Please join us Wednesday, April 20, 2022 for the Physical Division Seminar – Chemistry Department Where: Virtual via Zoom https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99749002227?pwd=VFArZkxXRVdHaXBXNUZVbS9zUnMwUT0... Meeting ID: 997 4900 2227 Passcode: 881069 Time: 12:30PM (EDT) Guest Speaker: Professor Bretislav Friedrich (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society - Berlin, Germany) Title: “An Electro-Optical Trap for Polar Molecules: Properties and Applications” Bretislav Friedrich is Research Group Leader (Emeritus) at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin and Honorary Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin. Besides his research in molecular physics, he maintains an abiding interest in the history of science and is engaged in efforts to eliminate chemical and other weapons of mass destruction. With a keen interest in scientific publishing, Professor Friedrich has served in a variety of editorial capacities prior to assuming his current position as Academic Executive Editor of Wiley’s flagship open-science journal Natural Sciences. He also serves as the founding co-editor of the Springer series History of Physics. Abstract is attached. Thank you, ​Audra Weideman She/Her Associate Administrative Assistant Department of Chemistry Wetherill Hall of Chemistry 560 Oval Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-9264 [DB2674B4]<https://www.purdue.edu/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=purdue>