Colloquium

ISU Physics Department Colloquium Schedule 2020-2021

All colloquium lectures will be offered online via Zoom. Links to these sessions are provided below.

Fall 2020 Schedule

Aug. 17	Dr. Paul Stonaha, Idaho State University, Surviving Graduate School in Hard Sciences Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Aug. 24	Dr. Dustin McNulty, Idaho State University, World’s First Calcium Transverse Beam Asymmetry Measurement Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Aug. 31	Dr. Jay Kunze, Idaho State University, The Health Effects of Low Level- Radiation Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 7	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 14	Dr. Alejoudro Garcia, University of Washington, Using Microwaves to Search For New Physics in Beta Decay Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 21	Dr. You Qiang, University of Idaho, Novel Core-Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Magnetism and Applications Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 28	Dr. Amy Reines, Montana State University, The Origin of Supermassive Black Holes Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 5	Dr. Brian Jackson, Boise State University, The Weather on Distant Worlds Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 12	Dr. Gwen Barnes, University of Idaho, The Moon's Craters: What Do They Tell Us? Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 19	Dr. Yan Zhu, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Playing with Molecular Ions - From Fundamental Physics to Cold Chemistry Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 26	Dr. Qiang Zhu, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Predicting Grain Boundaries From Atomistic Simulation Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 2	Dr. Mathew Snow, Idaho National Laboratory, Fallout: The Challenges Confronting Nuclear Forensic Science Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 9	Dr. Matthew Duez, Washington State University, Hypermassive Stars: Their Structure and Demise Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 16	Dr. William Rice, Draper, Global Alignment of Solution Based Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films via Machine-Vision Controlled Filtration Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 23	Dr. Jifa Tian, University of Wyoming, Spin and Charge Transport in Two-Dimensional Topological Materials Zoom Session Link

Spring 2021 Schedule

Jan. 11	Dr. Stacy Palen Weber State University Observational Astronomy: Socially Distant since 13.7 billion B.C.E. Zoom Recording

Jan. 18	Martin Luther King Day, No Colloquium

Jan 25	Hannah Jang-Condell University of Wyoming From Protoplanetary Disks to Exoplanets: Planets from Infancy to Maturity Zoom Recording Zoom Session Link

Feb. 1	Dr. Joshua Island University of Nevada Las Vegas A Proximity-Induced Topological Phase in Bilayer Graphene Zoom Session Recordings Zoom Link

Feb. 8	Dr. Ashkan Salamat University of Nevada Las Vegas, Room Temperature Superconductivity in a Carbonaceous Sulfur Hydride Zoom Link Zoom Recording

Feb. 15	President's Day, No Colloquium

Feb. 22	Dr. Anton Vorontsov Montana State University Superconductivity Zoom Link Zoom Recording

Mar. 1	Dr. Vikram Deshpande University of Utah Engineering Topological Materials and Devices Zoom Link Zoom Recording

Mar. 8	Dr. Mathew Snow Idaho National Laboratory Exploring Rapid Radiochemical Separations and Novel Isotope Production Pathways Zoom Link Zoom Session Recording Zoom Recording

Mar. 15	Dr. Michael Vershinin, University of Utah, Single Molecule Biophysics Perspective on SARS-CoV-2 Zoom Link Zoom Recording

Mar. 22	Dr. Joey Key University of Washington Bothell The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy Zoom Link Zoom Recording

Mar. 29	Dr. Keith Ulmer University of Colorado at Boulder The Higgs Boson as a Tool for Discovery at the LHC Zoom Link

Apr. 5	Dr. Robert Wilson Colorado State University The Most Abundant Particle in the Universe is a Shapeshifter Zoom Link

Apr. 12	Dr. Walter Toki Colorado State University Search for Charge Parity (CP) violation in Neutrino Oscillations Zoom Link

Apr. 19	Dr. Alejandro Garcia University of Washington Using Microwaves to Search For New Physics in Beta Decay Zoom Link

Apr. 26	Spring Break, No Colloquium

Colloquiums in Past Years