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Physics Colloquium Schedule – Spring 2025

Previous and Future Colloquia

All colloquia will be held at 4 PM in Olin 101 (unless noted otherwise). Refreshments will be available at 3:30 PM in Olin Lobby prior to each seminar. For additional information contact wfuphys@wfu.edu.

Thurs. Jan. 16, 2025Dr. Tong Wang, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School — “Quantitative methods for microbiome research and precision nutrition” (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Jan. 23, 2025Dr. Caitlin Witt, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Adler Planetarium, Northwestern University — “Forging a Multi-Messenger View of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries” (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Jan. 30, 2025Dr. Allen Scheie, MPA-Q division, Los Alamos National Laboratory — “Neutron scattering: its history, philosophical implications, and its use to probe quantum materials” (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Feb. 6, 2025 Dr. Jingang Li, University of California, Berkeley — “Advancing Optical Manipulation and Measurement at the Nanoscale” (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Feb. 13, 2025 — No scheduled Physics Colloquium

Thurs. Feb. 20, 2025Professor Katherine Albanese, Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University — “Uncovering Histone Epigenetic Biology Through de novo Protein Design” (Host: F. Salsbury)

Thurs. Feb. 27, 2025 — Professor Erin L. Ratcliff, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology (Host: O. Jurchescu)

Thurs. Mar. 6, 2025 — Mark Roberson, Ph.D., PMP, President and CEO, Goldfinch Sensor Technologies and Analytic LLC (GSTA) (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Mar. 13, 2025 —  Spring break

Thurs. Mar. 20, 2025 — No scheduled Physics Colloquium

Thurs. Mar. 27, 2025 — Professor Giulio Cerullo,  Politecnico di Milano (Host: A. Kandada)

Wed. Apr. 2, 2025 — Professor Fan Yang, Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University (Host: N. Holzwarth)

Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025 — Special Colloquium on Perspectives in Physics, Professors Paul Anderson and Natalie Holzwarth

Thurs. Apr. 10, 2025 — Professor Emilie Huffman, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,Waterloo, Canada (WFU Assistant Professor of Physics Starting Fall 2025) (Host: N. Holzwarth)

Thurs. Apr. 17, 2025 — Professor Florian Mormann, University of Bonn (Host: J. Macosko)

Tue. Apr. 22, 2025 — Physics Honors Presentations

Thurs. Apr. 24, 2025 — Physics Honors and Awards Ceremonies