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Campusvej 55, Odense M

22.04.2024

09:00 - 12:30

New skills development for researchers with Climate-relevant interdisciplinary interests.

22 Apr

SDU Climate Cluster is testing a new approach to support researchers with Climate-relevant research interests in enhancing their success with European funding. On the 22nd of April, Sean McCarthy, one of Europe’s most well-known experts on the topic, will hold a half-day workshop tailored to those with climate-relevant and interdisciplinary research interests. The goal is to take some of the confusion and overwhelm out of the process, teaching straightforward skills for engaging the European funding system, either as a project coordinator or partner.“ Many researchers are not making as much of European funding opportunities as they could be. Some of this is likely based on negative past experiences which were administratively overwhelming, and for others it’s simply very new and unknown territory. We hope that with some practical support, skills development and a coordinated process towards the EC’s 2024 calls that we might be able to help a few more partnerships to successfully get the funds needed for their projects” says Lucy Rist, responsible for research development at SDU Climate Cluster. The workshop is a joint effort with the research support teams across all faculties being involved as well as SDU RIO. It is open to all SDU staff.

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Alsion 2, Sønderborg

23.04.2024

13:00 - 15:00

Networking - the best hack for your job search

23 Apr

Networking may well be the way to your next job - here's why: Through your network you can obtain knowledge about industry tendencies, specific companies and job opportunities that you can't Google your way to - and that can give you a cunning edge in your application and job search in general. 85% of Danish employers are open for networking meetings*. 42% of Danish employers indicate that they are most inclined to have a networking meeting with a job seeker whose motivation and interest in the company piques their curiosity. It is the way you approach them, and not whether there is a networking relation, that is decisive*. Therefore, it is important that you put your network into play when you are looking for your next job. During the workshop we will dive into how you map your network, become better at networking and contacting relevant people. The workshop is hosted by SDU's career counsellors and will be facilitated by career advisers from IDA who are experts on networking, and it will be a mixture of theory and tools. It is our experience, that the best output of the workshops is, when our participants comment, ask questions and are getting involved. So we hope, that you will do the same. *Ballisager's annual recruitment analysis among Danish companies across industries - 2021.

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Fioniavej 34, Odense M

23.04.2024

15:00 - 16:00

Quantum & Crémant: Exploring the mysteries of metalloenzymes in mushrooms with quantum chemistry

23 Apr

Speaker: Erik Donovan Hedegård Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Southern Denmark Abstract: Transition metals in biological systems pose a formidable challenge in modern quantum chemistry. Unfortunately, these metals are close to everywhere in biological systems. For instance, about one-third of all enzymes contain a transition metal. The main issues when dealing with transition metals are (i) the metal typically demands so-called complete active space (CAS) methods with billions of electron configurations included. This quickly becomes computationally costly. (ii) Relativistic effects can be sizable. Addressing these effects also becomes computationally demanding. (iii) The relevant chemistry usually occurs in a surrounding solvent or within a protein environment that also needs to be taken into account, both in terms of the nuclear dynamics as well as the electronic interactions between the metal and the environment. In this talk, we demonstrate how challenges (i)–(iii) can be tackled efficiently and accurately. We discuss how this allows us to understand a part of the global carbon cycle, enzymes that can boost the production of biofuel, and new drugs against cancer. Location: D-IAS Aud. (V24-501a-0), Danish Institute for Advanced Study - DIAS. The event is open to all.

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Campusvej 55, Odense M

25.04.2024

15:00 - 16:00

QM Research Seminar: Periods on super Riemann surfaces

25 Apr

Speaker: Nadia Ott (University of Southern Denmark) Abstract: D’Hoker and Phong’s calculation of the genus g = 2 superstring amplitude uses, in a crucial way, a projection from genus g = 2 supermoduli space to its underlying reduced space. They define this projection using a formula for the genus g = 2 super period matrix. Witten generalized their formula for the super period matrix to higher genus g and found that the super period matrix may develop a pole along a particular divisor in supermoduli space if g ≥ 11. This divisor is commonly called the bad divisor. Witten also considered super period matrices on super Riemann surfaces with a nonzero number of Ramond punctures (note: the word puncture is a bit of a misnomer). He found that in the presence of Ramond punctures, a closed one form has, in addition to the usual 2g ”even” periods (defined by integrals over one cycle in homology), 2r fermionic periods. The fermionic periods of one form w are certain constants appearing in the restriction of w to the Ramond divisor. In joint work with Ron Donagi, we identify the 2r fermionic periods of w with the residues of a particular global section of the twisted spin structure on the underlying curve. As in the unpunctured case, the super period matrix with Ramond punctures may develop a singularities as we vary over supermoduli space. Using this identification of the fermionic periods in terms of residues, we explicitly describe this bad locus in supermoduli space.

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Alsion 2, Sønderborg

30.04.2024

14:00 - 17:00

Student Collaboration Day

30 Apr

Meet 50 companies open to collaborate with students. Participating companies and organisations will bring specific ads/open positions, so you have a good chance to land an agreement or enhance your network and knowledge about the specific collaboration and job opportunities. You can get a brief CV check and applications advice from SDU RIO and AKA – AND have your professional Photo taken. No registration is needed for students: Prepare - show up – get a study sticker – “visit” as many companies as possible. You can follow the growing participant list of companies here: https://event.sdu.dk/studentcollaborationdaysoenderborgf2024/deltagende-virksomhederorganisationer See all jobs / posts from most of the companies at SDU Jobbank here: https://sdu.jobteaser.com/da/events/206734-student-collaboration-day-sonderborg-spring24 About one month before the event you can find more detailed information about all the participants here: https://mitsdu.dk/en/studentcollaborationday

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07.05.2024

14:15 - 15:30

Tips and tricks for unsolicited job search

7 May

Get a piece of the pie and apply unsolicited. When asked, 83 % of Danish employers indicate that it is possible to apply unsolicited to them. Furthermore, 84 % answer, that they also mostly read the unsolicited applications they get. And 63 % of them answer, that they have tried to hire someone who applied unsolicited*. This pattern is repeated in IDA's figures, as a a total of 60% of IDA's newly graduated members get their first job by different ways than the traditional posted job - and unsolicited job search is one of the strategies. During this online workshop you will get specific tools and methods on how you proactively approach the companies by both calling and writing. In short: You’ll learn to take control of your own job search which will increase your motivation. The workshop is hosted by SDU's career counsellors, and the experts sharing their best tips at this online workshop are career advisers from IDA. The format will be a mixture of theory and tools. It is our experience, that the best output of the workshops is, when our participants comment, ask questions and are getting involved. So we hope, that you will do the same. *Ballisager's annual recruitment analysis among Danish companies across industries - 2019 + 2021.

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Alsion 2, Sønderborg

14.05.2024

13:00 - 15:00

Job search café: How to write a great application and resume

14 May

A student job in Denmark during your studies can kickstart your career and provide you with much better opportunities to enter the Danish job market successfully once you've completed your education. It teaches you things that books alone cannot and helps you build your network. The impact of part-time jobs is also evident in the statistics: One year after graduation, 20% more people are employed if they've had a part-time job compared to those who haven't. Two years after graduation, those who've had a part-time job earn approximately 2000 DKK more per month than those who haven't. But what constitutes a job relevant to your studies, and how do you find one? In this Career Café, you will receive an introduction to: - A few key points on the Danish Labour Market - How to use LinkedIn to identify the types of part-time jobs (job titles and workplaces) that are relevant to you. - SDU's job bank, including setting up a job alert. - How to use Infomedia for researching potential workplaces, enabling you to write a strong application and perform well in job interviews.

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Fioniavej 34, Odense M

15.05.2024

11:15 - 12:15

David Woolner - Franklin Roosevelt, Niels Bohr, and the Atomic Bomb – some unanswered questions about a dying president in his last 100 days

15 May

On April 12, 1945, a stunned world learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt, the leader who had brought the United States through the two great crises of the twentieth century, was dead. Responding to this shocking development, the Danish physicist, Niels Bohr, expressed the view that it seemed impossible to believe that “the great man, upon whom more than anyone else, the hopes of humanity were centered” was gone. What Bohr and the rest of the public did not realize, of course, was that by the spring of 1945 Franklin Roosevelt was a dying man. What’s more, his sudden disappearance from the world stage at this critical moment meant that leader who had orchestrated the alliance that would go on to defeat the forces of fascism and set the stage for the successful creation of the United Nations would not be there to witness these historic developments. Nor would he be present when his government faced one of the most daunting decisions made in human history—the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Roosevelt’s absence at the dawn of the nuclear age has raised several questions about what might have happened had he lived long enough to witness the successful development of the atomic bomb. Would Roosevelt—whose knowledge of and involvement in the making of the atomic bomb was far more extensive than President Truman’s—have followed the same course of action? Or might FDR have pursued an alternative strategy for ending the war, through negotiation or a demonstration of the atomic bomb’s awesome power. Equally significant, might he have ultimately taken Bohr’s advice and shared the atomic secret with the Russians in such a way as to gain their confidence and perhaps avoid the onset of the nuclear arms race that stood at the heart of the Cold War? As discussed in this presentation, a close examination of FDR’s last 100 days in office offers some interesting clues as to what Roosevelt might have done had he lived long enough to bring the most destructive war in history to an end. About David B. Woolner: David B. Woolner is Professor of History and Kovler Foundation Fellow of Roosevelt Studies at Marist College; Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute; and Senior Fellow of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College. He is the author of The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace (Basic Books, 2017), is editor/co-editor of five books, and served as historical advisor to the Ken Burns films The Roosevelts: An Intimate History and The US and the Holocaust and for numerous special exhibitions at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Dr. Woolner is the recipient of the Fulbright Denmark Distinguished Scholar Award in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (2023-2024) and was recently named a Fulbright Specialist for the years 2021-2025 by the US Department of State’s Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs. From 2000-2010, Dr. Woolner served as the Roosevelt Institute’s Executive Director, overseeing a significant expansion of the organization’s budget, programmatic dimension and staff. He earned his Ph. D. and M.A. in history from McGill University and a B.A. summa cum laude in English Literature and History from the University of Minnesota. The lecture takes place in the DIAS Auditorium at Fioniavej 34. Everybody is welcome and no registration is needed.

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Fioniavej 34, Odense M

22.05.2024

11:15 - 12:15

Twins and Other Extraordinary Kinships: The Science and the Fascination

22 May

Nancy L. Segal, professor of Phycology and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton Twins and Other Extraordinary Kinships: The Science and the Fascination Twins have a universal fascination for both scientific professionals and members of the general public. Why this is the case has been a matter of some debate, but several explanations will be suggested. Next, an overview of twin types (identical and fraternal) and the fascinating variations displayed by each type are described and illustrated (e.g., twins reared apart, biracial twins, twins with different fathers) with compelling data and case studies. Some curious, twin-like twosomes are also included, given that they are scientifically informative, as well as fascinating (virtual twins, unrelated look-alikes, switched at birth pairs). Twin research continues to grow and to flourish as more twins are being born and researchers representing diverse disciplines, such as politics, religious studies, and economics, are embracing a twin-based approach to better understand their observations. About : Dr. Nancy L. Segal is a Psychology Professor and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton. She specializes in twin research and teaches courses in developmental psychology. She had authored nine books on twins, most recently Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart (Segal, 2021); and Gay Fathers, Twin Sons: The Citizenship Case That Captured the World (Segal, 2023).. The lecture takes place on 22nd of May from 11.15-12.15 in the DIAS Seminarroom, Fioniavej 34. Everybody is welcome and no registration is needed.

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Fioniavej 34, Odense M

10.06.2024

15:00 - 16:00

Quantum & Crémant: Metasurface-empowered quantum structured light in high dimensions

10 Jun

Speaker: Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark Abstract:Manipulation of single-photon emission from quantum emitters (QEs) has attracted a considerable attention in recent years due to its importance for quantum information technologies in quantum communication, computation, sensing and metrology. Here, recent progress in on-chip manipulation of the polarization, directionality and phase distribution in single-photon emission by making use of planar holographic QE-coupled metasurfaces is presented and discussed. The underlying idea is related to the concept of meta-atom, in which a QE is efficiently and non-radiatively coupled to surface modes, such as surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), that are subsequently outcoupled into free propagating waves. An innovative metasurface design approach, vectorial scattering (computer-generated) holography, is introduced for the purpose of designing hybrid SPP-QE coupled metasurfaces suitable for generation of well-collimated beams of single photons with desirable polarization characteristics propagating along given directions. Latest results include its extension for realizing single-photon sources with radiation channels that exhibit diverse (including vectorial with spin and orbital angular momenta) wavefronts and polarization characteristics, opening thereby a way to generating quantum structured light in high dimensions. Location: D-IAS Aud. (V24-501a-0), Danish Institute for Advanced Study - DIAS. The event is open to all.

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