Over 100 university faculty and students attended the 2015 Nebraska Research & Innovation Conference
Symposium on Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules & Nanostructures held September 28-29, 2015 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska. The symposium was sponsored by both the Kansas NSF EPSCoR and the Nebraska NSF EPSCoR programs.
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| Program speakers and participants |
The seminar featured guest presentations by
Dr. Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State University, who discussed
Condensed Matter in Ultrafast and Superstrong Fields: Attosecond Phenomena;
Dr. Anatoly Svidzinsky, Texas A&M University, who discussed
QASER: From Radio Frequencies to Optical Domain;
Dr. Philip H. Bucksbaum, Stanford University, who discussed
Ultrafast Electron Motion in Atoms and Molecules;
Dr. Stephen Leone, University of California, Berkeley, who discussed
Attosecond Dynamics: From Atoms to Semiconductor Solids; and
Dr. Todd Martinez, Stanford University, who discussed
Understanding and Modeling Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics from First Principles.
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| Dr. Martin Centurion; Dr.Vinod Kumarappan; Dr. Hui Zhao |
The speaker sessions closed with three presentations from the Kansas and Nebraska researchers currently involved in the collaborative NSF EPSCoR Track 2 Grant (#1430519) titled
Collaborative Research: Imaging and Controlling Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules, and Nanostructures.
Dr. Martin Centurion, represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and discussed
Diffractive Imaging of Isolated Molecules with Femtosecond Electron Pulses.
Dr. Vinod Kumarappan represented Kansas State University and discussed
Diffractive Imaging of Isolated Molecules with Femtosecond Electron Pulses. And,
Dr. Hui Zhao represented the University of Kansas and discussed
Ultrafast Electron Transport In and Between Single Atomic Layers.
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| Symposium Poster Session |
The day concluded with over 30 undergraduate and graduate students, post docs and faculty from across Kansas and Nebraska participating in the poster session that showcased their research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.
