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 Department Chair
Colloquia
| Date | Speaker Name | Speaker Affiliation | Title | Host | Speaker Photo | Colloquia Recording | Location | Flyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Leo Stein |
University of Mississippi |
Subtleties of the relativistic two-body problem: numerics meet analytics | Matthew Baumgart/Cynthia Keeler |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | Leo Stein 1.15.26.pdf | |
Dr. Mathew Madhavacheril |
University of Pennsylvania |
Cosmic consistency tested over 12 billion years | Simon Foreman/Cecilia Lunardini |
|
Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | Madhavacheril 1.29.2026.pdf | |
Dr. Kazu Suenaga-Cowley Distinguished Lecture |
Osaka University |
Low-voltage STEM-EELS analysis of low-dimensional hybrid materials | David Smith |
|
PSF 101 | Suenaga 2.12 Flier.pdf | ||
Dr. Paul Corkum-Spence Distinguished Lecture |
University of Ottawa |
Attosecond Science | Robert Kaindl |
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PSF 101 | Colloquia Speaker Flyer Corkum 2.19.2026.pdf | ||
Dr. Tom Banks |
Rutgers |
How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Black Hole? | Matthew Baumgart |
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PSF 101 | Colloquia Speaker Flyer Banks 2.26.2026.pdf | ||
Dr. Feliciano Giustino |
University of Texas at Austin |
Can we design transistors one atom at a time? | Jose Menendez |
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PSF 101 | Colloquia Speaker Flyer Giustino 3.5.2026.pdf | ||
No colloquium-Spring Break |
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No colloquium this week |
APS Global Physics Summit | |||||||
Dr. Archana Raja |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Imaging Excitations in Atomically Thin 2D Semiconductors with Light & Electrons | Robert Kaindl |
PSF 101 | ||||
Dr. Vinod Kumarappan |
Kansas State |
Arvinder Sandhu |
PSF 101 | |||||
Dr. Sabine Botha |
Arizona State University |
Doug Shepherd |
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PSF 101 | ||||
Dr. Randy Bartels |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Doug Shepherd |
PSF 101 | |||||
Dr. Zohar Nussinov |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Onur Erten |
PSF 101 |