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 ErtenInterim Colloquium Committee Chair
Becky ThorntonAssistant to the Chair
Juliet Speas Business Operations Specialist

This is a photo of a large lecture hall filled with professors and students listening to a male professor presenting in front of a screen.

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

Dr. Teitelbaum Link PSF 101 08.21_Teitelbaum_Colloquium Announcement.pdf

Dr. Damien Easson

Arizona State University

Did the Universe Have a Beginning?

Cynthia Keeler

Dr. Easson 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

Dr. Sanchez Botana 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

Dr. Petr Sulc 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

Sandhya Susarla 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

Dr. Justin Earley 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

Dr. Matlis 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

Dr. Rogier Windhorst Link PSF 101

Dr. Hanyu Zhu

Rice University

Ultrafast Spintronics with Chiral/Axial Phonons

Robert Kaindl

Dr. Hanyu Zhu 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

Dr. Piers Coleman Link PSF 101

Dr. David Hertzog

University of Washington

Muons: Particles of the Moment

Cecilia Lunardini/William Terrano

Dr. David Hertzog Link PSF 101

Dr. Ayana Arce

Duke University 

TBD Dr. Arce Link PSF 101

Dr. Jim Werner

Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Quantum Ghost Imaging of Living and Unperturbed Plants

Doug Shepherd

Dr. Jim Werner Link PSF 101