ERC Postdoc position at SISSA

SISSA and ICTP Trieste have each a Condensed Matter Theory postdoctoral openings in the area
of theory modeling and simulation of nanofriction, in the group of E. Tosatti,
https://sites.google.com/site/tosattierio/ . The group just obtained an ERC Advanced Research Grant
in this field. For some recent work see: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3234v3 (Rev. Mod. Phys.
Colloquium in press); Vanossi et al., PNAS 109, 16429 (2012); Pellegrini et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.
105, 146103 (2010).

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Summer PhD School – Lake Como, September 9-13

 

http://www.complexcomolake.it/renewable_energy/

Among topics to be covered: elementary processes in energy conversion, photovoltaics, nanostructured materials for efficient energy storage and photolysis of water, advances in fuel cells, photochemical energy conversion, molecular sensitizers, industrial perspective on energy conversion.

The deadline for registration is July 12, 2013.

See the School Poster

April 16, 2013 – Seth Fraden – Chemical and Physical Morphogenesis in Active Emulsions – Physics Colloquium

On  Tuesday, April 16th at 15h00  the Physics Department will host the fourth Physics Colloquium of our Phd School for this academic year. This event is part of  the sequence of six colloquia scheduled between December 2012 and May 2013 (see the general poster).

 

Chemical and Physical Morphogenesis in Active Emulsions

 

Prof.  Seth Fraden - Brandeis University

 

 

March 5, 2013 – Random matrices and topological states of matter – Physics Colloquium

On  day, March th at 15h00  the Physics Department will host the third Physics Colloquium of our Phd School for this academic year. This event is part of  the sequence of six colloquia scheduled between December 2012 and May 2013 (see the general poster).

 

 

Random matrices and topological states of matter

with applications to nanophysics

 

Prof.  Carlo Beenakker  - Leiden University

 

 

 

V° Scuola Nazionale “Rivelatori ed elettronica per fisica delle alte energie, astrofisica, applicazioni spaziali e fisica medica”

Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dal 15 al 19 aprile 2013.

La Scuola organizzata dalla Sezione di Padova dell’INFN è rivolta a dottorandi e specializzandi, giovani ricercatori, personale tecnico e giovani tecnologi che operano nel campo della Fisica delle Alte Energie, dell’Astrofisica, delle Scienze e Tecnologie Spaziali e della Fisica Medica presso Università, Enti di Ricerca e Industrie e che hanno interesse ad approfondire le seguenti tematiche:
- Rivelatori a semiconduttore ed elettronica, sia a livello di dispositivo che di sistema, e le loro applicazioni in Fisica delle Alte Energia, Astrofisica, Scienze e Tecnologie Spaziali e Fisica Medica;
- Gli effetti delle radiazioni su rivelatori a semiconduttore, dispostivi e componenti elettronici;
- Gli apparati di irraggiamento italiani ed europei per applicazioni interdisciplinari e di Fisica Medica.

http://sirad.pd.infn.it/scuola_legnaro/

Alessandro Volta prize

Dr. Stefano Capra, PhD student of our Graduate School  (XXVIII Cycle) under  the supervision of prof. Alberto Pullia, won the  Alessandro Volta prize awarded by  the  Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere.

The award-winning research consists in a theoretical and experimental  study funded by the  “SYNERGY” experiment of INFN, and had previously led to a co-owned patent between UNIMI and INFN.

The award will be conferred on 21 February 2013 at the Salone Napoleonico, Via Brera, 28, 17h00, at the opening
of the academic year of the same institute (http://www.istitutolombardo.it).