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Spring 2026 Physics Colloquium

Colloquia at 3:45 p.m. in 1080 PRB, Smith Seminar Room
Physics Research Building - Reception at 3:30 p.m. in Atrium

 

2026 Colloquium Committee Members

  • Mohit Randeria (Chair)
  • Yuri Kovchegov
  • Sasha Landsman
  • Masaki Oshikawa
  • Jeanie Lau
  • Alex von Hoegen
  • Eric Braaten
  • Comert Kural
  • Geraldine Cochran
  • Heather Mei (Graduate Program Representative)

 

Tuesday, January 13th (Time: TBA)

TBA

Speaker: Christopher Bohrer, NIH

Host: Michael Poirier

 

Tuesday, January 13th (3:45 pm)

TBA 

Speaker: Maxim Radikovich Shcherbakov, UC Irvine

Host: Mike Chini

 

Tuesday, January 20th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Carlos Floyd, University of Chicago

Host: Michael Poirier

 

Tuesday, January 27th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Yiping Wang, Columbia University

Host: Mike Chini

 

Thursday, January 29th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Kirill Polovnikov

Host: Michael Poirier

 

Tuesday, February 3rd (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Ryota Katsumi, Columbia University

Host: Mike Chini

 

Tuesday, February 10th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Leah Weiss, University of Chicago

Host: Mike Chini

 

Thursday, February 12th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Rikki Garner, Harvard

Host: Michael Poirier

 

Tuesday, February 17th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: TBA

Host: TBA

 

Tuesday, February 24th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: TBA

Host: TBA

 

Tuesday, March 3rd (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: TBA

Host: TBA

 

Tuesday, March 10th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Subir Sachdev, Harvard

Host: Mohit Randeria

 

Tuesday, March 24th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Rachel Henderson, Michigan State University

Host: Geraldine Cochran/PER Group

 

Tuesday, March 31st (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Mack Kira, University of Michigan

Host: Sasha Landsman

 

Tuesday, April 7th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: TBA

Host: TBA

 

Tuesday, April 14th (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Jim Beletic

Host: John Beacom

 

Tuesday, April 21 (3:45 pm)

TBA

Speaker: Mary Kate Gallagher & Courtney Johnson, OSU Office of Civil Rights Compliance

Host: Physics Community Committee (J. Chini, A. Raab, A. Lucas)

 

Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

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