Colloquium Schedule
Colloquia are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM in SR1 634.
| Date | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 01/20/26 | Prof. Philip Kim, Harvard University | Deng |
| 01/27/26 | Prof. Bed Poudel, Penn State University | S. Chen |
| 02/03/26 | RESERVED | Bittner |
| 02/05/26 Thursday |
RESERVED | Bittner |
| 02/10/26 | RESERVED | Bittner |
| 02/12/26 Thursday |
RESERVED | Bittner |
| 02/17/26 | RESERVED | Koerner |
| 02/24/26 | RESERVED | Bittner |
| 02/26/26 Thursday |
RESERVED | Bittner |
| 03/03/26 | Dr. Dimosthenis Sokaras, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | S. Chen |
| 03/10/26 | Prof. Eve Vavagiakis, Duke University | Women in Physics (WiPS) |
| 03/17/26 | (Spring Break) | |
| 03/24/26 | Prof. Predrag Cvitanovic, Georgia Tech | Gunaratne |
| 03/31/26 | Prof. Marcos Rigol, Penn State University | Mondaini |
| 04/07/26 | Dr. Weiguo Yin, Brookhaven National Laboratory | X. Chen |
| 04/14/26 | ||
| 04/21/26 | ||
| 04/28/26 |
| Date | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 08/26/25 | ||
| 09/02/25 | Seeing Life in a New Light: From Simple Classical Physics to Quantum-Enhanced Imaging Prof. Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University |
Das |
| 09/09/25 | From the Lab to the Clinic: Opto-acoustic Imaging’s Journey from Prototype to Patient Bryan Clingman, Seno Medical Instruments |
Das |
| 09/16/25 | Ultra-Peripheral Relativistic Ion Collisions: Exploring the Energy Frontier for Photons Dr. Spencer Klein, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
Fan |
| 09/23/25 | X-Raying One Atom Inside a Molecule Prof. Saw Wai Hla, Ohio University and Argonne National Lab |
Varghese |
| 09/30/25 | Rethinking Continual Learning with Progressive Neural Collapse Prof. Sen Lin, 91ÁÔÆæ |
Deng |
| 10/07/25 | From Laser-Driven Microjets to Bioinspired Porous Structures: Multiscale Heat Transfer
and Flow in Laser-Assisted Printing Processes Prof. Ben Xu, 91ÁÔÆæ |
S. Chen |
| 10/14/25 | Exciton Polariton Condensation in Complex Materials: Coherent Dynamics Probed by Classical
and Quantum Optical Methods Prof. Ajay Kandada, Wake Forest University |
Bittner |
| 10/21/25 | Energy Challenges from a Materials Perspective Prof. Federico Rosei, University of Trieste |
Varghese |
| 10/28/25 | Prof. Mingda Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | S. Chen |
| 11/04/25 | Prof. Yongjie Hu, University of California, Los Angeles | S. Chen |
| 11/11/25 | RESERVED | Ordonez |
| 11/18/25 | Prof. Austin Minnich, California Institute of Technology | S. Chen |
| 11/25/25 | Prof. Carlos Silva, University of Montreal | Bittner |
| 12/02/25 | Prof. Marvin Doyley, University of Rochester | Das |
| Date | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 01/14/25 | The Hunt for Perpendicular Magnetic Field Measurements in Plasma Dr. Elizabeth Jensen, Planetary Science Institute |
Bering |
| 01/21/25 | ||
| 01/28/25 | Safe Machine Learning in Mission Critical Systems Prof. Jianyi Yang, UH |
S. Chen |
| 02/04/25 | Enhancing Optical Transparency in Biological Tissues Using Photonics Engineering Prof. Zihao Ou, University of Texas, Dallas |
Gunaratne |
| 02/11/25 | Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond: A New Lens to See Through Superconductivity at
Both Ambient and High Pressures Prof. Chong Zu, Washington University, St. Louis |
Deng |
| 02/18/25 | Imaging the Structure of Visible Matter: A Journey from Fixed Target to Collider Experiments Dr. Barak Schmookler, 91ÁÔÆæ |
Bellwied |
| 02/25/25 | Complementing Nuclear and Particle Experiments with First Principles Computation Dr. Aaron Meyer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Cherdack |
| 02/27/25 Thursday |
Probing QCD Systems with Heavy Quarks: From Quark-Gluon Plasma in Heavy-Ion Collisions
to Future Studies at the EIC Dr. Zhaozhong Shi, Los Alamos Laboratory |
Bellwied |
| 03/04/25 | Creating a Hot, Dense Soup: Quark Gluon Plasma and the Final Years of RHIC Dr. Cameron Dean, MIT |
Bellwied |
| 03/06/25 Thursday |
Revealing the Microscopic Structure of QCD Matter Dr. Raymond Ehlers, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
Bellwied |
| 03/11/25 | (Spring Break) | |
| 03/18/25 | ||
| 03/25/25 | ||
| 04/01/25 | Machine Learning and Simulation of Structural Phase Transition Prof. Dawei Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China |
Bassler |
| 04/08/25 | The Pursuit of Label-free Detection of Diseases with High Accuracy Prof. Felicia Manciu, UT El Paso |
Gunaratne |
| 04/15/25 | From Neutrons to FLASH RT: Why Medical Physics is so Hot Dr. Julianne M. Pollard-Larkin, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Women in Physics (WiPS) |
| 04/22/25 | Four-Dimensional Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy for Strain-Engineered Nanomaterials Prof. Yimo Han, Rice University |
S. Chen |