Past Events

Past Events

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

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper with Joaquin Vieira

Joaquin Vieira (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UIUC will be presenting at the Colloquium on The Terahertz Intensity Mapper.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Connecting the Lab to Cosmos: Probing the Densest Matter in the Universe with Jaki Noronha-Hostler

Jaki Noronha-Hostler (hosted by Maria Piarulli) from UIUC will be presenting at the Colloquium on Connecting the Lab to Cosmos: Probing the Densest Matter in the Universe.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Small Galaxies, Big Science: Fundamental Physics from the Faintest Galaxies with Alex Drlica-Wagner

Alex Drlica-Wagner (hosted by Jim Buckley) from University of Chicago and Fermilab will be presenting at the Colloquium on Small Galaxies, Big Science: Fundamental Physics from the Faintest Galaxies.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Searching for New Physics with High-Energy Atmospheric and Cosmic Neutrinos with Carlos Argüelles-Delgado

Carlos Argüelles-Delgado (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Harvard University will be presenting at the Colloquium on Searching for New Physics with High-Energy Atmospheric and Cosmic Neutrinos.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials: Three Journeys with Sheng Ran

Sheng Ran (hosted by Erik Henriksen) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials: Three Journeys.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Building the cell from unreliable parts with Shankar Mukherji

Shankar Mukherji (hosted by Ralf Wessel) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Building the cell from unreliable parts.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Electron and Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei with Saori Pastore

Saori Pastore (hosted by Wim Dickhoff) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Electron and Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245