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.

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Last modified 02/24/2026

Colloquiums in Past Years

ISU Physics 2024-2025 Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2024 Schedule

Aug. 19	Dr. Subramanian Ramachandran School of STEM University of Washington \| BothellOpens in new window Thermodynamics of Adsorbed Gases Studied on One- and Two-Dimensional Systems and Some Practical Implications Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Aug. 26	Dr. Dustin McNulty Idaho State UniversityOpens in new window Ongoing Research within the ISU Physics Department, and Opportunities for Student Involvement In-Person Presentation in PS 108

Sept. 2	Labor Day, No Colloquium

Sept. 9	Eva Barker Idaho State University, Nuclear Engineering Safeguards Sensitivity Studies Using Pyroprocessing Models Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 16	Dr. Kate Scholberg Duke University Scattering in Neutrino Alley Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 23	Dr. Daniel Ginosar Idaho National Laboratory Critical Materials for the Clean Energy Transition Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Sept. 30	Dr. Subramanian RamachandranOpens in new window School of STEM University of Washington \| Bothell Thermodynamics of Adsorbed Gases Studied on One- and Two-Dimensional Systems and Some Practical Implications, Part II Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 07	Kate Alexander University of Arizona Tidal Disruption Events: Unique Probes of Outflows and Accretion in Supermassive Black Holes Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 14	Dr. Brelon May Idaho National Laboratory Epitaxial Synthesis and Integration of Cubic Nitrides In-Person Presentation in PS 108

Oct. 21	Dr. Nathan Powers Brigham Young University topic tbd Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Oct. 28	Speaker and topic tbd Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 4	Speaker and topic tbd Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 11	Dr. Brian Milbrath Pacific Northwest National Laboratory topic to be determined Zoom Session Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 18	Dr. Curtis Jonathan BernardOpens in new window Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Photoinduced Dynamics in Correlated Magnetic Insulators Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Nov. 25	Thanksgiving Break No Colloquium

Dec. 2	Speaker and topic tbd Zoom Link Zoom Session Recordings

Dec. 13	Finals Week No Colloquium

Colloquium 2026-202

Dr. Sebastian FischettiWeber State University

Dr. Stephen MillwardIdaho State University

Dr. JR DennisonMaterials Physics GroupUtah State University

Charge Transport in Highly Disordered Insulating Materials

ISU Physics 2024-2025 Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2024 Schedule

Thermodynamics of Adsorbed Gases Studied on One- and Two-Dimensional Systems and Some Practical Implications

Dr. Dustin McNulty

Ongoing Research within the ISU Physics Department, and Opportunities for Student Involvement

In-Person Presentation in PS 108

Eva Barker

Safeguards Sensitivity Studies Using Pyroprocessing Models

Zoom Session Recordings

Scattering in Neutrino Alley

Zoom Session Recordings

Dr. Daniel Ginosar

Idaho National Laboratory

Critical Materials for the Clean Energy Transition

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Thermodynamics of Adsorbed Gases Studied on One- and Two-Dimensional Systems and Some Practical Implications, Part II

Zoom Session Recordings

Kate Alexander

University of Arizona

Tidal Disruption Events: Unique Probes of Outflows and Accretion in Supermassive Black Holes

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Dr. Brelon May

Epitaxial Synthesis and Integration of Cubic Nitrides

In-Person Presentation in PS 108

Dr. Nathan Powers

Brigham Young University

topic tbd

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Speaker and topic tbd

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Speaker and topic tbd

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

topic to be determined

Zoom Session Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Photoinduced Dynamics in Correlated Magnetic Insulators

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Thanksgiving Break

No Colloquium

Speaker and topic tbd

Zoom Link

Zoom Session Recordings

Dr. Sebastian Fischetti
Weber State University

Dr. Stephen Millward
Idaho State University

Dr. JR Dennison
Materials Physics Group
Utah State University