Colloquium Schedule
Colloquia are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM in SR1 634.
| Date | Title | Host |
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| 08/26/25 |
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| 09/02/25 |
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| 09/09/25 |
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| 09/16/25 |
Dr. Spencer Klein, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Fan |
| 09/23/25 |
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| 09/30/25 |
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| 10/07/25 |
Prof. indika Rajapakse, University of Michigan | Gunaratne |
| 10/14/25 |
Prof. Ajay Kandada, Wake Forest University | Bittner |
| 10/21/25 |
Prof. Federico Rosei, University of Trieste | Varghese |
| 10/28/25 |
Prof. Mingda Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | S. Chen |
| 11/04/25 |
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| 11/11/25 |
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| 11/18/25 |
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| 11/25/25 |
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| 12/02/25 |
| 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 |
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| 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, University of Houston |
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 |
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| 03/25/25 |
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| 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 |
| Date | Title | Host |
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| 08/20/24 |
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| 08/27/24 |
Cutting-Edge Optical Imaging Technologies for Advancing Medical Diagnostics Prof. Rohith Reddy, UH |
Das |
| 09/03/24 |
Toward Quantum Imaging of Nuclei Prof. Miguel Arratia, UC Riverside |
Bellwied |
| 09/10/24 |
Quantum Information Informed Quantum Algorithms Dr. Yu Zhang, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Bittner |
| 09/17/24 |
Infrared Optics Using Emerging Optical Materials Prof. Mikhail A. Kats, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Das |
| 09/24/24 |
Quantum Vacuum Dressed Materials Prof. Junichiro Kono, Rice University |
Ordonez |
| 10/01/24 |
Low-Cost, In Vivo Microscopy Prof. Dongkyun Kang, University of Arizona |
Das |
| 10/08/24 |
Promises and Challenges in Designing Metal-Organic Chalcogenides for Optoelectronic Applications Prof. Yeongsu Cho, UH |
Bittner |
| 10/15/24 |
In Vivo Microscopy of Microvasculature Following Brain Injury Prof. Andrew Dunn, UT Austin |
Das |
| 10/22/24 |
Modeling Structural Ensembles Of Genomes Dr. Vinicius Contessoto, Rice University |
Morrison |
| 10/29/24 |
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| 11/05/24 |
Electrocatalysts of Complex Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Prof. Hong Yang, UIUC |
S. Chen |
| 11/12/24 |
Italian Delicacies Served Up in a Neutron Star Crust Prof. Jorge A. López, University of Texas at El Paso |
Ordonez |
| 11/19/24 |
Evolving Devices for Superconducting Qubit Technology Dr. Katarina Cicak, NIST |
Miller |
| 11/21/24 Thursday |
Observation of Relaxation Stages In an Out-Of-Equilibrium Closed Quantum System Prof. Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Texas A&M University |
Ordonez |
| 11/26/24 |
For ML and With ML: The New Normal in System Design Prof. Lizy Kurian, UT Austin |
Varghese |