Robert S. Knox
University of Rochester
Invited Presentations
Tue.,
Dec. 18, 1956 Crystal structure calculations in solid
rare gases, Physics Journal Club, University of Rochester
Wed., Jan. 9, 1957 On the Theory of the Luminescent system KCl:Tl, Solid State Seminar,
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Tue.,
Apr. 8, 1958 Exciton states in solid rare gases,
Solid State Seminar, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Fri., May 9, 1958 Exciton states in solid rare gases,
Solid State Seminar, Physics Department, University of Illinois
Wed., Dec. 17, 1958 Classical Hall effect at high magnetic fields, Ionic Crystals
Seminar, Physics Department, University of Illinois
Thu.,
July 16, 1959 Fine structure of optical absorption in
simple ionic and molecular crystals, Seminar, Chemistry Division, Argonne
National Laboratory
Tue.,
Sep. 29, 1959 Transfer of energy by excitons,
Seminar, The Rockefeller Institute, New York, New York (title approximate)
Wed., Sep. 30, 1959 Configuration interaction in alkali halide phosphors, Seminar,
Sylvania/GTE, Bayside, New York
Thu.,
Oct. 1, 1959 Configuration interaction in alkali halide
phosphors, Seminar, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, New
York
Fri., Oct. 14, 1959 Classical electrons in a modern crystal (AgBr), Physics Colloquium, University of Rochester
Tue.,
Jan. 17, 1961 The ultraviolet spectra of perfect
insulators, Graduate Seminar, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Wed., Apr. 12, 1961 Band structure of solid argon, Solid State Seminar, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Mon., Oct. 23, 1961 Excited states in rare gas crystals, Seminar, Department of
Chemistry, University of Rochester
Wed.,
Mar. 14, 1962 Theory of excitons I, in the Solid
State Division Lecture Series, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Thu.,
Mar 15, 1962 Theory of excitons II, as above
Thu.,
Mar. 15, 1962 Theory of excitons III, as above
Tue.,
May 22, 1962 Excitons in rare gas crystals, at the
Exciton Symposium of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research
Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Thu.,
July 12, 1962 Theory of excitons I, Solid State
Science Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
Tue.,
July 17, 1962 Theory of excitons II, as above
Thu.,
July 19, 1962 Theory of excitons III, as above
Tue.,
July 24, 1962 Theory of excitons IV, as above
Fri., July 27, 1962 Theory of excitons I, at the NATO
International Summer Course on Solid State Physics: Optical Properties of Semiconductors,
University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Mon., July 30, 1962 Theory of excitons II, as above
Tue.,
July 31, 1962 Theory of excitons III, as above
Wed. Aug. 1, 1962 Theory of Excitons IV, as above
Mon., Aug 13, 1962 Excitons, at the Gordon Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of
Solids, Meriden, New Hampshire
Tue.,
Dec. 3, 1963 Solid rare gases, at a meeting of the
Student Affiliates of ACS, University of Rochester Chapter
Wed., Jan 15, 1964 Modern applications of physics: the laser, Canandaigua Scientific
Association, Canandaigua, NY [date and title approximate]
Thu.,
Aug. 13, 1964 Electronic band structure of AgCl and AgBr, Seminar, Xerox
Corporation, Webster, New York
Fri., Oct. 2, 1964 Dispersion and absorption in solids, at
a Symposium of the New York State Section, APS, SUNY-Cortland, Cortland, New
York
Thu.,
Oct. 22, 1964 Electronic structure of silver chloride and
bromide, Physics Colloquium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Fri., Oct 30, 1964 Dispersion and absorption of light by
solids, Physics Colloquium, University of Rochester
Fri., Mar. 4, 1965 Band structure and optical properties of AgCl and AgBr, Seminar, E. I.
duPont de Nemours Co., Wilmington, Delaware
Wed., Aug. 4, 1965 Radiative exciton pair annihilation, Solid State Seminar, Xerox
Corporation, Webster, New York
Wed., Nov. 3, 1965 Radiative exciton pair annihilation, Solid State Seminar, Naval
Research laboratory, Washington, DC
Fri., Nov. 5, 1965 Radiative exciton pair annihilation,
Colloquium, Physics Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Wed., Mar. 9, 1966 Radiative exciton pair annihilation,
Solid State Seminar, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Thu.,
Mar 10, 1966 Polaritons,
Colloquium, Department of Physics, Waterloo
Tue.,
Apr. 19, 1966 Radiative exciton pair annihilation, Organic Crystal Symposium, ARPA/ ARO(D)
review meeting, Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thu.,
Apr. 6, 1967 Excitation transfer in condensed systems,
Physics Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts [date and
title approximate]
Tue.,
July 18, 1967 Remarks on the theory of concentration
quenching of fluorescence polarization, Solid State Seminar, Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington, DC
Thu.,
July 20, 1967 Excitation transfer in condensed systems,
Solid State Seminar, Watson Research Laboratories, IBM, Yorktown Heights, New
York
Tue.,
Oct. 17, 1967 Excitation transfer in Condensed Systems,
Ingen Housz Colloquium, Wassenaarseweg, Univ. of Leiden, The Netherlands
Wed., Nov. 1, 1967 Excitation transfer in condensed systems, Physics Colloquium, Inst.
f. Theor. Physik der UniversitŠt
Frankfurt, Robert-Mayer Strasse 8, Frankfurt, Germany
Fri., Nov. 3, 1967 Excitation transfer in condensed systems,
Seminar in the International Course on the Theory of Condensed Matter at the
International Center for Theoretical Physics, 6 Piazza Oberdan,
Trieste, Italy
Mon., Nov 6, 1967 Excitation transfer in condensed systems,
Physics Colloquium, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Wed., Mar. 13, 1968 Thermodynamic limitations on photosynthetic efficiency,
Photosynthese- Contactbijeenkomst, Philips Research
Laboratory, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Wed., Apr. 24, 1968 Two kinetics studies in photosynthesis: excitons and photons, Solid State
Theory Seminar, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, Warsaw, Poland
Thu.,
Apr. 25, 1968 Excitation transfer in condensed media,
colloquium, same location as above
Mon., May 13, 1968 Excitation transfer in condensed systems, Seminar, Laboratories de Spectroscopie et dÕOptique du Corps Solide,
Institute de Physique, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Wed., May 15, 1968 Physics and
photosynthesis, joint Physics-Plant Physiology Seminar, University of
Liege, Liege, Belgium [title approximate]
Mon., Oct. 28, 1968 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics Colloquium, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York
Fri., Jan. 17, 1969 Physics and photosynthesis, Joint
Physics-Biology Colloquium, University of Rochester
Mon., Feb. 3, 1969 The physics of photosynthesis, Epsilon Pi
Sigma Lecture, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York
Tue.,
Mar. 11, 1969 Physics and photosynthesis, Solid State
Science Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Thu.,
Mar. 13, 1969 Physics and photosynthesis, Joint Physics
and Botany-Biophysics Colloquium, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Mon., Mar. 31, 1969 Physics of photosynthetic efficiency, Seminar, Charles F. Kettering
Research Laboratory, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Thu.,
Apr. 10, 1969 Physics and photosynthesis, Colloquium,
Physics Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Fri., Apr. 25, 1969 Physics and photosynthesis, Colloquium,
Physics Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Tue.,
Aug. 11, 1970 Thermodynamics and the primary processes in
photosynthesis, three lectures at the Summer School on Biophysical Aspects
of Photosynthesis, Liege, Belgium
Thu.,
Aug. 13, 1970 Excitation migration and trapping,
three lectures, as above
Mon., Aug. 17, 1970 Thermodynamics of photosynthesis, Seminar, Biophysical Laboratory,
University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
Tue.,
Aug. 18, 1970 Exciton kinetics and dynamics in
chlorophyll systems, Leiden, as above
Tue.,
Jan. 26, 1971 ÒMonopoleÓ effects on resonance transfer
between large molecules, at Rochester Symposium on Atomic and Molecular
Optics, Rochester, New York. (Paper by Robert S. Knox and Jane C. Chang. Informally published; see unpublished
item 1)
Tue.,
Apr. 11, 1972 Photons, excitons, and photosynthesis,
at Symposium of the Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical
Society annual meeting, Boston, MA
Thu.,
May 11, 1972 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, New York University (Bronx Campus), New York, NY [date approximate]
Tue.,
Sep. 5, 1972 Transfer of excitation energy in condensed
systems, lecture LI4 at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on ÒPrimary Molecular
Events in Photobiology,Ó Badia Fiesolana,
Fiesole, Florence, Italy (Sep. 4-16). Notes published (see no. 44)
Fri., Sep. 15, 1972 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics
seminar, Institut fŸr Festkorperphysik, Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany
Fri., Mar. 15, 1974 The physics of photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York
Wed., July 17, 1974 Theory of fast and slow excitation transfer rates, Solid State
Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Fri., Sep. 27, 1974 Theory of fast and slow excitation
transfer, Group Seminar, Institute for Fundamental Studies, University of
Rochester
Wed., Nov. 13, 1974 Theory of fast and slow excitation transfer rates, Seminar, Naval
Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Mon., Mar. 3, 1975 Why do rare gases defy Max Born?, Group
Seminar, Institute for Fundamental Studies, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Mar. , 1975 Theory of fast and slow excitation transfer
rates, Colloquium, Physics Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania
Wed., Apr. 9, 1975 Theory of excitation transfer, Seminar,
IBM Watson Laboratories, Yorktown Heights, New York
Thu.,
Apr. 10, 1975 Theory of excitation transfer, Seminar,
Physics Department, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York
Wed., Aug. 27, 1975 Theory of fast and slow excitation transfer,
in Symposium on Energy Transfer Mechanisms: Biological Systems, American Chemical
Society, Chicago, Illinois (paper 77)
Thu.,
Sep. 4, 1975 Remarks on the memory function approach to
coherence, paper I4-2 [informal group-discussion meeting] of the
International Conference on Luminescence, Tokyo, Japan
Mon., Sep. 8, 1975 Theory of resonance transfer and the diffusion
of excitation energy, Colloquium, Physics Department, Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan
Wed., Oct. 15, 1975 Molecular spectra and exciton coherence, Seminar, Xerox
Corporation, Webster, New York
Thu.,
Apr. 1, 1976 Excitation transfer and trapping in the
photosynthetic unit, Symposium on Electronic Excitation transfer in
Bio-organic Systems, Division of Biological Physics APS Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia
Wed., May 5, 1976 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Wed., Aug. 4, 1976 Photosynthesis, Lecture in Special Program for High School
Students, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Fri., Aug. 13, 1976 Studies in exciton coherence, Seminar,
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Thu.,
Sep. 23, 1976 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Thu.,
Oct. 21, 1976 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, SUNY at Buffalo, Amherst, New York
Fri., Jan 21, 1977 Physics and photosynthesis: some puzzles in the spectra of
chlorophylls, Seminar, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Thu.,
Jan. 27, 1977 Physics and Photosynthesis, Colloquium,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Fri., Feb. 25, 1977 Physics and the future, Lecture to AC
Chapter of PEO International, Pittsford, New York
Thu.,
Mar. 17, 1977 Physics and photosynthesis, Colloquium,
Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Sun., Mar. 20, 1977 Overview on photosynthetic efficiency, antenna structures, and
mechanics of excitation transfer to reaction centers, APS/DBP Short Course,
San Diego, California
Tue.,
Mar. 22, 1977 Physics and Photosynthesis, Chemical
Physics Seminar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Tue.,
May 31, 1977 Theoretical studies on exciton coherence,
at VIIIth Molecular Crystals Symposium, Santa
Barbara, California (Authors: V. M.
Kenkre and R. S. Knox)
Tue.,
June 21, 1977 Distinction between spin and orbital coherence
of excitons, invited paper at the Gordon Conference on the Chemistry and
Physics of Solids, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Tue.,
Oct. 4, 1977 Primary physical processes in naturally
green systems, Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Rochester
Sat., Nov. 5, 1977 Remarks on localized and delocalized
tunneling states, at the conference Tunneling in Biological Systems,
Johnson Research Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wed., Feb. 8, 1978 Emission characteristics of
light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complexes: implications for excitons in the
photosynthetic unit, at Ciba Foundation Symposium No. 61, London, UK.
(Authors: R. S. Knox and R. L. Van
Metter) (see article no. 53)
Tue.,
Mar. 28, 1978 Exciton dynamics in light-harvesting
chlorophyll systems, paper De-2/Tu-AM-2S at a joint symposium of APS and
the Biophysical Society, Washington, DC
Wed., Apr. 26, 1978 Structure and efficiency of light-harvesting systems in photosynthesis,
joint colloquium of the Department of Physics and the Bartol
Research Foundation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Thu.,
Apr. 27, 1978 Structure and efficiency of
light-harvesting systems in photosynthesis, Physics department Colloquium,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Wed., Oct. 11, 1978 Physics and photosynthesis, Seminar, Institute of Physics,
University of Basel, Switzerland
Fri., Oct. 13, 1978 Optical properties of spinach
light-harvesting chlorophyll-proteins, Seminar, Biophysics Department,
Huygens Laboratory of the State University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Mon., Oct. 16, 1978 Conversion of light into free energy, working paper, Dahlem Konferenzen workshop on
Light-Induced Charge Separation, Berlin (West), Germany. [Paper not formally presented as such,
but discussed. See article no. 55]
Mon., Oct. 23, 1978 Excitons in chlorophyll-protein complexes, Colloquium, Institute of
Physics, Poznan (Poland) Polytechnic Institute
Wed., Oct. 25, 1978 Excitons in chlorophyll-protein complexes, Colloquium, Institute of
Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Fri., Oct. 27, 1978 Physics and photosynthesis, Biophysics
Colloquium, University of Ulm, Germany
Fri., Oct. 27, 1978 Recent [exciton-] theoretical work at the
University of Rochester, Solid State Physics Seminar, Abt. f. Theoretische Physik I, University of Ulm, Germany
Mon., Oct. 30, 1978 Physics and photosynthesis, Physics Colloquium, Physikalisches
Institut, Teil 3,
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Thu.,
Mar. 15, 1979 Excitons in light-harvesting chlorophyll,
joint Biophysics-Physics Colloquium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wed., Apr. 4, 1979 Excitons and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Thu.,
Apr. 19, 1979 Light and life: 1979, at a meeting of the Society of
Physics Students, University of Rochester (NY) chapter
Thu.,
May 3, 1979 Excitons and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, Arizona State University, Tempe
Fri., May 4, 1979 Excitons and photosynthesis, Physics
Colloquium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Fri., June 22, 1979 Exciton states in Chlorophyll-protein
complexes, Physics seminar, University of California at Irvine.
Tue.,
June 26, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
paper TAM-B2 in a Symposium of the American Society of Photobiology, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California
Tue.,
Aug. 14, 1979 Three mini-talks: The J or J2 question in
tunneling; Mobility of holes in solid rare gasses; Photosynthetic antenna
complexes, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO
Tue.,
Sep. 13, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
seminar, Physics Department, Kyoto University, Japan
Tue.,
Sep. 25, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
seminar, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Fri., Sep. 28, 1979 Structure and efficiency of
light-harvesting systems in photosynthesis, Colloquium, Physics Department,
University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Mon., Oct. 8, 1979 Physics and photosynthesis, Colloquium,
Physics Department, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tue.,
Oct. 9, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
seminar, Physics Department, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Fri., Oct. 12, 1979 Relaxation of electronic excitation in
biology: the processing of photon
energy and information, in a symposium ÒRelaxation of Elementary
Excitations,Ó Taniguchi International Symposium series, at the Fuji Institute
of Education and Training, Susono, Japan
Tue.,
Oct. 23, 1979 Physics and photosynthesis, Colloquium
at Kiken (Research Institute for Fundamental
Physics), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Thu.,
Oct. 25, 1979 Excitation transfer and the structure of
light-harvesting chlorophyll systems, Invited lecture in a symposium on
photosynthesis at the meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, at the
Industrial Trade Center, Nagoya, Japan
Tue.,
Nov. 6, 1979 On the rate of triplet excitation transfer,
talk 7-1 of the International Symposium on Quantum-Chemical Aspects of
Biomolecules: Their Structure and Function (Post-congress symposium of the
Third International Congress on Quantum Chemistry), Kyoto International
Conference Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Wed., Nov. 7, 1979 Structure and efficiency of light-harvesting systems in Photosynthesis,
Colloquium at Kisoko (Faculty of Engineering
Science), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Thu.,
Nov. 8, 1979 Exciton physics in 1979, special
seminar, Physics Department, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Fri., Nov. 9, 1979 Optical properties of light-harvesting
chlorophyll proteins, seminar, Biophysics Department, Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan
Tue.,
Nov. 13, 1979 Relaxation of electronic excitation in
photosynthetic systems, at a topical conference "Relaxation of
excitations in solids," Shofu-en Hotel, Ajiro, Japan
Wed., Dec. 5, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
Solid State Colloquium, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Tue.,
Dec. 11, 1979 Excitons in the photosynthetic unit,
seminar, Webster Research Center, Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York
Sun., Apr. 20, 1980 Symmetry in music, special lecture to Physics of Music Group,
University of Rochester, Gannett House, Naples, New York
Fri., May 2, 1980 Fast electronic relaxation processes in
photobiology, seminar, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Fri., Mar. 20, 1981 Symmetry, at a dinner meeting of the
University of Rochester alumni, Scottsdale Hilton, Scottsdale, Arizona
Mon., Apr. 6, 1981 Picosecond exciton processes in chlorophyll
proteins, University of Rochester special symposium ÒA Sampling of
Biophysics Research at the University of Rochester,Ó Rochester, New York
Thu.,
May 7, 1981 Picosecond exciton processes in chlorophyll
proteins, Physics Colloquium, SUNY-Buffalo, Amherst, New York
Fri., May 8, 1981 Symmetry, at a dinner meeting of the
River Campus Alumni Board, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Wed., June 3, 1981 Electronic structure of excitons and their
interactions with phonons, Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Thu.,
June 4, 1981 Exciton interactions with photons,
Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Rochester
Fri., June 5, 1981 Special topics in exciton physics (exciton
diffusion, biexciton processes, excitations in molecular
complexes), Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Rochester
Wed., June 17, 1981 Picosecond exciton processes in chlorophyll proteins, seminar,
Solid State Group, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Fri., June 19, 1981 Picosecond exciton processes in chlorophyll
proteins, seminar, Scuola Normale,
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Sun., June 21, 1981 Exciton physics I, II, lectures at the NATO Advanced Study
Institute ÒCollective Excitations in Solids,Ó 5th course of the School of
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, E. Majorana
Institute for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy
Fri., June 26, 1981 Exciton physics III, Erice, as above
Sat., June 27, 1981 Picosecond exciton processes in chlorophyll
proteins and chloroplasts, Erice, as above
Fri., Oct. 23, 1981 Light and life 1981, at the University
of Rochester Alumni Reunion Forum ÒSun Dogs, Lasers, Leaves, and Stars,Ó Hoyt
Hall, Rochester, New York
Sun., Mar. 7, 1982 Symmetry, at a dinner meeting of
University of Rochester alumni, Dallas, Texas
Wed., Mar. 31, 1982 Symmetry in the Sciences and the Arts, in the series Wednesday
Nights at the University, Hubbell Auditorium, University of Rochester, New York
Thu.,
May 27, 1982 Time resolved studies of exciton dynamics
in biosystems, Rochester Condensed Matter
Symposium VI, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Tue.,
Oct. 19, 1982 Ultrafast physical processes in
Photobiology, Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wed., Oct. 20, 1982 Ultrafast physics in biological systems, Colloquium, Physics
Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Thu.,
Nov. 18, 1982 Symmetry, SUNY-Geneseo Physics Club
Presentation, Geneseo, New York
Fri., Dec. 3, 1982 Symmetry in the Sciences and the Arts,
Science and Technology Review Seminar, Laboratory for Laser Energetics,
University of Rochester
Wed., Jan 12, 1983 Ultrafast processes in photosynthesis,
Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Tue.,
Feb. 8, 1983 Picosecond fluorescence of
chlorophyll-proteins and chloroplasts, invited poster at the Gordon
Research Conference on Physiochemical Aspects of Photosynthesis, Ventura,
California
Sat., Feb. 12, 1983 Symmetry, at a dinner meeting of
University of Rochester alumni, San Francisco, California
Thu.,
Mar. 10, 1983 Ultrafast physics in photobiology,
Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan
Tue.,
Nov. 8, 1983 Ultrashort light pulses and their uses,
University Forum series, University of Rochester, presented jointly with Dr. J.
M. Forsyth
Fri., Mar. 16, 1984 Symmetry, Greece High School Teachers'
Forum, Greece, NY
Wed., July 11, 1984 Chlorophyll-protein absorption and fluorescence and excitation dynamics,
informal seminar, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, Colorado
Thu.,
Sep. 27, 1984 Symmetry, Science Educators'
Conference, sponsored by the Science EducatorsÕ Association, Inc., and the
Central Western Section of ÔSTANYSÕ, at the Rochester Museum and Science
Center, Rochester, New York
Thu.,
Jan 17, 1985 Time-resolved studies of biological systems
using fast spectroscopy, Radiation Sciences Department seminar, Armed
Forces Radiological Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Fri., Feb. 15, 1985 Biophysical research with ultrashort light pulses, graduate research seminar,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Rochester
Thu.,
May 23, 1985 Fluorescence of light-harvesting systems in
the picosecond region, paper 237 in a symposium at the Middle Atlantic
Region Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Monmouth College, West Long
Branch, New Jersey
Fri., June 7, 1985 High densities of excitons in molecular
aggregates: nonlinear kinetic
effects in picosecond time-resolved fluorescence, special seminar, AT&T
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey
Mon., June 24, 1985 Studies of rapid energy transfer in photosynthetic membranes, paper
MAM-C1 (Warren Butler memorial symposium), ASP annual meeting, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Fri.,
July 12, 1985 Excitation dynamics in biomolecular systems. I.
Introduction, at
the Enrico Fermi Summer School Excited-state
spectroscopy in solids, Corso XCVI, Italian
Physical Society, Varenna-sul-Lago-di-Como, Italy
Sat.,
July 13, 1985 Excitation dynamics in biomolecular
systems. II. Excited states of molecular
aggregates, Varenna, as above
Mon.,
July 15, 1985 Excitation dynamics in biomolecular
systems. III. Applications, Varenna, as
above
Fri., July 19, 1985 Excitons in photosynthesis, seminar, Laboratoire de Physique et
applications des semiconducteurs (PHASE), Centre de Reserches NuclŽaires, Strasbourg,
France
Tue.,
Oct. 29, 1985 Biophysical excitons and solitons in the picosecond regime, Physics colloquium,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fri., Nov. 1, 1985 Energy transfer in biological systems: observations and speculations,
Chemistry colloquium, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
Sat., Mar. 14, 1987 Biological physics in the ultrafast regime,
in a short course on biological physics sponsored by the American Physical
Society, New York, NY
Thu.,
Apr. 30, 1987 Exciton Physics, paper THBB1 in the XV
International Quantum Electronics Conference, Baltimore, MD
Sat., Aug. 15, 1987 Effects of source correlations on
acoustical spectra, Physics Seminar, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Thu.,
Oct. 15, 1987 Time resolution and kinetics of ÒF680Ó at
low temperatures in spinach chloroplasts, at a workshop ÒPhotosynthetic
light-harvesting systems: structure
and function,Ó Freising, Munich, FRG
Thu.,
Nov. 5, 1987 Theory of transport between quantum wells, at a URI Review, Laboratory for Laser
Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Mon., Nov. 16, 1987 A search for nonthermal transport of
vibrational energy in proteins, Physics Seminar, The Wichita State
University, Wichita, KS
Tue.,
Nov. 17, 1987 Light and Life: 1987, Watkins Lecture,
The Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Wed., Nov 18, 1987 Ultrafast processes in biological physics, Chemistry Colloquium,
The Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Thu.,
Nov. 19, 1987 Effects of source correlation on
spectra: the Wolf shift,
Physics Seminar, The Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Sat., Nov. 21, 1987 A proposed experimental search for the Davydov soliton, at a Weekend
Workshop
Nonlinear Excitations in Condensed Matter: Envelope Solitons,
UCLA Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Wed., Feb. 10, 1988 Search for coherent vibrational transport in proteins, Special
Physical Chemistry Seminar, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Mar. 2, 1989 Experimental approaches to the Wolf shift,
Physics Colloquium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Fri., July 21, 1989 How light and life are related, Summer
High School Program, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Sep. 21, 1989 Effects of source correlation on spectra:
experimental aspects of the Wolf shift, Physics Colloquium, Rochester
Institute of Technology
Tue.,
Nov. 7, 1989 The mystery of symmetry, Forum Lecture
Series, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Mar 8, 1990 Primary antenna fluorescence from
chloroplasts and Chlamydomonas,
Photosynthesis seminar, Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Fri., Apr. 27, 1990 Effects of source correlation on spectra:
experimental approaches to the Wolf Shift, Physics Colloquium, University
of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Mon., Apr. 30, 1990 Symmetry: an introduction
to almost everything, Lecture in Undergraduate Forum Series, University of
Alabama, Huntsville, AL
Wed., Jan. 16, 1991 Solitons and excitons in biomolecular systems, NATO Advanced Research
Workshop ÒCoherent and Emergent Phenomena in Biomolecular Systems,Ó Tucson, AZ
Mon., Mar. 18, 1991 Excitation flow in photosynthesis, paper A5 1 in a symposium,
American Physical Society March Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
Fri., Apr. 12, 1991 Excitation flow in the antennas of higher
plants and algae, Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woods Hole,
MA
Wed., Oct. 30, 1991 Strong coupling of excitations in the photosynthetic antenna,
Biophysics seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Thu.,
Apr. 2, 1992 Theory of polarized fluorescence from
molecular pairs: Fšrster transfer
can occur in the strong coupling regime [coauthor D. GŸlen], at a workshop ÒPhotosynthetic
light-harvesting systems: structure and function,Ó Freising, Munich, FRG
Thu.,
Feb. 11, 1993 Transfer of excitation between
chromophores: the weak-strong coupling puzzle, seminar to AFRC Photosynthesis
Group, Imperial College, London, UK
Fri., Mar. 12, 1993 Electronic excitation flow in
photosynthetic antennas: revisiting the question of
weak vs. strong coupling, seminar, Department of Biophysics, CEN-Saclay, Paris, France
Wed., Mar. 17, 1993 Excitons in photosynthetic antennas: revisiting the question of weak
vs. strong coupling, colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Thu.,
Mar. 25, 1993 Energy and human life in the biosphere,
special lecture to undergraduates, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, UK
Thu.,
Apr. 22, 1993 Quantitative aspects of the
light-harvesting process in photosynthesis, seminar, Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Department of Biology, Imperial
College, London, UK
Wed., Mar 23, 1994 How fast does a photosynthetic exciton move?, paper J3 2, Pittsburgh APS
meeting (Prize lecture); BAPS 39, 512-512 (1994)
Thu.,
May 5, 1994 How fast does a photosynthetic exciton
move?, Physics Colloquium, Rochester Institute of Technology
Thu. May 5, 1994 Energy and Human Life in the Biosphere,
SPS (Sigma Pi Sigma) banquet, Rochester Institute of Technology
Fri., July 8, 1994 How fast does a photosynthetic exciton
move? Lecture in a symposium
ÒExcitons,Ó Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College,
London, UK
Wed., July 20, 1994 Energy and Human Life in the Biosphere: understanding the limits to growth,
Special Physics Colloquium, University of Rochester
Wed., July 27, 1994 A Global View of Global Warming, Model class for parents,
University of Rochester
Mon., Aug. 29, 1994 How fast does a photosynthetic exciton move? The current state of the slow-fast
transfer question, at the European Research Conference ÒBiophysics of
Photosynthesis,Ó University of York, York, UK
Wed., Sep 28, 1994 How fast does a photosynthetic exciton move? Physics and Astronomy Colloquium,
University of Rochester
Fri., Mar. 3, 1995 Theories of Excitation Transfer, Two-part
lecture in ÒPhotoprocesses in Organic Molecules,Ó a
physics and chemistry graduate course, University of Trondheim (Norway)
Sat., Mar. 4, 1995 Fšrster and Davydov
processes, two-part lecture as above
Mon., Mar. 6, 1995 Excitation migration in photosynthesis,
two-part lecture as above
Wed., Mar. 29, 1995 Symmetry, Lecture series, Society of Physics Students, University
of Rochester
Fri., Mar. 31, 1995 Coherence in a classical oscillator model
for fluorescence, Informal Theory Seminar, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Rochester
Fri., Apr. 14, 1995 Physics in photosynthesis: history and some current problems,
Physics Colloquium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Wed., June 28, 1995 Light and life, 1995: the
physics of photobiology, Special physics colloquium, University of
Rochester
Tue.,
Nov. 7, 1995 The spectral Kennard-Stepanov
temperature: a possible new
signature for excited-state relaxation processes, Applied
Physics/Biophysics Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Fri., Dec. 15, 1995 The universal relation between emission and
absorption: a new look,
Informal Theory Seminar, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester
Wed., Aug. 14, 1996 Excitons and their equilibration, Plenary lecture, Second
International Conference on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter (EXCON
Ô96), Kurort Gorisch,
Germany
Thu.,
Apr. 17, 1997 Molecular warming and global warming: two
studies on temperature, Frank J. Feigl Lecture,
Physics Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Fri., May 2, 1997 Molecular warming and global warming: two
studies on temperature, Science and Technology Review Seminar, Laboratory
for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Sep. 18, 1997 Molecular warming and global warming: two
studies on temperature, Physics colloquium, SUNY College at Geneseo,
Geneseo, NY
Sat., Nov. 15, 1997 Equilibration of excitation energy in
chromophores and antennas, US/Japan Seminar on Molecular Organization of
Photosynthetic Antennas (a. k. a.
US/Japan Seminar on Principles of Light Energy Capturing in
Photosynthesis: Implication of Symmetric Structure of the Pigment-Protein
Complexes and the Role of Proteins), Kailua-Kona, HI
Fri., Jan. 23, 1998 Should we worry about global warming? Lecture to AC
Chapter of PEO International, Rochester, New York
Tue.,
Mar. 31, 1998 Two studies on temperature: molecular warming and global warming,
Department of Physics Seminar, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Amherst, NY
Tue.,
May 26, 1998 Global warming or global cooling? Retired Chemists Luncheon Meeting talk,
Rochester Section, American Chemical Society, Honeoye Falls, NY
Fri., July 17, 1998 Molecular warming and global warming: two
studies on temperature, seminar, Institute of Physics, Lithuanian Academy
of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tue.,
July 21, 1998 Physical aspects of global warming,
seminar, Physics Department, Polytechnika Pozna–ska, Poznan, Poland
Thu.,
July 23, 1998 Does femtobiology
exist? Contribution to a
panel on the temporal limits of chemistry and biology, Jablonski
Centennial Symposium, Torun, Poland
Sat., July 25, 1998 Excited-state equilibration and the
fluorescence-absorption ratio, plenary lecture, Jablonski
Centennial Symposium, Torun, Poland
Fri.,
Aug. 14, 1998 Global warming or global cooling? Lecture in the high school summer
research program, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Nov. 12, 1998 Global warming or global cooling? Luncheon seminar, Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester
Fri., July 23, 1999 Greenhouse effect and global warming,
Lecture in the high school summer research program, Laboratory for Laser
Energetics, University of Rochester
Thu.,
Oct. 7, 1999 Albert Rose revisited: will increasing the use of non-solar
energy warm the planet?
Colloquium, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Fri., Oct. 8, 1999 A new characterization of the relaxation of
excited electronic states with application to chlorophyll a,
Seminar, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS
Thu.,
Jan. 20, 2000 Global warming – facts and lots of
hot air, After-dinner talk, 2000 Annual Dinner Meeting of the Rochester
Section of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY
Thu.,
Apr.6, 2000 Albert Rose revisited: will increasing the usage of non-solar
energy warm the planet?
Colloquium, Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Tue.,
July 25, 2000 Global warming, Lecture in the REU
summer program, Department of Physics an Astronomy, University of Rochester
Fri., Sep. 29, 2000 Can global warming be stopped? a view from
science, Lecture in the
Cultural Life Committee series, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
Fri., Nov. 10, 2000 A physicistÕs guide to global warming,
Seminar at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
Mon., Nov. 13, 2000 The optical reciprocity theorem and relaxation in excited states,
Informal seminar at Scuola Normale
Superiore, Pisa, Italy
Tue.,
Nov.
14, 2000 A physicistÕs guide to global warming,
Seminar at the Department of Biophysics, University of Milan Bicocco, Milan, Italy
Wed.,
Apr. 18, 2001 Global warming: is CO2 a pollutant or a foodstuff? After-dinner talk, Rochester Chapter of
Torch Club International, Rochester, NY
Fri., Aug. 17, 2001 FRET stands for Fšrster Resonance Energy
Transfer, ÒhistoricalÓ talk at
LHC2001, a workshop on light harvesting chlorophyll proteins, Surfers Paradise,
Australia.
Thu.,
Oct. 24, 2002 Electronic excitation transfer between
molecules in condensed matter, Colloquium in a series ÒPhysics of
nonmetallic solidsÓ to honor W. Beall Fowler, Physics Department, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA
Fri., Mar. 14, 2003 Non-radiative energy transfer in the
earthÕs atmosphere, Research Review seminar, Laboratory for Laser
Energetics, University of Rochester [co-presenter, H. L. Helfer]
Wed., Oct. 1, 2003 What can be learned
from a truly elementary model of climate energetics? Colloquium, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, University of Rochester [co-presenter, H. L. Helfer]
Fri., June 25, 2004 Greenhouse effect and
global warming, Lecture
in the high school summer research program, Laboratory for Laser Energetics,
University of Rochester
Tue., Mar. 15, 2005 Global
warming update, After-dinner talk, Rochester Chapter of
Torch Club International, Rochester, NY
Thu.,
Apr. 21, 2005 Is EarthÕs climate changing? Luncheon talk, Rochester alumni chapter
of Alpha Phi Omega, Rochester, NY
Thu.,
Oct. 27, 2005 From global warming to climate change, senior seminar, Departments of Chemistry
and Physics, SUNY at Brockport, NY
Fri., Nov. 18, 2005 Is EarthÕs climate changing? Lecture to AC Chapter of PEO
International, Rochester, New York
Fri., Nov. 3, 2006 Simplified global temperature models:
problems and successes Colloquium, Institute of Optics,
University of Rochester
Fri., Dec. 1, 2006 Climate Change: comparing energy balance model and large
computer model predictions with data S&T Seminar, Laboratory for
Laser Energetics, University of Rochester (presented jointly with D. H.
Douglass)
Wed., Apr. 4, 2007 Comments on the film An Inconvenient Truth, as panel member at a town meeting ÒGoing
Green in Brighton and Beyond,Ó Brighton Town Hall,
Rochester, NY. Other panel members:
Ben W. Ebenhack,
Ram Shrivastava, Paul Tankel,
and John Tarduno
Mon., Apr. 9, 2007 Simplified global temperature models: problems and successes Colloquium, Physics Department, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA
Wed., June 27, 2007 Global warming: What is the consensus on climate change? Lecture, for the alumni event
ÒSlater College,Ó University of Rochester
Thu.,
June 28, 2007 Cause and effect in global warming: can we do anything about the climate? Lecture in a University of
Rochester extension course at The Highlands, Pittsford, NY
Fri., Aug. 27, 2007 Science and global warming: Lecture in the high school summer
research program, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Tue.,
Oct. 30, 2007 Elementary climate models: problems and successes. Colloquium,
Physics Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, NY
Wed., Nov. 14, 2007 Cause and effect in global warming: can we do anything about the climate? Repeat of June 28 lecture in the UR extension course at The Highlands,
Pittsford, NY
Tue., Jan. 15, 2008 Predicting
EarthÕs temperature: successes and failures. Talk to Rochester Section of the Optical
Society of America, at the UR Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, NY
Tue., Jan. 22,
2008 Cause and effect in global warming: can we do anything about the climate? or What is the ÒconsensusÓ on climate change? Lecture to Men in Transition society at
the Jewish Community Center, Pittsford, NY
Thu., Apr. 2, 2009 Elementary Climate Modeling and Global Temperatures, Lecture in the Cultural Enrichment
Lecture Series, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
Mon., Apr. 20, 2009 Elementary Climate Models:
Successes and Limitations, Lecture to Undergraduate Chemistry
Council, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Rochester
Wed., Sep. 2, 2009 Can climate be
predicted? Lecture to Retired
Kodak Executives Group, Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, NY
Thu.,
Mar. 10, 2011 FšrsterÕs Theory of Resonance Transfer: Not
Just a Formula, Keynote lecture
in the symposium ÒFRET at 65: A Celebration of Fšrster,Ó W. M. Keck Center for
Cellular Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA