May 2026 | |
 | Unique Solutions to Heating and Driving Current in Plasmas Speaker: Stephanie Diem Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-330 Read More |
 | The Impact of Electrons in Plasma Physics Speaker: Pierre Gourdain Institution: Univserity of Rochester Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-330 Read More |
April 2026 | |
 | Whistler Wave Ducting Explained As Bi-directional Linear Mode Conversion Speaker: Paul Bellan Institution: CalTech Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-330 Read More |
March 2026 | |
 | A novel parallel-kinetic-perpendicular moment model for magnetized plasmas Speaker: Jimmy Juno Institution: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Physics & Astronomy Building (PAB) 4-330 Read More |
February 2026 | |
 | Physics Careers & Navigating Your Path Speaker: Richard Abrantes Institution: Sandia National Lab Date: Friday, February 27, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 Read More |
 | The complicated lives of Electron Holes in collisionless space plasmas Speaker: Ian H. Hutchinson Institution: MIT Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026 10:00AM-11:00AM Location: PAB 3-326 (Astro Reading Room) Read More |
January 2026 | |
 | How Alfven waves drive auroral electron acceleration? Speaker: Sheng Tian Institution: UCLA Date: Friday, January 30, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Self-magnetization of Laser-Driven High-Energy-Density Plasmas Speaker: Will Fox Institution: UMD Date: Friday, January 23, 2026 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
December 2025 | |
 | Computational Modeling of Laser Wakefield Acceleration with Spatiotemporally Structured Laser Pulses Speaker: Jacob Pierce Institution: UCLA Date: Friday, December 5, 2025 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
November 2025 | |
 | Understanding the anomalous transport properties of weakly collisional plasmas Speaker: Archie Bott Institution: Oxford Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
May 2025 | |
 | Helicon Wave Experiments on the LArge Plasma Device (LAPD) Space Debris Speaker: Josh Larson Institution: UCLA Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
March 2025 | |
 | Development of a spatially-resolved TALIF diagnostic for measurements of ground-state atomic hydrogen density, temperature, and velocity in linear plasma devices Speaker: Kaden Loring Institution: Stanford University Date: Friday, March 14, 2025 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
February 2025 | |
 | OpenStar Technologies: Developing the Levitated Dipole concept for fusion Speaker: Darren Garnier Institution: OpenStar Technologies Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 4:00PM-5:00PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Path to a Flying-Focus-Driven Laser-Plasma Accelerator for Single-Stage 100-GeV-Class Electron Beams on NSF OPAL Speaker: Jessica Shaw Institution: University of Rochester Date: Friday, February 14, 2025 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
November 2024 | |
 | Trend inference in the Large Plasma Device using machine learning Speaker: Phil Travis Institution: UCLA Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Grand Challenges Facing Wafer Equipment Suppliers Speaker: Alex Paterson Institution: Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
October 2024 | |
 | Vortex Dynamics in Inertial Fusion and Astrophysics Speaker: Michael Wadas Institution: Caltech Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
July 2024 | |
 | Self-organization in collisionless, high-beta turbulence Speaker: Stephen Majeski. Institution: Princeton Date: Friday, July 12, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
May 2024 | |
 | Advancements and Breakthroughs in C-2W's Field Reversed Configuration Experiment Speaker: Tim DeHaas Institution: TAE Technologies, Inc. Date: Friday, May 31, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Radiatively cooled kinetic plasma physics in astrophysics and the laboratory Speaker: Pablo Bilbao Institution: Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon Date: Friday, May 10, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Experiments on-high-energy-density rotating plasmas: towards laboratory modelling of accretion disks and jets at laser and pulsed-power facilities Speaker: Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca Institution: Princeton University Date: Friday, May 3, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
March 2024 | |
 | Reconstructing non-linear kinetic plasma dynamics from sparse measurements using physics-informed neural networks Speaker: Zack Pine Institution: UCLA Date: Friday, March 22, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Pulsed-Power-Driven Plasma Physics at MIT Speaker: Jack Hare Institution: MIT Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
February 2024 | |
 | Bigger is Better: NLO-Boosted Excimer Lasers for Inertial Fusion Energy Speaker: Conner Galloway Institution: Xcimer Energy, Redwood City , CA Date: Friday, February 16, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Embedding Lorentz transformation symmetry in data-driven reduced plasma models from fully kinetic simulation Speaker: Madox C. McGrae-Menge Institution: UCLA Date: Friday, February 9, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
 | Beyond the Petawatt: Plasma Optics for Ultra-High-Power Lasers Speaker: Matthew R. Edwards Institution: Stanford University Date: Friday, February 2, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 4-330 and on Zoom Read More |
January 2024 | |
 | Two-stage approach to accelerate the progress of fusion reactor development from science to engineering: Detour or Ultra-fast-track? Speaker: Yongkyoon IN Institution: UNIST,Korea Date: Friday, January 12, 2024 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PAB 3-326 and on Zoom Read More |
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