Spring 2023 Colloquium

LSU Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Archives

Note: All colloquia will be held in room 119 Nicholson Hall at 3:30 p.m, unless otherwise indicated.

Date Title of Talk Speaker Speaker's Institution Host
January 26, 2023 Reconsidering the standard model of cuprate superconductors Torsten Clay, Professor, Computational Physics Mississippi State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy Ka-Ming Tam, Research Professor, LSU
Wed., Feb. 8, 2023 Chiral Gravitational Waves and the Cosmic Mysteries Stephon Alexander, Professor of Physics Brown University Jorge Pullin, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics
February 16, 2023 The origin of the heaviest elements Matt Mumpower, Theoretical Physicist Los Alamos National Laboratory Scott Marley, Associate Professor, LSU
March 2, 2023 A New Paradigm of Binary-Disk Interaction Diego Jose Muñoz, Research Assistant Professor

Northwestern University

Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile 

Geoffery Clayton, Ball Family Distinguished Professor, LSU
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 The next generation of gravitational wave counterpart discovery Charles D. Kilpatrick , CIERA Fellow Northwestern University Geoffery Clayton, Ball Family Distinguished Professor, LSU
March 9, 2023 High-energy astrophysics with new messengers and new methods Michela Negro, Assistant Research Scientist   Center for Space Science and Technology  Geoffery Clayton, Ball Family Distinguished Professor, LSU
TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 PeVatrons and beyond – where are our Universe's most powerful particle accelerators? Henrike Fleischhack, Assistant Research Scientist  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center  Geoffery Clayton, Ball Family Distinguished Professor, LSU
March 30, 2023 Understanding the Composition of Stars and Planets in an Interdisciplinary Landscape Natalie R. Hinkel, Lead Scientist and Adjunct Faculty 

Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio

University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA) 

Geoffery Clayton, Ball Family Distinguished Professor, LSU
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 Quantum Dynamics in the Quantum Science and Technology Era

Thomas Iadecola, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Scientist, Ames National Laboratory

Iowa State University

James Sauls, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics, LSU
April 27, 2023 The NANOGrav search for nanohertz gravitational waves Xavier Siemens, Professor

Oregon State University

Ivan Agullo, Associate Professor
FRIDAY April 28, 2023 Volume law entanglement of typical pure states Lucas Hackl, Lecturer in Mathematical Physics and Humboldt Fellow  School of Mathematics and Statstics, University of Melbourne  James Sauls, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics, LSU
TUESDAY, May 2, 2023 Next-Generation Qubits in Superconducting Circuits Constantin Schrade, Research Assistant Professor   Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark  James Sauls, Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics, LSU
May 4, 2023 Tuning Emergent Superconductivity and Magnetism at Complex Oxide Interfaces Divine Kumah, Associate Professor  North Carolina State University  Prosper Ngabonziza, Assistant Professor