Colloquia from 2021 - 2022

A list of past and upcoming talks in the department

2021-2022 Academic Year

(September 2021 through May 2022)

You can find all the Physics & Astronomy Events on Western's Events Calendar by clicking here.

Unless otherwise noted, our Colloquia will be presented on Thursdays at 1:30pm, either in PAB Seminar Room 100 (Main Floor [south side] of the Physics & Astronomy Building) or via Zoom.

Date/Time Speaker Title/Host
WINTER Term 2022
Thursday
28 April
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
21 April
9:45 a.m.
PAB 100

Phys 4999 Honours Research Presentations

Presentations will run from 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Program

Host: G. Fanchini

Thursday
14 April
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
7 April
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting
Thursday
31 March
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
24 March
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM

Speaker: Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress
Department of Physics & Astronomy
McMaster University

Physics Undergraduate Conference (PhUnC) Keynote Talk

Playing with marbles: using microscopic hard spheres to study order, disorder, and avalanches

Hosts: Physics & Astronomy Student Association (PASA)

Thursday
17 March
3:30 p.m.

via ZOOM

Speaker: Dr. Paul Wiegert
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Western University

2022 CAP Lecture Series

Asteroids: why they are so interesting, and why we worry about them
Thursday
10 March
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
3 March
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
24 February
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium (Reading Week)
Thursday
17 February
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting
Thursday
10 February
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium

 

Thursday
3 February
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium

 

Thursday
27 January
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Oleksandr Voznyy
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto

Applying machine learning to search for new materials for clean energy

Host: L. Goncharova

Thursday
20 January
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting
Thursday
13 January
11:30 a.m.
via ZOOM

Phys 4999 Honours Research Presentations

Presentations will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

 Host: G. Fanchini

Thursday
6 January
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium

 

FALL Term 2021
Thursday
16 December
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting

 

Thursday
9 December
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Maggie Xia
Department of Materials Engineering
The University of British Columbia

Germanium in next generation semiconductor lasers

Host: L. Goncharova

Thursday
2 December
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
25 November
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
18 November
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting
Thursday
11 November
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium
Thursday
4 November
1:30 p.m.
No Colloquium (Reading Week)

 

Thursday
28 October
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Mohammad Ghoreyshi
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Western University

The importance of studying Be stars over a broad range of wavelengths with multi-observational techniques

Host: C. Jones 

Thursday
21 October
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting

 

Thursday
14 October
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Aaron Sigut
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Western University

Are the Stars Aligned?

Host: G. Fanchini

Thursday
7 October
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Carlo Rovelli
Centre de Physique Théorique
Aix-Marseille Université

White holes

Host: F. Vidotto 

Thursday
30 September
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Western University

Ion beams for Si photonics and beyond

Host: G. Fanchini

Thursday
23 September
1:30 p.m.
Faculty Meeting

 

Thursday
16 September
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Yang Zhao
Department of Mech & Materials Engineering
Western University

Interface Engineering and Understanding for the Next-generation Batteries

Host: G. Fanchini

Thursday
9 September
1:30 p.m.
via ZOOM
Dr. Nisha Agarwal
Faculty of Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering: providing unique fingerprint for molecules at low concentrations

Host: G. Fanchini

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