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Physics : 401

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September 9, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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TITLE: Why is the ocean blue? ABSTRACT: The deep blue color of the ocean is one of the most familiar, yet also one of the rarest, colors on Earth. Many prominent scientists, including Lord...

A man wearing sunglasses, a bright blue zip-up jacket, and blue jeans stands smiling on the back deck of a vessel. Behind him, white foamy water creates a visible wake trailing into calm blue waters under a clear sky. In the bottom left foreground, metallic marine research equipment is visible on the deck.

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Xiaodong Zhang | University of Southern Mississippi

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Physics : 401

Date & Time

September 2, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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TITLE: Using Machine Learning to Explore Possible Climate Futures ABSTRACT: Possible futures where the proposed method of climate intervention, stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), occur are...

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View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Charlotte Connolly | Loyola University Maryland

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Physics : 401

Date & Time

August 28, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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Join us to connect with department faculty, discuss research opportunities, or just chat! WHEN: Friday, August 28th @ 12:00 PM (Noon) WHERE: Room 401 BONUS: Free Food Provided! 🍕🥤 Bring...

View Event Details for UNDERGRAD-FACULTY MEET & GREET

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Online

Date & Time

August 3, 2026, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Belay Demoz TITLE: Characterizing aerosol, cloud, and dust vertical structure using ceilometer lidar: Implications for Boundary layer dynamics and air quality ABSTRACT: Ceilometers...

View Event Details for MS Thesis Defense: Joshua Finch

Location

Physics : 401

Date & Time

July 30, 2026, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Geoffrey Diederich TITLE: Exciton Coupling to the Spin Ordering of van der Waals Magnetic Semiconductors ABSTRACT: Van der Waals magnetic semiconductors provide a promising platform...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Mathew Varghese

Location

Physics : 221

Date & Time

July 23, 2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Benjamin Owen TITLE: Long and Short Searches for Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars ABSTRACT: Continuous gravitational waves (CWs) are long-lived, nearly monochromatic...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Olivia Danner

Location

The Commons : 331

Date & Time

July 23, 2026, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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ADVISOR: Dr. Matthew Pelton TITLE: Plasmon-Mediated Collective Light-Matter Interactions in Deterministic 2D Semiconductor Quantum Emitters ABSTRACT: Strain-localized quantum emitters are...

View Event Details for PhD Proposal: Maliq Adetunji

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Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 13, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Canceled

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TITLE: Ultrafast and Cavity Control of Quantum Materials ABSTRACT: The coherent manipulation of quantum materials with light is a frontier for accessing, probing, and controlling new...

View Event Details for Cancelled: Colloquium: Dr. Martin Claassen | University of Pennsylvania

Location

Physics : 201

Date & Time

May 8, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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Join us for the last AMA of the semester with Dr. Daniel Gonzales, a leading voice for science education and public outreach in the department. This is your chance to ask him anything—whether it’s...

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View Event Details for AMA Series with Dr. Gonzales

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Physics : 401

Date & Time

May 6, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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TITLE: Piecing Together the Lifecycle of Biomass Burning Aerosols: ABSTRACT: Aerosols emitted from wildfires and agricultural burns, collectively referred to as biomass burning (BB), are...

A close-up photograph of a smiling man with short gray hair and a light beard. He is wearing aviation headsets with large, light-green ear cups and a boom microphone positioned near his mouth. A pair of glasses is resting on top of his head. He is also wearing a bright yellow inflatable life vest over a gray shirt, which features the text "ADULT/CHILD" and instructional diagrams on the front. The background is slightly out of focus, showing what appears to be the interior of an aircraft with a blue and white striped curtain.

View Event Details for Colloquium: Dr. Arthur J. Sedlacek | Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Colloquium: Dr. Xiaodong Zhang | University of Southern Mississippi

In-Person PHYS 401

Colloquium: Dr. Charlotte Connolly | Loyola University Maryland

In-Person PHYS 401

UNDERGRAD-FACULTY MEET & GREET

In-Person PHYS 401

MS Thesis Defense: Joshua Finch

PhD Proposal: Mathew Varghese

PhD Proposal: Olivia Danner

PhD Proposal: Maliq Adetunji

Cancelled: Colloquium: Dr. Martin Claassen | University of Pennsylvania

In-Person PHYS 401

AMA Series with Dr. Gonzales

In-Person PHYS 201

Colloquium: Dr. Arthur J. Sedlacek | Brookhaven National Laboratory

In-Person PHYS 401

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