Past Events

Past Events

Unveiling the Hidden: A Search for Light Dark Matter with DAMIC-M with Paolo Privitera

Paolo Privitera (hosted by Karthik Ramanathan) from the University of Chicago will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Unveiling the Hidden: A Search for Light Dark Matter with DAMIC-M.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Anyons on the Move: Fractional Particles and Superconductivity in Flatland with Eslam Khalaf

Eslam Khalaf (hosted by Alex Seidel) from Harvard University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Anyons on the Move: Fractional Particles and Superconductivity in Flatland.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Candidate for a Fractional Topological Insulator with Xiaoyang Zhu

Xiaoyang Zhu (hosted by Xi Wang) from Columbia University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Candidate for a Fractional Topological Insulator.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Waving in the Dark with Mustafa Amin

Mustafa Amin (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Rice University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Waving in the Dark.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Quantum Geometry Nonlinearity Near a Singularity with Suyang Xu

Suyang Xu (hosted by Sheng Ran) from Harvard University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Quantum Geometry Nonlinearity Near a Singularity.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

The Physics of Purposeful Biological Dynamics with Rob Phillips

Rob Phillips (hosted by Trevor GrandPre) from Caltech will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on The Physics of Purposeful Biological Dynamics.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

From Diamond Defects to Protein-based Qubit Sensors with Peter Maurer

Peter Maurer (hosted by Chong Zu) from the University of Chicago will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on From Diamond Defects to Protein-based Qubit Sensors.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Aesthetics and Physics Embodied in the Japanese Bow with John Neu

John Neu (hosted by Mark Alford) from UC Berkeley will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Aesthetics and Physics Embodied in the Japanese Bow.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 1:30pm Compton 245

Learning quantum many-body states with Jane Kim

Jane Kim (hosted by Maria Piarulli) from the Argonne National Laboratory will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Learning quantum many-body states.
Compton 340

Active Integrated Photonics for Information Processing and Quantum Networking with Liang Feng

Liang Feng (hosted by Chuanwei Zhang) from the University of Pennsylvania will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Active Integrated Photonics for Information Processing and Quantum Networking.
Compton 340

Untangling the nuclear physics and astrophysics of heavy element creation with Rebecca Surman

Rebecca Surman (hosted by Saori Pastore) from the University of Notre Dame will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Untangling the nuclear physics and astrophysics of heavy element creation.
Compton 340

Planet Formation and Evolution Through a Statistical Lens with Sarah Blunt

Sarah Blunt (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UC Santa Cruz will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Planet Formation and Evolution Through a Statistical Lens.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 1:30pm in Compton 245

A Physics Approach to Deep Learning Theory with Blake Bordelon

Blake Bordelon (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from Harvard University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on A Physics Approach to Deep Learning Theory.
Compton 340

The present and future of gravitational-wave astronomy with Michael Coughlin

Michael Coughlin (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from the University of Minnesota will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on The present and future of gravitational-wave astronomy.
Compton 340

Mistakes on the way to a good idea: Feenberg Lecture with Helen Quinn

Helen Quinn (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Stanford University will be presenting the Feenberg Lecture on Mistakes on the way to a good idea.
Compton 340

Pure Mathematics as Applied Physics with Tadashi Tokieda

Tadashi Tokieda (hosted by Li Yang) from Stanford University will be presenting the Math / Physics Colloquium on Pure Mathematics as Applied Physics.
Compton 241

Numerical simulations of strongly correlated electron systems with Fakher Assaad

Fakher Assaad (hosted by Shaffique Adam) from the University of Würzburg will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Numerical simulations of strongly correlated electron systems.
Compton 340

Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective with Zohar Nussinov

Zohar Nussinov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Neutrino-nucleus interactions and the quest for new and precision physics searches in neutrino experiments with Vishvas Pandey

Vishvas Pandey (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Fermilab will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Neutrino-nucleus interactions and the quest for new and precision physics searches in neutrino experiments.
Compton 241

New Frontiers in Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Transport Predictions with Jenny Coulter

Jenny Coulter (hosted by Shaffique Adam) from the Flatiron Institute will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on New Frontiers in Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Transport Predictions.
Crow 204

2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures Colloquium: The NASA Psyche Mission: Preparing for the Science of an Unknown Object

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director, University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, will present the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences 2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures, Colloquium: "The NASA Psyche Mission: Preparing for the Science of an Unknown Object"
Whitaker 100 | Refreshments in Whitaker Hall Atrium | 3:30 pm

Reconstructing Multi-frequency Movies of Supermassive Black Holes with PRIMO with Lia Medeiros

Lia Medeiros (hosted by Andrea Gokus) from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be presenting at the Colloquium on Reconstructing Multi-frequency Movies of Supermassive Black Holes with PRIMO.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245