Physics Colloquia

Each week, during the semester, the Department of Physics hosts prominent scientists from around the country to speak at our colloquium series. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty, students and the local science community to learn about some of the most intriguing topics in the field of physics today. Colloquia are held Tuesdays in Room 1410 at 4:00 pm (preceded by light refreshments at 3:30). The Fall 2009 schedule is listed below. If you have additional questions, please call 301-405-5946.

September 01	Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland New Results from Cosmic Ray Experiments
September 08	Kara Hoffman, University of Maryland South Pole Neutrino Telescopes
September 15	Stacy McGaugh, University of Maryland Gravity and Dark Matter in the Universe
September 22	Kate Kirby, American Physical Society Atomic and Molecular Physics for Forefront Astronomy
September 29	Joseph W. Orenstein, University of California - Berkeley Symmetry Lost and Found: Emergence of a Persistent Spin Helix in a Semiconductor
October 06	Min Ouyang, University of Maryland Engineering Fundamental Coupling Interactions at the Nanoscale
October 13	W.J. Carr Lecture Paul Ching-Wu Chu, University of Houston
October 20	Prange Prize Lecture Phillip W. Anderson, Princeton University Presenting Unpopular Theories
October 27	Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture Patrick O'Shea, University of Maryland Enlightening the Darkness
November 03	Alessandra Buonanno, University of Maryland Modeling the Dynamics and Gravitational -Wave Emission of Coalescing Binary Black Holes
November 10	Dmitri Chklovskii, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Statistical Physics Meets Neurobiology: Is Your Brain Wired Optimally?
November 17	Katherine Freese, University of Michigan Dark Matter in the Universe
December 01	Bill Atalay, University of Mary Washington Leonardo and the Unity of Art and Science
December 08	Shih - I Pai Lecture Simon Levin, Princeton University TBA