Physics colloquium Spring 2026

All Colloquia will take place on Thursdays at 1:15pm. Please note time change.

Location: 111 Smith Hall.

DateDescription
January 15
No colloquium: first week of classes
January 22 
January 29
Dr. Peter Palffy-Muhoray
 
Title: "Whip dynamics in a freely falling chain"
Host: John Portman
 
February  5

Dr. Cesar Luis Da Silva

Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

Title: "The search for exotic objects in world of quantum chromodynamics”

Host: Zhangbu Xu

February 12 
February 19 
February 26

Dr. Ricardo Sonego Farias

Federal University of Santa Maria,  Brazil

Title: "Rotation, Spin Polarization, and Phase Transitions in QCD Matter"
Host: Veronica Dexheimer

March 5

Dr. Jinfeng Liao

Indiana Unversity

Title:  "Chiral QCD Material"

Host: Zhangbu Xu

March 12No colloquium- Spring Break
March 19APS March Joint Meeting
March 26

Dr. Mohit Randeira 

Ohio State University

Host: Ben Fregoso

April 2 Reserved
April 9TBA
Apri 16 

Dr. Glenn Starkman

Case Western Reserve University

Host: Veronica Dexheimer

April 23Ben Fregoso
April 30 No colloquium: Last week of classes