Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series
Upcoming Colloquia
Colloquia are Fridays at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Hall 145.
Friday, October 24
4:10 PM ā 5:00 PM
Walter Hall
Friday, October 31
4:10 PM ā 5:00 PM
Walter Hall
Colloquia Schedule
Fall 2025
- Aug. 29, Welcome Event; Guest Speaker Deepshikha Shukla of Rockford University (Contact: Daniel Phillips)
- Sept. 5, ""| Andrew Y. Joe from University of California, Riverside (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Sept. 12, ""| Don Leo from 51ĀŅĀ×, Provost (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Sept. 19, "Career Path - from Optical Metamaterials to Medical Physics" | Dr. Larousse Khosravi Khorashad of the Department of Radiation Oncology in Atlanta, Georgia (Contact: Alexander Govorov)
- Sept. 26, "TBA" | Eric Muth of 51ĀŅĀ× VP Research (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Oct. 3, "Undergraduate Poster Session" (Contact: Julie Roche)
- Oct. 10, No Colloquium - Fall Break - no classes
- Oct. 17,
- Oct. 24, "" | Artemis Spryrou of Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University (Contact: Andrea Richard)
- Oct. 31, "" | Garnett Bryant of NIST (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Nov. 7, "TBA" | Roxanne Springer of Duke (Contact: Christian Drischler)
- Nov. 14, "Nature's Balancing Act" | Ken Hicks of the Department of Energy (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Nov. 21, "TBA" | Leah Broussard of Oak Ridge National Lab (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Nov. 28, No Colloquium - Holiday
- Dec. 5, "TBA" | Chloƫ Hebborn of IJCLab (Contact: Daniel Phillips)
- Dec. 12, Final Exam Week
Spring 2025
- Jan. 17, "" | Jaki Noronha-Hostler of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Contact: Christian Drischler)
- Jan. 24, "" | Ramon Angel Alvarez Puebla of UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA i VIRGILI (Contact: Sasha Govorov)
- Jan. 31, "" | Jianjun Dong of Auburn University (Contact: David Drabold)
- Feb. 7, "" | Wei-Shun Chang of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Contact: Sasha Govorov)
- Feb. 14, "" | Junichiro Kono of Rice University (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- Feb. 17, "" (2025 Astro Candidate Talk) | Jiamin Hou of Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Contact: Paul King and Hee-Joo Seo)
- Feb. 19, "" (2025 Astro Candidate Talk) | Peter Taylor of The Ohio State University (Contact: Paul King and Hee-Joo Seo) *Special Note Room is 135*
- Feb. 24, "" (2025 Astro Candidate Talk) | Alex Krolewski of the University of Waterloo (Contact: Paul King and Hee-Joo Seo)
- Feb. 26, "" (2025 Astro Candidate Talk) | Sujeong Lee of Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology (Contact: Paul King and Hee-Joo Seo)*Special Note Room is 135*
- March 7, "" | Kevin Fossez of Florida State University (Contact: Jane Kim)
- March 14, Spring Break
- March 21, 2025 APS Global Physics Summit
- March 28, "" | Andrew Zangwill of Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact: Sergio Ulloa)
- April 4, "" | Kyle Godbey of Michigan State University (Contact: Jane Kim)
- April 11, "" | Jane Kim of 51ĀŅĀ× (Contact: Sasha Govorov)
- April 18, "" | Gerardo Ortiz of Indiana University at Bloomington (Contact: Nancy Sandler)
- April 25, End-of-Year Activities featuring an Award-Winning Thesis Presentation, The Chair's Address, and the Awards Ceremony. To be followed by Refreshments and Hors d'oeuvre.