[LA-SiGMA] LASiGMA Seminar Wednesday, December 3rd, at 3:30pm - Chris Jacobsen

[shelley lee]

Dear All,

 

Dr. Chris Jacobsen of Argonne National Lab and Northwestern University, will be giving a talk Wednesday, December 3, at 3:30pm in room 1008B at the Digital Media Center, Louisiana State University. The title of his talk is " X-ray imaging in the age of computers: what would Roentgen and Abbe think?"

 

Abstract:

Roentgen’s discovery of X rays set the stage for our understanding of the atom, and Abbe’s understanding of diffraction helped us see to the limits in microscopes.  Through the first full century after these two discoveries, tremendous strides were made in fully realizing the potential of these two discoveries in x-ray imaging.  However, in recent years we have seen the rise of x-ray microscopes where a computer plays an integral role in obtaining images via coherent diffraction methods, and where a computer helps us make sense of complex data in x-ray spectroscopic imaging.  With these advances, we are able to gain new insights into how cells work at the nanoscale.

 

Biography:

Chris Jacobsen’s research interests are in the development of x-ray microscopy optics and methods, and their application to problems in biology and environmental science.  He has worked with about two dozen PhD students in this area, with over 200 publications.  He is the recipient of a Presidential Faculty Fellow award (White House/NSF) and other awards, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America.  He is an Associate Division Director and Senior Physicist in the X-ray Science Division of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, and a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at Northwestern University.

 

Also available on site at the locations below.

 

UNO - 234, Liberal Arts Building

LATech - 122, Nethken Hall

SUBR - 211 J.B. Moore Hall

Xavier - 226 Qatar Pavillion

Tulane - 600 Lindy Boggs

 

Please note, this seminar will ONLY be accessible through HD videoconferencing. Adobe connect will NOT be offered.

 

Regards,

Shelley Lee

Project Coordinator

225-578-0465

 

 

 

 

 

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