Department of Physics

Colloquium 

The Physics Department hosts a colloquium series on select Fridays at 3:00 PM in McLane Hall room 162, and participates with the Math Department in the Functional Analysis and Mathematical Physics (FAMP) Interdepartmental Research Group meetings.

See the schedule of colloquia below. If you have a topic you would like to see covered, please contact Dr. Mihai Gherase.

When appropriate, a recording of the colloquium will be posted in our YouTube Colloquium Playlist.

 

 

 Upcoming Fall 2026 Speakers

September 11, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Physics Faculty will present their research

October 2, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Dr. Steven Gough-Kelly

Galaxies in the Era of Advanced Simulations and Great Observatories:

Galaxies are diverse, grand structures that have
puzzled astronomers for centuries. Thanks to
the combination of advanced simulations and
cutting-edge observatories, our understanding
of galaxies is set to enter a new era. This talk will
explore how our understanding of galaxy
evolution has developed and how the current
generation of cosmological simulations and
powerful telescopes are revolutionizing our
knowledge of how galaxies form and evolve. I
will present how my research has worked to
understand the structure and evolution of
galaxies, and particularly our home, the Milky
Way.

October 9, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Dr. David Elm

TBA - Abstract

October 23, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Lynee Sims

TBA - Abstract

November 6, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Dr. John Singleton

TBA - Abstract

November 13, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Gaganpreet Bassi and Xiaolian Zheng

TBA -Abstract

November 20, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Dr. Mauro Tambasco

TBA - Abstract

December 4, 2026

3:00-4:00 PM

McLane Hall 162

Dr. Curtis Asplund

TBA - Abstract