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Colloquium 2026-202

All colloquium lectures will be offered online via Zoom.  Links to these sessions are provided below.  Students are encouraged, but not required, to attend in person in Physical Science Room 108 for presentations by ISU faculty.

Spring 2026  Schedule
All Zoom Presentations are using this link unless stated otherwise

Jan. 12

Dr. Chad Pope
Idaho State University

U.S. Department of Energy Reactor Pilot Program

Special In-Person Lecture in PS 108

   
Jan. 19
Martin Luther King Day.  No Colloquium
   
Jan 26

Dr. Sebastian Fischetti
Weber State University

The Quantum Messiness of Black Holes

   
Feb. 2

Dr. Shanti Deemyad
University of Utah

Competitive Structural and Electronic States under Pressure

   
Feb. 9

Dr. David Neilsen
Brigham Young University 


The Science of Gravitational Waves: What we have learned in the past decade, and what we look forward to in the next

   
Feb. 16
President's Day.  No Colloquium
   
Feb. 23

Dr. Dennis Soldin
University of Utah

Astroparticle Physics with the Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

   
Mar. 2

Dr. Dmitri Tenne
Boise State University

Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 Thin Film Heterostrucrures  

   
Mar. 9

Dr. Stephen Millward
Idaho State University

Gravitational Collapse of Yang-Mills-Higgs Fields, or, Do Black Holes Need Barbers?

IN PERSON PHYSICAL SCIENCE 108

   
Mar. 16

Dr. Sara St. James
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute

Modern Radiation Therapy Physics: Curing Cancer and Improving Patient Outcomes

   
Mar. 23
Spring Break.  No Colloquium
   
Mar. 30

Dr. JR Dennison
Materials Physics Group
Utah State University

Charge Transport in Highly Disordered Insulating Materials

   
Apr. 6
 
   
Apr. 13
 
   
Apr. 20
 
   
Apr. 27  


All talks will be offered via Zoom using the links above, with presentations starting promptly at 4:00 PM on Mondays.  Presentations by ISU faculty will occur in PS 108 in addition to Zoom offering.

contact: shrostev@isu.edu
Last modified 02/24/2026