Colloquiums

Fall 2024 Colloquium

LSU Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Archives

Note: All colloquia will be held in room 109 Nicholson Hall at 3:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.

Date Title of Talk Speaker Speaker's Institution Host
August 29, 2024 Recent Progress in Research on Quantum Spin Liquids at the National High Magnetic Field Minseong Lee, Staff Scientist National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Xiaojian Bai
September 5, 2024 Looking at the Invisible: Exploring Dark Matter through Cosmic Messengers Nicolao Fornengo, Professor University of Torino and INFN - Torino Michela Negro
September 12, 2024

Probing Andreev Bound States in Superconductor-semiconductor Josephson Junctions

Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics

Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics

NYU,  SHABANI LAB Constantin Schrade
September 19, 2024 Gravitational Wave Paleontology: a New Frontier to Explore the Formation, Lives, and Deaths of Massive Stars Across Cosmic Time Floor Broekgaarden, Junior Fellow,  Simons Society of Fellows Columbia University/Flatiron Institute/CCA Eric Burns
September 26, 2024 Advancements in Density Functional Theory for Correlated d- and f-Electron Compounds Jianwei Sun, Associate Professor Tulane University Ka Ming Tam
October 3, 2024 Improving the Performance of Superconducting Qubits Dr. Corey Rae McRae National Institute of Standards and Technology Ilya Vekhter
October 10, 2024 Nuclear Microphysics of Core-collapse Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Neutron Star Mergers Jeremy Holt, Associate Professor Texas A&M University Kristina D Launey
October 24 2024 Quantum Computing: Where we are and where we are going Brajesh Gupt,  Quantum Applied Scientist Amazon Web Services Ivan Agullo
October 31, 2024 Quantum Materials 99 Years Later Elio König Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research Justin Wilson
November 7, 2024  Skyrmion Textures in Magnetic Materials Cristian Batista, Lincoln Chair Professor University of Tennessee Xiaojian Bai
November 14, 2024 Primordial black holes, neutron stars, and the nuclear equation of state Thomas Baumgarte, William R. Kenan Professor of Physics Bowdoin College Peter Diener
November 21, 2024   Smitha Vishveshwara, Professor University of Illinois James A. Sauls
December 5, 2024   Roberto Leon-Montiel, Associate Professor Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares UNAM Omar Magaña-Loaiza

Spring 2025 Colloquium

Date Title of Talk Speaker Speaker's Institution Host
January 16, 2025        
January 23, 2025   Filip Ronning, Director Institute for Materials Science Los Alamos National Lab Ilya Vekhter
January 30, 2025   Dr. Ou Labun, Research Associate UT Austin Joyoni Dey
February 6, 2025        
February 13, 2025   Ravi Kopparapu NASA Natalie Hinkel
February 20, 2025        
February 27, 2025   Pre-booked    
March 6, 2025   Pre-booked    
March 13, 2025   Pre-booked    
March 27, 2025   Pre-booked    
April 10, 2025        
April 17, 2025        
May 1, 2025   Andriy Nevidomskyy, Professor Rice University Ilya Vekhter