Physics Colloquium
About the Colloquium
The Physics Department Colloquium is a series of seminars from scientists about their research. It also provides an opportunity for physics graduate students to deliver professional talks. All seminars are open to anyone who is interested.
Times and Locations
The Physics Colloquium is held in Engineering/Physics 122 each Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Colloquium sessions are also offered via Zoom this semester.
If you wish to attend physics seminars in person in EP 122, please be aware that you will be required to:
(1) wear a face covering over your mouth and nose at all times
(2) social distance as much as possible
We do not have presentations on UI holidays or school breaks.
Join us in EP 122 or via zoom: https://uidaho.zoom.us/j/88405512328
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2021 | NO Colloquium |
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| Aug 30, 2021 |
Zach Etienne (Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Idaho) |
Advancing Multimessenger Astrophysics with Next-Generation Black Hole and Neutron Star Binary Merger Simulations |
| Sep 6, 2021 | NO COLLOQUIUM - UI Holiday | |
| Sep 13, 2021 |
David Sivak (Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University) |
Maximizing power and velocity of an information engine |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Becky Tallent (Associate Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Mass Media, University of Idaho) | Working with the News Media |
| Sep 27, 2021 | James Bull (Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho) |
Gene Drives |
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Oct 4, 2021 |
Jeremy Tamsen (Director of Office of Tech Transfer, University of Idaho) |
TBA |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Abhi Singh (University of Delaware) | TBA |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Brian Collins (Washington State University) | TBA |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Bill Cannon (PNNL) | Thermodynamics and Learning in Biological Cells |
| Nov 1, 2021 | Margaret S. Cheung (UW-PNNL) | Proteins in a crowd under heat and pressure |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Barrie Robison (University of Idaho) | Video Games and Data Science at UI (provisional) |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Sofia Chabysheva (University of Idaho) |
Impact of the quantum vacuum (provisional) |
| Nov 22, 2021 | NO Colloquium - Fall Break | |
| Nov 29, 2021 - For Credit Students | Graduate Student Presentations | TBD |
| Dec 6, 2021 - For Credit Students | Graduate Student Presentations | TBD |
| Dec 13, 2021 | NO Colloquium - Finals Week |
Previous Semesters:
Spring 2021 Colloquiums
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Jason Barnes (Professor, Department of Physics, University of Idaho) |
The Rocket Science of Dragonfly |
| Feb. 1, 2021 |
Matthew Bernards (Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Idaho) |
In Pursuit of Perfection: Are Polyampholytes the Answer? |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Cody Steven (Postdoctoral researcher, Planetary Science Institute and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho) |
Challenges and Solution of Modulated Crystal Structures |
| Feb. 15, 2021 | NO COLLOQUIUM - UI Holiday | |
| Feb. 25, 2021 (Thursday) | David Trang (University of Hawaii) | Space Weathering on the Moon, Mercury, and Bennu |
| Mar. 1, 2021 | Matthew McCluskey (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Washington State University) |
Defects in Gallium Oxide, in the Bulk and on the Surface |
| Dr. Zachariah Etienne (Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University) |
Advancing Multimessenger Astrophysics with Next-Generation Black Hole and Neutron Star Binary Merger Simulations |
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| Mar. 15, 2021 (No Colloquium - Spring Break) | N/A | N/A |
| Mar. 22, 2021 | Audrey Qiuyan Fu (Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho) | Imputation of Single-Cell Gene Expression Data with Deep Learning |
| Mar. 29, 2021 | David Yopp (Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, University of Idaho) | The LLAMA project for mathematics instruction: Findings and suggests for teaching and learning |
| Apr. 5, 2021 | Sarah (Xiao) Wu (Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Idaho) | Characteristics and Production of Plasma Activated Water |
| Apr. 12, 2021 | Dmitri Tenne (Department of Physics, Boise State University) | Raman spectroscopy for characterization of crystalline phases and phase transformations in multifunctional oxide nanostructures |
| Apr. 19, 2021 | Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma (Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho) |
Using a 3D visual matrix to explore the co-relationship between elements and mineral species |
| Apr. 26, 2021 | Victor Afigbo (Physics Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of Idaho) | The Dynamics of a Magnetic Monopole in the Presence of an Electromagnetic Field: A Case-Study of an ideal hyperbolic Penning |
Fall 2020 Colloquiums
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2020 | Jagdish Patel | Visual Photopigment Models to Predict Spectral Peaks of Absorbance |
| Sep. 21, 2020 |
Mark McGuire(Director and Professor of Nutrition, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho) Shelley McGuire(Associate Dean for Research, Director of the Agriculture Experiment Station, and Distinguished Professor, University of Idaho) |
COVID-19, Breastfeeding, and Conducting Pandemic Research |
| Sep. 28, 2020 | Christine Parent(Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho) |
Islands as dynamic models for the study of evolutionary diversification |
| Oct. 5, 2020 | Vivienne Baldassare(Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University) |
Searching for Supermassive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies |
| Oct. 12, 2020 | Senthil Natesan(Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University) |
Allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors by farnesol: A comprehensive in silico study |
| Oct. 19, 2020 | Paul Bisagni(Graduate Writing Consultant, Writing Center, English Department, University of Idaho) |
The Elements of Cogent Proposal Writing |
| Oct.26, 2020 | David O'Brien(Senior Manager QD Industrialization, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc., Portland, OR) |
Quantum Dot Optical Down Conversion in LED Lighting |
| Nov. 2, 2020 | Paul Rowley(Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Idaho) | An Old Dog Teaching Us New Tricks: Antifungal Drugs from Baker’s Yeast |
| Nov. 9, 2020 | Ben Ridenhour(Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho) | The Spread of COVID-19 in Idaho |
| Nov. 16, 2020 | Brian Jackson(Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Boise State University) | The Weather on Distant Worlds |
| Nov. 23, 2020 (No Colloquium - Fall Break) | N/A | N/A |
| Nov. 30, 2020 (Zoom Only) - For Credit Student A | Katie Denny(Physics PhD Candidate, Physics TA) Research advisor not assigned yet. Interested in planetary astronomy, exoplanets, icy ocean worlds |
Detecting and Characterizing Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres |
| Nov. 30, 2020 (Zoom Only) - For Credit Student B |
Anna Ross(Physics PhD Candidate, Physics TA) |
Direct Imaging of Habitability Signatures on Exo-Earths |
| Nov. 30, 2020 (Zoom Only) - For Credit Student C |
Kaleb Trotter(planning MS exam) | Promising Advances in Nuclear Fusion: A survey of recent plasma physics research from MIT's SPARC reactor design |
| Spring 2021 | TBD | TBD |