Colloquia
Department of Physics Colloquium Series
The Department of Physics is pleased to host a colloquium series each semester, featuring engaging talks by leading scientists from around the world. Speakers present cutting-edge research across a wide range of physics disciplines, offering our community the opportunity to explore new ideas and connect with experts in the field.
Colloquia are held Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. in PSF 101.
Join us beforehand for light refreshments at 3:15 p.m.
We welcome faculty, students, and guests to attend and participate in these stimulating discussions.
For more information, please contact:
Onur Erten – Interim Colloquium Committee Chair
Becky Thornton – Assistant to the Chair
Juliet Speas – Business Operations Specialist
Colloquia
| Date | Speaker Name | Speaker Affiliation | Title | Host | Speaker Photo | Colloquia Recording | Location | Flyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Samuel Teitelbaum |
Arizona State University |
Ultrafast X-rays for Materials Physics | Robert Kaindl |
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Link | PSF 101 | 08.21_Teitelbaum_Colloquium Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Damien Easson |
Arizona State University |
Did the Universe Have a Beginning? | Cynthia Keeler |
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Link | PSF 101 | 8.28 Easson_Fall 2025 Colloquium Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Antia Sanchez Botana |
Arizona State University |
The Dawn of The Nickel Age of Superconductivity | Onur Erten |
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Link | PSF 101 | 09.04 Botana_Fall 2025 Colloquium Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Petr Sulc |
ASU Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics |
Designing Self-Assembly in Bionanotechnology: From Minimum Complexity Multicomponent Structures to Therapeutics | Doug Shepherd |
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Link | PSF 101 | 9.11 Sulc_Announcement.png | |
Dr. Sandhya Susarla |
ASU-School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy |
Watching Atoms and Quasiparticles by the Electron Microscopy Lens | Antia Botana |
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Not Available | PSF 101 | 9.18 Susarla Announcement.png | |
Justin Earley |
ASU-School of Molecular Sciences |
Nanoclusters as Tunable Platforms for Understanding Molecular Qubit Physics | Robert Kaindl |
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Not Available | PSF 101 | 9.25 Earley_Colloquium Announcement (1).png | |
Dr. Nicholas Matlis |
Arizona State University |
Controlling Matter with Light - from Advanced Accelerators to Quantum Materials | Onur Erten |
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Not Available | PSF 101 | ||
Dr. Rogier Windhorst |
ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration |
The World of Webb, the Cosmic Circle of Life, and seeing through the Eyes of Einstein | Matthew Baumgart |
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Link | PSF 101 | ||
Dr. Hanyu Zhu |
Rice University |
Ultrafast Spintronics with Chiral/Axial Phonons | Robert Kaindl |
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Link | PSF 101 | 10.23 Zhu_ Colloquium Announcement.png | |
Dr. Glennys Farrar |
New York University |
Origin of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays in Binary Neutron Star Mergers | Tanmay Vachaspati/William Terrano |
Link | PSF 101 | |||
Dr. Piers Coleman |
Rutgers University |
100 years of Quantum Mechanics: A Solid State Physicist Reports From The Half-Time Show | Onur Erten |
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Link | PSF 101 | ||
Dr. David Hertzog |
University of Washington |
Muons: Particles of the Moment | Cecilia Lunardini/William Terrano |
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Link | PSF 101 | ||
Dr. Ayana Arce |
Duke University |
TBD | 
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Link | PSF 101 | |||
Dr. Jim Werner |
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Quantum Ghost Imaging of Living and Unperturbed Plants | Doug Shepherd |
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Link | PSF 101 |
