Colloquia

Upcoming Events

Jacobsohn Lecture: Absolutely mindboggling! Weirder than we ever thought.”

Jainendra Jain, Penn State University
April 29, 2024 - 4:00pm
PAA A-102

Simulating the most violent explosions in the universe: fundamental physics and multi-messenger astronomy

Rodrigo Fernandez, University of Alberta
May 6, 2024 - 4:00pm
PAA A-102

TBA

Bjoern Schenke, Brookhaven National Lab
May 8, 2024 - 4:00pm
PAA A-102

TBA

Manuel Endres, California Institute of Technology
May 13, 2024 - 4:00pm
PAA A-102

Quantum black holes and Quantum phases of gravity: Glimpses into the microstructure of gravity

Sameer Murthy, King's College London
May 20, 2024 - 4:00pm
PAA A-102

Past Events

Precision Hadronic Physics  in the Exascale Era: Antonin Portelli, University of Edinburgh - April 24, 2024
Chirality meets Quantum: Dimitri Kharzeev, Stony Brook University & Brookhaven National Lab - April 22, 2024
The Coulomb Barrier for women+ in physics: Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary - April 15, 2024
The atomic nucleus as a window to new physics: Jason Holt, TRIUMF - April 10, 2024
Measuring (and Teaching) Problem-Solving Coherence, Insight, and Understanding in Introductory Mechanics: Eric Kuo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - April 8, 2024
Broken symmetries in living matter: Nikta Fakhri, MIT - April 1, 2024
Nuclear astrophysics with gravitational wave observations: Jocelyn Read, California State University, Fullerton - March 25, 2024
A new concept to measure geometrically the expansion of the universe: Matt McQuinn, University of Washington - March 4, 2024
The nuclear physics of heavy element origins: Rebecca Surman, University of Notre Dame - February 26, 2024
From the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics to Modern Analytical Practice: The History and Future of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Gerald Seidler, University of Washington - February 12, 2024
The Black Hole Information Paradox: A Resolution on the Horizon?: Netta Engelhardt, MIT - February 5, 2024
Statistical mechanics of collective behaviour: Thierry Mora, ENS / Chicago - January 29, 2024
P5: The next decade of US particle physics: Sarah Demers, Yale University - January 22, 2024
Fracton Quantum Matter: Michael Hermele, University of Colorado Boulder - January 8, 2024
Topology and “impossible” electronic devices: Andrea Young, UC Santa Barbara - December 4, 2023
Programmable Quantum Nanophotonics: Arka Majumdar, University of Washington - November 27, 2023
Quasi-periodic driving: a tool in the quantum mechanic's toolbox: Anushya Chandran, Boston University - November 20, 2023
Attosecond Science, from Atomic Physics to Condensed Matter: David Reis, Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - November 13, 2023
Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials: Philip Kim, Harvard - November 6, 2023
Dark Matter Axion Searches: Gray Rybka, University of Washington - October 30, 2023
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions: The Emerging Theory and Astrophysical Predictions: Adam Burrows, Princeton - October 23, 2023
Black holes and quantum information: Tom Hartman, Cornell - October 16, 2023
Quantum alchemy with two-dimensional materials: Matthew Yankowitz, University of Washington - October 11, 2023
Programmable control of indistinguishable particles: from sampling to clocks to qubits: Adam Kaufman, University of Colorado Boulder - October 9, 2023
Electromagnetism in brain imaging: Samu Taulu, University of Washington - October 2, 2023
The search for dark matter particles with DAMIC: Alvaro Chavarria, University of Washington - September 27, 2023
Strong interaction matter in the universe: Achim Schwenk, TU Darmstadt - May 31, 2023
Signals of a Quantum Universe: Daniel Green, University of California San Diego - May 22, 2023
Searching for new forces at micron scale and other fun tricks with levitated microsphere: Giorgio Gratta, Stanford University - May 15, 2023
A new approach to measuring neutrino mass: Elise Novitski, University of Washington - May 8, 2023
From quarks to nuclei: computing the Standard Model: Phiala Shanahan, MIT - May 1, 2023
Local quantum probes of quantum matter: Amir Yacoby, Harvard - April 24, 2023
Quantum Materials: A View from the Lattice: Joe Checkelsky, MIT - April 17, 2023
Bosonic Quantum Information Processing: Liang Jiang, University of Chicago - April 10, 2023
The fine structure of quantum spin ice : Chris Laumann, Boston University - April 3, 2023
On Ising’s Model of Ferromagnetism: Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University - March 27, 2023
Simulating Nuclear Physics from Nature's Fundamental Interactions: From Classical Computations to Quantum Simulations: Zohreh Davoudi, University of Maryland - March 8, 2023
How to wake a sleeping elephant: Insights into quark (and gluon) confinement from the buzz of wee partons: Raju Venugopalan, BNL - March 6, 2023
Nuclear Astrophysics with Numerical Relativity: David Radice, Penn State - March 2, 2023
Ghostly Messengers of the Cosmos: Irene Tamborra, Niels Bohr Institute - February 27, 2023
Cosmic Laboratories for Nuclear Physics: Almudena Arcones, Darmstadt - February 22, 2023
The secret lives of quarks: from the lab to neutron stars: Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, University of Illinois - February 13, 2023
Electron transport in Weyl and Dirac semimetals: Anton Andreev, University of Washington - February 6, 2023
The “Who Ordered That” Collider: Nathaniel Craig, UC Santa Barbara - January 30, 2023
Physics Is More Than Problem-solving: Building Inclusivity and Belonging by Practicing Professionalism: Marty Baylor, Carleton College - January 23, 2023
LIGO past, present, and future: David Shoemaker, MIT - January 9, 2023
Radioactive atoms and molecules for nuclear science: Ronald Garcia Ruiz, MIT - December 5, 2022
Creating Matter (Without Antimatter!) in the Laboratory: Jason Detwiler, University of Washington / CENPA - November 30, 2022
Twists and turns of superconductivity from a repulsive interaction: Andrey V. Chubukov, University of Minnesota - November 28, 2022
Discovering the Dark Universe with Artificial Intelligence: Shih-Chieh Hsu, University of Washington - November 21, 2022
`Programming' Quantum Simulators with Atoms and Ions: Peter Zoller, Center for Quantum Physics, University of Innsbruck, and IQOQI, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria - November 14, 2022
Direct measurement of neutrino mass with sub-eV sensitivity by KATRIN: Sanshiro Enomoto, University of Washington - November 9, 2022
Searches for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay and Dark Matter Direct Interactions: 2015 Nobel Laureate Art McDonald, Gray Chair, Emeritus, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada - November 7, 2022
The Heavyweight W boson - an Upset to the Standard Model of Particle Physics: Ashutosh Kotwal, Duke University - October 31, 2022
Axionic ripples in the sky: Renée Hložek, University of Toronto - October 24, 2022
2022 Nobel Prize Colloquium: Jason Detwiler & Boris Blinov, University of Washington - October 17, 2022
Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe: Armita Nourmohammad, University of Washington - October 12, 2022
The Search for the Elusive Majorana Fermion: Vidya Madhavan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - October 10, 2022
Neutrino Physics in the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Era: Georgia Karagiorgi, Columbia University - October 3, 2022
Neutron Stars as Laboratories for Nuclear and Particle Physics: Sanjay Reddy, University of Washington and the Institute of Nuclear Theory - June 8, 2022
Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to Discovering and Understanding New Materials: Paul Canfield, Iowa State University - May 23, 2022
2022 Physics Awards Ceremony: Kai-Mei Fu, Aurel Bulgac, Xiaodong Xu, Boris Blinov - May 16, 2022
The Piezoaxionic Effect: Asimina Arvanitaki, Perimeter - May 9, 2022
Spatial Curvature, Dark Energy Dynamics, Neither, or Both?: Bharat Ratra, Kansas State University - May 2, 2022
The synthesis of heavy elements in stellar explosions: Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University - April 18, 2022
Studying the Beginning of the Universe from the Bottom of the World: Clement Pryke, University of Minnesota - April 11, 2022
Nuclear physics on an astronomical scale:the crash of neutron stars in gravitational-wave astronomy: Jocelyn Read, UC Fullerton - April 4, 2022
The Discrete Charm of Scale Invariance: Ubirajara van Kolck, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Arizona - March 28, 2022
What the LHC has revealed about the Standard Model: Heather Russell, University of Victoria - March 7, 2022
Computing Quantum Structure of A Light-Travelling Proton: Xiangdong Ji, University of Maryland - March 2, 2022
The Ann Nelson Professor Lecture: From Planck to Hubble: The Universe as a laboratory for physics across 30 orders of magnitude: Marilena Loverde, University of Washington - February 28, 2022
Conformal Field Theory in Quantum Gravity and the Lab: Shai Chester (Weizmann) - February 14, 2022
Flat space holography: from celestial symmetries to asymptotic charge dynamics: Ana-Maria Raclariu (Perimeter Institute) - February 7, 2022
Quantum many-body physics in the NISQ era: Matteo Ippoliti (Stanford) - February 2, 2022
Gravity and Effective Field Theory : Isabel Garcia Garcia (Kavli) - January 31, 2022
Black Holes and Quantum Mechanics: G. Joaquin Turiaci (IAS/Princeton) - January 26, 2022
Quantum spacetime and quantum statistics: Henry Maxfield (Stanford) - January 24, 2022
Topological solitons in gravity: Ibou Bah (JHU) - January 19, 2022
Symmetry and Topology: from CM to HEP: Justin Kaidi (Stony Brook ) - January 12, 2022
The Incredible Inedible Axion: John Stout (Harvard) - January 10, 2022
Bridging Quantum Many-Body Physics and Quantum Information Theory: Isaac Kim (UC Davis) - January 5, 2022
Scrambling, chaos, and operator complexity: Thomas Scaffidi (U Toronto) - January 3, 2022
From Dirac fermions to topological matter: a common thread in particle and condensed matter physics: David Kaplan, University of Washington - December 6, 2021
The New Nuclear Arms Race, Its Dangers, and How to Turn it Around: Rob Goldston, Princeton - November 29, 2021
The InQubator for Quantum Simulation (IQuS): Martin Savage, University of Washington - November 22, 2021
Quantum Nanophotonics Hardware: From Nanofabrication to Quantum Circuit Mapping: Marina Radulaski, UC Davis - November 15, 2021
Accelerating Particle Physics Discovery with Artificial Intelligence: Shih-Chieh Hsu, University of Washington - November 8, 2021
Non-equilibrium quantum dynamics from atomic to cosmic scales: Smitha Vishveshwara, UIUC - November 1, 2021
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics: A Scientific Summary: John Wettlaufer, Yale University & Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics - October 25, 2021
Synthesis, characterization and control of quantum defects for quantum network applications: from deep centers in diamond to shallow impurities in ZnO: Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington - October 18, 2021
Atoms and Photons: Quantum Technology Meets Fundamental Physics: Monika Schleier-Smith, Stanford University - October 11, 2021
Trapped ions at UW: qubits, qudits, entanglement and fun in two dimensions: Boris Blinov, University of Washington - October 4, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Physics with EIC": Anna Stasto, Pennsylvania State University - June 15, 2021
Anomalies in effective field theories from superstrings: Mary Gaillard (UC Berkeley) - May 24, 2021
Nuclear Astrophysics at FRIB: Hendrik Schatz (MSU) - May 17, 2021
CANCELED: Cosmological Seed Magnetic Field from Inflation: Bharat Ratra - May 10, 2021
Measuring behavior across scales: Gordon Berman (Emory) - May 3, 2021
The Magic of Atomically Thin Materials: Eva Andrei (Rutgers) - April 26, 2021
Information bottlenecks and learnability in sensing in biology: Stephanie Palmer (U Chicago) - April 19, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Ab-intio AI for the structure of matter": Phiala Shanahan, MIT - April 15, 2021
First Results from the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment!: David Hertzog (UW) - April 12, 2021
Statistical mechanics of stem cells: Sid Goyal (U. Toronto) - April 5, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Lattice field theory and strong-interaction physics in the era of quantum simulation": Zohreh Davoudi, University of Maryland - April 1, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Element synthesis and neutrinos in neutron star mergers": Gail McLaughlin, North Carolina State University - March 30, 2021
Fracton order: from quantum hard drive to foliated manifold: Xie Chen (Caltech) - March 29, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Physics beyond the Standard Model with nuclear probes": Vincenzo Cirigliano, LANL - March 25, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "New tools for the quantum many-body problem": Dean Lee, NSCL/MSU - March 23, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Chiral magnetic effect: from quarks to quantum computers": Dmitri Kharzeev, Stony Brook University - March 18, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Geometry, Noether currents and relativistic fluids": Stefan Flörchinger, University of Heidelberg - March 16, 2021
Frontiers in Nuclear Theory Colloquium: "Parity doubling in cold and dense QCD": Chihiro Sasaki, University of Wroclaw - March 11, 2021
From quarks to nuclei: unveiling universalities in strongly interacting many-body systems: Or Hen (MIT) - March 8, 2021
Hot Electrons, Cold Materials: Building Blocks for Next Generation Semiconductor Devices: Rehan Kapadia (USC) - March 1, 2021
Exploring new scientific frontiers with programmable quantum systems: Misha Lukin (Harvard) - February 22, 2021
Are we Living in the Matrix?: David Tong - February 8, 2021
Magic Angle Bilayer Graphene - Superconductors, Orbital Magnets, Correlated States and beyond: Dmitri Efetov (ICFO) - February 1, 2021
Capturing light induced phase transitions with femtosecond movies: Nuh Gedik (MIT) - January 25, 2021
From authentic experiments and everyday observations to introductory physics problems: Gorazd Planinsic (University of Ljubljana) - January 11, 2021
Out-of-equilibrium phenomena with ultracold atoms in optical lattices: Monika Aidelsburger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology) - December 7, 2020
Using Information Geometry to find simple models of complex processes: Mark Transtrum (BYU) - November 30, 2020
Quantum interfaces based on ion traps: Tracy Northrup (Universität Innsbruck) - November 23, 2020
Searching for Dark Complexity with Colliders and Telescopes: David Curtin (U. Toronto) - November 16, 2020
An Ab Initio Approach to Predicting and Controlling Quantum Systems: Pri Narang (Harvard) - November 9, 2020
Special collective modes from spin-orbit coupling.: Saurabh Maiti (Concordia University) - November 2, 2020
Imaging black holes (Celebrating the Nobel Prize): Jason Dexter (CU Boulder) - October 26, 2020
Form from flow: The role of dynamics in shaping fluvial and vascular topology: Eleni Katifori (UPenn) - October 19, 2020
Eöt-Wash & the physics that won the Breakthrough Prize!: Adelberger, Gundlach and Heckel (UW) - October 12, 2020
Quasi-1D Hexagonal Chalcogenides: From Giant Optical Anisotropy to Ultralow Glassy Thermal Conductivity: Jayakanth Ravichandran (USC) - October 5, 2020
Measuring and enhancing quantitative reasoning in physics instruction: Suzanne White Brahmia (UW Physics) - September 30, 2020
Nematic quantum criticality in iron-based superconductors: Jiun-Haw Chu (UW Physics) - September 28, 2020
Neural network-like collective dynamics in molecules: Arvind Murugan - March 9, 2020
The Search for Topological Phases of Matter: Ashley Cook, UC Berkeley - February 26, 2020
Preparing Physics Students for 21st Century Careers: The PHYS21 Report: Paula Heron - February 24, 2020
New Physics at the Precision Frontier: Ken Van Tilburg, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB - February 19, 2020
Imaging Black Holes: Beyond the Shadow: Jason Dexter, University of Colorado Boulder - February 13, 2020
Searching for New Physics Across the Spectra: Masha Baryakhtar, NYU - February 12, 2020
Many-Body Quantum Chaos: an Entanglement Perspective: Laimei Nie, Chicago - February 10, 2020
Many Body Effects of Chiral Edge Fermions: Biao Lian, Princeton - February 5, 2020
A Black Hole Perspective on Fundamental Physics: Conformal Field Theory, Quantum Chaos, and Quantum Information: Alex Maloney, McGill - February 3, 2020
Searching for the invisible: how dark forces shape our Universe: Katelin Schutz, MIT - January 29, 2020
Symmetry indicators for topological materials: Hoi Chun (Adrian) Po, MIT - January 27, 2020
Dynamical quantum materials: Mark Rudner, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen - January 22, 2020
String Theoretic Illuminations of Moonshine: Natalie Paquette, Caltech - January 15, 2020
Anomalies: From Magnets to the Nuclear Force: Shu-Heng Shao, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton - January 13, 2020
How to Discover New Physics with Cosmological Datasets: Marilena Loverde, Stony Brook - January 8, 2020
Entangled Butterflies: Chaos in Complex Quantum Systems: Brian Swingle, University of Maryland - January 6, 2020
The Unbearable Lightness of Neutrinos: Diana Parno - December 2, 2019
Magnetic quadrupole moment in crystals: Di Xiao - November 25, 2019
Electronic Correlations in Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene: Stevan Nadj-Purge (Caltech) - November 18, 2019
Collagen: a fascinating responsive material building block from Nature: Nancy Forde (SFU) - November 4, 2019
Using Nanopores to Watch Enzymes at Work: Jens Gundlach - October 28, 2019
Nobel Prize Special Edition (Morales & co): Miguel Morales - October 21, 2019
Majorana zero modes: a new kind of ‘particle’, and where it can be found: Charlie Marcus (UCPH and Microsoft) - October 14, 2019
Becoming what you smell: Vijay Balasubramanian (U Penn) - October 7, 2019
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Broad Quantum Emitters: Arka Majumdar, University of Washington - September 30, 2019
Coulomb gap here, there and everywhere: Boris Shklovskii, University of Minnesota - June 3, 2019
Diffusion in the Quantum Era: Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University - May 20, 2019
Dissecting microbial growth at multiple scales, from atoms to cells: Kerwyn C Huang, Stanford University - May 13, 2019
Exploring the Dark Sector: Surprising Opportunities at Familiar Mass Scales: Natalia Toro, Stanford University - May 6, 2019
Physics archaeology: unearthing a 45 year old quantum spin liquid: Patrick Lee, MIT - April 29, 2019
Evolutionary Approaches to Antibiotic Resistance: Michael Baym, Harvard Medical School - April 22, 2019
Faster, Smaller, Cheaper: FASER and New Particle Searches on the Lifetime Frontier: Jonathan Feng, University of California, Irvine - April 15, 2019
Splitting the electron: Probing electron fractionalization in topological quantum matter: Maissam Barkeshli, University of Maryland - April 8, 2019
Deep learning for single-cell biology: David Van Valen, California Institute of Technology - April 1, 2019
Twisting and Stretching van der Waals Bilayers: an Atomic-Scale View: Abhay Pashupathy, Columbia University - March 11, 2019
Supporting the integration of numerical computation in physics education: Marcos (Danny) Caballero, Michigan State University - March 4, 2019
Building-Microbial Communities from the Bottom Up: Jeff Gore, MIT - February 25, 2019
CANCELED: (CANCELLED DUE TO THE SNOW) Super-Semi Hybrids for Qubits and Beyond: Charles M Marcus, Niels Bohr Institute and Microsoft Research - February 11, 2019
Two-dimensional quantum electronics with a twist: Matthew Yankowitz, Columbia University - February 4, 2019
Hybrid quantum networks: interfacing photons, phonons, and superconducting qubits: Mohammad Mirhosseini, Caltech - January 30, 2019
New forms of matter with ultracold atoms: spin-orbit coupling and supersolidity: Wolfgang Ketterle, MIT - January 28, 2019
Visualizing quantum Hall wedding cakes: Topology- and interaction-driven effects in 2D quantum dots: Christopher Gutierrez, University of British Columbia - January 23, 2019
Tunable quantum phenomena in atomically thin crystals: Qiong Ma, MIT - January 16, 2019
Topology and Geometry in Quantum Materials: Su-Yang Xu, MIT - January 14, 2019
New tools for probing classical and quantum nanomaterials: Arthur Barnard, Stanford University - January 9, 2019
Interacting Electronic States in Graphene Heterostructures: Eric Spanton, UC Santa Barbara - January 7, 2019
You may find yourself with a huge particle collider and 17 elementary particles and you may ask yourself... well, how did I get here?: Melissa Franklin, Harvard University - December 3, 2018
Neutrino Properties from Cosmology: Marilena Loverde, SUNY Stony Brook - November 26, 2018
Jacobsohn Lecture: Massive black holes and their cosmic backdrop: Marta Volonteri, IAP Paris - November 19, 2018
A Photonic Link for Donor Spin Qubits in Silicon: Stephanie Simmons, Simon Fraser University - November 5, 2018
Dark Matter in Disequilibrium: Mariangela Lisanti, Princeton University - October 29, 2018
Quantum-driven classical optimization: Helmut Katzgraber, Microsoft Research - October 22, 2018
The Terrestrial Planets of Other Stars: David Charbonneau, Harvard University - October 15, 2018
2018 Nobel Prize mini-symposium: "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics": Qi Zhang, Paul Wiggins and Chip Asbury, University of Washington - October 8, 2018
Physics Town Hall meeting: Blayne Heckel - October 1, 2018
Color and shape: Control and measurement of single-photon pulses: Brian J. Smith, University of Oregon and University of Oxford - May 21, 2018
Probing the Dark Universe with Galaxy Surveys: Risa Wechsler, Stanford University - May 14, 2018
Watching mutations and evolutionary dynamics in live cells and in real time: Thomas E. Kulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - May 7, 2018
A new approach to simulating the Universe: Andrew Pontzen (Jacobsohn Memorial Lecturer), University College London - April 30, 2018
Floquet quantum states: topological transitions, steady states, and surprising implications: Gil Refael, Caltech - April 23, 2018
Dualities in Quantum Hall Physics: Andreas Karch, University of Washington - April 16, 2018
Investigative Science Learning Environment (ISLE): Learning physics by practicing it: Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers - April 9, 2018
Fractionalizing the Hofstadter Butterfly: fractional Chern insulators in graphene superlattices: Michael Zaletel, Princeton University - April 2, 2018
Tuning the degrees of freedom in 2D materials: Cory Dean, Columbia University - March 26, 2018
What Stubs and Sparkles In Vast Vats of Liquid Will Tell Us About Exploding Stars: Kate Scholberg, Duke University - March 5, 2018
Fractional quantum Hall effect as a window to new dualities in quantum field theory: Dam Thanh Son, University of Chicago - February 26, 2018
Physics and chemistry with diatomic molecules near absolute zero: Tanya Zelevinsky, Columbia University - February 12, 2018
Magic State Distillation: Towards a Universal Quantum Computer: Matt Hastings, Microsoft Research - February 5, 2018
The UW MRSEC: Molecular Engineering Materials Center: Daniel Gamelin, Xiaodong Xu, University of Washington - January 29, 2018
Anisotropies in the flux of ultra-high energy cosmic rays: Edivaldo Moura Santos, University of Sao Paolo/Chicago - January 22, 2018
From quantum computation to quantum signal processing: the power of a single qubit: Isaac Chuang, MIT - January 8, 2018
Quantum information processing with trapped atomic ions: David Wineland, NIST, Boulder - December 4, 2017
Star formation in nearby galaxies: the why and the where: Sara Ellison, University of Victoria - November 30, 2017
Scale-Invariant transport near quantum critical point in a cuprate superconductor: Arkady Shehter, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory - November 27, 2017
Creation of the heavy elements seen in the light and gravitational waves of a neutron star merger: Daniel Kasen, UC Berkeley and LBNL - November 20, 2017
Getting Your Science Story to the Media—and the Masses: Wayt Gibbs and Alan Boyle, TBA - November 16, 2017
The Dawn of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with Gravitational Waves: the first joint detection of GWs and Light: Raffaella Margutti, Northwestern - November 9, 2017
Why is scientific reasoning so hard, and what can we do about it?: Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University - November 6, 2017
Data Science for (X-ray) Astronomy: Daniela Huppenkothen, UW/DIRAC - November 2, 2017
The conformal bootstrap: magnets, boiling water, and quantum gravity: David Simmons-Duffin, Caltech - October 30, 2017
Testing the Caustic Ring Dark Matter Halo Model Against Observations in the Milky Way: Julie Dumas, Vanderbilt - October 26, 2017
Neutron particles and neutron waves: Charles Clark, NIST, JQI - October 23, 2017
"The Great Collider in China" - A Future Accelerator to Study the Higgs Boson and to Explore Nature at the Energy Frontier: Xinchou Lou, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China and UT Dallas - October 16, 2017
Nobel Prize 2017: Exploring the New Frontier of Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Fred Raab, LIGO Hanford - October 9, 2017
Telescopes for Eyes: What Jumping Spiders Can Teach Us About Seeing the World: Nate Morehouse, University of Cincinnati - October 5, 2017
Superfluid Mixtures, Molecules, and Interferometry with ultracold atomic gases: Subhadeep Gupta, University of Washington - October 2, 2017
Origins of Structure in Planetary Systems: Ruth Murray-Clay, UCSC - June 1, 2017
The Multi-Dimensional Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanism: Adam Burrows, Princeton University - May 22, 2017
JWST is Coming to a Lagrangian Point Near You!: George Rieke, University of Arizona - May 18, 2017
Dark Matter, the Higgs Boson and the LHC: Shih-Chieh Hsu, University of Washington - May 15, 2017
Strange Nonchaotic Stars: John Lindner, The College of Wooster - May 11, 2017
Polariton laser using a designable microcavity: Hui Deng, University of Michigan - May 8, 2017
Polarimetry for biosignatures and habitability markers: Kim Bott, University of Washington - May 4, 2017
Weighing Neutrinos (and the Universe) with Noble Liquid Time Projection Chambers: Andrea Pocar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - May 2, 2017
Integrated Optomechanics and GHz acousto-optics: Mo Li, University of Minnesota - May 1, 2017
Observational Assessment of Stellar Feedback in Nearby Galaxies: Laura Lopez, OSU - April 27, 2017
Clocks to weigh Beyond Standard Model Physics: Muon g-2 and the Neutrino Mass Scale: Martin Fertl, University of Washington - April 25, 2017
Capturing gene regulation in action by single-molecule imaging directly inside living cells: Ibrahim Cissé, MIT - April 24, 2017
Planet Nine from Outer Space: Konstantin Batygin, Caltech - April 20, 2017
Unveiling the Nature of Neutrinos and Dark Matter: Kyungeun Lim, Yale University - April 18, 2017
On Effective Field Theory (and a bit of Differential Geometry) in Cosmology: Leonardo Senatore, Stanford - April 17, 2017
Weak gravitational Lensing by Large-Scale Structure: Hendrik Hildebrandt, Bonn University - April 13, 2017
Quantum entanglement, strange metals, and black holes: Subir Sachdev, Harvard University - April 10, 2017
Two Stars of Stellar Evolution: Karl-Heinz Bohm and Erika Bohm-Vitense: Julie Lutz, Bruce Balick & Emily Levesque, University of Washington - April 6, 2017
New avenues in rare-event searches: Alvaro E Chavarria, TBA - April 4, 2017
Topological properties of novel resonant states in nanophotonics: Bo Zhen, MIT and Technion - April 3, 2017
The quest to measure the cosmic initial conditions: Matt McQuinn, University of Washington - March 30, 2017
Black holes, quantum mechanics, and the topology of space and time: Gerard 't Hooft, Utrecht University - March 27, 2017
A bright future for Introductory Physics Courses: Tim Stelzer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - March 6, 2017
Thermalization, Localization, and Non-Equilibrium Criticality: Andrew Potter, UT Austin - February 27, 2017
Berry phase effects in crystals: Di Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University - February 22, 2017
Exploring Quantum Electronic Transport in Flatland: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, MIT - February 13, 2017
Statistical physics of molecular evolution: from gene regulation to the immune system: Armita Nourmohammad, Princeton - February 8, 2017
Quantum gravity, conformal field theory and black holes: Alex Maloney, McGill University - February 7, 2017
The LIGO discovery and primordial black hole dark matter: Ely Kovetz, Johns Hopkins - February 1, 2017
Higher-spin symmetry in quantum gravity and conformal field theory: Simone Giombi, Princeton - January 30, 2017
Bouncing: Anna Ijjas, Princeton - January 25, 2017
The interplay of symmetry and topology in quantum condensed matter: Lukasz Fidkowski, Stony Brook - January 23, 2017
Quantum alchemy for the 21st century: accessing new horizons of quantum many-body dynamics through periodic driving: Mark Rudner, Niels Bohr Institute - January 18, 2017
Symmetries in anyon systems: Fiona Burnell, University of Minnesota - January 9, 2017
Observational Constraints on Supernova Progenitor Systems: Melissa Graham, University of Washington - December 8, 2016
Building with Crystals of Light and Quantum Matter: From clocks to computers: Ana Maria Rey, JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder - December 5, 2016
Search for the Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of 199-Hg: B.R. Heckel, University of Washington - November 21, 2016
Validating quantum devices: Matthias Troyer, Microsoft and ETH Zurich - November 14, 2016
Quasars and the Ionization of the Intergalactic Medium: Helium Reionization and Beyond: David Syphers, Eastern Washington University - November 10, 2016
2β or Not 2β: Majorana Neutrinos, Grand Unification, and the Existence of the Universe: Jason Detwiler, University of Washington - November 7, 2016
Upcoming Planetary Defense Challenges: Ed Lu, B612 Foundation - November 3, 2016
New types of order in strongly correlated materials: Alexei Tsvelik, Brookhaven National Laboratory - October 31, 2016
The Evolution of Massive Stars: Closing the Loop in the Local Group: Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory - October 27, 2016
From the Higgs to the Dark Unknown: the Search of the Underlying Code of Our Universe.: Joseph Incandela, UC Santa Barbara and CERN - October 24, 2016
Resolving the Small-Scale Structure of the Cool Circumgalactic Medium: Kate Rubin, San Diego State University - October 20, 2016
Searching For Dark Matter In The Sky: Tracy Slatyer, MIT - October 17, 2016
TBA: Jonelle Walsh, Texas A&M University - October 13, 2016
2016 Nobel Prize: David Thouless and Topological Phases: Marcel den Nijs and Others, University of Washington - October 10, 2016
The Latte Project: Simulating the Milky Way with its Dwarf Galaxy Population: Andrew Wetzel, Caltech - October 6, 2016
Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases under the Microscope: Martin Zwierlein, MIT - October 3, 2016
UW Astronomy: State of the Department & Plans for the Next Year: Julianne Dalcanton, University of Washington - September 29, 2016
Defects in optically active semiconductors for quantum applications: Kai-Mei Fu, UW Physics - September 26, 2016
Adventures in planetary science: Don Brownlee, University of Washington - May 26, 2016
Designing Superconductivity: Manipulating Interactions in Arrays of Superconducting Islands: Nadya Mason, University of Illinois at Urbana - May 23, 2016
Rare Elements from the First Stars to Today: Ian Roederer, University of Michigan - May 19, 2016
Ascertaining the Core Collapse Supernova Explosion Mechanism: Dream Becoming Reality: Anthony Mezzacappa, University of Tennessee/ORNL - May 16, 2016
Seeking simplicity in complexity: A physicist’s view of vulcanized media: Paul M Goldbart, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology - May 9, 2016
The Supernova Impostor SN 2010da: Breanna Binder, UW Bothell - May 5, 2016
Superfluid atom circuits: Gretchen Campbell, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland - May 2, 2016
New Horizons Exploration of the Pluto System: Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory - April 28, 2016
The Quest to Identify the Mechanism that Stabilizes the Weak Scale: Devin Walker, University of Washington - April 25, 2016
Stars in the Laboratory: Presolar Stardust in the Solar System: Larry Nittler, Carnegie Institute of Washington DTM - April 21, 2016
Detecting and coupling quantum objects with quantum light: Dan Stamper-Kurn, Berkeley - April 18, 2016
Rare Elements from the First Stars to Today: Ian Roederer, University of Michigan - April 14, 2016
Topological Boundary Modes from Quantum Electronics to Classical Mechanics: Charles Kane, University of Pennsylvania - April 11, 2016
A Detailed View of Mass Loss in Massive Stars: Jamie Lomax, University of Oklahoma - April 7, 2016
New Directions in Searching for the Dark Universe: Surjeet Rajendran, Berkeley - April 4, 2016
Revisiting and Repurposing the Double Helix: Taekjip Ha, Johns Hopkins University - March 28, 2016
Low Mass Galaxies and their Gas at the Peak Epoch of Star Formation: Dawn Erb, University of Wisconsin, Madison - March 10, 2016
Examining the Relationships Among Intuition, Reasoning, and Conceptual Understanding in Physics: Mila Kryjevskaia, North Dakota State University - March 9, 2016
Decoding spacetime: Patrick Hayden, Stanford University - March 7, 2016
The Universe’s most extreme star-forming galaxies: Caitlin Casey, University of Texas, Austin - March 3, 2016
Energy Dynamics and Learning Dynamics: Rachel E. Scherr, Seattle Pacific University - March 2, 2016
Dark Matter - Where are we, and what's next?: Reina Maruyama, Yale - February 29, 2016
The Optical-Infrared Extinction Curve and its Variation in the Milky Way: Eddie Schlafly, University of California, Berkeley - February 25, 2016
The role of research in improving instruction: New insights from introductory physics and upper-division analog electronics: Mackenzie Stetzer, University of Maine - February 24, 2016
The First Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves: David Shoemaker, MIT Kavli Institute - February 22, 2016
Planet-disc interactions in binary star systems: Rebecca Martin, University of Nevada - February 18, 2016
Shaking up statistical physics in interacting quantum systems: Anushya Chandran, Perimeter Institute - February 16, 2016
AGN Triggering in Galaxy Mergers as Traced by Dual AGN and Offset AGN: Julie Comerford, University of Colorado - February 11, 2016
Mathematization: Enhancing learning by fostering physics creativity: Suzanne Brahmia, Rutgers - February 8, 2016
From Imaging Disks and Gas Giant Planets with the Gemini Planet Imager to Habitable Earth-like planets with the ELTs: Christian Marois, NRC & University of Victoria - February 4, 2016
Disrupting superconductivity: how coexisting phases modify superconductivity in electron and hole-doped cuprates: Inna Vishik, MIT - February 3, 2016
The quest for neutrino-less double-beta decay: Giorgio Gratta, Stanford - February 1, 2016
Probing Cosmological Reionization with the High-redshift Lyman-alpha Forest: Anson D’Aloisio, University of Washington - January 28, 2016
Re-thinking intro physics labs: Teaching and assessing critical thinking: Dr. Natasha Holmes, Stanford University - January 27, 2016
Matter at High Energy Density and Ultra-relativistic Collisions: Larry McLerran, Brookhaven National Laboratory - January 25, 2016
The Formation of Planets from the Direct Accretion of Pebbles: Hal Levison, South West Research Institute - January 21, 2016
Universal Charge Order in the Cuprate High-Tc Superconductors: Eduardo da Silva Neto, University of British Columbia - January 20, 2016
A PHAT New Measurement of High-Mass Stellar IMF: Dan Weisz, University of Washington - January 14, 2016
From Old to New Physics with Electron-Electron Scattering: Krishna Kumar, Stony Brook - January 11, 2016
Exploring novel ferromagnetic and superconducting orders using proximity effect in material heterostructures: Peng Wei, MIT - January 6, 2016
Revealing Hidden Orders in Spin-Orbit Coupled Correlated Materials: Liuyan Zhao, CalTech - December 7, 2015
Compact Binary Studies with PTF, ZTF, and Beyond: Eric Bellm, Caltech - December 3, 2015
Nuclear astrophysics in the multi-messenger era: Sanjay Reddy, University of Washington INT - November 30, 2015
Advances in Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, and Exoplanet Science with Large Surveys: Keivan Guadalupe Stassun, Vanderbilt University, Fisk University - November 19, 2015
Radii, rotation, and relaxation: stellar populations and kinematics of young open clusters: Kevin Covey, TBA - November 12, 2015
Shedding Light on Quantum Materials: Kyle Shen, Cornell University - November 9, 2015
New Insights into Astrophysical Turbulence: Brant Robertson, UC Santa Cruz - November 5, 2015
Story of Miharu in response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: The Misho Project: Takeshi Koike, Tohoku University - November 2, 2015
TBA: Dan Foreman-Mackey, University of Washington - October 29, 2015
Alt-Instrumentation – From Ground to Space: Sarah Elizabeth Tuttle, UT Austin and UW Astronomy - October 26, 2015
Tending the Fire: Growing Blacks Holes through Galaxy Mergers and Gas Accretion: Mike Koss, ETH Zurich - October 22, 2015
Learning to use math in science: Edward (Joe) Redish, Department of Physics, University of Maryland - October 19, 2015
Through Curving Wherewhen: Quasar Cosmology with SDSS-IV: Adam Myers, University of Wyoming - October 15, 2015
2015 Nobel mini-symposium: neutrino oscillation: J. Detwiler, R.G.H. Robertson, N. Tolich, J. Wilkes, University of Washington - October 12, 2015
Berry phase effects in crystals: From anomalous Hall effect to valleytronics: Di Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University - October 5, 2015
Chasing the Dark Matter Wind: Jocelyn Monroe, Royal Holloway College London - June 1, 2015
The Story of Single Molecules, from Early Spectroscopy in Solids, to Super Resolution Nanoscopy in Cells and Beyond: W.E. Moerner, Stanford University - May 20, 2015
Discovery of Electron Neutrino Appearance from a Muon Neutrino Beam in T2K and Future Outlook for Discovery of CP Violation in Lepton Sector: Chang Kee Jung, Stony Brook - May 11, 2015
Phase transitions in bacterial populations: what tiny cells can teach us about the physics of active matter: Josh Shaevitz, Princeton - May 4, 2015
Investigating student learning in upper-division laboratory courses on analog electronics: Mackenzie Stetzer, University of Maine - April 27, 2015
Spins and photons: quantum optics with defect centers in diamond: Lily Childress, Department of Physics, McGill University - April 13, 2015
Searches for Particle Dark Matter: Tim Tait, UC Irvine - April 6, 2015
Controlling and Exploring Quantum Matter at the Single Atom Level: Immanuel Bloch, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics & Ludwig-Maximilians University - March 30, 2015
Nucleosynthesis and Neutrinos Near Newly Formed Compact Objects: Luke Roberts, Caltech - March 10, 2015
Cosmic Rays, Solar Forcing and 20th century climate change: Nir J. Shaviv, IAS Princeton and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - March 9, 2015
From Condensed Matter to Cosmology: Axions and Inflatons in the Early Universe: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, MIT - March 2, 2015
The microwave sky and the dark universe: Daniel Grin, University of Chicago - February 23, 2015
Benchtop Particle Astrophysics: Gray Rybka, UW - February 9, 2015
Atomic Lego with 2D materials: a new playground for condensed matter physics and nanotechnology: Yong P Chen, Purdue University - February 2, 2015
Turbulent Frontiers in Massive Stellar Death: Sean Couch, California Institute of Technology - January 26, 2015
Measurements of the normal state persistent current in gold mesoscopic rings: Ivana Petkovic, Yale University - January 20, 2015
Elastoresistance measurements as a probe of broken symmetries in solids: Jiun-Haw Chu, Stanford University - January 12, 2015
Structurally Resolved 2D Materials: from Weakly Bound to Strongly Interacting: Adam Wei Tsen, Department of Physics, Columbia University - January 5, 2015
Using ultra-high magnetic fields to explore high-temperature superconductors: Brad Ramshaw, Los Alamos National Laboratory - December 8, 2014
Spin orbit interaction induced magnetic dynamics: Luqiao Liu, IBM Watson Research Center - December 2, 2014
Physical Review Letters today: Sami Mitra, American Physical Society - December 1, 2014
Some small steps toward Artificial Life: Paul Chaikin, New York University - November 24, 2014
Custom low-dimensional material systems explored from atom to bulk: Adina Luican-Mayer, Argonne National Laboratory - November 17, 2014
Controlling the Quantum State of a Macroscopic Mechanical Oscillator with Microwave Fields: Tauno Palomaki, University of Washington - November 10, 2014
Visualization of replication conflicts and other stories of life at a molecular scale - Applications of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Paul Wiggins, University of Washington, Departments of Physics and Bioengineering - October 27, 2014
Detection of B-mode polarization at 150GHz and degree angular scales by BICEP2: Clement Pryke, University of Minnesota - October 20, 2014
From black holes to badly behaved metals: Sean Hartnoll, Stanford - October 13, 2014
The Amazing Electron and Its Moments: Most Stringent Tests of the Standard Model and Proposed Extensions: Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University - October 6, 2014
Spin-dependent gauge fields in atomic gases: Ian Spielman, JQI, NIST and University of Maryland - September 29, 2014
Mechanics and Dynamics of Rapid Cell Movement: Julie Theriot, Stanford - June 2, 2014
Neutron Stars as Probes of Ultradense Matter: Feryal Ozel, University of Arizona - May 19, 2014
Ultracold Gases: The Big Picture and the Details: Deborah Jin, JILA, Boulder - May 12, 2014
The Hottest, and Most Liquid, Liquid in the Universe: Krishna Rajagopal (Boris A Jacobsohn Memorial Lecturer), MIT - May 5, 2014
IceCube and the Discovery of High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos: Francis Halzen, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center and Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - April 28, 2014
Quantum Nano-Optics: Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University - April 21, 2014
Hunting for WIMPs in the Panda Land: Xiangdong Ji, University of Maryland/Shanghai Jiao Tong University - April 14, 2014
A New Look At Knots and Quantum Mechanics: Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton - April 7, 2014
Making the world’s best clock: Jun Ye, JILA and U Colorado at Boulder - March 31, 2014
Engineering New Electronic States in Graphene Heterostructures: Massive Dirac Fermions and Hofstadter’s Butterfly: Benjamin Hunt, MIT Physics Department - March 10, 2014
Neutrinos: Future directions in particle physics and astrophysics: Nikolai Tolich, UW Physics - March 3, 2014
Topology, symmetry, and edge states in graphene heterostructures: Andrea Young, MIT Physics Department - February 24, 2014
The physics of supercapacitors: Brian Skinner, Argonne National Laboratory - February 18, 2014
Photonic topological insulators and pseudomagnetism: Mikael Rechtsman, Technion - February 10, 2014
Rogue Atoms in Flatland: Probing atomic disorder in two-dimensional systems: Pinshane Huang, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University - February 3, 2014
Quantum control of metal/semiconductor hybrid systems: from atomic layer superconductivity to deep sub-diffraction nanolasers: Chih-Kang (Ken) Shih, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin - January 27, 2014
Thin film interference in ultra-thin layers: color coatings, tunable absorbers, and thermal emitters: Mikhail A. Kats, Harvard University - January 21, 2014
Hot carriers in Graphene: Justin Song, MIT - January 13, 2014
Controlling electrons and excitons in the two dimensional limit: Arend van der Zande, Columbia University - January 9, 2014
Optical generation and electrical control of spins and pseudospins in 2D semiconductors: Xiaodong Xu, Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington - January 6, 2014
Beyond the Higgs Boson: Further questions and expectations for the Large Hadron Collider: Michael Peskin, Stanford University - December 9, 2013
Taking Control of Quantum Electronics: Irfan Siddiqi, Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory, UC Berkeley - December 2, 2013
A research-validated approach to transforming upper-division physics courses: Steven Pollock, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder - November 25, 2013
Exploring Collective Effects for Precision Measurement: James Thompson, University of Colorado Boulder - November 18, 2013
Topological States of Matter: Bogdan A. Bernevig, Department of Physics, Princeton University - November 4, 2013
Principles and Applications of Magnetoencephaloraphy (MEG) for Non-Invasive Brain Imaging: Samu Taulu, Elekta Oy, Helsinki, Finland - October 28, 2013
Remote control and high-resolution measurement for molecular motors research: Zev Bryant, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University - October 21, 2013
Nobel mini-symposium 2013: The Higgs boson: Ann Nelson and Henry Lubatti, University of Washington - October 14, 2013
Black Holes and Firewalls: Can We Take Nothing For Granted: Rafael Bousso, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley - October 7, 2013
21 cm Cosmology: Miguel Morales, UW Physics - September 30, 2013
Amplified Stimulated X-Ray Emission in Atomic and Molecular Systems: Nina Rohringer, CFEL - June 6, 2013
Project X: Bob Tschirhart, FNAL - May 20, 2013
First results from the AMS Experiment on the International Space Station: Veronica Bindi, Hawaii University - May 13, 2013
Precision Measurements With Atom Interferometry: Holger Müller, University of California, Berkeley - May 6, 2013
Results from Planck: James G. Bartlett, Universite Paris Diderot & California Institute of Technology - April 29, 2013
Axion Detection with NMR: Peter Graham, Stanford University - April 22, 2013
From Nuclear Forces to Nuclei: Sonia Bacca, TRIUMF - April 15, 2013
Probing New Physics beyond the Standard Model with Neutrino Oscillation: Mu-Chun Chen, University of California Irvine - April 8, 2013
Testing the Standard Model with Lattice QCD: Ruth Van De Water, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - April 1, 2013
The Proton Radius Puzzle: Gerald Miller, University of Washington - March 11, 2013
Stellar Explosions and Element Synthesis: Gail McLaughlin, North Carolina State University - March 4, 2013
Holography, Black Holes and Quantum Gravity: Alex Maloney, McGill University - February 25, 2013
Aspects of 21st Century Nuclear Physics: Silas Beane, UNH - February 11, 2013
Cosmic clues for dark matter and their implications for a dark matter asymmetry: Kathryn Zurek, University of Michigan - February 4, 2013
Lattice QCD: Kostas Orginos, The College of William and Mary, Theory Center at Jefferson Lab - January 28, 2013
Quantum Mechanics and Space-Time in the 21st Century: Nima Arkani-Hamed, IAS - January 14, 2013
The Emergence of Jets at the Large Hadron Collider: Matt Schwartz, Harvard - January 7, 2013
Searching for dark matter in the discovery age: Dan Hooper, Fermilab - December 3, 2012
Nuclear forces from quantum chromodynamics: Martin Savage, Department of Physics, University of Washington - November 26, 2012
The New Astronomy of LIGO: Exploring the Gravitational-wave Sky: Duncan Brown, Syracuse University - November 19, 2012
Bloch, Landau, and Dirac: Hofstadter’s Butterfly in Graphene: Philip Kim, Department of Physics, Columbia University - November 5, 2012
Large-Scale Integrated Photonics for Twenty-First Century Information Technologies.: Ray Beausoleil, HP Labs, Palo Alto - October 29, 2012
Search for Majorana Fermions in Spin-Orbit Coupled Superfluids and Superconductors: Chuanwei Zhang, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas - October 22, 2012
Nobel Prize symposium: manipulation of individual quantum systems: local experts, University of Washington - October 15, 2012
Measurement of the Thermal spectrum of Hawking radiation from a Horizon: Bill Unruh, Department of Physics, University of British Columbia - October 8, 2012
Physics in Flatland: From Phase Transitions to Turbulence: Robert E. Ecke, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory - October 1, 2012
Combining Ultracold Atoms: Quantum Mixtures and Towards Polar Molecules: Subhadeep Gupta, Department of Physics, University of Washington - September 24, 2012
Bayes versus Frequentism: the return of an old controversy: Louis Lyons, University of Oxford - May 21, 2012
Antihydrogen in Its Ground State and the Antiproton Magnetic Moment: Jerry Gabrielse, Harvard University - May 14, 2012
Measurement of the pi0 Lifetime: QCD Axial Anomaly and Chiral Symmetry: Aron Bernstein, MIT - May 7, 2012
Measuring purity of quantum states and detecting drift of quantum sources: Steven van Enk, University of Oregon - April 30, 2012
The Big Mysteries of Cosmology: Michael Turner, University of Chicago - April 23, 2012
Berry phase effects on electronic properties: Qian Niu, University of Texas at Austin - April 16, 2012
Active Learning of Introductory Optics: Strategies for the U.S. and the Developing World: David Sokoloff, University of Oregon - April 9, 2012
Squeezing quantum noise: Atomic clock below the standard quantum limit: Vladan Vuletic, MIT - March 26, 2012
Exotics in ATLAS: Georgios Choudalakis, University of Chicago - March 8, 2012
MAJORANA: An Ultra-Low Background Enriched-Germanium Detector Array for Fundamental Physics Measurements: Jason Detwiler, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - March 5, 2012
Searching for New Symmetries and Extra Dimensions at ATLAS: Wojtek Fedorko, Michigan State University - March 1, 2012
Weighing Neutrinos: Joe Formaggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - February 27, 2012
The mysteries of two Z bosons: the Standard Model and beyond: Shih-Chieh Hsu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - February 22, 2012
Rarest of Peaks: Germanium and the Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: James Loach, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - February 16, 2012
The phases of Hydrogen and Helium at High Pressure as revealed by simulations: David Ceperley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - February 13, 2012
Searching for new physics using top quarks at the LHC: Alison Lister, University of Geneva - February 9, 2012
In Pursuit of New Physics with LHCb: Sheldon Stone, Syracuse - February 6, 2012
A weakly-interacting Universe: searching for the mass of the neutrino: Ben Monreal, UCSB - January 30, 2012
Top-Quark Mass Measurements at D0: Zhenyu Ye, FNAL - January 25, 2012
Pulsars: From Radio Waves to Gamma Rays: Matthew Kerr, Stanford - January 23, 2012
A comprehensive search strategy for New Physics at the LHC: Christos Leonidopoulus, CERN - January 17, 2012
The T2K neutrino experiment: Jeffrey Wilkes, University of Washington - January 9, 2012
Cosmic clues for dark matter and their implications for a dark matter asymmetry: Kathryn Zurek, University of Michigan - January 4, 2012
New Spontaneously Ordered States in Graphene: Leonid Levitov, MIT - December 5, 2011
First Result from the Double Chooz Experiment: Lindley Winslow, MIT - November 28, 2011
Emergent Phenomena at Oxide Interfaces: Harold Hwang, Stanford and SLAC - November 21, 2011
New topologically ordered phases of condensed matter: Joel Moore, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - November 14, 2011
The electronic kilogram - the past, the present, and the future: Stephan Schlamminger, NIST - November 7, 2011
TBA: David Kaplan, UW Physics - October 31, 2011
Mechanical resonators in the quantum regime: Andrew Cleland, UC Santa Barbara - October 24, 2011
Perspectives on Dark Energy: the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize: Tom Quinn, Zeljko Ivezic, and Ann Nelson, UW Astronomy and UW Physics - October 10, 2011
Silicon Integrated Optoelectronics: Michael Hochberg, UW Electrical Engineering - October 3, 2011
New concepts and materials for solar energy conversion: Wladek Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - May 23, 2011
Neutrinos from heaven and hell: Nikolai Tolich, UW Physics - May 16, 2011
A universal principle governing the design of neural networks: Charles F. Stevens, The Salk Institute - May 9, 2011
EXO and the quest for Neutrino Masses: Giorgio Gratta, Stanford University - May 2, 2011
Searching for New Physics at the Tevatron and the LHC: Carlos Wagner, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab - April 25, 2011
Turning up the volume knob for gravitational radiation: Rana Adhikari, Cal Tech - Graduate Student Invited Speaker - April 18, 2011
Optical Atomic Clocks: Dave Wineland, NIST, Boulder - April 11, 2011
How to Create and Trap Antihydrogen: Joel Fajans, University of California at Berkeley - April 4, 2011
A Tale of Quantum Viscosity in Universal Fermi Gases: John Thomas, Duke Univerisity - March 28, 2011
Controlling Molecular Interactions with Electric Fields: Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado/JILA, Boulder - March 7, 2011
Collisions, Turbulence and the Surface Phase Transitions of Cosmogony: John Wettlaufer, Yale University - February 28, 2011
LHC's First Year: New Results from the ATLAS Experiment: Tom LeCompte, ATLAS, Argonne National Laboratory - February 14, 2011
Having your cake and seeing it too: Quantum Phase Transitions and Scale Invariance of Quantum Gases in Two-Dimensions: Cheng Chin, University of Chicago - February 7, 2011
Science at a next generation x-ray light source: Roger Falcone, UC Berkeley - January 31, 2011
Experimental Discovery of Topological Order in bulk Solids and Superconductors: M. Zahid Hasan, Princeton - January 24, 2011
Exploring strongly correlated matter with exotic atoms, atom chips, and cavity QED: Benjamin Lev, Urbana - January 3, 2011
Nuclear Central Asia: Professor Bekhzod Yuldashev, CISAC, Stanford University - December 7, 2010
Mega-joule experiments on the National Ignition Facility - on the road to produce a microscopic star in the laboratory: Siegfried Glenzer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - December 6, 2010
Snap-shots of Biological Function With a Femtosecond Camera: Jennifer Ogilvie, University of Michigan - November 15, 2010
Molecular Ions, Trapped and Slowed. Now What?: Brian Odom, Northwestern University - November 8, 2010
A particle physicist's adventures with topological insulators: Andreas Karch, University of Washington - November 1, 2010
miniXS Evolution: From Gadget to Instrument to Science: Gerald Seidler, UW Physics - October 28, 2010
Electron transport in high mobility nanostructures: Anton Andreev, UW Physics - October 18, 2010
CMS results from the first year of operation of the LHC: Ivan Furic, University of Florida - October 11, 2010
CMS results from the first year of operation of the LHC: Ivan Furic, University of Florida - October 11, 2010
Spinning Atoms with Light: a new “twist” on deBroglie-wave optics: William D. Phillips, NIST and University of Maryland - October 4, 2010
Entanglement of trapped ions and photons: quantum computing and loophole-free Bell inequality tests.: Boris Blinov, University of Washington - September 27, 2010
Towards quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms: Wolfgang Ketterle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - June 1, 2010
Prospects for detecting new states of matter inside neutron stars: Sanjay Reddy, Los Alamos National Laboratory - May 25, 2010
Diatomic Molecules as Quantum Tools: David DeMille, Yale University - May 24, 2010
Quantum Networks with Ions, Phonons, and Photons: Chris Monroe, University of Maryland and NIST - May 17, 2010
A tour of neutron-rich matter in the universe: Achim Schwenk, ExtreMe Matter Institute (EMMI) and Technical University Darmstadt - May 13, 2010
Phase transitions in nanostructures: David Cobden, UW Physics - May 10, 2010
Beyond Landau: Deconfinement and Topology in Quantum Solids: Ashvin Vishwanath, University of California, Berkeley - May 3, 2010
A Pulsar Timing Array for Gravitational Wave Detection: Maura McLaughlin, West Virginia University - April 26, 2010
Mechanical force in nanoscale biology: from protein folding to enzyme kinetics: Wesley Wong, Harvard - April 22, 2010
Addressing Nuclear Data Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems: Bethany Goldblum, University of California, Berkeley - April 19, 2010
Fact and Fraud: Tales from the front lines of science: David Goodstein, California Institute of Technology - April 13, 2010
From prediction of structure to design of function: David Baker, UW Biochemistry - April 5, 2010
Localizing Light in Photonic Micro- and Nanostructures: Biosensing and BioInspired Engineering: Frank Vollmer, Harvard - March 11, 2010
Optical spintronics in solids for quantum information processing: Kai-Mei Fu, HP Labs - March 8, 2010
Recent Breakthroughs in the Physics of Black Hole Accretion Flows: Omer Blaes, UC Santa Barbara - March 1, 2010
Digital Synthesis: A pathway to new materials and novel collective states: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne - February 22, 2010
Coherent light-matter interactions: shining new light on nanotechnology: Alan Bristow, JILA, UC Boulder - February 18, 2010
Manipulating Motion with Light: Cavity Optomechanics in Nanophotonic Structures: Qiang Lin, CalTech - February 11, 2010
Structuring a bacterial chromosome: Paul Wiggins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - February 8, 2010
Hybrid Quantum Information Processing with Circuit QED: David Shuster, Yale - February 4, 2010
Ultrafast physics in photosynthesis: Mapping sub-nanometer energy flow: Naomi Ginsburg, UC Berkeley - February 1, 2010
Microwave microscopy of local conductivity – from nano-devices to phase separation in complex materials: Keji Lai, Stanford - January 28, 2010
Metallic Ultra- Thin Films and Nanostructure: Charlie Falco, University of Arizona - January 25, 2010
Optically probing Electron Spin and charge in solid state nanostructures: Xiaodong Xu, Cornell - January 21, 2010
Revealing Biological Mechanisms with Mathematical Modeling and Fluorescence Microscopy: Michael Rust, Harvard - January 14, 2010
Unlocking the Power of Non-linear and Ultrafast Optics in Biology: Applications to New Tools for Bio-imaging and Neuroscience: Alipasha Vaziri, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - January 11, 2010
Real-Time Measurements, Long Tails, and Rogue Events: Daniel Solli, UCLA - January 7, 2010
TBA: Paul Kinahan, UW Imaging Research Laboratory - December 7, 2009
What are Efimov States and How are they Observed in Ultracold-Atom Experiments?: Vitaly Efimov, UW Physics - November 30, 2009
Molecular Gymnastics: The Dynamic Binding Orientations of HIV Reverse, Transcriptase: Elio Abbondanzieri, Harvard - November 23, 2009
Sam Fain''s Legacy- Keep it Simple! (Part of the Sam Fain Symposium): Renee D. Diehl, Pennsylvania State University - November 16, 2009
Physical Approaches to Sequencing DNA: Aleksei Aksimentiev, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - November 9, 2009
Is the Universe (Statistically) Isotropic?: Marc Kamionkowski, California Institute of Technology - November 2, 2009
Searching for Neutrinos from Extreme Accelerators in Antarctic Ice: Spencer Klein, Univ. of California, Berkeley - October 26, 2009
Nucleon Close Encounters: Mark Strikman, Pennsylvania State University - October 19, 2009
Comprehensive Control of Atomic Motion: Mark G. Raizen, University of Texas at Austin - October 12, 2009
Quantum Control and Measurement: Two Keys to Quantum Information Processing: Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico - October 5, 2009
An Improved Limit on Permanent Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of 199Hg: Thomas Loftus, UW Physics - June 1, 2009
Dark Energy: Taking Sides: Rocky Kolb, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and University of Chicago - May 18, 2009
Climate Change and Ocean Physics: LuAnne Thompson, UW School of Oceanography - May 11, 2009
Illuminating Dark Matter: Neil Weiner, Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, NYU - May 4, 2009
TBA: Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory - April 27, 2009
Measuring the Dense Matter Equation of State with the International X-ray Observatory: Bob Rutledge, McGill University - April 20, 2009
Super-Resolution: Fluorescence imaging of biological structure well-below the diffraction limit: Bill Dougherty, Applied Precision, Inc - April 13, 2009
Entangled Photons from the Foundations of Quantum Physics to Quantum Information: Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna and University of Vienna and Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Austrian Academy of Sciences - April 6, 2009
The New Frontier of Computational Science: Applications to High Leverage Decisions: Dimitri Kusnezov, National Nuclear Security Administration, DoE - March 30, 2009
Models for High-Power Pulsed Lasers: Nathan Kutz, UW Applied Mathematics - March 9, 2009
Knots and un-knots in biopolymers: Alexander Grosberg, NYU - March 2, 2009
Precision Muon Physics: Capturing a Moment in a Lifetime: David W. Hertzog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - February 23, 2009
A New Search on Neutron Electric Dipole Moment (nEDM): Haiyan Gao, Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory - February 9, 2009
Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Unconventional Superconductors: Aharon Kapitulnik, Stanford - February 2, 2009
Physical adsorption of simple gases and molecules revisited: from exfoliated graphite to carbon nanotube bundles and now to a single carbon nanotube: Oscar Vilches, UW Physics - January 26, 2009
New horizons in particle physics -from the Higgs boson to dark matter in the universe.: Jakobs, Karl, University of Freiburg - January 12, 2009
Encoding the Location of Objects with a Scanning Sensorimotor System: Kleinfeld, David, UCSD - January 5, 2009
Neutrino Oscillations: Recent Triumphs and Future Challenges: Bob McKeown, California Institute of Technology - December 2, 2008
Universal Aspects of Modified Gravity: Gregory Gabadadze, New York University - December 1, 2008
Something Old, Something New: Juan Collar, University of Chicago - November 24, 2008
Magnetic phases of a dipolar spin-1 quantum gas: Dan Stamper-Kurn, University of California Berkeley - November 17, 2008
Harnessing Attosecond Science for Coherent X-Ray Generation and Applications: Margaret Murnane, JILA/University of Colorado, Boulder - November 10, 2008
Experiments at the interface of quantum mechanics and general relativity: The interaction of gravitational waves with coherent quantum matter: Raymond Chiao, University of California Merced - November 3, 2008
Ultrafast Terahertz Spectroscopy: From Excitons to Cooper-Pairs: Robert A. Kaindl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - October 27, 2008
Who Will Build a Quantum Computer: the Physicists or the Computer Engineers?: Dave Bacon, UW Computer Science and Engineering - October 20, 2008
Coherent Scattering with Incoherent Light: New Spectroscopy with Ultra-Short Laser Pulses: Valery Milner, University of British Columbia - October 13, 2008
Graphene Quantum Electronics and Devices: Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau, University of California Riverside - October 6, 2008
Carbon nanoelectronics: from correlated electrons to sensors and devices: Mark Bokrath, California Institute of Technology - September 29, 2008
Nanocarbon: from terahertz transistors to atomic membranes: Paul L. McEuen, Cornell University - June 2, 2008
Quantum Criticality and Black Holes: Subir Sachdev, Harvard Uninversity - May 19, 2008
LUX, and the race to detect WIMP dark matter: Tom Shutt, Case Western University - May 14, 2008
Atom Traps, Krypton-81 and Saharan Water: Zheng-Tian Lu, Argonne National Laboratory - May 12, 2008
Looking for WIMPs in the Galactic Halo: the Search for Dark Matter using Ultra-Cold Particle Detectors: Daniel Akerib, Case Western University - May 5, 2008
Measuring Holographic Noise: Craig Hogan, UW Physics - April 28, 2008
Precision length measurements in LIGO: Finding gravitational waves and more: Stefan Ballmer, Caltech - April 21, 2008
From Bach to Einstein and Beyond or What is to be done?: Vladimir Chaloupka, UW Physics - April 14, 2008
2-D Non-linear Electrophoresis for Bio-Molecule Concentration Applications to Forensics and Metagenomics: Andre Marziali, University of British Columbia - April 7, 2008
The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time: Sean Carroll, Caltech - April 2, 2008
Preparing for physics at the LHC with the ATLAS experiment: Fabiolla Gianotti, CERN - March 31, 2008
Towards Principles of Neural Computation in the Brain: Eberhard Fetz, UW Dept. Physiology and Biophysics - March 10, 2008
Towards a Simple Stochastic Model of Transcription: Gerald A. Miller, UW Physics - March 3, 2008
The Nuclear Astrophysics of Neutron Stars: Sanjay Reddy, Los Alamos National Lab - February 25, 2008

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