Speaker: Dr. Enrico Rossi (William and Mary) Title: Quantum Metric and Correlated States in Two-dimensional System Abstract: In the past two decades some of the most interesting developments in condensed matter physics have resulted from the careful treatment of the effects of the Berry curvature in many-body systems. Exemplary is the discovery of topological insulators.

Speaker: Luca Grandi (University of Chicago) Title: Looking for Dark Matter Signatures in a 6-tonne Liquid Xenon Target: XENONnT Abstract: A large set of astronomical and astrophysical measurements point towards a Universe with way more matter than what we can account for by looking around us. This missing mass is referred to as Dark Matter

Speaker: Seong-Gon Kim (Mississippi State University) Title: Flat-surface-assisted and self-regulated oxidation resistance of Cu(111) Abstract: Oxidation can deteriorate the properties of copper that are critical for its use, particularly in the semiconductor industry and electro-optics applications. This has prompted numerous studies exploring copper oxidation and possible passivation strategies. In situ observations have, for example, shown

Speaker: Dr. Hunter Waite Jr. (NASA, SwRI) Title: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons: The Ongoing NASA Juno Mission to Jupiter and Future Exploration of Europa by the NASA Clipper Mission Abstract: New results and future plans for planetary missions exploring the Jupiter system will be presented. Juno has been exploring the system for several years

Speaker: Dr. Mariel Pettee (LBNL) Title: Machine Learning for High-Energy Particle Physics Abstract: 10 years ago, in the summer of 2012, CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, marking the end of a half-century quest to complete the Standard Model. Later that year, a deep neural network called AlexNet outperformed other models by an

Speaker: Thejesh Bandi Title: Atomic Clocks: the workhorses of precision timing Abstract: Precision timing is ubiquitous in our everyday lives. For instance, the workings of telecommunication networks, power grid synchronization, navigation – GPS/GNSS, imaging of Blackholes etc all need precision timing in its background, without which it is impossible to operate these technologies. The precision