Seminar-Spring-2025

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

Thurs. Feb. 20, 2025 — No scheduled Physics Colloquium due to scheduling conflict with the Wake Forest University’s Founder’s Day Program

Thurs. Feb. 27, 2025 — Professor Erin L. Ratcliff, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology — “Defects, Devices, and Degradation in Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells” (Host: O. Jurchescu)

Thurs. Mar. 6, 2025 — Mark Roberson, Ph.D., PMP, President and CEO, Goldfinch Sensor Technologies and Analytic LLC (GSTA) — “Short Bowel Syndrome–using enough physics (but no more) to aid in surgical intervention” (Host: D. Kim-Shapiro)

Thurs. Mar. 13, 2025 —  Spring break

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

Thurs. Mar. 27, 2025 — Professor Raja Ghosh, Departments of Physics and Chemistry, NC State University — “Probing the Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Polarons and Excitons in Organic Materials” (Host: A. Kandada)

Wed. Apr. 2, 2025 — Professor Fan Yang, Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University– “Towards Conceptual Understanding of Large Language Models” (Host: N. Holzwarth)

Thurs. Apr. 3, 2025 — Ph.D. Defense: Ian Newsome, Olin 107, 9:00 AM (Advisor: Prof. P. Anderson)

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

Friday Apr. 4, 2025 — Ph.D. Defense: Leda Gao, Olin 107, 10:00 AM (Advisor: Prof. G. Cook)

Thurs. Apr. 10, 2025 — Professor Emilie Huffman, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,Waterloo, Canada (WFU Assistant Professor of Physics Starting Fall 2025) — “Conformally Symmetric Views from a Fuzzy Sphere” (Host: N. Holzwarth)

Thurs. April 17, 2025 — Ph.D. Defense: Trevor Jenkins, ZSR 204, 12:00 PM (Advisor: Prof. T. Thonhauser)

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