James Franck Institute: The University of Chicago

The James Franck Institute is the home of University of Chicago scientists working at the intersection of materials science, condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, and atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics.

Events

Wed 19

February 19, 2020

Suri Vaikuntanathan, University of Chicago
Robustness in minimal models of biochemical oscillators

Computations in Science
KPTC 206 | Wednesday, 12:15 pm

Fri 21

February 21, 2020

Hill Harman, University of California - Riverside
Boron-Doped Acenes for the Redox Activation of Small Molecules

Chemistry
Kent 120 | Friday, 1:45 pm

Mon 24

February 24, 2020

Andy Lucas, Stanford University
Mathematics of operator growth in quantum many-body systems

Kadanoff Seminar
MCP 201 | Monday, 1:30 pm

In the News

October 19, 2019

John B. Goodenough awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

JFI Doctoral alumnus advised by Clarence Zener

August 10, 2018

Dam Thanh Son awarded 2018 ICTP Dirac Medal

For contributions toward understanding novel phases in strongly interacting many-body systems and introducing original cross-disciplinary techniques

June 1, 2018

Mazziotti group develops method to calculate molecular conductivity

Current-constrained approach significantly improves upon prior methods