Fall 2023 Colloquium
LSU Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Archives
Note: All colloquia will be held in room 435 Nicholson Hall at 3:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
| Date | Title of Talk | Speaker | Speaker's Institution | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2023 | How Acceleration Radiation Respects the Equivalence Principle | Steven Fulling, Professor | Texas A&M University | Justin Wilson, Assistant Professor |
| August 31, 2023 |
Identifying Antineutrinos from Distant Reactors using Pure Water at SNO+ |
Logan M. Lebanowski, Physics Researcher | University of California, Berkeley | Hanyu Wei, Assistant Professor |
| September 7, 2023 | Quasiparticle Breakdown in Strongly Correlated Materials | Shang-Shun Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate | University of Minnesota | Xiaojian Bai, Assistant Professor |
| September 14, 2023 | Simulating Nature's Fundamental Interactions: From Classical Computations to Quantum Simulations | Zohreh Davoudi, Associate Professor | University of Maryland | Alexis Mercenne, Assistant Professor |
| September 21, 2023 | Maximizing Science-Per-Dollar: Success through Multidisciplinary Communication and Innovation for Astronomical Instruments | Caleb Wheeler, Detector Readout Development Scientist | Center for Computational Astrophysics, Simons Foundation | Tabetha Boyajian, Associate Professor |
| September 28, 2023 | Quantum State Engineering through Weak Measurement | Hilary Hurst, Assistant Professor | San José State University | Justin Wilson, Assistant Professor |
| October 5, 2023 | Geodetic Precession and other Gravity Tests with Pulsars | Michael Kramer, Director | University of Bonn | Jorge Pullin, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics |
| October 12, 2023 | Exploring Parity Violation with Gravitational Waves | Leah Jenks, KICP Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Chicago | Eric Burns, Assistant Professor |
| October 19, 2023 | Herbert Fotso, Associate Professor | University at Buffalo | Juana Moreno, Patricia Hewlett Bodin Distinguished Professor | |
| October 26, 2023 | Beverly Berger, American physicist known for her work on gravitational physics | 2021 Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science Recipient | Gabriela González, LSU Boyd Professor of Physics | |
| November 2, 2023 | Sami Mitra, Editor | Physical Review Letters | Prosper Ngabonziza, Assistant Professor | |
| November 9, 2023 | Ling Miao, Managing Editor | Physical Review X | Parampreet Singh, Professor of Physics & Adjunct Faculty at LSU CCT | |
| November 16, 2023 | Jens Koch, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Deputy Director of SQMS, Co-Director of CAPST | Northwestern University | James A. Sauls, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics | |
| November 30, 2023 | T. Gregory Guzik | T. Gregory Guzik, Professor |