DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Friday Nights at the Dearborn Observatory

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, sponsored by Dearborn Observatory

The Dearborn Observatory is open for public viewing every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm during the spring and...

PAECRS:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy PAECRS

Special CIERA Colloquium: Ray Jayawardhana: "Exploring Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Objects and Their Disks"

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy Seminars

Free-floating planetary-mass objects (PMOs) in star-forming regions represent the low end of the stellar initial mass function and overlap in...

Complex Systems Seminar: Sarah Keller: "Two Extremes of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Membranes: Minimal, Artificial Membranes with two Lipids versus Living, Biological Membranes with Hundreds of Components"

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Amidst longstanding excitement about phase separation in cells, fundamental questions have persisted about exactly which molecules are required for liquid–liquid...

Colloquium: Daniel Green: "Signals of a Quantum Universe"

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia

The idea that structure in the Universe was created from quantum mechanical vacuum fluctuations is compelling but unproven. Testing this...

HEP Seminar: Avinay Bhat: "Short Baseline Neutrino Oscillations with SBND"

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars

The Short-Baseline Near Detector, SBND, is the near detector of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino program, a suite of liquid-argon time projection...

Complex Systems Seminar: Xiaoming Mao: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Abstract: TBA Xiaoming Mao, Professor, University of Michigan Host: Istvan Kovacs      

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Shulong Yang: "Engineering Topological Quantum Matter in Space and Time"

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Topology has emerged as a unifying principle in modern condensed matter physics and materials science, enabling quantum phases that are...

Colloquium: Shu-Heng Sha: TBA

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Colloquia

Abstract: TBA Shu-Heng Sha, Associate Professor, MIT  

HEP Seminar: Joseph Redeker: TBA

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars

Abstract: TBA Joseph Redeker, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago Host: Susan Dittmer

CFP Colloquium: Zoe Yan: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia

Abstract: TBA   Speaker: Zoe Yan, University of Chicago   Faculty host: TBA Keywords: CFP, Physics

Physics Horizons Seminar with Professor Michelle Driscoll

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy

Michelle Driscoll will present her research in a special seminar targeting undergraduates (but the entire community is welcome!). Following the...

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Britton Plourde: TBA

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Abstract: TBA Britton Plourde, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Host: Venkat Chandrasekhar    

HEP Seminar: Mohammad Abrar Wadud: "Seeing H-WW* in One Jet at the LHC"

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy High Energy Physics Seminars

In a recent CMS paper, we exploited a new handle on boosted Higgs bosons by identifying H->WW decays at high...

CFP Colloquium: Alex Sushkov: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia

Abstract: TBA   Speaker: Alex Sushkov, Johns Hopkins University   Host: TBA Keywords: Physics, CFP

Complex Systems Seminar: Pranav Vyas: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Abstract: TBA Pranav Vyas, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago Host: Istvan Kovacs      

CFP Colloquium: Mark Saffman: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Fundamental Physics Colloquia

Abstract: TBA   Speaker: Mark Saffman, University of Wisconsin-Madison   Host: TBA Keywords: CFP, Physics

How to Apply to Grad School Panel

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy

Come hear from Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Physics faculty about the process of applying to grad school and have all...

Complex Systems Seminar: Safa Jamali: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Abstract: TBA Safa Jamali, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University Host: Michelle Driscoll      

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Xi Wang: TBA

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Abstract: TBA Xi Wang, Assistant Professor, Washington University Host: Venkat Chandrasekhar