Physics & Astronomy Colloquium

Spring 2026 Colloquia Schedule

All colloquia will be held in room 109 Nicholson Hall at 3:15 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.

Date Title Speaker Speaker's Institution Host
January 15, 2026   Mike Martin, Senior Scientist Berkeley National Lab Prosper Ngabonziza
January 22, 2026   Robert Joynt, Emeritus Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison James Sauls
January 29, 2026   Charity Woodrum, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Gabriela González
February 5, 2026   Ivan Agullo, Professor Louisiana State University  
February 12, 2026   Miguel Bastarrachea, Associate Professor Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa Omar Magana-Loaiza
February 19, 2026   Carey Lisse, Principal Staff Scientist Johns Hopkins Michela Negro
February 26, 2026   Jia Li, Associate Professor Brown University Constantin Schrade
March 5, 2026   Sam Gralla, Professor University of Arizona Ivan Agullo
March 19, 2026       James Sauls
March 26, 2026   Alexander Balatsky, Professor  University of Connecticut Ilya Vekhter
April 2, 2026       James Sauls
April 9, 2026       James Sauls
April 16, 2026   Sophia Economou, Professor Virginia Tech Ilya Vekhter
April 23, 2026   Danny Perez, Scientist Los Alamos National Laboratory Bill Shelton
April 30, 2026   Ivan Martin, Senior Physicist Argon National Lab Justin Wilson