Seminars

124.  12/4/2024
Renata Wentzcovich
Columbia University
Quantum Phenomena in Iron in the Earth’s Mantle and their Macroscopic Manifestation

123.  11/20/2024
Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart
Colorado School of Mines
Extremes of the Periodic Table Under Extreme Conditions

122.  11/6/2024
Suxing Hu
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Toward Accurate Simulation of Warm Dense Matter

121.  10/23/2024
Andrew Campbell
University of Chicago
SEES :  New Opportunities and Developments in Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science

120.  10/9/2024
Gilberto Fabbris
Argonne National Laboratory
Probing Magnetism at Extreme Conditions at the APS-U POLAR Beamline

119.  9/25/2024
Robert Suter
Carnegie Mellon University
Developments and Applications of 3-D, Non-Destructive Tracking of Microstructure

118.  9/11/2024
Adam Denchfield
University of Illinois Chicago
Potential High-Tc Superconductivity at Modest Pressures in Doped Rare Earth Hydrides

118.  9/11/2024
Adam Denchfield
University of Illinois Chicago
Potential High-Tc Superconductivity at Modest Pressures in Doped Rare Earth Hydrides

117.  7/31/2024
Stanimir A. Bonev
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
In Search of High-Pressure Energetic Materials Metastable at Ambient Conditions

116.  7/17/2024
Dana Dlott
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Adventures in Tabletop Shock Compression: More Powerful Detonations and Tiny Hypersonic Missiles

115.  7/3/2024
Zack Geballe
Carnegie Institution
High Pressure Melting of Fe, Pt and H2O using Joule-Heating Calorimetry in Diamond Anvil Cells

114.   6/26/2024
Innocent Ezenwa
HPCAT/Advanced Photon Source
Electrical Resistivity and Impedance Spectroscopy: A Probe of Phase Transformations in Materials at High P-T Conditions

113.  6/5/2024
Reeju Pokharel
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Enabling Dynamic Multiscale 3D Materials Characterization with Machine Learning

112.  5/22/2024
Maarten Goesten
Aarhus University
Symmetry-Shaped Singularities in the High Temperature Superconductor H3S

111. 5/8/2024
Harry Radousky
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction of Zirconium and Aluminum — Observing Phase Transitions, Ablation Depths, and Residual Temperatures

110.  4/24/2024
Guoyin Shen
Advanced Photon Source
Opportunities for High-Pressure Research in the APS-U Era

109. 4/10/2024
Mohana Shivanna
Sandia National Laboratories
Nano Confinement of Metal Hydrides Inside the Functionalized Host Materials

108. 3/27/2024
Camille Bernal-Choban
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Towards Understanding the Thermodynamic Origin of the Latent Heat of Melting

107. 3/13/2024
Patrick Cordier
Université de Lille/Institut Universitaire de France
Stress-induced amorphization of olivine: a new deformation mechanism

106. 2/28/2024
Samad Hajinazar
University at Buffalo
Learning from Nature: Accelerating Materials Discovery Through Bio-inspired Approaches

105. 2/14/2024
Arun Devaraj
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dynamic Microstructural Evolution Mechanisms of Materials during High Speed Shear Deformation

104. 1/24/2024
Valery I. Levitas
Iowa State University
Recent Advances in Severe Plasticity, Strain-Induced Phase Transformations, and Microstructure Evolution at High Pressure with Applications to Material Synthesis, Nanograined Materials, and Earthquakes

103. 12/13/2023
Malcolm McMahon
University of Edinburgh
Recent Advances in Static Compression Science at Synchrotrons and XFELs

102. 11/29/2023
Shuai Zhang
University of Rochester-Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Turning up the Heat on High Energy Density Materials in Silico — Case Studies

101. 11/15/2023
Rachel Huber
Los Alamos National Laboratory
X-ray Diffraction of Polymers Under Dynamic Compression

100. 11/1/2023
Peter Sharma
Sandia National Laboratories
Non Equilibrium Phase Formation for Realizing Supervalent Hydrides at Low Pressures

99. 10/25/2023
Eva Zurek
University at Buffalo
Theoretical Design of Light-Element Superconductors and Other Quantum Materials

98.  10/11/2023
Nicholas Butch
University of Maryland and NIST Center for Neutron Research
Unconventional Superconductivity at High Fields and Pressures in UTe2

97.  9/27/2023
Philip Myint
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A Scaling Law for Solidification Under Quasi-Isentropic Compression

96.  9/13/2023
Jinhyuk (Isaiah) Lim
University of Florida
Pressure: A Pathway to Advanced Materials

95.  8/3/2023
Christian Mailhiot
Sandia National Laboratories
Materials Research at Sandia National Laboratories

94.  7/12/2023
Maik Lang
University of Tennessee
New Insight into the Disordering Mechanism in Fluorite-Related Compounds

93.  6/28/2023
Sobhit Singh
University of Rochester
Vibrational Fingerprinting and Structural Purification of Hafnia Phases via Pressure Cycling

92.  6/14/2023
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Tanja Kovačević
University of California-Davis
Mixing Matters: Revealing Rock-Ice Miscibility in Massive Water World Interiors

91.  5/31/2023
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Sally June Tracy
Carnegie Institution for Science
Investigations of Phase Transitions and Metastability using Ultrafast Diffraction under Dynamic Loading

90.  5/17/2023
Steven Jacobsen
Northwestern University
The Future of Mineral Sciences

89.  5/10/2023
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Kaitlyn Amodeo
University of California-Davis
Thermodynamics of Planetary Building Blocks

88.  4/12/2023
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Alex Li
University of California-San Diego
Simulating Shock in Silicon and Diamond Carbon

87.  4/5/2023
Francesco Belli
University at Buffalo
Characterization of Hydrogen Based Superconductors from First Principles

86.  3/22/2023
Jason L. Baker
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Static Compression Experiments on Energetic Materials

85.  3/1/2023
Scott Crockett
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Equation of State Modeling of Bismuth

84.  2/22/2023
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Patricia Kalita
Sandia National Laboratories
Extreme Material Dynamics Experiments on SNL’s Z Machine

83.  2/8/2023
Brent Fultz
California Institute of Technology
Origin of the Invar effect

82.  1/25/2023
Saniya LeBlanc
George Washington University
Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials

81.  1/11/2023
Kurt Leinenweber
Arizona State University
Science from the Multi-anvil Press: Past, Present, and Future

80.  12/7/2022
Samantha Couper
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Texture Evolution and Plasticity Modeling of High-Pressure Deformation Mechanisms in Earth Materials and Metals

79.  11/23/2022
Anna Olejniczak
Adam Mickiewicz University
High-Pressure Studies of High-Nitrogen Organic Compounds

78.  11/9/2022
Danna Freedman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bismuth Under Pressure

77.  10/26/22
Anthony Rollett
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Carnegie-Mellon University
High Energy X-ray Microscopy Insights into Additive Manufacturing

76.  10/12/2022
Busheng Wang and Nisha Geng
University at Buffalo
Topological Electride Phase of Sodium at High Pressure and Temperatures  +  High-Temperature Superconductivity in XYB6C6 Systems

75.  9/14/2022
Jorge Muñoz
University of Texas-El Paso
Mechanical Instabilities in Fe and FeV at High Pressures and Temperatures

74.  8/31/2022
Timothy Jenkins
Army Research Laboratory
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Stereochemistry, Pressure, and Energetics

73.  8/3/2022
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Sebastien Hamel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Phase Behavior of Water and Hydrocarbons at Planetary Extreme Conditions

72.  7/13/2022
Manuel Recio
University of Oviedo
Chemical Pressure and Physical Pressure: More Than Atomic Radii

71.  6/29/2022
Michael Armstrong
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction of the Pressure-Induced Graphite to Hexagonal Diamond Transition

70.  6/15/2022
Weiwei Xie
Rutgers University
Exploring Novel Quantum Materials From Chemistry Perspectives

69.  6/1/2022
Nilesh Salke
University of Illinois Chicago
Synthesis of Novel Materials at Ultrahigh Pressures

68.  5/18/2022
Tadashi Ogitsu
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Quantum Simulations of Matter Under Extreme (and Not So Extreme) Conditions

67.  4/20/2022
Amy  Hixon
University of Notre Dame
Overview of Research in the Actinide Center of Excellence

66.  4/6/2022
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Ryan Rygg
University of Rochester
Plasma Waves and the Compressibility of Warm Dense Hydrogen

65.  3/23/2022
Stefano Racioppi
University at Buffalo
Quantum Stabilization of Helium Intercalated A-Site Vacant Perovskites Under Pressure

64.  3/9/2022
Matthew Diamond
University of Illinois Chicago
Experimental Visualization of Electron Density Changes Across the High Pressure Fe(II) Spin Transition

63.  2/23/2022
Fatemeh Safari
Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznań, Poland
High Pressure Polymorphs Stabilized by Rational Doping Under Ambient Conditions

62.  2/9/2022
Pinwen Guan
Carnegie Mellon University
Computational Thermodynamics: Applications to Pressure-Electrochemical Synthesis of Superhydrides

61.  2/2/2022
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Debra Callahan
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Achieving a Burning and Igniting Plasma on the National Ignition Facility Laser

60.  1/26/2022
Richard Kraus
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Measuring the Melting Curve of Iron at Super-Earth Core Conditions

59.  12/15/2021
Maosheng Miao
California State University – Northridge
Toward a Universal Theory of the Structures of Elemental Metals

58.  12/1/2021
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAAP Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Annie Kersting
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLNL:  Student, Postdoctoral and Faculty Research and Job Opportunities

57.  11/17/2021
Sergey Savrasov
University of California-Davis
Where to Find Good Conductors

56.  11/3/2021
Kim Budil, Director
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Innovation and Impact – Science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

55.  10/19/2021
Jane Herriman
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Phonon Thermodynamics and Elastic Behavior of GaN and GaAs at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures

54.  10/6/2021
Gaia Righi
University of California, San Diego
Dynamic Failure in Laser Shock-Loaded Iron

53.  7/28/2021
Jorge Muñoz
University of Texas-El Paso
Electronic Structure and Dynamical Stability of the B2 Phase of Binary Iron and Titanium Alloys at High Pressure and Temperature

52.  7/21/2021
Janice Musfeldt
University of Tennessee
Novel Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials Under External Stimuli

51.  7/14/2021
Brian Maple
University of California-San Diego
Novel Electronic Phases and Competing Interactions in the Correlated f-Electron Compound URu2Si2

50.  7/7/2021
Dayne Fratanduono
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Establishing Gold and Platinum Standards at Terapascal Pressures

49.  6/30/2021
Paul Steinhardt
Princeton University
The Discovery of Quasicrystals Formed in the First Atomic Bomb Test and Other Extraordinary Circumstances

48.  6/23/2021
Sergey Budko
Ames Laboratory
Ferromagnetic Quantum Phase Transitions Under Pressure

47.  6/16/2021
Peter Pauzauskie
University of Washington / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Synthesis and Laser Cooling of Point Defects at Gigapascal Pressures

46.  6/9/2021
Jung-Fu Lin
University of Texas at Austin
Transport Properties of Iron Alloys and the Geodynamo

45.  6/2/2021
Thomas Duffy
Princeton University
Dynamic Compression of Planetary Materials to Terapascal Pressures

44.  5/26/2021
Michael Hu
Advanced Photon Source
Mössbauer Isotope Probes of Condensed Matter

43.  5/19/2021
Wenli Bi
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Magnetic Studies Under High Pressure

42.  5/12/2021
Iskander Batyrev
Army Research Laboratory
Calculations of Energetic Materials and Extended Solids Under Pressure

41.  5/5/2021
Alison Altman / Alexandra Tamerius
Northwestern University
Computationally Directed Discovery of MoBi2 / Formation and Stability of Ni3Pb2

40.  4/28/2021
Ryan Klein
National Renewable Energy Laboratory/NIST Center for Neutron Research
Pressure-Induced Collapse of Magnetic Order in Jarosite

39.  4/21/2021
Patricia Kalita
Sandia National Laboratories
Hurry Up or Take Your Time:  Kinetics of Shock-Driven Phase Transitions and Dynamic X-Ray Diffraction

38.  4/14/2021
Przemyslaw Dera
University of Hawai’i at Monoa
Static Compression and Mechanicochemical Investigations of Structural Phase Changes and Chemical Reactions in Silicate and Oxide Minerals

37.  4/7/2021
Ronald Cohen
Carnegie Institution
Ferroelectricity in PbTiO3 at High Pressures?

36.  3/31/2021
Fei Wang
Northwestern University
Crystal Structure and Ordering of Hydrogen-Related Defects and Ferric Iron in High-Pressure Silicates of the Mantle Transition Zone

35.  3/24/2021
Dana Dlott
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Watching Solids and Liquids Through the Ultrafast Shock Compression Microscope

34.  3/17/2021
Yogesh Vohra
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Perspectives on Nanocrystalline and Toroidal Diamonds in Ultrahigh Pressure Materials Research

33.  3/10/2021
James Walsh
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Experimentally Accessing Novel Structural and Magnetic Phases With Pressure

32.  3/3/2021
Joint Seminar With the NNSA/SSAA Center for Matter Under Extreme Conditions (CMEC)
Thomas Mattson
Sandia National Laboratories
Material Physics With Pulsed Power at Sandia

31.  2/24/2021
Shanti Deemyad
University of Utah
Symmetry Breaking Transitions in Light Alkalis Under Pressure

30.  2/10/2021
Brent Fultz
California Institute of Technology
Phonon Entropy at High Pressures and Temperatures

29.  2/3/2021
Maosheng Miao
California State University – Northridge
Novel Chemistry at High Pressures

28.  1/27/2021
Natalia Dubrovinskaia
University of Bayreuth
Chemistry at High Pressures Revealed by Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction

27.  1/13/2021
Roald Hoffmann
Cornell University
Looking for Conceptual Connections Between Bonding at 1 Atmosphere and Elevated Pressures

26.  1/6/2021
Reinhard Boehler
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Unsolved Phase Diagrams of Simple Materials

25.  12/16/2020
Tiange Bi
SUNY — University at Buffalo
To Superconduct or Not?  A Tale of Four Hydrides Under Pressure

24.  12/9/2020
Dan Sun
Los Alamos National Laboratory
High Pressure / High Magnetic Field Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Recent Studies of Hydride Superconductors

23.  12/2/2020
Amy Jenei
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Extending X-ray Diffraction Measurements to 20 MBar (2 TPa)

22.  11/18/2020
Michael Demkowicz
Texas A&M University
Solid State Interfaces and Their Effects on the Properties of Multiphase Metals

21.  11/4/2020
Elissaios Stavrou
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Quest for a Novel Periodic Table Under Pressure

20.  10/28/2020
Kierstin Daviau
Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology; Tauranga, New Zealand
Exploring the Stability of SiC at High Pressures and Temperatures

19.  10/21/2020
Bianca Haberl
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
High Pressure Neutron Scattering: Hydrides and Group IVa Materials

18.  10/14/2020
Chen Li
University of California, Riverside
Inelastic X-Ray Scattering Studies of Lattice Dynamics in 2D and Chiral Materials

17.  10/7/2020
Priscilla Rosa
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Strongly Correlated Materials Under Pressure

16.  9/30/2020
Martin Rahm
Chalmers University of Technology
van der Waals Radii of the Atoms Under Compression

15.  9/23/2020
Max Amsler
Cornell University
Rapid Assessment of High Pressure Phase Stability From High-Throughput DFT Calculations

14.  9/16/2020
Valery Levitas
Iowa State University
Plastic Strain-Induced Phase Transformations at High Pressure

13.  9/9/2020
Barbara Lavina
Advanced Photon Source, X-Ray Science Division
The Transformative Power of High Pressure Micro-Diffraction Techniques: New Examples

12.  8/26/2020
Elif Ertekin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Alloys: Controlling Structural Transformations and Elastocaloric Response With Pressure

11.  8/19/2020
Daniel Haskel
X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source
Magnetism at High Pressures and Search for Quantum Liquids

10.  8/12/2020
Katerina Hilleke
University at Buffalo
Visualizing Atomic Sizes With Chemical Pressure

9.  7/29/2020
Susannah Dorfman
Michigan State University
Strength, Compressibility and Grain Size to Megabar Pressures

8.  7/22/2020
Ercan Alp
X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source
Mossbauer Resonance and High Pressure Science

7.  7/8/2020
Kanani Lee
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reconciling Discrepant High Pressure Melting Curves

6.  7/1/2020
Lowell Miyagi
University of Utah
Deformation Mechanisms at Extreme Conditions

5.  6/17/2020
Jon Belof
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Phase Kinetics for Extreme Conditions at LLNL

4.  6/10/2020
Maik Lang
University of Tennessee
Structural Transformations at Extreme Conditions: Coupling High-Pressure Cells With Energetic Ion Beams

3.  6/3/2020
Sakun Dawal
Sandia National Laboratories
Shock Compression of Pre-Compressed H2-He Mixtures

2.  5/27/2020
Larissa Huston
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dynamic Compression of Titanium

1. 5/20/2020
Dmitry Popov
Advanced Photon Source
Current and Future Capabilities for Measurements of Material Properties Under Extreme Conditions at HPCAT