Tuesday, February 28
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Convention Center
Ballroom East

Cost: Free

Graduate students may sign up to enjoy a complimentary box-lunch while participating in an informal discussion with an expert on a topic of interest to them. Sign-up will open Monday, February 27, at 7:00 a.m., near the APS Registration Desk.
APS Registration Desk

Graduate Student Lunch Topics

Division of Biological Physics (DBIO) Sponsored Topics

1.  Modeling Mad-Cow and Alzheimer's Prions, Theoretical Biological Physics, and Biophysics Generally
Expert: Daniel Cox, University of California, Davis

Division of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP) Sponsored Topics

2. Stripe Phases, Quantum Wires, and Attosecond Dynamics
Expert: Peter Abbamonte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3. Graphene Nano-Plasmonics and Meta-Materials
Expert: Dmitri Basov, University of California, San Diego

4. Towards the Design of New High-Temperature Superconductors
Expert: Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5. Topological Insulators and Superconductors
Expert: Charles Kane, University of Pennsylvania

6. Theory of Emergent Behavior from Strong Correlations in Electronic Materials and Devices
Expert: Steve Kivelson, Stanford University

7. Theory of Electron-Electron Interactions in 2D Systems, Including Graphene, Surface States in Topological Insulators, and Transition Metal Oxides
Expert: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin

8. Hybrid Nanostructures: Superconductors connected to Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Metals
Expert: Nadya Mason, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Division of Computational Physics (DCOMP) Sponsored Topic

9. Teaching Physics at a Small College: Balancing Teaching, Research and Family
Expert: Amy Bug, Swarthmore College

Division of Chemical Physics (DCP) Sponsored Topics

10. Experimental Studies of Fast Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy in Chemical Physics
Expert: David Jonas, University of Colorado

11. Theoretical Condensed Phase Spectroscopy in Chemical Physics
Expert: James Skinner, University of Wisconsin

Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Sponsored Topics

12. Swimming and Propulsion in Complex Fluids
Expert: Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania

13. Oddly-Shaped Granular Materials
Expert: Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology

Division of Laser Science (DLS) Sponsored Topic

14. Interdisciplinary Science, Dual Careers and Technology Transfer
Expert: Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado

Division of Materials Physics (DMP) Sponsored Topics

15. Thermal Energy Conversion, Nanoscale Thermal Transport, Ultrafast Science
Expert: David Cahill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

16. Multifunctional Materials and Spintronics
Expert: Chris Palmstrøm, University of California, Santa Barbara

Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP) Sponsored Topics

17. Best Practices for Defining, Creating and Attracting Employment Opportunities for Physicists in Industry
Expert: Mark Bernius, The Dow Chemical Company

18. Applied Physics, Technology and Industrial Applications: A Synergistic Triad
Expert: Ernesto Marinero, Hitachi San Jose Research Lab

19. The Pleasures, the Excitement, the Challenges, and the Dangers of an Industrial Career
Expert: Philip Wyatt, Wyatt Technology Corp

Instrument and Measurement Science (GIMS) Sponsored Topic

20. Experiments on Topological Insulators, Graphene, Pnictides and Cuprates in Extreme Magnetic Fields (NHMFL/GIMS)
Expert: Albert Migliori, Los Alamos National Lab

Topical Group on Magnetism (GMAG) Sponsored Topics

21. Dynamics in Patterned Magnetic Structures
Expert: Kristen Buchanan, Colorado State University

22. Academia vs. Industry vs. National Lab - What is a Good Choice for Me?
Expert: Olle Heinonen, Argonne National Laboratory

23. Magnetic Imaging with X-rays
Expert: Peter Fischer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

24. Semiconductor Spintronics
Expert: Giovanni Vignale, University of Missouri

Topical Group on Quantum Information (GQI) Sponsored Topics

25. Building a Quantum Computer with Semiconductors
Expert: John Martinis, University of California, Santa Barbara

26. Theoretical Research at an Undergraduate Institution
Expert: Bill Wootters, Williams College

Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (GSNP) Sponsored Topics

27. Physical Biology
Expert: Jane Kondev, Brandeis University

28. Granular Jamming
Expert: Charles Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory