Colloquium Schedule

Colloquia are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM in SR1 634.

Spring 2027

01/19/27
- OPEN
01/26/27
- OPEN
02/02/27
- OPEN
02/09/27
- OPEN
02/16/27
- OPEN
02/23/27
- OPEN
03/02/27
- OPEN
03/09/27
- OPEN
03/16/27
- Spring Break
03/23/27
- OPEN
03/30/27
- OPEN
04/06/27
- OPEN
04/13/27
- OPEN
04/20/27
- OPEN
04/27/27
- OPEN

Fall 2026

08/18/26 (Special Colloquium)
- Prof. Kai Schweda University of Heidelberg, Germany
  The ALICE Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
- Host: Bellwied
08/25/26
- Prof. Yao Wang, Emory University
  Witnessing Quantum Entanglement in Solid-State Materials
- Host: Mondaini
09/01/26
- Dr. Aaron Higuera, Rice University
  Advanced Computing for DUNE Science
- Host: Koerner
09/08/26
- Prof. Veronica Dexheimer, Kent State University
- Host: Ratti
09/15/26
- Dr. Philip Kurian, Howard University
  Light and Life Beyond Photosynthesis
- Host: Ordonez
09/22/26
- Dr. Lei Zhao, CNPC USA Corp.
- Host: Ren
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
10/13/26
- Prof. Xiaonan Shan, University of Houston
- Host: S. Chen
10/20/26
- Dr. Ana Maria Rey, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
- Host: Ordonez
10/27/26
- Prof. Werner Blau, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Host: Curran
11/03/26
- Prof. Tomasz Tkaczyk, Rice University
- Host: Varghese
11/10/26
- Prof. Kyle Shen, Cornell University
- Host: Deng
11/17/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Das
11/24/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Das
12/01/26
- RESERVED
- Host: Das

Spring 2026

01/20/26
- Prof. Philip Kim, Harvard University
  Anyon Braiding in Quantum Materials
- Host: Deng
01/27/26
- Prof. Bed Poudel, Penn State University
  Engineering Entropy and Microstructure for High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
- Host: S. Chen
02/03/26
- OPEN
02/05/26 (Thursday)
- Dr. Suchen Zhu, Duke University
  Toward Practical Quantum Advantage: Complexity, Algorithm, and Circuit
- Host: Bittner
02/10/26
- OPEN
02/12/26 (Thursday)
- Prof. Edwin Huang, Notre Dame University
  Decoding the Elementary Charge Excitations of Quantum Matter
- Host: Bittner
02/17/26
- Prof. Kevin Kelly, Texas A&M University
  Neutrino Facilities as New-Physics Machines
- Host: Koerner
02/24/26
- Dr. Ahmed Abouelkomsan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  From Fractionalization to Superconductivity in Quantum Materials — And What AI Enables Next
- Host: Bittner
02/26/26 (Thursday)
- Dr. Yongxin Zeng, Columbia University
  Crystallization and Topology in Multilayer Graphene
- Host: Bittner
03/03/26
- Dr. Zhenbang Dai, University of Texas at Austin
  Ab Initio Theory of Exciton Polarons and Self-Trapped Excitons
- Host: Bittner
03/10/26
- Prof. Eve Vavagiakis, Duke University
  A New Generation of Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations for Cosmology and Astrophysics
- Host: Women in Physics (WiPS)
03/17/26
- Spring Break
03/24/26
- Prof. Predrag Cvitanovic, Georgia Tech
  A Field Theory of Turbulence
- Host: Gunaratne
03/31/26
- Prof. Marcos Rigol, Penn State University
  Generalized Hydrodynamics and Hydrodynamization in Ultracold 1D Gases
- Host: Mondaini
04/07/26
- Dr. Weiguo Yin, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Ice-Fire Phases and Ultranarrow Phase Crossover in 1D Frustrated Magnets: AI-Aided Discoveries
- Host: X. Chen
04/14/26
- Prof. Harish S. Krishnamoorthy, University of Houston
  Solid State Transformers (SSTs) Are Becoming Popular in Grid Applications – A Look at What They Are, Their Challenges, and Opportunities
- Host: Varghese
04/21/26
- Prof. Shuolong Yang, University of Chicago
  Iron Chalcogenide Superconductors Tuned by Electronic Correlations
- Host: Deng
04/28/26
- Dr. Dimosthenis Sokaras, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  Seeing Catalysis in Action: Probing Electronic Structure and Dynamics at Working Interfaces
- Host: S. Chen

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