Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 1:00 pm, Room S-122 Physics Senior Honors Presentations Institution: Clark University  

Physics Department Welcome Host: Michael Boyer, Professor and Chair of Physics

Speaker: Vikrant Yadav Title: Size-Dependent Surface Tension Dictates Growth and Spreading of Living Droplets Institution: Yale University Host: Professor Arshad Kudrolli

Speaker: Zulfikar Ali Title: Inherent regulatory asymmetry emanating from network architecture in a prevalent autoregulatory motif Institution: UMass Medical Center Host: Professor Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

Speaker: Brian Chang Title: The fate of a mucosalivary droplet: Lessons from a synthetic sneeze Institution: Clark University Host: Professor Arshad Kudrolli

  Speaker: Ammar Tareen Title: Quantitative Modeling of Sequence-Function Relationships Using Neural Networks Institution: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Host: Professor Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

Speaker: Mingming Wu Title: Biophysical force regulation in cell migration Institution: Cornell University Host: Professor Arshad Kudrolli

Speaker: Aaron Deskins Title: Using Quantum Mechanical Simulations to Understand Photoelectrochemical Processes Institution: WPI Host: Professor Michael Boyer

Speaker: William McGee, M.D. / Brian Chang, PH.D. Title: Simple measures protect healthcare workers and first responders during the pandemic Institution: Clark University Host: Professor Arshad Kudrolli

Speaker: Professor Vidya Madhavan Title: Creating and measuring the elusive Majorana fermion Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Host: Professor Michael Boyer