ARJUN G. YODH

Science is one of the great human activities of our time.  It teaches us about nature’s inner workings, it introduces concepts that underpin our latest technologies, and, perhaps most importantly, the pursuit of new scientific knowledge provides striking examples of the power of quantitative reasoning and experimental discovery. 

Yodh and his group are committed to science education at all levels.  Instructional activities range from ‘conventional’ undergraduate and graduate teaching in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at PENN to more integrated and intense scientific experiences ‘in the lab’.  The latter approach stimulates and trains tomorrow’s outstanding scientists and engineers, drawing post-doctoral, graduate, undergraduate and even high school students from all over the world. <<list of affiliated people >>

Yodh and his group are also regular participants in various education outreach efforts including: the Penn Summer Science Academy (PSSA) in Physics & Astronomy, an intensive one month non-credit program for academically talented high school juniors and seniors who are considering a career in science; the LRSM sponsored enrichment course for High School Science Teachers from the Philadelphia School District;  the NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs at the LRSM; The Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Series (2000-2002).

Recent outreach efforts and general lectures include:

Britton Chance Memorial Symposium Britton Chance: His Life, Times, & Legacy June 3, 2011 Fisher Translational Research Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA		Click to view the lecture
LRSM Science Café Program Imaging Inside the Human Body with Light Stoney’s British Pub 3007 Concord Pike Wilmington DE 25 April 2011 organized by the The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter		Pdf of Talk (5mb)
Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School Random Walks, Diffusion, & Einstein Order and Disorder in Soft Materials Universidade Federal do ABC Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brasil 27 July – 6 August 2009 organized by the Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School		Pdf of Talk (36mb) Pdf of Talk (85mb)
Diffuse Optics: Fundamentals & Tissue Applications CLXXIII International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on "Nano optics and atomics: transport of light and matter waves" organized by the Italian Physics Society (SIF) Lake Como, Varenna, Italy 23rd June to 3rd July 2009.		Pdf of Talk (6.5mb)
Melting in Temperature Sensitive Colloidal Suspensions Langmuir Lecture American Chemical Society, 232nd National Meeting & Exposition September 10 - 14, 2006 San Francisco, CA USA		Pdf of Talk (5mb)
Exploring Einstein and Brownian Motion A video conference interactive lecture event for high schools sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic GigaPoP in Philadelphia for Internet2 (MAGPI). Passaic Valley High School Phoenixville High School Harriton High School Methacton High School Susquehanna Township High School		Pdf of Talk (1.5mb) Short movie Exerpt
Entropic Forces An undergraduate level lecture on entropy effects in solutions (Physics 295)..		Pdf of Talk (4.5mb)
Imaging & Spectroscopy with Diffuse Light (Biomedical Optics) A n undergraduate level lecture on optical diagnostics of deep tissues,  (Physics 295, BMB 620).		Pdf of Talk (4.5mb)
Optics for Soft Condensed Matter Physics, lectures presented at the International Winter School on Applications of Modern Optics to Condensed Matter Sciences Beijing, China (January 5-9, 2006).		Pdf of Talk (8.5mb)