2020
PhD Thesis Defense: Dan Korytov
10:00 am–12:00 pm KPTC 206
Modeling Galaxies in Cosmological Simulations: Using Halo Cores to Model Galaxy Distributions in Clusters, and Constructing the Synthetic Galaxy Catalog CosmoDC2
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Realizing Fault-Tolerant Superconducting Quantum Processors
Andreas Wallraff, ETH Zurich
Host: David Schuster
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Space Observatories of the Highest Energy Particles: POEMMA & EUSO-SPB
Angela Olinto, University of Chicago
Host: David Schuster
2019
PhD Thesis Defense: Rui Zou
10:30 am–12:30 pm MCP 215
Using Higgs Boson to Search For Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Deep Underground Measurements in Fundamental Physics and Astrophysics
Art McDonald, Queen’s University, Canada
Host: Young-Kee Kim
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Synthesizing “Toy Model” Quantum Materials
Joseph Checkelsky, MIT
Host: Jon Simon
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Climate Change: Uncertainty and Economic Policy
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Host: Young-Kee Kim
2019 Inghram Lecture
6:00–7:00 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Granular Materials: From Quotidian to Astronomical
Karen Daniels, North Carolina State University
Host: Young-Kee Kim
Physics Colloquium
3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
X-ray Free-Electron Lasers: Past, Present and Future
Zhirong Huang, Stanford University
Host: Linda Young, Sergei Nagaitsev