Physics & Astronomy Colloquium 2019-2020




2019-10-10On Ising's model of ferromagnetism

Speaker: Peter Armitage
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2019-10-17Building a quantum computer with neutral atoms

Speaker: David Weiss
Institution: Penn State University
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Reception from 3:45-4:00 p.m.
2019-10-31Physics and the HIV Virus

Speaker: Robijn Bruinsma
Institution: UCLA
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Reception from 3:45-4:00 p.m.
2019-11-07Active Topology

Speaker: Cristina Marchetti
Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, reception from 3:15-3:30 p.m.
2019-11-14Probing Dark Matter Throughout Cosmic History

Speaker: Vera Gluscevic
Institution: USC
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, reception from 3:45-4:00 p.m.
2019-11-21Quantum decorating: Imaging novel electronic states in defect-engineered 2D materials

Speaker: Christopher Gutierrez
Institution: UCLA
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Reception from 3:45-4:00 p.m.
2019-12-05Kicking as a Route to Discovery: Condensed Matter Systems Away From Equilibrium

Speaker: Anshul Kogar
Institution: UCLA
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-01-09Gender, Equity, Power Structures and Implicit Bias in STEM

Speaker: Elizabeth Simmons
Institution: UC San Diego
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-01-16CANCELLED: Twisting 2d materials: the magic and the mystery

Speaker: Leon Balents
Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, reception 3:45-4pm
2020-01-23Hunting dark particles at colliders

Speaker: Stefania Gori
Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-01-30The Dynamic Radio Sky

Speaker: Gregg Hallinan
Institution: Caltech
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
2020-02-06Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and the Quest for the New Standard Model

Speaker: Ian Shoemaker
Institution: Virginia Tech
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
2020-02-13Magic Angle Graphene: a New Platform for Strongly Correlated Physics

Speaker: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Institution: MIT
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-02-20The Ghostly Messengers of the Universe

Speaker: Irene Tamborra
Institution: Niels Bohr Institute
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
2020-02-27Joint Physics & Astronomy Colloquium/STROBE Seminar: Capturing the First Picture of a Black Hole and Beyond

Speaker: Katie Bouman
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
Reception 1:30pm
2020-03-05Formation and Compositions of Planet Interiors and Atmospheres: New Discoveries from Wide-Field Transit Surveys

Speaker: Erik Petigura
Institution: UCLA
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-03-12CANCELLED: Shedding Light on the Nature of Dark Matter

Speaker: Andrew Benson
Institution: Carnegie Institute for Science
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-04-16CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Vinvenzo Vitelli
Institution: University of Chicago
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-04-23CANCELLED: Structure and Dynamics with Ultrafast Electron Microscopes -- or how to make atomic-level movies of molecules and materials

Speaker: Bradley Siwick
Institution: McGill University
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-04-30CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Jianwei Qiu
Institution: Jefferson Lab
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-05-07CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Jessica McIver
Institution: LIGO
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-05-14CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Mark Eriksson
Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-05-21CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Annika Peter
Institution: The Ohio State University
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-05-28CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Clifford Cheung
Institution: Caltech
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
2020-06-04CANCELLED: TBA

Speaker: Sera Markoff
Institution: University of Amsterdam
Location: PAB 1-434
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium