Past Events


DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Jessica Cmiel, PHD Student Environmental Science & Engineering (Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and applied Sciences)
April 25, 2024
IN-PERSON EVENT ROOM 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Lauren Garten , Assistant Professor School of Materials Science and Engineering (Georgia Tech)
April 18, 2024
Physics Building Room 202
Dr. Cassandra Hall, Faculty Presenter

11th Annual TEDxUGA

Dr. Cassandra Hall,
March 29, 2024
Morton Theatre downtown Athens

UGA welcomes Nobel laureate Eric Betzig

Eric Betzig, Professor of Molecular and Cell biology and Eugene D. Commins Presidential Chair in Experimental Physics (University of California, Berkeley,)
March 25, 2024
Physics Room 202

2024 Chhabra-Landau Lecture

J Michael Kosterlitz, Harrison E. Farnsworth Professor of Physics, Brown University (2016 Nobel Prize winner for Physics)
March 14, 2024
Physics Building Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM ZOOM EVENT

Edward Gillen, Winton Fellow & Lecturer in Observations of Exoplanets (Queen Mary University of London)
February 29, 2024
Zoom

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON EVENT

Stefan Boettcher, Department of Physics (Emory University)
February 22, 2024
Physics Building Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM

Tian Li, Assistant Professor of Physics (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
February 15, 2024
IN-PERSON EVENT ROOM 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM

Francesco Caravelli, CNLS Oppenheimer Fellow (Los Almos National Laboratory)
February 8, 2024
IN-PERSON EVENT ROOM 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM

Melissa Dancy, Research Faculty (Western Michigan University )
January 25, 2024
In-person Event Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM

George Siopsis, Dept of Physics & Astronomy (The University of Tenessee)
November 16, 2023
IN-PERSON EVENT ROOM 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY

Stefanie N. Milam, WST Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science, (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
November 9, 2023
Physics Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM

Ahmedullah Aziz, Dept. of EECS, (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
November 2, 2023
In-person Event Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Matthew Liska, John Harvard Fellow, Harvard University (Hubble Fellow, Georgia Tech)
October 26, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Ying Wai Li, Scientist and Team Leader (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
October 19, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Laurene Tetard, Department of Physics (University of Central Florida)
October 12, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRO- COLLOQUIUM IN-PERSON ONLY EVENT

Tianming Liu, Department of Computer Science, (University of Georgia)
October 5, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Event

Sergei Gleyzer, Department of Physics & Astronomy (University of Alabama)
September 28, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM

Erica R. Jawin, Postdoctoral Research Geologist, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)
September 14, 2023
Physics Room 202

KILLER ASTEROIDS! Why are they important, and how are we prepared to protect Earth?

Dr. Erica Jawin,
September 13, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202

DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM

Wes Campbell, Physics & Astronomy (UCLA)
September 7, 2023
Zoom Meeting

DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM

Gopal Iyer, Department of Chemistry (Brown University)
August 31, 2023
Physics Auditorium Room 202
Dr. Steven G. Louie

2023 Chhabra-Landau Lecture

Steven G. Louie, Physics Department, (University of California at Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720 U.S.A.)
April 13, 2023
Physics Building Room 202
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Monte Carlo Simulations and Ground States of Semiflexible Polymers

Dilimulati Aierken, Center for Simulational Physics (University of Georgia)
March 16, 2023
Zoom Meeting
Andrew Sornborger

Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Simulation

Andrew Sornborger, Research Scientist, Information Sciences (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
December 1, 2022
Physics Auditorium (202)
Sano

What is Active Matter?

Masaki Sano, The University of Tokyo School of Physics and Astronomy (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
November 10, 2022
Zoom meeting

Understanding optomechanical coupling and nonlinear phononics effects in materials

Pierre T. Darancet , Scientist, Nanoscience, Center for Nanoscale Materials (Argonne National Laboratory)
November 3, 2022
Zoom meeting
CSP

First-Principles Calculations of Minimally Twisted MoSe2/WSe2 Bilayers

Madeleine Phillips, (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
November 1, 2022
Zoom Meeting
David Wolpert

The stochastic thermodynamics of computation

David Wolpert, Santa Fe Institute Resident Professor Complexity Science Hub Vienna External Professor (Arizona State University )
October 27, 2022
Physics Auditorium (202)
Andreas Titel

Nanophotonics for enhanced sensing and spectroscopy: towards point-of-care devices

Dr. Andreas Tittl,
October 26, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Physics and Astronomy

2022 Graduate Recruitment Event

October 26, 2022
Zoom meeting
CSP

Thermodynamic studies of oxygen vacancies in pure and doped SnO2 surfaces

Nima Karamitari, (University of South Carolina)
October 25, 2022
Zoom meeting
Dr. Rachel Smith

Investigations of Carbon and Oxygen in Young Stellar Objects and Implications for the Early Solar System

Dr. Rachel L. Smith, Head, Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab (Curator of Meteorites, NC Museum of Natural Sciences)
October 20, 2022
Physics Auditorium (202)
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Simulating the evolution of dust particles in planet-forming discs

Richard Booth, (Imperial College London)
October 18, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Adrian Del Maestro

Entanglement area law in superfluid helium

Adrian Del Maestro, Professor and Head Department of Physics & Astronomy (University of Tennessee )
October 13, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
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On the First Law of Thermodynamics in Time-Dependent Open Quantum Systems

Parth Kumar, Department of Physics (University of Arizona)
October 11, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Langevin Dynamics/Monte Carlo Simulations of Moire Bilayers, pt. 2

October 4, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Langevin Dynamics/Monte Carlo Simulations of Moire Bilayers

September 27, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Michael D Williams

Work Function Tuning in Ferric Chloride Intercalated Few-layer Epitaxial Graphene

Michael D. Williams, Ph.D. , Professor/Chair Department of Physics (Clark University)
September 22, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
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Planet Formation in the Regime of Self-Gravitating Disk

Hans Baehr, Center for Simulational Physics (University of Georgia)
September 20, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Martin Mourigal

The New Wave of Quantum Magnetism

Martin Mourigal, Associate Professor, School of Physics (Georgia Institute of Technology)
September 19, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
Kyle J. Dorsey

A Dual-Stage Photonic Integrated Circuit Spectrometer

Kyle J. Dorsey, Ph.D.,
September 15, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
Zahra

Emerging properties of disordered plasmonic metamaterials

Zahra Fakhraai ,
September 8, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Compile and Run HPC Code on Sapelo2

Zhuofei Hou, (GACRC)
September 6, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Eric DeGiuli

Random Language Model

Dr. Eric DeGiuli, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics (Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) )
September 1, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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CSP Computing Resources

Michael Caplinger and Jeff Deroshia(1), Shan-Ho Tsai(2),
August 30, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Discs: A Vanishing Act

Sahl Rowther, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (University of Leicester England)
August 17, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
Judit Szulagyi

Connecting Hydrodynamic Simulations of Planet Formation with Observations

July 21, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
J. Christopher Hawk

A New Approach to the Cosmic Lithium Problem

J. Christopher Howk, Department of Physics (University of Notre Dame)
May 5, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Travis Barman

Space Telescopes for Exoplanet Science

Travis Barman, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (University of Arizona)
April 28, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
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New CSP IT capability

Mike Kaplinger, Department of Physics and Astronomy (UGA)
April 19, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Carlo Sirtori

Unipolar quantum optolectronics

Carlo Sirtori, Professor of Physics (Holder of the ENS-THALES Chair Ecole normale supérieure)
April 14, 2022
Zoom Meeting

First principles investigations of Fe-based dopant defect complexes in KNbO3

Eric Suter, Center for Simulational Physics (University of Georgia)
April 12, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Andrew Mills

2022 Chhabra-Landau Lecture: Meeting Dirac’s Challenge: Quantum Many-body Physics in the 21st Century

Professor Andrew J. Millis, Department of Physics, Columbia University (Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute)
April 7, 2022
Physics Auditorium (2020) and Zoom
Suzette A. Pabit

Visualizing bending of RNA structures by a bound protein using Contrast Variation Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (CV-SAXS)

Suzette A. Pabit, School of Applied and Engineering Physics (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York )
March 30, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Simulating stellar core collapse

Carla Frohlich, Professor of Physics, Dept. of Physics (North Carolina State University)
March 29, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Matthias Kling

A perspective on petahertz (nano)electronics

Matthias Kling, Professor of Photon Science and (by courtesy) of Applied Physics Director of Science and R&D Division, LCLS, SLAC (Stanford University)
March 24, 2022
Zoom Meeting
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Coupling Lattice Boltzmann and Molecular Dynamics: A Versatile Tool for the Study of Soft-Matter Hydrodynamics

Burkhard Duenweg,
March 22, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Prof. Dr. Achim Hartschuh

Time-resolved optical microscopies of nanomaterials

Prof. Dr. Achim Hartschuh, Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience (LMU Munich, Munich, Germany)
March 17, 2022
Zoom Meeting
Roberto Car

2021 Chhabra-Landau Lecture

Professor Roberto Car, Department of Chemistry (Princeton University)
April 1, 2021
Zoom
Prof. Sharon C. Glotzer

2020 Chhabra-Landau Lecture

Prof. Sharon C. Glotzer, Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)
January 9, 2020
Physics Building Room 202

The dawn of modern whales: the diversification of Neoceti chronicled by Oligocene fossils from Charleston, South Carolina

Robert W. Boessenecker, (College of Charleston)
April 6, 2018
Room 200A: Geography-Geology Building

The Rising Star Expedition: Discovering Homo naledi

Hannah Morris, (Chena Consulting Services)
January 15, 2016
G&G - Room 200A

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