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Department Colloquia

Colloquia are held in the physics department on Fridays from 12 P.M. - 1 P.M.

Directions to Dept. of Physics: We are in McCarthy Hall (MH). If you drive here, you can park in lot NPS or ESPS.  Those are the closest to our building.
If you take Uber/Lyft/Taxi, there is a loading zone in the parking lot in front of the main gate at Nutwood Ave. We are the 2nd building on the left,
Please find the campus map by clicking the link: Campus map

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Previous Semester Schedules

Fall 2024

Fall 2024 Colloquium Schedule
Date Speaker Institution Title Host
Aug 23        
Aug 30        
Sept 6        
Sept 13        
Sept 20        
Sept 27        
Oct 4        
Oct 11        
Oct 18 Dr. Eric Flynn Michigan State University Heavy Elements from Merging Neutron Stars Dr. Read
Oct 25 Dr. Elena Capote Caltech
Overcoming Controls and Noise Challenges for High Power Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Dr. Smith
Nov 1        
Nov 8 Dr. Lami Shetu Suleiman CSUF
Exploring dense matter with multi-messenger observations of Neutron Stars
Dr. Read
Nov 15        
Nov 15        
Nov 22  
   
Nov 29 Fall recess      
Dec 6        
Dec 13 Master student presentations     Dept. of Physics

Spring 2024

Spring 2024 Colloquium Schedule
Date Speaker Institution Title Host
Jan 26        
Feb 2        
Feb 9 Dr. Joel Zinn CSU, Long Beach Asteroseismology on a galactic scale Dr. Read
Feb 16        
Feb 23        
Mar 1 Zach Weinersmith Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC)
A City on Mars: Can we Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through
Dr. Smith
Mar 8        
Mar 15        
Mar 22 Dr. Matthew Leifer Chapman University Who’s Afraid of Quantum Interference? Dr. Passante
Mar 29 Dr. Charlie Hoy University of Portsmouth
Bayesian inference for transient gravitational-wave signals observed with LISA
Dr. Read
Apr 5
Spring recess
     
Apr 12 Dr. Alex Klotz California State University, Long Beach
Materials physics with kinetoplast DNA
Dr. Shen
Apr 19 Dr. Nabila Tanjeem CSUF Organizing Microscopic Structures Using Light Dr. Shen
Apr 26        
May 3 Master students presentations
  
  • Mauricio Gomez Lopez
  • Erick Leyva
  • Matthew Lockerby
  • Eric Zintel
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May 10 Master students presentations csuf image
  • Kyle Pannone
  • Estherrose Lopez
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Sunny Ng
  • Marc D. Penuliar
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May 17 Week of semester examinations      
May 24        

Fall 2023

Fall 2023 Colloquium Schedule
Date Speaker Institution Title Host
Aug 11        
Aug 18        
Aug 25        
Sept 1        
Sept 8        
Sept 15        
Sept 22        
Sept 29 Dr. Torrey Cullen Caltech Surpassing the Standard Quantum Limit, LIGO Detector Upgrades, and GQuEST Dr. Read
Oct 6        
Oct 13        
Oct 20
 
     
Oct 27 Dr. Atul Kedia and Anjali Yelikar Rochester Institute of Technology 

Talk 1: Kilonova dependence on Ejecta morphology and composition

Talk 2: Waveform systematics in parameter inference of binary neutron star gravitational wave signals

Dr. Read
Nov 3        
Nov 10 Veteran's Day      
Nov 17 Dr. Emily Hawkins Loyola Marymount University  Flow  Characteristics of Planetary Interior Fluids Dr. Shen
Nov 24 Fall Recess      
Dec 1        
Dec 8        

Spring 2023

Spring 2023 Colloquium Schedule - All Held on Fridays
Date Speaker Institution Title  Host
Jan 27        
Feb 3        
Feb 10        
Feb 17        
Feb 24        
Mar 3        
Mar 10        
Mar 17        
Mar 24        
Mar 31 Cesar Chavez Day

 

   
Apr 7        
Apr 14        
Apr 21        
Apr 28 Graduating MS Students CSU Fullerton Graduate Students Research Presentations Department
May 5 Graduating MS Students CSU Fullerton Graduate Students Research Presentations Department
May 12 Shovit Bhari CSU Fullerton A Career Path from CSUF to IBM Department
May 19        
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