Colloquiums
Fall 2024 Colloquium
LSU Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Archives
Note: All colloquia will be held in room 109 Nicholson Hall at 3:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
| Date | Title of Talk | Speaker | Speaker's Institution | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2024 | Recent Progress in Research on Quantum Spin Liquids at the National High Magnetic Field | Minseong Lee, Staff Scientist | National High Magnetic Field Laboratory | Xiaojian Bai |
| September 5, 2024 | Looking at the Invisible: Exploring Dark Matter through Cosmic Messengers | Nicolao Fornengo, Professor | University of Torino and INFN - Torino | Michela Negro |
| September 12, 2024 |
Probing Andreev Bound States in Superconductor-semiconductor Josephson Junctions |
Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics |
NYU, SHABANI LAB | Constantin Schrade |
| September 19, 2024 | Gravitational Wave Paleontology: a New Frontier to Explore the Formation, Lives, and Deaths of Massive Stars Across Cosmic Time | Floor Broekgaarden, Junior Fellow, Simons Society of Fellows | Columbia University/Flatiron Institute/CCA | Eric Burns |
| September 26, 2024 | Advancements in Density Functional Theory for Correlated d- and f-Electron Compounds | Jianwei Sun, Associate Professor | Tulane University | Ka Ming Tam |
| October 3, 2024 | Improving the Performance of Superconducting Qubits | Dr. Corey Rae McRae | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Ilya Vekhter |
| October 10, 2024 | Nuclear Microphysics of Core-collapse Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Neutron Star Mergers | Jeremy Holt, Associate Professor | Texas A&M University | Kristina D Launey |
| October 24 2024 | Quantum Computing: Where we are and where we are going | Brajesh Gupt, Quantum Applied Scientist | Amazon Web Services | Ivan Agullo |
| October 31, 2024 | Quantum Materials 99 Years Later | Elio König | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | Justin Wilson |
| November 7, 2024 | Skyrmion Textures in Magnetic Materials | Cristian Batista, Lincoln Chair Professor | University of Tennessee | Xiaojian Bai |
| November 14, 2024 | Primordial black holes, neutron stars, and the nuclear equation of state | Thomas Baumgarte, William R. Kenan Professor of Physics | Bowdoin College | Peter Diener |
| November 21, 2024 | Quantum Escapades: From nanoconstrictions to black holes | Smitha Vishveshwara, Professor | University of Illinois | James A. Sauls |
| December 5, 2024 | Role of time-frequency correlations in two-photon-two-atom resonance energy transfer | Roberto Leon-Montiel, Associate Professor | Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares UNAM | Omar Magaña-Loaiza |
Spring 2025 Colloquium
| Date | Title of Talk | Speaker | Speaker's Institution | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2025 | Filip Ronning, Director Institute for Materials Science | Los Alamos National Lab | Ilya Vekhter | |
| January 30, 2025 | Dr. Ou Labun, Research Associate | UT Austin | Joyoni Dey | |
| February 6, 2025 | Shyam Shankar, Assistant Professor | UT Austin | Constantin Shrade | |
| February 13, 2025 | Ravi Kopparapu, Planetary Scientist | NASA | Natalie Hinkel | |
| February 20, 2025 | Michael Coughlin, Assitant Professor | University of Minnesota | Eric Burns | |
| February 27, 2025 | Shane Larson, Research Professor | Northwestern | Michela Negro | |
| March 6, 2025 | Roman Holowinsky, Associate Professor | The Ohio State University | Justin Wilson | |
| March 13, 2025 | Pre-booked | |||
| March 27, 2025 | Hal Hagard, Associate Professor | Bard College | Ivan Agullo | |
| April 10, 2025 | Ana Asenjo Garcia, Associate Professor | Columbia University | Justin Wilson | |
| April 17, 2025 | Charlotte Bottcher, Assistant Professor | Stanford | Constantine Shrade | |
| May 1, 2025 | Andriy Nevidomskyy, Professor | Rice University | Ilya Vekhter |