Monday, Jan. 21
"Synthesis of Low Band Gap Polymeric Semiconductor," Zhaoyan Ai, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, adviser: Michael Hickner, Department of Chemistry (814-867-1847).
"Statistical Analysis of 'Imperfect' Data: Handling Missing Observations and Measurement Error," Grace Yi, University of Waterloo (Canada), 4 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (814-865-1348).
Tuesday, Jan. 22
"Design of Functional Nano-Sulfides as High Performance Materials Applied in Electrical Energy Storage Systems," Du Sun, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, adviser: Ray Schaak, Department of Chemistry (814-865-8600).
(title to be announced), Adrian Maler, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 315 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
"Twistor Theory for Generalized Complex Manifolds," Justin Sawon, University of North Carolina, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
"Commutator Methods with Applications to the Spectral Analysis of Dynamical Systems, II," Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile (Chile), 3:30 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
"Enhancing the Superconducting Critical Temperature of Magnesium Diboride" Kofi Adu, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, hosts: Jorge Sofo and Milton Cole, Department of Physics (814-865-7533).
"Accommodating Convergence in the Eastern Himalaya: The Impact of Variable Slip Rates on Orogen Scale Strain," Nadine McQuarrie, University of Pittsburgh, 4 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (814-865-2622).
Wednesday, Jan. 23
"Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for Our Energy Future, Part 2," (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (814-863-7073).
"Surface Active Compounds on Marine Aerosols in the Atmosphere," Alexander Ucci, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, adviser: Miriam Freedman, Department of Chemistry (814-867-4267).
"Test of Lorentz and CPT Violation with Neutrino Oscillation Experiments," Teppei Katori, MIT, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (814-863-5943).
"Time Delay and Calabi Invariant in Classical Scattering Theory," Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile), 3:35 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
"The Genomics of Stress," James Broach, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 4 p.m., Wartik Lab (Fifth floor), host: Center for System Genomics (814-867-1519).
Thursday, Jan. 24
"Supported Catalysts: Does Surface Roughness Matter?" Michael Smith, Villanova University, 10 a.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Robert Rioux, Department of Chemical Engineering (www.che.psu.edu/seminars/).
"Plant Cellulose Synthesis," Joseph Hill, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ming Tien, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-863-1165).
(title to be announced), Zsolt Patakfalvi, Princeton University, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).
"The Magellanic Stream: Probing the Baryon Cycle in the Galactic Halo," Andrew Fox, Space Telescope and Science Institute, noon, 538 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics (814-865-0418).
"Socio-Behavioral NIH (National Institutes of Health) Grant Opportunities in Infectious Disease Research: OppNET and Other Programs," Bill Elwood, National Institutes of Health, 3 p.m., W203 Millennium Science Complex, host: Rachel Smith, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (814-867-4651).
"Geometry. Quantum Mechanics and Lie Group Representations," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 4 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (814-574-7497).
"Hierarchical Processes for Spatial Extremes," Benjamin Shaby, University of California-Berkeley, 4 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (814-865-1348).
Friday, Jan. 25
(title to be announced), Connie Weaver, Purdue University, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Lab, host: Mary Jane DeSouza, Department of Kinesiology (814-865-3453).
"Visual Ecology of European Oak Buprestid Beetles," Michael Domingue, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 107 Forest Resources Building, host: Tom Baker, Department of Entomology (814-865-1895).
"Coupling of Bright and Dark States for Nanoparticles to Probe Novel Properties," Philip Weiss, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, adviser: Lasse Jensen, Department of Chemistry (814-867-1787).
"The Social Construction of Climate Change as a Commons," Barbara Gray, Penn State, 4 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geography (814-863-4562).
Saturday, Jan. 26
"Life's Little Problem: Determinism vs. Chance in the Complex Ways of Genomes" (Frontiers lecture No. 2 of 6), Ken Weiss, Penn State, 11 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (814-863-8453 or science.psu.edu/frontiers).
Sunday, Jan. 27
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