Recent Invited Talks

CHING-HWA KIANG

RECENT INVITED TALKS

Lectures on ''Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Fundamental Problems and Applications,'' at 2009 Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Boulder, CO, 6-31 July 2009.
''Biological Physics at the Nanometer Scale: DNA Nanoparticle Assemblies and Protein Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' seminar in Physics, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX, 7 November 2007.
``Sequence-Dependent Phase Transition of DNA-Linked Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies,'' invited talk at Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2007), Prague, Czech Republic, European Union, 27--30 August 2007.
``Probing Molecular Biophysics of DNA and Proteins Through Nanobiology,'' Seminar in Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, 16 March 2007.
``From DNA Nanoparticle Self-Assembly to Protein Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' Seminar in Chemistry, National DongHua University, Hualien, Taiwan, 18 December 2006.
``Nanoscale Measurements of Biological Physics,'' Physics Colloquium, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 11 December 2006.
``Observation of Biological Physics at the Nanometer Scale,'' Physics Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, RI, 20 November 2006.
``Direct Reconstruction of the Free Energy Surface for Mechanical Unfolding of Proteins,'' The 2006 Carolina Biophysics Symposium: Biology from Single Molecules: Bridging the Gap Between Observation and Mechanism, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1-3 November 2006.
``Direct Reconstruction of the Free Energy Surface From Single-Molecule Mechanical Unfolding of Proteins Using AFM,'' European Centre of Atomic and Molecular Computations (CECAM) workshop: Theory of Single Molecule Force Experiments and Simulations, Lyon, France, 26-29 September 2006.
`Single-Molecule Studies of Human Cardiac Titin,'' seminar in Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology (AVB), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 14 September 2006.
``Mechanical Properties of Human Cardiac Titin from Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' SCBA Texas Chapter Annual Symposium, Houston, TX, 29 April 2006.
``Disorder and Defects in DNA-Linked Nanoparticle Assemblies,'' The 3rd Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architecture and Devices (FNANO06), Snowbird, Utah, 23--27 April 2006.
``Single-Molecule Studies of Human Cardiac Titin,'' seminar in Graduate Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics (SCBMB), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 12 April 2006.
``Biological Physics at The Nanometer Scale: DNA Nanoparticle Assemblies and Protein Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' Physics Colloquium, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, 7 March 2006.
``What Do We Learn from Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy?'' TX-UK-IBB Workshop, Houston, TX, 16 February 2006.
``Free Energy Landscapes from Single-Molecule Dynamic Force Spectroscopy,'' seminar in Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 3 February 2006.
``Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' 2005 CMB/SCBMB Research Conference , Galveston, TX, 28--29 October 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ''Nanoscale Manipulation and Spectroscopy of Single Protein Molecules,'' Whitaker Nanobioengineering Symposium, Associated Nanotechnology Congress 2005 , Houston, TX, 10--11 October 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Nanoscale Biological Physics: From DNA Nanoparticle Assemblies to Protein Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,'' seminar in Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 5 October 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Protein Unfolding Free Energies From Jarzynski's Equality,'' The 2005 Summer Symposium on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2005), Taipei, Taiwan, 31 July-6 August 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Protein Folding Pathways Studied with Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy,'' The 2005 NCTS July Workshop on Macromolecules and Biological Systems , Taipei, Taiwan, 27-29 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Molecule Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Protein Unfolding,'' seminar in Physics and National Center of Theoreical Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 26 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Molecule Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Protein Unfolding,'' Seminar in Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 21 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Mechanical Properties of Human Cardiac Titin Studied by Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy,'' Seminar in Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taiepi, Taiwan, 20 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Molecule Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Protein Unfolding,'' Seminar in Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 14 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Molecule Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Human Cardiac Titin,'' Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Annual Research Colloqium , Rice University, Houston, TX, 7 July 2005.
C.-H. Kiang, ''Single-Molecule Imaging of Biomolecules,'' Seminar in Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 14 July 2004.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Disorder in DNA-Linked Colloidal Gold Assemblies,'' Seminar in Physics and National Center of Theoreical Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 12 July 2004.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Biological Physics,'' Lectures in Physics and Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 5-9 July 2004.
C.-H. Kiang, ``DNA-Linked Colloidal Gold Self-Assemblies,'' The 7th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2004) : Biologically Motivated Statistical Physics and Related Problems, Taipei, Taiwan, 24-26 June 2004.
C.-H. Kiang, ``DNA-Based Nanostructures,'' Future Directions in Statistical Physics: Soft Materials and Biological Systems, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 6-7 March 2004.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Phase Transition in the DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' Physics Colloquium, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 5 November 2003.
C.-H. Kiang, ``The AA and AB Systems of DNA-Coated Nanogold Networks,'' Seminar in Physics, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19 September 2003.
C.-H. Kiang, ``A DNA-Coated Nanogold Network for DNA Detection,'' First Annual SPRING Meeting, Austin, TX, 25-27 August 2003.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Protein Structure and DNA-Gold Nanoparticle Assembly for DNA Detection,'' Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Minisymposium on Interdisciplinary Biosciences at Rice University, Houston, TX, 10 January 2003.
C.-H. Kiang, ``The Percolation Transition in the DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' Physics Colloquium, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 25 October 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``The Percolation Transition in the DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' Seminar in Physics, Universita di Roma ``La Sapienza,'' Rome, Italy, 9 October 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``The Percolation Transition in the DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' Seminar in Physics, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7 October 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``The Percolation Transition in the DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' Seminar in Physics, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany, 2 October 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Percolation Transition of DNA-Gold Nanoparticles and Single Particle Study of Protein Assembly,'' Physics Colloquium, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 27 September 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Phase Transition of DNA-Gold Nanoparticle System,'' invited talk at The 2nd APCTP and 6th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics `` StatPhys-Taiwan-2002: Lattice Models and Complex Systems '' Taipei, Taiwan, 26 May-1 June 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Phase Transition, Self-Assembly, and Interaction of Biological Molecules,'' Physics Colloquium, California State University, Northridge, CA, 20 February 2002.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Molecular Nanowires,'' invited talk at the ``AIChE 2001 Annual Meeting,'' Reno, NV, 5-9 November 2001.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Protein Structure and DNA Dynamics,'' invited talk at the ``Winter School on Biocomplexity,'' Seoul, Korea, 6-8 February 2001.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single Molecule Studies of Biological Macromolecular Assemblies'' seminar in Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 23 January 2001.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Carbon Nanotubes,'' seminar at Union Chemical Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, 5 September 2000.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,'' Seminar at General Motors Company, Detroit, MI, 13 April 2000.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,'' Seminar at the Joint American Vacuum Society / Michigan Catalysis Society meeting, Detroit, MI, 12 April 2000.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Molecular Nanowires of 1 nm Diameter from Capillary Filling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,'' invited talk at ``Fullerenes '99--A Workshop on Nanotubes and Fullerenes Chemistry,'' Castera-Verduzan, France, 29 August--2 September 1999.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI, 19 May 1999.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,'' invited talk at the conference ``Commercialization Advances in Large-Scale Production of Carbon Nanotubes,'' Washington DC, 22-23 April 1999.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 23 November 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, 23 October 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 22 May 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at MER Corporation, Tuscan, AZ, 5 March 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at NASA, Moffett Field, CA, 3 March 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at HRL, Malibu, CA, 9 January 1998.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar at NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan, 29 September 1997.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: From Discovery to Application,'' seminar in Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 24 September 1997.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Single-Layer Carbon Nanotubes,'' seminar in Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 16 April 1996.
C.-H. Kiang, ``Synthesis and Characterization of Nanotubes and Nanoparticles,'' seminar at Hyperion Catalysis International, Cambridge, MA, 12 February 1996.

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