Physics Colloquia

Our weekly colloquia program brings distinguished speakers to the department from academia and industry.

Arrangements are made for the speakers to meet with students to discuss research and other topics. The program results in graduates well-prepared for careers in industry, academics and national research laboratories.

Physics Department Seminar Series, Spring 2024

Date Speaker Topic

1/26

Julian Heeck, Ph.D.
University of Virginia Physics

"Does Decay Matter?"

2/2

Sukhendu Mandal, Ph.D.
IISER-Trivandrum

"New Advances in Atomically Precise Silver and Copper Nanoclusters"

2/9

Jun Ye, Ph.D.
NIST Boulder

"Engineering a quantum frontier for atomic clocks and fundamental physics"

2/16

Denis Demchenko, Ph.D.
VCU Physics

"Dual Nature Acceptors in Semiconductors: Small Polarons versus Shallow States in Gallium Nitride"

2/23

Ka Un Lao, Ph.D.
VCU Chemistry

"Accelerating Quantum Chemistry Calculations Using Grassmannians, Fragmentations, and Machine Learning"

3/22

Michael Peters, Ph.D. 
VCU Chemical and Life Science Engineering

"Protein‐Protein Interactions: Lessons from COVID‐19"

4/12

Marija Vucelja, Ph.D. 
University of Virginia Physics

"Anomalous thermal relaxations of physical systems"

4/19

Seth Aubin, Ph.D.
William and Mary, Department of Physics

"AC Zeeman chip traps for fundamental physics"

4/26

 

Shobita Sotyapal, Ph.D.
George Mason University, Department of Physics