Colloquia
Department of Physics Colloquium Series
The Department of Physics is pleased to host a colloquium series each semester, featuring engaging talks by leading scientists from around the world. Speakers present cutting-edge research across a wide range of physics disciplines, offering our community the opportunity to explore new ideas and connect with experts in the field.
Colloquia are held Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. in PSF 101.
Join us beforehand for light refreshments at 3:15 p.m.
We welcome faculty, students, and guests to attend and participate in these stimulating discussions.
For more information, please contact:
Onur Erten – Colloquium Committee Chair
Becky Thornton – Assistant to Director
Colloquia
| Date | Speaker Name | Speaker Affiliation | Title | Host | Speaker Photo | Colloquia Recording | Location | Flyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Sara Walker |
Arizona State University |
The Search for New Physics in Living Matter | Steve Presse |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 8.20 Walker Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Christian Arenz |
Arizona State University |
Speeding Up Quantum Dynamics | Onur Erten |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 8.27 Arenz Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Maxim Sukharev |
Arizona State University |
Structuring Light-Matter Interactions: A Time Domain Perspective on Nonlinear Plasmonics and Molecular Polaritons | Robert Kaindl |
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PSF 101 | 9.10 Sukharev Announcement.pdf | ||
Dr. Turan Birol |
University of Minnesota |
Unmasking Altermagnets Through Strain and Diffraction | Onur Erten |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 9.17 Birol Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Steve Presse |
Arizona State University |
Lessons from Single Molecules | Dr. Daniel Lopez |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 9.24 Presse Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Umberto Celano |
Arizona State University |
Self-Sensing & Back-Contact Free Electrical Atomic Force Microscopy | Robert Kaindl |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 10.8 Celano Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Dan Carney |
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
The End of Measurement and the Last Lab | William Terrano |
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Colloquium Zoom Recording | PSF 101 | 10.15 Carney Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Narayan Aluru |
University of Texas, Austin |
Confined Ionics | Dmitry Matyushov |
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No recording available | PSF 101 | 10.22 Aluru Announcement.pdf | |
Dr. Tai Kong |
University of Arizona |
Frustrate a Magnet | Onur Erten |
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PSF 101 | 10.29 Kong Announcement.pdf | ||
Dr. Jason Khoury |
Arizona State University |
Preferential Crystallographic Site Ordering as a Design Principle for Complex Magnetic Phases | Antia Sanchez Botana |
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PSF 101 | 11.5 Khoury Announcement.pdf | ||
Dr. Rohit Prasankumar |
Intellectual Ventures |
The Path to Room-Temperature Superconductivity | Robert Kaindl |
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PSF 101 | 11.12 Prasankumar Announcement.pdf | ||
Dr. Jianwei Qiu |
Jefferson Lab |
Nuclear Femtography: Imaging the Building Blocks of Visible Matter | Andrei Belitsky |
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PSF 101 | 11.19 Qiu Announcement.pdf | ||
Dr. Josh Hihath |
Arizona State University |
Controlling and Characterizing Charge Transport in Single-Molecule Electronics | Antia Botana |
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PSF 101 | 12.3 Hihath Announcement.pdf |