Physics Department Colloquia

August 1st, 2015 to July 31st, 2016. Previous/next year.
Sep22
Greg Boebinger
The Aesthetics of Constructing and Deconstructing Materials and Magnets (Poster)
Sep29
Subir Sachdev
Harvard
Strange Metals and Black Holes (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Oct06
Alex Sushkov
Quantum physics in the laboratory: From magnetic imaging of single atoms to searching for dark matter (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Oct20
Liam Fitzpatrick
Boston University
Effective Field Theory and the Emergence of New Dynamics
Oct27
Ian Affleck
UBC
From String Theory to Quantum Dot Experiments Host: David Campbell
Nov03
Gene Mele
University of Pennsylvania
The Winding Road to Topological Insulators Host: David Campbell
Nov10
Tracy Slatyer
MIT
Dark Matter Signals or New High-Energy Astrophysics: How Can We Tell?
Nov17
Predrag Cvitanović
Georgia Institute of Technology
Recurrent flows: The clockwork behind turbulence (Poster)
Dec01
Francesco Sciortino
Universita' di Roma
Providing valence to colloids: equilibrium gels and ultrastable liquids Host: H. Eugene Stanley
Dec08
Professor Peter Kruger
Nottingham University
Microchips for cold atoms: from quantum science to portable devices
Jan26
Peter Graham 
Stanford
Precision measurement for dark matter and early universe cosmology (Poster) Host: Liam Fitzpatrick
Feb02
Erica Carlson
Purdue
Decoding Spatial Complexity in Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Feb09
Haiyan Gao
Duke University and Duke Kunshan University
Benson T. Chertok Memorial Lecture
The Proton Remains Puzzling (Poster) Host: Lee Roberts
Feb23
Eugene Demler
Harvard
Exploring big questions on small scales (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Mar01
Noah Finkelstein
University of Colorado
Educational Transformation at a Critical Time: why us and why now -- the promises of disciplinary engagement (Poster) Host: Bennett Goldberg
Mar22
Raissa D’Souza
UC Davis
Percolation, Cascades, and Control of Networks (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Mar29
Christopher Jarzynski
University of Maryland, College Park
Irreversibility, information and the second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale (Poster)
Apr05
Adilson Motter
Northwestern
Optimization of Network Dynamics: Attributes and Artifacts (Poster) Host: David Campbell
Apr12
Kenny Breuer
Brown University
Aeromechanics of Bat Flight: From Live Animals to Robotic Models (Poster) Host: Rama Bansil
Apr14
Barry Barish
Caltech
Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and LIGO (Poster)
Apr19
Sean Hartnoll
Stanford
Fundamental bounds in quantum transport, from black holes to bad metals (Poster) Host: Liam Fitzpatrick
Apr26
Art McDonald
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
36th Edmonds Distinguished Lecture
A Deeper Understanding of our Universe from 2 km Underground (Poster)
Apr28
Kati Freese
Uhlenbeck Professor, University of Michigan; Director Emerita, Nordita
THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE (Poster)