Events

Mar

26

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: “Geometric Simplicity in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity” Presented by Dr. Thomas Grimm

Location:

LL 316

March 26, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Physics often reveals surprising simplicity hidden inside complicated systems. Familiar examples include the structure of Feynman amplitudes and cosmological correlators, the simplifications appearing in large-N and duality limits, and the organizing power of symmetries. In this…

Mar

30

Event

Physics Seminar: “Trees: topology, multifractality, and superconductivity” Presented by Dr. Askar Iliasov, University of Zurich

Location:

Lewis Lab 316

March 30, 2026, 3 - 4:30pm

Tree graphs provide an appealing example of a geometry that allows for explicit solutions and lies at the intersection of several areas of physics and mathematics. In this talk, I will discuss three physical phenomena on tree graphs: topological states, multifractality of wave…

Apr

2

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: “Unified theory of interacting Dirac fermions in two dimensions and the dark side of the Gross-Neveu model” Presented by Dr. Igor Herbut

Location:

LL 316

April 2, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Gapless (or "massless") Dirac fermions appear as low-energy excitations in many condensed matter systems of recent interest.  They are often weakly interacting, as famously in graphene, but at stronger interactions they can also acquire a gap ("mass") and exhibit many ordered…

Apr

9

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: "Multiscale Mechanics of Cytoskeletal Networks" Presented by Dr. Bekele Gurmessa - Bucknell University

Location:

LL 316

April 9, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Biological cells regulate their mechanical behavior through the cytoskeleton, a composite network of interacting protein filaments whose properties emerge from structure and dynamics across multiple scales. In this talk, I will describe optical tweezers microrheology and imaging…

Apr

16

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: "Exploration of Light Ion Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider" Presented by Dr. Austin Baty - University Of Illinois, Chicago

Location:

LL 316

April 16, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Collisions of relativistic heavy ions, such as gold and lead, have been used for decades to explore a hot, deconfined medium of quarks and gluons known as the quark-gluon plasma (QGP).  In the last few years, there has also been great interest in searching for similar effects in…

Apr

23

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: Presented by Dr. Peter Engles - University of Washington

Location:

LL 316

April 23, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

More information to follow.

Apr

30

Seminar

Physics Colloquium: Dr. Charles Brown - Yale

Location:

LL 316

April 30, 2026, 4:25 - 5:25pm

More information to follow.