Spring 2025 Seminar

January 24, 2025
2:00 - 2:50 pm, PAIS 1140. 
QPAQT Core faculty: Victor Acosta, Susan Atlas, Viktoriia Babicheva, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Elohim Becerra, Tara Drake, Terefe Habteyes, Keith Lidke
"Quantum Photonics research at UNM: Five minute overviews"

February 7, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140. 
Prof. Terefe Habteyes
UNM, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for High Technology Materials
"How to think"

February 21, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140. 
Prof. Viktoriia Babicheva
UNM, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
"Navigating oral exams and other requirements for PhD programs"

March 7, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140
Prof. Elohim Becerra
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Center for Quantum Information and Control
"A prelude to quantum technologies "

March 28, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140
Prof. Susan Atlas
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Quantum Information and Control
"How to read a research paper (and why you should)"

April 11, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140
Prof. Ganesh Balakrishnan
University of New Mexico, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Center for High Technology Materials
"Standing on the shoulders of giants: the role of effective mentoring in research"

April 25, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140
Prof. Tara Drake 
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Center for High Technology Materials
"How to give an elevator pitch on your research"

May 9, 2025
2-2:50p, PAIS 1140
Prof. Keith Lidke
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
"How science funding works"

May 16, 2025
2-3:15p, PAIS 1160 

2:00-2:30: Ameen Zerrad
Grad student, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Center for High Technology Materials
"Broadband light generation in nonlinear silicon nitride microresonators"

2:30-3:00: Spencer Dimitroff
Grad student, University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
“Learning optical states with quantum computers”