Physics Colloquium

Physics colloquium 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 Colloquium Archive

Date and Time	Location	Title	Abstract
May 4 2026, 4 - 5pm	PAA A102	TBA Ken Van Tilburg, NYU, Stanford	Abstract
March 2 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	TBA Dmitri Shklovskii, Flatiron Institute	Abstract
February 23 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	TBA Liang Fu, MIT	Abstract
February 9 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	An Experimental Quantum Optical Spin Glass nbsp From Ultrametricity to Associative Memory Ben Lev, Stanford University	Abstract
February 2 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	TBA Kater Murch, Washington University	Abstract
January 26 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	The rise of moire systems Bogdan A. Bernevig, Princeton University	Abstract
January 12 2026, 4pm	PAA A102	Time Domain Tunneling Spectroscopy of Two Dimensional Electron Systems Ray Ashoori, MIT	Abstract
December 1 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	High rank multipole order feeling the strain Ian Fisher, Stanford University	Abstract
November 24 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	Colloquium none today cancelled	Abstract
November 17 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics From Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling to Superconducting Qubits Charles Marcus, University of Washington	Abstract
November 12 2025, 3:30pm	PAT C520	Cultivating Skills Through Introductory Physics Labs Kazumi Tolich, University of Washington	Abstract
November 10 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	Surprises from the topological flat bands of multilayer graphene Matthew Yankowitz, University of Washington	Abstract
October 27 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	From Characterizing Thinking to Designing Instruction A Research View on Mathematical Reasoning in Physics Suzanne White Brahmia, University of Washington	Abstract
October 20 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	When is just right also much more than enough Surprising lessons on optimality from a bacterium Paul Wiggins, University of Washington	Abstract
October 13 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	Selected highlights and prospects in flavor physics Francesco Polci, Sorbonne University / LPNHE Lab	Abstract
October 8 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	Towards Holography for Flat Spacetimes Natalie Paquette, University of Washington	Abstract
October 6 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	Sequencing ALIEN DNA and watching molecular motors at work Andrew Laszlo, University of Washington	Abstract
September 29 2025, 4pm	PAA A102	From the Sky to the Lab New searches for the lightest particles Masha Baryakhtar, University of Washington	Abstract