The Physics Department hosts weekly colloquia presented by accomplished scientists from all over the globe. These lectures showcase cutting-edge physics and inspire the broader community to participate in science. Please join us on the Mondays listed below for an inside look at what's new and exciting in physics, and beyond. All lectures start at 4:15 PM and end around 5:15 PM. They are free and open to the public.
PLEASE NOTE: Zoom links will be posted on the day of each event.
January 24
Hernan Garcia, University of California, Berkeley
Breaking the Standard Model (of Embryonic Development)
January 31
Richard Muller, University of California, Berkeley
From Dinosaurs to Nuclear Waste—an adventure in physics
February 7
Manu Prakash, Stanford University
Recreational Biology: from animals in flatland to topological traps
February 14
No colloquium
February 21
HOLIDAY: No colloquium
February 28
Gina Quan, San Jose State University
Cultivating Equity-Focused Change in University Physics Departments
March 7
Brooke Russell, LBNL
Examining Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry with DUNE
March 14
L Mahadevan, Harvard University
Folds, cuts and isometries: art and science
March 21
Spring Recess
March 28
Annie Kritcher, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Recent inertial confinement fusion experiments at NIF reaching 1.35 MJ and the Lawson criterion for ignition
April 4
Jon Simon, Stanford University
Making Quantum Matter from Light: Laughlin Puddles, Mott Insulators, and Strongly Interacting Fluids
April 11
Raffaella Margutti, UC Berkeley (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy)
Mining the transient sky in the new era of Time Domain Multi-Messenger investigations
April 18
Danielle Bassett, University of Pennsylvania
Evolving Networks in Matter and Mind
April 25
Oppenheimer Lecture: Leonard Susskind, Stanford University
The Quantum Origins of Gravity
Location: TBD