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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 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, 2025Professor 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) (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