Thursdays, 4:00-5:00 pm
Virtual Colloquium Meetings are held via Zoom, in-person events in PAB 1-434.
Zoom Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91957795462 (Passcode: 672893)
Snacks and drinks will be provided on the PAB 3rd-floor patio at 3:30 pm. Please stop by and relax before the colloquium!
Meeting information will be sent in email. You may watch past presentations by clicking the title link when available.
For more information, contact Katsushi Arisaka.
 | UP Next: May 2, 2024 "Why Networks Matter: Embracing Biological Complexity"John Quackenbush (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health)Faculty Host: Katsushi Arisaka Location: PAB 1-434 |
| Spring Quarter | |
April 2024 | |
 | Symmetry Protected Topological Phases: Old and New Speaker: Ryan Thorngren Institution: UCLA Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Boundaries, Inclusions, and disorder in active matter Speaker: Mehran Kardar Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Host: Robijn Bruinsma Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | A short history of basic plasma physics devices at UCLA and some of the experiments performed with them Speaker: Walter Gekelman Institution: UCLA Host: Troy Carter Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
May 2024 | |
| Why Networks Matter: Embracing Biological Complexity Speaker: John Quackenbush Institution: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Host: Katsushi Arisaka Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | The surprising effectiveness of topology in the science of quantum materials Speaker: Ashvin Vishwanath Institution: Harvard University Host: Ryan Thorngren Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Quantum Science with Tweezer Arrays Speaker: Manuel Endres Institution: California Institute of Technology Host: Paul Hamilton Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | The Quest for Conscious AI Speaker: Katsushi Arisaka Institution: Elegant Mind Club at UCLA Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
June 2024 | |
 | Recollections of nearly a half-century of research on plasma based acceleration and particle-in-cell simulations at UCLA Speaker: Warren Mori Institution: UCLA Host: Troy Carter Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
| Winter Quarter | |
January 2024 | |
 | The quest to see the unseen with LUX-ZEPLIN, the US flagship Dark Matter Experiment Speaker: Alvine Kamaha Institution: UCLA Host: Katsushi Arisaka Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Miniaturizing Big Science with Plasma Accelerators Speaker: James Rosenzweig Institution: UCLA Host: Pietro Musumeci Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
February 2024 | |
 | Using Radio Detectors to Discover the Highest Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos Speaker: Abigail Vieregg Institution: University of Chicago Host: David Saltzberg Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Measuring the Effect of Gravity on Antimatter Speaker: Joel Fajans Institution: U.C. Berkeley Host: P. Hamilton & T. Carter Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | What's inside a black hole? Speaker: Geoffrey Penington Institution: U.C. Berkeley Host: Thomas Dumitrescu Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | The JWST Revolution in Galaxy Formation: It's the Spectra, Stupid! Speaker: Alice Shapley Institution: UCLA Host: Tommaso Treu Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Shining New Light on Material Properties: Structure and Dynamics with Ultrafast Electron Microscopes Speaker: Bradley Siwick Institution: McGill University Host: Pietro Musumeci Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
March 2024 | |
 | Open questions in Neutrino Physics Speaker: Wick Haxton Institution: U.C. Berkeley Host: Haun Huang Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | The Inevitable Quantum Winter? Speaker: Eric Hudson Institution: UCLA Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: Yoo Seminar & Conference Hall (Young Hall 4222C) Read More |
| Fall Quarter | |
September 2023 | |
 | The Biggest and Darkest Questions in The Universe Speaker: Tom Melia Institution: Kavli IPMU, Tokyo University Host: Alex Kusenko Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
October 2023 | |
 | Quantum Materials for Eventual Quantum Computing Speaker: Vivien Zapf Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory Host: Stuart Brown Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | A Career in Astronomical Instrumentation Speaker: Ian McLean Institution: UCLA Host: James Larkin Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Early Galaxies and the (re)ionization of Intergalactic Hydrogen Speaker: Stuart Wyithe Institution: Australian National University Host: Smadar Naoz Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Lights, Camera, Action! Filming the Quantum World Speaker: Sergio Carbajo Institution: UCLA Host: Jamie Rosenzweig Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
November 2023 | |
 | FASER and the Future of Particle Physics Speaker: Jonathan Feng Institution: University of California, Irvine Host: Katsushi Arisaka Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Cosmology with Probabilistic Neural Networks Speaker: Tuan Do Institution: UCLA Host: Alice Shapley Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | The Origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes Speaker: Erik Petigura Institution: UCLA Host: Mike Fitzgerald Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
 | Interfacing Biomolecules with Coherent Quantum Sensors Speaker: Peter Maurer Institution: University of Chicago Host: Karoly Holczer Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 1-434 Read More |
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