Colloquium Schedule - Spring 2026

Dr. Renee Sher

*Thursdays, 11.50 am - 1.10 pm in Exley 058

*colloquium occurs on Thursdays in Exley 058, except if noted

Date

Speaker

Title

Jan

29

Nick Ouellette

Stanford University

Animal Groups as Active Materials

Feb

05

Reinhold Blümel

91³Ô¹Ï

Planck, Einstein, Bohr, deBroglie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger: The Early History of Quantum Mechanics

Feb

12

David Tannor

Weizmann Institute of Science

Two Hundred Years after Hamilton:  Exploring New Formlations of Classical and Quantum Mechanics

Feb

19

Jing Zhao

University of Connecticut

Photoluminescence Intermittency of Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Feb

26

Elizabeth Chang-Davidson

91³Ô¹Ï

Leveraging Heat Transfer Understanding to Build Better Metal Parts with 3D Printing

Mar

05

Gregory Kestin

Harvard University

AI-Powered Pedagogy: Research-Based Insights for the Classroom

Mar

26

Danny Weiss

Yale University

Cleaning up the DUST in Superconducting Quantum Circuits

April

09

Aditya Sood

Princeton University

Nanoscale Adventures in Thermal Physics:  A Story of 'Twists' and 'Turns'

April  16

Juanita Hidalgo

New York University

Surface Sensitive and In-situ Characterization of Perovskite Materials for Energy Conversion 

April

23

Brian Stewart

91³Ô¹Ï

19th Annual Earth Week Rant - a lively tradition offering bold perspectives on environmental issues that matter

FRI May

01

Bertman Awards Ceremony*

Andrea Alu

City University of New York

Bertman Seminar and Undergraduate Awards Celebration, 3:00 p.m.