then moved to a postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley-Physics (92-95) where he predicted a new type of boron-nitride nanotubes (PRB1994) triggering their ensuing experimental synthesis. Between 1994 and 2001 as Professor at UVA he started the ab initio materials research open-source project octopus used now by over 1000 groups worldwide. Diverse Professorships at École Polytechnique Paris\, FU Berlin and Montpellier followed. In 2001 he moved as Chair of Condensed Matter Physics at UPV/EHU. There he engaged in highly successful work on modeling of excited-state properties of materials and nanostructures setting the foundations of modern theoretical spectroscopy (RMP2002). In August 2014 he accepted the position as Max Planck Director. There he has pioneered the development of quantum electrodynamical density functional theory (QEDFT)\, a novel theoretical framework for strong light-matter phenomena in chemistry and materials sciences (PNAS2015\, Nat.Rev.Chem.2018). His work has been recognized by several awards\, including the 2023 Spanish National Physics Prize “Blas Cabrera” 2018 Max Born medal and prize\, 2016 Medal of the Spanish Royal Physical Society and the 2014 Premio Rey Jaime I for basic research\, and more\, and elected member of different academies\, including the German Leopoldina Academy and Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften\, the European Academy of Sciences\, the Academia Europaea\, and a foreign associate member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA).\n\n\nThis is an in-person seminar. If you opt to join via zoom use Meeting ID 811 0958 3496 \, Passcode 587165
URL:https://asrc.gc.cuny.edu/event/photonics-initiative-seminar-angel-rubio/
LOCATION:ASRC Auditorium\, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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