Each week during the semester, the Department of Physics invites faculty, students and the local community to hear prominent scientists discuss intriguing physics research. Unless otherwise noted, colloquia are held Tuesdays in room 1410  of the John S. Toll Physics Building at 3:00 p.m. (preceded by light refreshments at 2:30 p.m.) Please note that the April 29 Misner Lecture will begin an hour later, at 4 p.m.

View the UMD Physics Colloquium Series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNs64N_dGAjxWMIzG0wgDZA

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February 4
TBA

February 11
TBA

February 18
Cengiz Pehlevan, Brown University
Hosted by the Graduate Student Colloquium Committee

February 25
Daniel Goldman, Georgia Tech
Hosted by Wolfgang Losert

March 4
W.J. Carr Lecture
 
Dmitri Basov, Columbia University
Hosted by Rick Greene and Johnpierre Paglione

March 11
TBA

March 25
Daniel Whiteson, UC Irvine
Hosted by Sarah Eno

April 1
Dan Garisto
Hosted by Johnpierre Paglione

April 8
Steve Girvin, Yale University
Hosted by Alicia Kollár

April 15
Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania

April 22
Shanhui Fan, Stanford University
Hosted by Avik Dutt

April 29 at 4 p.m.
Charles W. Misner Endowed Lecture
Daniel Harlow, MIT
Hosted by Ted Jacobson