Distinguished Research Lecture /asmagazine/ en Learning about the beginning of the universe in trillions of degrees /asmagazine/2025/01/23/learning-about-beginning-universe-trillions-degrees Learning about the beginning of the universe in trillions of degrees Rachel Sauer Thu, 01/23/2025 - 17:09 Categories: Events Tags: Distinguished Research Lecture Division of Natural Sciences Events Physics Research

欧美口爆视频 Boulder Professor Jamie Nagle will discuss the quarks and gluons that formed at the Big Bang in his Distinguished Research Lecture Feb. 6


Ten trillion degrees Fahrenheit is unfathomably hot鈥攎ore than 10,000 times hotter than the Sun鈥檚 core鈥攁nd it鈥檚 the temperature of the universe just moments after the Big Bang. At such extreme temperatures, according to nuclear theory, ordinary matter made of protons and neutrons transforms into a plasma of fundamental particles called quarks and gluons.

 

Jamie Nagle, a 欧美口爆视频 Boulder professor of physics, will discuss his research to unlock the secrets of the early universe in his Distinguished Research Lecture Feb. 6.

At the world鈥檚 most powerful accelerators, scientists recreate tiny droplets of this early-universe matter by colliding heavy nuclei at near-light speeds. One of these scientists is Jamie Nagle, a University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder professor of physics who for 20 years has studied these fleeting droplets and, along with his research group, engineered their shapes, sizes and temperatures to better understand their properties.

Nagle will discuss this work in the 125th Distinguished Research Lecture, 鈥10 Trillion Degrees: Unlocking the Secrets of the Early Universe,鈥 at 4 p.m. Feb. 6. in the Chancellor's Hall and Auditorium of the Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE).

欧美口爆视频 Jamie Nagle

Nagle has spent much of his career investigating the early universe through high-energy nuclear physics. His research has focused on understanding the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter theorized to have existed just microseconds after the Big Bang. 

鈥淎s you go back to about six microseconds after the universe started, the temperature was around two trillion Kelvin,鈥 Nagle explains. 鈥淚t was theorized that protons and neutrons inside of nuclei would melt away, creating a bath of more fundamental particles鈥攓uarks and gluons.鈥

Nagle's work involves recreating droplets of this quark-gluon plasma in a laboratory by colliding large nuclei at nearly the speed of light. These collisions occur at the world鈥檚 highest-energy accelerators, including the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. 

鈥淚n the world's highest-energy accelerators, we can collide very large nuclei like gold, lead or platinum at such high velocities that we create a tiny droplet of this 2 trillion Kelvin plasma,鈥 he says.

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   What: 125th Distinguished Research Lecture, 10 Trillion Degrees: Unlocking the Secrets of the Early Universe

  Who: Professor Jamie Nagle of the Department of Physics

  When: 4-5 p.m. Feb. 6, followed by a Q&A and reception

  Where: Chancellor's Hall and Auditorium, Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE)

Reflecting on the award, Nagle expresses gratitude and a sense of accomplishment: 鈥淚t means a lot to me. You get to a certain middle age and are more self-confident, but this recognition feels rewarding. There's a lot of effort, and much of the hard work goes unnoticed. It鈥檚 nice to feel like the fruits of that labor are appreciated.鈥

The Distinguished Research Lectureship also emphasizes communicating complex scientific concepts to broader audiences. For Nagle, this is a vital part of his work: 鈥淭his award is very meaningful to me because I often listen to the lectures of past recipients. It's about communicating the broader context of why this scientific research is important, not just within the microcosm of nuclear physics.鈥

欧美口爆视频 the Distinguished Research Lectureship

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors given by faculty to a faculty colleague at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each year, the Research and Innovation Office requests nominations from faculty for this award, and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients.

The lectureship honors tenured faculty members, research professors (associate or full) or adjoint professors who have been with 欧美口爆视频 Boulder for at least five years and are widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each recipient typically gives a lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receives a $2,000 honorarium.

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For some mammals, warming temperatures mean higher elevations /asmagazine/2024/10/15/some-mammals-warming-temperatures-mean-higher-elevations For some mammals, warming temperatures mean higher elevations Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/15/2024 - 11:45 Categories: News Tags: Distinguished Research Lecture Division of Natural Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Research

In her Distinguished Research Lecture, 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Professor Christy McCain will highlight how certain traits in some mammal and insect populations indicate who is at greatest risk from climate change


欧美口爆视频鈥檚 small, mountain-dwelling mammals are moving higher鈥攏ot for better views or real estate, but because climate change is forcing them to.

This finding is based on a 13-year study of 27 rodent and four shrew species in 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 Front Range and San Juan mountains鈥攔esearch that included trapping, tagging and releasing the various mammals to better understand their range.

While the findings are more complex than a simple trend of animals moving up the mountain, they spotlight the sobering possibility that climate change could force some mammals from 欧美口爆视频 entirely.

Christy McCain, a professor in the 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and curator of vertebrates in the 欧美口爆视频 Museum of Natural History, will discuss mountain biodiversity and climate change in her Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 14.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been talking about climate change in the Rockies for a long time, but I think we can say that this is a sign that things are now responding and responding quite drastically," Christy McCain, lead author, in Feb. 2021.

McCain, a professor in the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and curator of vertebrates in the 欧美口爆视频 Museum of Natural History, uses mountains as natural experiments to study biodiversity, ecological theory, global change, montane ecology and range limits.

She will discuss mountain biodiversity and climate change in her Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 14, highlighting the research her lab has done to understand how animals鈥攎ostly vertebrates and insects鈥攁re distributed on mountains around the world.

She and her research colleagues have found that different groups of animals, driven by their evolutionary history and climate, show distinctive patterns. For example, mountain biodiversity for rodents, salamanders and moths is quite different from birds, bats and reptiles. 

The conservation priorities for each group of mountain organisms are closely tied to elevational diversity patterns, land-use change and complex interactions with a rapidly warming and drying climate. McCain will explore these topics through case studies of mammal populations in the Front Range and San Juan Mountains and carrion beetles鈥攅xamining how various physiological traits like heat and desiccation tolerance may be critical to responses to climate change.

欧美口爆视频 Christy McCain

McCain received dual bachelor鈥檚 degrees in wildlife biology and studio art from Humboldt State University, was a natural-resources and protected-areas specialist in the Peace Corps Honduras and earned her PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Kansas.

She was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California Santa Barbara before coming to 欧美口爆视频 Boulder as an assistant professor in 2008.

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   What: 124th Distinguished Research Lecture, Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change

  Who: Professor Christy McCain of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and 欧美口爆视频 Museum of Natural History

  When: 4-5 p.m. Nov. 14, followed by a Q&A and reception

  Where: Chancellor's Hall and Auditorium, Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE)

McCain studies how montane organisms are distributed on mountains around the world and how those populations and species are influenced by human land use and climate change. Her research spans topics across ecology and evolution to understand and conserve biodiversity.

Funded by the National Science Foundation through several grants, her research has appeared in more than 60 peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Ecology Letters, Ecology and Global Change Biology, among others.

McCain is the curator of vertebrate collections in the 欧美口爆视频 Museum of Natural History, where she is a steward for the continued protection and use of museum specimens for understanding and conserving the world鈥檚 biodiversity. Over the years, she has taught mammalogy as well as other topics in field biology, creative conservation messaging and mountain ecology and conservation.

欧美口爆视频 the Distinguished Research Lectureship

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors given by faculty to a faculty colleague at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each year, the Research and Innovation Office requests nominations from faculty for this award, and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. 

The lectureship honors tenured faculty members, research professors (associate or full) or adjoint professors who have been with 欧美口爆视频 Boulder for at least five years and are widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each recipient typically gives a lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receives a $2,000 honorarium.

McCain and Jamie Nagle, a professor of physics, have been recognized with 2024-25 Distinguished Research Lectureships. Nagle will give his lecture Feb. 6, 2025.

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In her Distinguished Research Lecture March 12, 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will explore the recent and precipitous decrease in the population of barn swallows


Some 10,000 years ago, the construction of the first permanent human settlements created ecological opportunities for certain plants and animals, tying their expansion to ours.

One example is the barn swallow, a species known to build its nests nearly exclusively on human structures. Yet the long history of barn swallows鈥 living with humans is changing; throughout much of their habitat, the birds鈥 population is declining.

Rebecca Safran, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, has studied barn swallows and what their decline means for the relationship that humans have formed with the birds.

欧美口爆视频 Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will discuss barn swallow and human coexistence in her Distinguished Research Lecture March 12.

She will discuss this topic in a Distinguished Research Lecture at 4 p.m., March 12, with a question-and-answer session and reception to follow, in the Chancellor鈥檚 Hall and Auditorium, CASE building, fourth floor.

欧美口爆视频 Rebecca Safran

Safran earned her doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University after receiving her master鈥檚 in wildlife ecology  from Humboldt State University and her bachelor鈥檚 in ecology from the University of Michigan. She was a postdoctoral fellow of the Council on Science and Technology at Princeton University before coming to 欧美口爆视频 Boulder in 2008.

Safran and her team study the evolution of new species, focusing on the causes and consequences of individual variation across different spatial and temporal scales. Her team鈥檚 research on the subject has appeared in more than 100 peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature, and Current Biology.

Studying the formation of new species is difficult because most species are millions of years old, and what caused them to diverge from their ancestors can no longer be determined. To get around this, Safran and her team study a very closely related group of populations of migratory birds that are now diverging, thus enabling direct studies of the process of speciation.

Barn swallows provide a particular opportunity because their six subspecies evolved more recently and encounter each other naturally. This means that scientists can directly observe the factors that prevent different subspecies from reproducing together.

Safran won a National Science Foundation Early Career Development award to study speciation through barn swallows. In addition to providing federal funding, the award is prestigious, having been granted to Nobel Prize winners such as Carolyn Bertozzi.

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   What: 123rd Distinguished Research Lecture: Barn Swallows and Humans: The Rise and Fall of Coexistence in a Changing World

  Who: Professor Rebecca Safran of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  When: 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, March 12

  Where: Chancellor鈥檚 Hall and Auditorium, CASE

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Safran鈥檚 lab was unable to conduct work in other countries, so she and her team switched their focus to the rapid decline in the population of barn swallows and its implications.

When asked in 2012 about her proudest achievements, Safran told Cynthia Pasquale of 欧美口爆视频 Connections that, while honored to have won the CAREER award, 鈥淚 am extremely proud of my graduate students.

鈥淎s a research mentor, my No. 1 goal is to inspire students to be curious and to ask good questions. This can only be accomplished by having a deep knowledge of what has been done, so I encourage them to understand the backgrounds of their various fields of interest inside and out.鈥

During her talk, Safran will focus on the collaborative work conducted with many students from her lab group.

欧美口爆视频 the Distinguished Research Lectureship

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors given by the faculty to one or more of their colleagues at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Every year, the Research and Innovation Office invites nominations from faculty members for this award, and a review panel recommends recipients.

The lectureship honors tenured faculty members, associate and full research professors, or adjoint professors who have been with 欧美口爆视频 for at least five years and who are widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each recipient typically lectures in the fall or spring after selection and receives a $2,000 honorarium.


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In his Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 28, Professor Kirk Ambrose will discuss how institutions used art to authenticate religious relics, as well as condemn counterfeiting


During the Middle Ages in Europe, religious relics were highly prized鈥攏ot just by individuals, but also by institutions. Possessing them could bolster prestige and wealth, as well as enhance spiritual credibility.

So, the temptation to forge relics and make fake claims about them was strong. In fact, the years between 1000 and 1150 CE are called the 鈥済olden age of medieval forgery.鈥

How did institutions strengthen their claims to possess authentic relics? Kirk Ambrose, a University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder professor of classics and founding director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, will explore this question in a Distinguished Research Lecture from 4 to 5 p.m. Nov. 28, with a question-and-answer session and reception following.

Kirk Ambrose will give a Distinguished Research Lecture at 4 p.m. Nov. 28.

Ambrose will discuss relics and authenticity claims through the example of the French monastery of Sainte-Foy, Conques, examining how this community used the visual arts to advance their claims and condemn those who engaged in counterfeiting.

欧美口爆视频 Kirk Ambrose

Ambrose earned master鈥檚 and doctorate degrees in the history of art from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, after earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in art history from Oberlin College.

He specializes in the art and architecture of medieval Europe and has published four books and dozens of scholarly articles on the topic. In partnership with Steven Martonis, exhibitions manager in the 欧美口爆视频 Art Museum, he curated two exhibitions on the art of the American West at the 欧美口爆视频 Art Museum, including 鈥淧ioneers: Women Artists in Boulder, 1898-1950,鈥 which was the basis for a feature-length documentary film. He served seven years as the chair of the Department of Art and Art History and a term as editor-in-chief of The Art Bulletin, the journal of record for art historians in the United States.

Among other research projects, Ambrose is working on a book provisionally titled The Frailty of Eyes, which connects medieval studies and art history with the rich theoretical concerns of disability studies. His published books include The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-Century Europe and The Nave Sculpture of V茅zelay: The Art of Monastic Viewing.

In 2019, Ambrose helped launch the 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Center for Teaching and Learning, which develops and supports 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 teaching community of practice. Its foundations are grounded in research-based practices, inclusive pedagogy, and equitable assessment techniques.

鈥淢uch of my work as a medievalist has focused on the production and reception of knowledge within communities, especially monastic communities,鈥 Ambrose of the University of California-San Diego. 鈥淚 think that has positioned me to regard teaching less as an isolated activity of a teacher transmitting knowledge to a group of students, than as a deeply collaborative enterprise.

 

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   What: 122nd Distinguished Research Lecture: The Authentic and the Counterfeit in Medieval Art

  Who: Professor Kirk Ambrose of the Department of Classics

  When: 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28

  Where: Chancellor鈥檚 Hall and Auditorium, CASE

鈥淭o my mind, this works on a number of levels. Teachers collaborate with their students to advance learning. Teachers collaborate with one another to share effective practices. And our center serves as a space that collaborates with units and specialists from across campus to support educators in achieving their goals.鈥

欧美口爆视频 the Distinguished Research Lectureship

The Distinguished Research Lectureship is among the highest honors given by faculty to a faculty colleague at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each year, the Research and Innovation Office requests nominations from faculty for this award, and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. 

The lectureship honors tenured faculty members, research professors (associate or full) or adjoint professors who have been with 欧美口爆视频 Boulder for at least five years and are widely recognized for a distinguished body of academic or creative achievement and prominence, as well as contributions to the educational and service missions of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder. Each recipient typically gives a lecture in the fall or spring following selection and receives a $2,000 honorarium.

Ambrose and Rebecca Safran, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, have been recognized with 2023-24 Distinguished Research Lectureships. Safran will deliver her Distinguished Research Lecture on Tuesday, March 12.

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