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Physics Colloquia

Physics colloquia are normally held every Monday at 4 pm during the quarter (except holidays). Typically one speaker each quarter is nominated by the graduate students. Speakers are invited to meet with the Society of Physics Students at 12:30 for pizza on the day of the colloquium.

Physics Colloquia Archive

2023-2024 Colloquia

Date and Time Location Title/Speaker Abstract
May 20 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 		Abstract
May 8 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The Electron Ion Collider: Breaking down what glues us together
Bjoern Schenke, Brookhaven National Lab 		Abstract
May 6 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 		Abstract
Apr 29 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Jacobsohn Lecture: Absolutely mindboggling! Weirder than we ever thought.”
Jainendra Jain, Penn State University 		Abstract
Apr 24 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Precision Hadronic Physics 
in the Exascale Era
Antonin Portelli, University of Edinburgh 		Abstract
Apr 22 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Chirality meets Quantum
Dimitri Kharzeev, Stony Brook University & Brookhaven National Lab 		Abstract
Apr 15 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The Coulomb Barrier for women+ in physics
Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary 		Abstract
Apr 10 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The atomic nucleus as a window to new physics
Jason Holt, TRIUMF 		Abstract
Apr 8 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Measuring (and Teaching) Problem-Solving Coherence, Insight, and Understanding in Introductory Mechanics
Eric Kuo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 		Abstract
Apr 1 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Broken symmetries in living matter
Nikta Fakhri, MIT 		Abstract
Mar 25 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Nuclear astrophysics with gravitational wave observations
Jocelyn Read, California State University, Fullerton 		Abstract
Mar 4 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 A new concept to measure geometrically the expansion of the universe
Matt McQuinn, University of Washington 		Abstract
Feb 26 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The nuclear physics of heavy element origins
Rebecca Surman, University of Notre Dame 		Abstract
Feb 12 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 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 		Abstract
Feb 5 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The Black Hole Information Paradox: A Resolution on the Horizon?
Netta Engelhardt, MIT 		Abstract
Jan 29 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Statistical mechanics of collective behaviour
Thierry Mora, ENS / Chicago 		Abstract
Jan 22 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 P5: The next decade of US particle physics
Sarah Demers, Yale University 		Abstract
Jan 8 2024 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Fracton Quantum Matter
Michael Hermele, University of Colorado Boulder 		Abstract
Dec 4 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Topology and “impossible” electronic devices
Andrea Young, UC Santa Barbara 		Abstract
Nov 27 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Programmable Quantum Nanophotonics
Arka Majumdar, University of Washington 		Abstract
Nov 20 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Quasi-periodic driving: a tool in the quantum mechanic's toolbox
Anushya Chandran, Boston University 		Abstract
Nov 13 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Attosecond Science, from Atomic Physics to Condensed Matter
David Reis, Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 		Abstract
Nov 6 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials
Philip Kim, Harvard 		Abstract
Oct 30 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Dark Matter Axion Searches
Gray Rybka, University of Washington 		Abstract
Oct 23 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Three-Dimensional Simulations of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions: The Emerging Theory and Astrophysical Predictions
Adam Burrows, Princeton 		Abstract
Oct 16 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Black holes and quantum information
Tom Hartman, Cornell 		Abstract
Oct 11 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Quantum alchemy with two-dimensional materials
Matthew Yankowitz, University of Washington 		Abstract
Oct 9 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Programmable control of indistinguishable particles: from sampling to clocks to qubits
Adam Kaufman, University of Colorado Boulder 		Abstract
Oct 2 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 Electromagnetism in brain imaging
Samu Taulu, University of Washington 		Abstract
Sep 27 2023 - 4:00pm PAA A-102 The search for dark matter particles with DAMIC
Alvaro Chavarria, University of Washington 		Abstract
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