2021

Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Taming the BeEST: A Model Independent Search for Heavy Neutrinos using Superconducting Quantum Sensors
Kyle Leach, Colorado School of Mines
Host: Juan Collar

Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Next Generation Axion Dark Matter Searches
Andrew Sonnenschein, Fermilab
Host: Young-Kee Kim

Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Title TBD
Agnes Mocsy, Pratt
Host: Young-Kee Kim

Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm
First-Passage Processes in Physics and Beyond
Sidney Redner, Santa Fe Institute, 2021 APS Kadanoff Award Winner
Host: Vincenzo Vitelli and Tom Witten
Ian MacCormack’s PhD Thesis Defense
8:00–10:00 am
Gautam Upadhya’s PhD Thesis Defense
2:00–3:00 pm

2021 Inghram Lecture
3:30–4:30 pm
Tractor Beams and Related Topological Waves
David Grier, New York University
Host: Young-Kee Kim

Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture
3:30–4:30 pm
The Dark Energy of Quantum Materials
Laura Greene, National MagLab and Florida State University
Host: Young-Kee Kim

Physics Colloquium with Jack Szostak
3:30–4:30 pm
Physics and the Origin of Life
Jack W. Szostak, Harvard University, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine 2009
Host: Young-Kee Kim
Quantum Creators Prize Symposium
Through September 30, 2021