Colloquium Schedule
Colloquia are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM in SR1 634.
- 08/25/26
- OPEN
- 09/01/26
- OPEN
- 09/08/26
- OPEN
- 09/15/26
- OPEN
- 09/22/26
- OPEN
- 09/29/26
- Dr. Timothy Strobel, Carnegie Institution for Science
- Host: Deng
- 10/06/26
- Prof. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, UT Dallas
Results from the DESI Experiment - Host: Gunaratne
- Prof. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, UT Dallas
- 10/13/26
- OPEN
- 10/20/26
- OPEN
- 10/27/26
- OPEN
- 11/03/26
- OPEN
- 11/10/26
- OPEN
- 11/17/26
- OPEN
- 11/24/26
- OPEN
- 12/01/26
- OPEN
- 01/20/26
- Prof. Philip Kim, Harvard University
- Host: Deng
- 01/27/26
- Prof. Bed Poudel, Penn State University
- Host: S. Chen
- 02/03/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 02/05/26
Thursday- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 02/10/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 02/12/26
Thursday- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 02/17/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Koerner
- 02/24/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 02/26/26
Thursday- RESERVED
- Host: Bittner
- 03/03/26
- Dr. Dimosthenis Sokaras, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Host: S. Chen
- 03/10/26
- Prof. Eve Vavagiakis, Duke University
- Host: Women in Physics (WiPS)
- 03/17/26
- (Spring Break)
- 03/24/26
- Prof. Predrag Cvitanovic, Georgia Tech
- Host: Gunaratne
- 03/31/26
- Prof. Marcos Rigol, Penn State University
- Host: Mondaini
- 04/07/26
- Dr. Weiguo Yin, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Host: X. Chen
- 04/14/26
- OPEN
- 04/21/26
- OPEN
- 04/28/26
- OPEN
- 08/26/25
- OPEN
- 09/02/25
- Prof. Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Seeing Life in a New Light: From Simple Classical Physics to Quantum-Enhanced Imaging - Host: Das
- Prof. Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University
- 09/09/25
- Bryan Clingman, Seno Medical Instruments
From the Lab to the Clinic: Opto-acoustic Imaging’s Journey from Prototype to Patient - Host: Das
- Bryan Clingman, Seno Medical Instruments
- 09/16/25
- Dr. Spencer Klein, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Ultra-Peripheral Relativistic Ion Collisions: Exploring the Energy Frontier for Photons - Host: Fan
- Dr. Spencer Klein, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- 09/23/25
- Prof. Saw Wai Hla, Ohio University and Argonne National Lab
X-Raying One Atom Inside a Molecule - Host: Varghese
- Prof. Saw Wai Hla, Ohio University and Argonne National Lab
- 09/30/25
- Prof. Sen Lin, University of Houston
Rethinking Continual Learning with Progressive Neural Collapse - Host: Deng
- Prof. Sen Lin, University of Houston
- 10/07/25
- Prof. Ben Xu, University of Houston
From Laser-Driven Microjets to Bioinspired Porous Structures: Multiscale Heat Transfer and Flow in Laser-Assisted Printing Processes - Host: S. Chen
- Prof. Ben Xu, University of Houston
- 10/14/25
- Prof. Ajay Kandada, Wake Forest University
Exciton Polariton Condensation in Complex Materials: Coherent Dynamics Probed by Classical and Quantum Optical Methods - Host: Bittner
- Prof. Ajay Kandada, Wake Forest University
- 10/21/25
- Prof. Federico Rosei, University of Trieste
Energy Challenges from a Materials Perspective - Host: Varghese
- Prof. Federico Rosei, University of Trieste
- 10/28/25
- Prof. Mingda Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
AI-Enabled Quantum Materials Research - Host: S. Chen
- Prof. Mingda Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 11/04/25
- Prof. Yongjie Hu, University of California, Los Angeles
Heat in the Extreme: Phonon Transport Physics Across Materials and Interfaces - Host: S. Chen
- Prof. Yongjie Hu, University of California, Los Angeles
- 11/11/25
- Prof. Aleksei Zheltikov, Texas A&M University
Extreme Events in Ultrafast Optics - Host: Ordonez
- Prof. Aleksei Zheltikov, Texas A&M University
- 11/18/25
- Prof. Austin Minnich, California Institute of Technology
Atomic Layer Etching of Electronic and Quantum Materials for Revolutionary Solid-State Technologies - Host: S. Chen
- Prof. Austin Minnich, California Institute of Technology
- 11/25/25
- Prof. Kaden Hazzard, Rice University
A Strange Exchange: Paraparticles and Where to Find Them - Host: Bittner
- Prof. Kaden Hazzard, Rice University
- 12/02/25
- Prof. Marvin Doyley, University of Rochester
Beyond Traditional Ultrasound: High-Speed Imaging for Cancer and Neuroscience - Host: Das
- Prof. Marvin Doyley, University of Rochester