Dalgarno Memorial Lectures
The Dalgarno Memorial Lectures, to honor the legacy of Alex Dalgarno's enormous contributions to AMO physics
and molecular astrophysics, were inaugurated in 2016 and endowed at Harvard University in 2019.
If you'd wish to donate to the endowment fund, please go here. Select the following: School or Affiliate: select - Faculty of Arts and Science Select a Fund: select - Other FAS Other Fund Name: Type in - Dalgarno Memorial Lecture Fund |
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Past lectures in the series and listed below, click on the title of the talk to watch the video.
Selection Committee Members:
- John Black (Chalmers)
- John Doyle (Harvard Physics)
- Karin Öberg (Harvard Astronomy)
- Hossein Sadeghpour (Chair) (ITAMP)
Jun Ye - JILA (download flyer)
 | Feb 5, 2024, 4:30 pm | Physics Colloquium, Jefferson 250, 17 Oxford St. - "Celebrating Dalgarno's Serendipitous Journey - Building atomic clocksfor fundamental physics" |
| Feb 6, 2024, 1:30 pm | CfA Colloquium, Phillips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St. "Quantum degenerate gas of polar molecules" | |
| Feb 8, 2024 10:00 am | 301 Pierce Hall "Molecules under new light" |
Prof. David Neufeld, Johns Hopkins University (download flyer)
 | April 26, 2022, 2:00 pm | Case Studies in Molecular Astrophysics: I. Probing the Diffuse Interstellar Medium with Light Hydrides - Pratt Conference Room, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St. | |
| April 28, 2022, 4:00 pm | Discovery of the Helium Hydride Ion in the Young Planetary Nebula NGC 7027, a Unique Astrophysical Laboratory for the Study of Molecular Processes - CfA Colloquium, Phillips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St. | ||
| April 29, 2022, 10:00 am | Case Studies in Molecular Astrophysics: II. Molecular Emissions from Interstellar Shocks - Pratt Conference Room, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St. |
Prof. John Bohn, University of Colorado Boulder, JILA
 | October 7, 2019 | The Electric Beaker: Prospects for Controlling Chemistry in Ultracold Gases, Physics Colloquium | |
| October 8, 2019 | Every Dipole Has its Moment | ||
| October 10, 2019 | Agents of Shield: Protecting Molecules From Inelastic Collisions |
Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden University
 | March 26, 2018 | Photon-induced Chemistry in Space |
| March 28, 2018 | Water in Space: How, Where and When? | |
| March 29, 2018 | Molecules from Clouds it Disks and Planets: Building on Dalgarno's Legacy |
Prof. Tilman Pfau, University of Stuttgart
