ALT A photo of Javier, smiling. He has short black hair, dark-rimmed glasses, and is wearing a white, blue and red plaid button-down. The top and bottom of the photo have a translucent blue gradient fading towards the center, and there is a white border with rounded corners. The title says "Research Feature Series" on top, and near the middle, Javier's name, "Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi" with his research area "Research in quantum electronics" beneath it in the general field "Experimental Condensed Matter". At the bottom center, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo.

ALT On the left, a photo of Professor Sanchez-Yamigishi standing in front of the whiteboard, writing. He is smiling, wearing a white and blue plaid button down. In the bottom left, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the right, a translucent blue background with text "We like to study new materials that have never been measured before, andare primarily interested in making electrons behave in funky ways. Our trick is to confine the electrons in the material to very small dimensions (2D or 1D). This makes quantum behavior of the electron more apparent!"

ALT On the right, a photo of Professor Sanchez-Yamigishi standing in front of the infinity fountain. In the top right corner, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the left, a translucent blue background with text "Both of our projects deal with special properties of Van der Waals materials, and in particular their mechanical properties. In one of our projects, we use the Van der Waals materials as a mold to grow other materials inside of, and then study their properties."

ALT On the left, a photo of Javier in front of the white board. In the bottom left, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the right, a translucent blue background with text "In our other main direction of research, we make tunable quantum devices by taking advantage of the low sliding friction of Van der Waals materials. I am a parent of two young children, and I have a strong interest in the “open science” and “frugal science” movements — the idea of making science available to everyone by making scientific instruments that are very cheap!"

ALT The background is dark blue, with lighter blue and yellow splatter. The title text is "Department Colloquium Recap" and the central image is of Anne-Katherine and Alex speaking in front of an audience. The talk title reads "LGBTQ Allyship in the Classroom" with speaker names beneath, "Anne-Katherine Burns and Alex Stewart." At the bottom center, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo.

ALT Top right: A photo of "Alex Stewart speaking in front of a slide". He has dyed-blonde hair, and is wearing a light blue collared shirt with a dark blue tie. Top left: a photo from the back of the auditorium of "Anne-Katherine speaking in front of the audience on the difference between public and private use of pronouns." Bottom left: "Anne-Katherine speaking and pointing at the screen." She is wearing a white button down shirt, and a black and white skirt. She has long blonde hair. Bottom right: "Alex and Anne-Katherine, speaking in front of a slide on what it means to be an "ally.""

ALT A photo of Professor Siwy, smiling. She has straight, blonde shoulder-length hair, and is wearing sunglasses. The top and bottom of the photo have a translucent blue gradient fading towards the center, and there is a white border with rounded corners. The title says "Research Feature Series" on top, and near the middle, Zuzanna's name, "Zuzanna Siwy" with her project titles "Unraveling new physics at the nanoscale and building mimics of biological channels; Nanopore Arrays with Tunable Chemistry for Mimicking Feedback Loops; Designing Sensors for Bacteria" beneath it, within the broader area of "Biophysics", underneath that. At the bottom center, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo.

ALT The top half of the image is a photo of Zuzanna's group. From left to right: Zuzanna Siwy, Matthew Schiel, Savannah Silva, Ethan Cao, Anthony Cho, DaVante Cain. In the top left, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. In the bottom half, a blue background with text "We are an experimental biophysics group with research inspired by biological structures called channels and pores, which are the basis of all physiological functions of a living organism, including vision and hearing. If we could build synthetic robust nanopores with similar functionalities, we would design better separation and desalination systems, learn about fascinating physics that occurs in these tiny pores and maybe even create a totally synthetic neuron. That’s what we are attempting to do."

ALT On the right, a photo of Professor Siwy standing in front of a fountain, smiling. She is wearing sunglasses, a white shirt and white blazer, with a gold necklace. In the top right corner, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the left, a blue background with text "We focus on fabricating synthetic single nanopores and nanopore arrays by track-etching and electron beam drilling. The nanopores have diameters as small as few nanometers with controlled geometry and electrochemical potential, that can be used as devices for controlling the flow of ions and charged molecules in a solution, effectively functioning as ionic diodes and ionic transistors."

ALT On the left, a more close-up photo of Professor Siwy, similar to the last slide. In the top left, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the right, a translucent blue background with text "In another direction of research, we are using microfluidic channels to characterize mechanical properties of individual biological cells. Physical properties of cells have been correlated with many diseases thus a high throughout characterization of deformation as well as shape of cells would be important in diagnostics."

ALT Background is a blurred photo of a prior colloquium in RH101. Atop it, a translucent blue square. Title text: "Department Colloquium." At the bottom, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. The top left box has the talk title, "LGBTQ Allyship in the Classroom" with speaker photos and names "Anne-Katherine Burns" and "Alex Stewart" on the right. Anne-Katherine is wearing a white blouse and is calculating Feynman diagrams on a blackboard, while Alex has bleach blonde hair and a denim jacket, making a peace sign with their left hand. At the bottom left, a calendar with "April 6, Thursday," to the right a clock with time "3:30 PM" beneath which there is a map-pin with location "RH101 Zoom." On the bottom right, an abstract "How can Professors and TAs in our department can be compassionate allies to their queer students? Why does diversity matter in the classroom? Join us for answers these questions, basic terminology, opportunities for conversation practice, and much more!"

ALT An image of the FASER particle detector, located deep underground at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and built in large part out of spare parts from other experiments at CERN like ATLAS. Beneath the image, title text "UC Irvine-led team detects first neutrinos made by particle collider." Sub-title text beneath "SWIPE >>> to learn more" on the left and "Use the link for the full story" on the right, with a link-chain logo. The bottom of the image is a blue banner with the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo in the center, and the CERN logo on the right.

ALT Top left: schematic of FASER. On the top left is an arc of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tube. A black dotted-line arrow from the left is tangent to the LHC, and points to a blue box. The blue box is zoomed in on the bottom right, and depicts a schematic of FASER (with it's logo beneath). Beneath the image, credit: "Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Ana Kova." Top right: photo with text beneath depicting a UCI grad student and FASER Collaborator Savannah Shively doing the Zot. Underneath, text "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a ring-shaped tube, where particles are smashed together at enormous speeds. A UCI-designed and UCI-built detector called FASER is on the hunt for some of the universe's most fundamental building blocks that emerge from these collisions." The bottom of the image is a blue banner with the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo in the center, and the CERN logo on the right.

ALT At the top left, a photo of Professor Feng at the FASER site. On the right, a text box "Neutrinos were co-discovered by late UCI physicist and Nobel laureate Frederick Reines in 1956. They "can tell us about deep space that we can’t learn in other ways” - J. Boyd, CERN." Beneath this, a larger text box stating "With FASER, physicists were able to make the first-ever measurements on high energy neutrinos created in a collider! FASER will also be searching for dark matter particles, though no signs have yet been found." The bottom of the image is a blue banner with the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo in the center, and the CERN logo on the right.

ALT A photo of Franklin Dollar, smiling. He is wearing a blue and white grid button down and a grey blazer. He has short, black curly hair. The top and bottom of the photo have a translucent blue gradient fading towards the center, and there is a white border with rounded corners. The title says "Research Feature Series" on top, and near the middle, Professor Dollar's name, "Franklin Dollar" with his project titles "Nonlinear Plasma Compression for Ultraintense Relativistic Laser Science, Coherent Laser Control for Compact Accelerators, Extreme Ultraviolet Generation and Spectroscopy in Laser Wakefield Accelerators." At the bottom center, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo.

ALT A photo of Professor Dollar in his laser lab with protective glasses on. In the top left, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the right, a translucent blue background with text "We use high intensity, ultrafast lasers to generate matter in high energy density conditions. We study this matter to better understand complex physics at the extreme, as well as to harness such matter for use as a compact radiation source. Our main projects now examine how to generate soft and hard x-rays from laser matter interactions, and how to increase laser intensity by compressing pulses nonlinearly in time."

ALT A photo of Professor Dollar in the lab with a student, smiling, with his protective goggles on his head. At the bottom right, the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy logo. On the left, a translucent blue background with text " Professor Dollar is also the associate dean of graduate studies in the School of Physical Sciences, an enrolled member of the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians, and a member of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES), and the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences(SACNAS)."

ALT The top and bottom banners have a blue background with white text. The top says "2023 Reines Lecture," while the bottom banner has the UCI School of Physical Sciences logo. Beneath the title banner, the title of the Reines lecture, "Exploring the Cosmos." Beneath that is a photograph of Dr. Samuel Ting, standing in front of a rocket launch station. He is wearing a light blue button down and glasses, smiling, with his arms crossed. Underneath the photo is a text box that says "Samuel Ting, Recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics for the discover of the J/psi particle." Just above the logo at the bottom, a light blue box with the event time nad location: "Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 PM, The Beckman Center."