College of Science and Mathematics

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.

More information about FAMP.

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 Speaker and Topic



Spring 2025: Previous Speakers
April 25, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Patrick Hinrichs, MS Physics Student, CSU Fresno Classifying Di-Higgs Production Modes with Deep Learning Algorithms Abstract
April 11, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Philip Sarkisian, MS Physics Student, CSU Fresno Electrodynamics in an Expanding Universe Abstract
March 28, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Steve Harness, CSU Fresno Nasa Moon Rocks and Meteorite Sample Abstract
March 14, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Kendall Hall What 18-cm OH Emission Can Tell Us About Galactic Structure: From Molecules to Spiral Arms Abstract
March 7, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Joseph White, M.S. Physics Student, CSU Fresno Multiple Period Searching in Astronomical Time Series with the Generalized Lomb-Scargle Periodogram Abstract
January 31, 2025 1:30-2:45 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. John Singleton, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Pulsed-Field Facility, Los Alamos Electrons behaving badly: electrical insulators and neutral fermions Abstract
January 24, 2025 3:00-4:00PM McLane Hall 162	Ethan Tombaugh, M.S. Physics Student, CSU Fresno Data-Driven Study of Fake Tau Backgrounds in DiHiggs Analysis Abstract
Fall 2024 : Previous Speakers
November 15, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Nathan Inan and Students, Clovis Community College Bridging the Classical and Quantum Realms - Correspondence Principle Applied to Photons and Gravitons Abstract
November 8, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Ettore Vitali, California State University, Fresno Tracing the footprints of the elusive Higgs Mode in Fermi gases Abstract
November 1, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Jason Veatch, California State University, Stanislau Particle Physics at the LHC Abstract
Spring 2023 : Previous Speakers
April 21, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Thesis: The Hartree-Fock Approximation to the 2D Hubbard Model, Harrison Mausolff, California State University, Fresno Abstract Thesis: Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov Study of Spin-Polarized Fermi Systems, Dhan-Ruzzell Bautista, California State University, Fresno Abstract
March 10, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Searches for Ultralight Bosonic Dark Matter Dr. Derek Jackson Kimball, California State University, East Bay, Department of Physics Abstract
March 3, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Michael Tobar, Dark Matter Research Laboratory, University of Western Australia Precision Metrology with Photons, Phonons and Spins: Answering Major Unsolved Problems in Physics and Advancing Translational Science Bio and Abstract
February 24, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Topics in Differential Equations, Inverse Problems, and Optimal Control Dr. Mario Bencomo, California State University, Fresno, Department of Mathematics Abstract
February 17, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Ettore Vitali, California State University, Fresno Quantum Mechanics, a World of Infinite Possibilities Abstract
February 10, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Dr. Douglas Singleton, California State University, Fresno A New Look at Dirac's Model For Magnetic Charge Abstract
Fall 2022 : Previous Speakers
December 2, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	MS Student Research Talks: Armando Guerrero: The Photometric Periods of the Original Sample of Superflare Stars: NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Peter Martin: Cosmological Constant: A Constant Cosmological Headache Abstract.
November 18, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	The Role of Hydroxyl in Giant Molecular Cloud Formation Dr. Kendall Hall, California State University, Chico Abstract.
October 21, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Quantum Simulation of the Hubbard Model: Higher Symmetries and New Architectures Dr. Eduardo Ibarra-Garcia-Padilla, San Jose State University and University of California, Davis. Abstract.
October 14, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Particle Physics at CERN Dr. Jason Veatch, California State University, East Bay Abstract.
September 30, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Medical and Biological Investigations using Synchrotron Radiation Dr. Mihai Gherase, California State University, Fresno Abstract.
September 16, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	LIGO Signals from the Mirror World Dr. Merab Gogberashvili, Tblisi State University and Tblisi Institute of Physics Abstract
September 9. 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Faculty Research at Fresno State Physics Abstract
Spring 2022 : Previous Speakers
May 6, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Research on the Quadrupolar Kondo Effect via Ultrasonic Measurements Prof. TatsuyaYanagisawa, Hokkaido University Abstract
April 29, 2022 Talk 1- 10:00 - 11:00 AM Talk 2- 11:00 AM-12:00PM McLane Hall 162	Talk 1: M.S. Thesis Talks: Patrick Kelly "Exploring the Quantum Many-Body Problem with Cold Atomic Gases," and Joey Contreras "Modified Commutators vs. Modified Operators in a Quantum Gravity Minimal Length Scale." Patrick Kelly, Joey Contreras Kelley's Abstract and Joey's Abstract Talk 2: On Linear Chaos in the Space of Convergent Sequences Gabriel Martinez Lazaro, Student, Dr. Marat V. Markin Advisor, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fresno. Abstract
April 22, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Laboratory Astrophysics with High Intensity Lasers Dr. In Tai Kim, California State University, Fresno Abstract
April 1, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Physics of Space, Investigated on Earth: Studying Chemical Reactions in a Laboratory Environment Olivia Krohn, University of Colorado, Boulder Abstract
March 25, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Heat and Particle Transport in Tokamak Reactors Dr. Jonathan Roveto, Georgia Tech Abstract
March 11, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Zap-X: A Novel Gyroscopic Radiosurgery System Dr. Georg Weidlich, DABR and FACRO Abstract
March 4, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Astrophysics in the Coming Decades Dr. Fred Ringwald, California State University, Fresno Abstract
February 25, 2022 Talk 1 at 10:00-11:00 AM Talk 2 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Talk 1: The New Simplest Proof of Cayley's Formula and its Connection to Statistical Mechanics Dr. Oleksii Rebenko, Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Abstract and Zoom Link Talk 2: Area Laws for the Entanglement Entropy in the XXZ Spin Chain Dr. Christoph Fischbacher, University of California, Irvine. Abstract and Zoom Link
February 18, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	Physics with a Smartphone Dr. David Rakestraw, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Rakestraw's Activities and Information Get the free app: Phyphox Abstract.
February 11, 2022 3:00-4:00 PM McLane Hall 162	New Resources for In-Person Teaching Roger Key, California State University, Fresno Abstract.