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Spontaneously Broken Non-Invertible Symmetries in Transverse-Field Ising Qudit Chains with Kristian Tyan Kai Chung

Kristian Tyan Kai Chung (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from Rice University will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Spontaneously Broken Non-Invertible Symmetries in Transverse-Field Ising Qudit Chains.
Compton 241

Resolving AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters with XRISM and Chandra with Hannah McCall

Hannah McCall (hosted by Manel Errando) from the University of Chicago will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Resolving AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters with XRISM and Chandra.
Compton 241

Unveiling Anyon Fusion in Quantum Hall Systems from Microscopic Principles with Gerardo Ortiz

Gerardo Ortiz (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from Indiana University, Bloomington will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on Unveiling Anyon Fusion in Quantum Hall Systems from Microscopic Principles.
Compton 241

Untangling the nuclear physics and astrophysics of heavy element creation with Rebecca Surman

Rebecca Surman (hosted by Saori Pastore) from the University of Notre Dame will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Untangling the nuclear physics and astrophysics of heavy element creation.
Compton 340

Quantum Industry Colloquium featuring Dr. Yong Meng Sua, CTO of Quantum Computing Inc.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Yong Meng Sua to WashU as part of the Quantum Industry Colloquium Series hosted by the Center for Quantum Leaps. On April 1st at 9:30am in the Danforth University Center, classroom 234 to learn from industry experts.
Danforth University Center (DUC), Room 234

Exciting Stuff: Dynamical Excursions with Tunable Quantum Matter with Gal Shavit

Gal Shavit (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from CalTech will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Exciting Stuff: Dynamical Excursions with Tunable Quantum Matter.
Compton 241

2026 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures: Public Lecture with Andrea Ghez on From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole

Andrea Ghez, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present the 2026 McDonnell Distinguished Public Lecture, "From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole"
Whitaker 100

Quantum transport and frustrated magnetism in strained graphene with Christophe De Beule

Christophe De Beule (hosted by Shaffique Adam) from Antwerp University will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on Quantum transport and frustrated magnetism in strained graphene.
Compton 241

2026 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures: Colloquium with Andrea Ghez on Our Galactic Center

Andrea Ghez, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present the 2026 McDonnell Distinguished Lecture, Colloquium, "Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes"
Wilson 214 | Reception: 3:45pm

Planet Formation and Evolution Through a Statistical Lens with Sarah Blunt

Sarah Blunt (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UC Santa Cruz will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Planet Formation and Evolution Through a Statistical Lens.
Compton 340 | Coffee: 1:30pm in Compton 245

Strain-Tuned Electronic Structure in Bilayer Nickelates with Chunjing Jia

Chunjing Jia (hosted by Xi Wang) from the University of Florida will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Strain-Tuned Electronic Structure in Bilayer Nickelates: Insight from ab initio Calculations and Angle-resolved Photoemission.
Compton 241

How to Detect & Characterize Exoplanets: The St. Louis Astronomical Society March Meeting

Marc Ollivier, Director, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale - Paris, will be presenting a talk at the March meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "How to Detect & Characterize Exoplanets."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Three-body hadronic reactions from Lattice QCD with Sebastian Dawid

Sebastian Dawid (hosted by Saori Pastore) from Indiana University will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on Three-body hadronic reactions from Lattice QCD.
Compton 241

Particle Acceleration in Highly Magnetized Plasmas with Luca Comisso

Luca Comisso (hosted by Manel Errando) from Columbia University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Particle Acceleration in Highly Magnetized Plasmas.
Compton 241

Quantum Frontiers in Particle Physics: From Sensing Rare Decays to Solving Collider Challenges with Kyoungchul Kong

Kyoungchul (KC) Kong (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from the University of Kansas will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on Quantum Frontiers in Particle Physics: From Sensing Rare Decays to Solving Collider Challenges.
Compton 340

A Physics Approach to Deep Learning Theory with Blake Bordelon

Blake Bordelon (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from Harvard University will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on A Physics Approach to Deep Learning Theory.
Compton 340

Harnessing Quantum Metastable States with Record Ambient-Pressure Superconductivity: Bridging High-Pressure Creation and Ambient Stability with Liangzi Deng

Liangzi Deng (hosted by Chong Zu) from the University of Houston will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Harnessing Quantum Metastable States with Record Ambient-Pressure Superconductivity: Bridging High-Pressure Creation and Ambient Stability.
Compton 241

mosAIcs & brAIns: engaging mosaics emerging from art, aesthetics, and AI with Ralf Wessel

Ralf Wessel from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on mosAIcs & brAIns: engaging mosaics emerging from art, aesthetics, and AI.
Crow 201

The present and future of gravitational-wave astronomy with Michael Coughlin

Michael Coughlin (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from the University of Minnesota will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on The present and future of gravitational-wave astronomy.
Compton 340

Reimagining two-channel Kondo physics: fermions to bosons and back in a consistent way with Nayana Shah

Nayana Shah (hosted by Alex Seidel) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Reimagining two-channel Kondo physics: fermions to bosons and back in a consistent way.
Compton 241

Surprises in the Math of Bouncing and Rolling: Finding Stability Where Randomness and Chaos are Expected with Renato Feres

Renato Feres from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Surprises in the Math of Bouncing and Rolling: Finding Stability Where Randomness and Chaos are Expected.
Crow 201

AI and the Smart Telescope: How Both May Change Amateur Astronomy: The St. Louis Astronomical Society February Meeting

Jesus Ponce de Leon will be presenting a talk at the February meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "How will (may) AI change Amateur Astronomy."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Stellar Bumper Cars! Collisional Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei with Sanaea Cooper Rose

Sanaea Cooper Rose (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from Northwestern University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Stellar Bumper Cars! Collisional Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei.
Compton 241

Mistakes on the way to a good idea: Feenberg Lecture with Helen Quinn

Helen Quinn (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Stanford University will be presenting the Feenberg Lecture on Mistakes on the way to a good idea.
Compton 340

Lunar New Year Potluck

Join us for a department potluck to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Bring your favorite dish to share!
Compton 340

Probability in Quantum Mechanics: From Stern-Gerlach, to Antenna Polarizations, to Quantum Qubits with Joe Zehnle

Joe Zehnle will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Probability in Quantum Mechanics: From Stern-Gerlach, to Antenna Polarizations, to Quantum Qubits.
Crow 201

Pure Mathematics as Applied Physics with Tadashi Tokieda

Tadashi Tokieda (hosted by Li Yang) from Stanford University will be presenting the Math / Physics Colloquium on Pure Mathematics as Applied Physics.
Compton 241

Designing New Optics to Investigate Galactic Positron Generation with Dustin Swarm

Dustin Swarm (hosted by Manel Errando) from the University of Iowa will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Designing New Optics to Investigate Galactic Positron Generation.
Compton 241

New Neutrino Interactions and Core-Collapse Supernovae with Anna M. Suliga

Anna M. Suliga (hosted by Writasree Maitra) from New York University will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on New Neutrino Interactions and Core-Collapse Supernovae.
Compton 241

Numerical simulations of strongly correlated electron systems with Fakher Assaad

Fakher Assaad (hosted by Shaffique Adam) from the University of Würzburg will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Numerical simulations of strongly correlated electron systems.
Compton 340

Worm Regeneration and Reproduction: A Story in Several Segments with Duygu Özpolat

Duygu Özpolat from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Worm Regeneration and Reproduction: A Story in Several Segments.
Crow 201

Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective with Zohar Nussinov

Zohar Nussinov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Supercooled liquids and glasses: a many-body perspective.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Emergent phases in Kitaev spin-orbital magnets with Onur Erten

Onur Erten (hosted by Erik Henriksen) from Arizona State University will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Emergent phases in Kitaev spin-orbital magnets.
Compton 241

Dirac Quantum Materials with Shizeng Lin

Shizeng Lin (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from Los Alamos National Laboratory will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Dirac Quantum Materials.
Compton 241

Neutrino-nucleus interactions and the quest for new and precision physics searches in neutrino experiments with Vishvas Pandey

Vishvas Pandey (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Fermilab will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on Neutrino-nucleus interactions and the quest for new and precision physics searches in neutrino experiments.
Compton 241

Magnetic and electronic properties of Kitaev quantum spin liquid candidates Cu2IrO3 and Na2IrO3 under pressure with Gilberto Fabbris

Gilberto Fabbris (hosted by Sheng Ran) from the Argonne National Laboratory will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics Seminar on Magnetic and electronic properties of Kitaev quantum spin liquid candidates Cu2IrO3 and Na2IrO3 under pressure.
Compton 241

New Frontiers in Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Transport Predictions with Jenny Coulter

Jenny Coulter (hosted by Shaffique Adam) from the Flatiron Institute will be presenting the Physics Colloquium on New Frontiers in Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Transport Predictions.
Crow 204

Planets with Two Suns: The St. Louis Astronomical Society January Meeting

Ekrem Esmer, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting a talk at the January meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "Planets with Two Suns: What Eclipsing Binaries Can Tell Us About Their Hidden Worlds."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

The Ultraview Effect: The St. Louis Astronomical Society December Meeting

Deana Weibel, Grand Valley State University, will be presenting a talk at the December meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, "The Ultraview Effect."
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out with Jason Dexter

Jason Dexter (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Colorado University, Boulder will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

mosAIcs & brAIns : the computational aesthetics of mosaic art

The Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures at Washington University in St. Louis invites you to join an exciting lineup of leaders in the field to address the synergy between art, aesthetics, and AI when applied to contemporary mosaic art. The symposium's objective is to encourage the fusion of (i) contemporary mosaic art, (ii) established computational aesthetics paradigms, and (iii) novel opportunities arising from computational creativity. We invite participants to envision links between their present research and one or more of the three listed scholarly directions.
Holmes Lounge

New Class of Three-Nucleon Forces and Their Implications with Maria Dawid

Maria Dawid (Hosted by Saori Pastore) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on New Class of Three-Nucleon Forces and Their Implications.
Compton 241

Edwin Thompson Jaynes Fellowship Symposium

Join us for the annual Edwin Thompson Jaynes Fellowship Symposium!
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Quantum Circuits Symposium

Compton Hall, room 241, Danforth Campus

The Making of an Enterprise: How Star Trek Helped NASA Dream Big and How NASA Helped Star Trek Survive: The St. Louis Astronomical Society November Meeting

Glen Swanson, historian and author, will be featured at the November meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society.
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

From Variable Stars to Dark Matter – The Expanding Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt

The WashU Departments of Physics & Performing Arts have partnered for a colloquium celebrating the life and contributions of Henrietta Leavitt in honor of the upcoming PAD production of 'Silent Sky' - a play focused on Leavitt's life and discoveries.
Seigle 206

Electromagnetic Signals of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with Asher Berlin

Asher Berlin (Hosted by Jim Buckley) from Fermilab will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Electromagnetic Signals of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 12:45pm

Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar with Richard Feder-Staehle and Lindsey Gordon

Richard Feder-Staehle from UC Berkeley / LBNL and Lindsey Gordon from UMN (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on "From Pixels to Primordial Non-Gaussianity and Beyond: Mission Status and Science with the SPHEREx All-Sky Survey" and "AGN Jets in Complex Cluster Environments", respectively.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Silent Sky

Before Edwin Hubble and Stephen Hawking, there was Henrietta Leavitt. 'Silent Sky' takes audiences on Leavitt’s real-life journey as one of Harvard Observatory’s female “human computers” at the turn of the 20th century.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

What Can Bulk Viscosity Tell Us about Dense Matter and Physics Beyond the Standard Model? with Steven P. Harris

Steven P. Harris (Hosted by Liam Brodie), a NP3M Fellow from Iowa State University will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on What Can Bulk Viscosity Tell Us about Dense Matter and Physics Beyond the Standard Model?
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

WashU Physics Research Symposium

Join us for the seventh annual WUPRS poster session!
Compton Library

Running COSMOS.exe: Astronomy on Tap

Yajie Yuan and Alex Chen will be presenting this month's Astronomy on Tap: Running Cosmos.exe — how we use computers to understand the wildest objects in the universe.
Urban Chestnut - The Grove Meeting Room

Probing New CP Violation through Electric Dipole Moments with Kaori Fuyuto

Kaori Fuyuto (Hosted by Saori Pastore) from KEK will be presenting at the Nuclear Physics Seminar on Probing New CP Violation through Electric Dipole Moments.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 11:45am

Cosmic Crust Pizza Party

Explore galaxies, meet astrophysicists, grab a slice, and discover your place among the stars!
Compton Library

Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers with Rachel Steinhorst

Rachel Steinhorst (Hosted by Liam Brodie) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Faculty Open House with the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Join us for a Faculty Open House with the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science!
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

The Incubator Unbound: Scales of Life

Life thrives across scales, from the microbiome to the world's forests, throughout urban cityscapes, and perhaps even on exoplanets light years away. Bring your openness and curiosity for a conversation that rethinks the big questions of our time.
Lobby of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

Which Bits Matter? Optimal Sensing in a Population of Sensory Neurons with Kyle Bojanek

Kyle Bojanek (hosted by Mikhail Tikhonov) from the University of Chicago will be presenting the Condensed Matter & Biophysics Seminar on Which Bits Matter? Optimal Sensing in a Population of Sensory Neurons.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets with Trevor GrandPre

Trevor GrandPre from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets.
Crow 201

Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics with Niccolo Bucciantini

Niccolo Bucciantini (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and University of Firenze will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics.
Compton 241

2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures Public Lecture: The NASA Psyche Mission: First Visit to an Unknown World

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director, University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, will present the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences 2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures, Public Lecture: "The NASA Psyche Mission: First Visit to an Unknown World"
Whitaker 100 | Free and open to the public

2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures Colloquium: The NASA Psyche Mission: Preparing for the Science of an Unknown Object

Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director, University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission, will present the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences 2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures, Colloquium: "The NASA Psyche Mission: Preparing for the Science of an Unknown Object"
Whitaker 100 | Refreshments in Whitaker Hall Atrium | 3:30 pm

Computer Simulation Studies of Disordered Magnets with Martin Weigel

Martin Weigel (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from TU Chemnitz will be presenting the Condensed Matter & Biophysics Seminar on Computer Simulation Studies of Disordered Magnets.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Physics Family Fun Day

Illuminate your curiosity! Discover what light can do & what physics can explain.
Crow Hall, 2nd Floor

Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence with Zohar Nussinov

Zohar Nussinov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Physics and the Puzzle of Artificial Intelligence.
Crow 201

Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions with Jooyun Woo

Jooyun Woo (Hosted by Manel Errando) from Columbia University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Reconstructing Multi-frequency Movies of Supermassive Black Holes with PRIMO with Lia Medeiros

Lia Medeiros (hosted by Andrea Gokus) from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be presenting at the Colloquium on Reconstructing Multi-frequency Movies of Supermassive Black Holes with PRIMO.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Majorana Zero Modes Bound to Josephson Vortices in Planar Superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor Junctions with Katharina Laubscher

Katharina Laubscher (hosted by Alex Seidel) from the University of Maryland will be presenting the Condensed Matter & Biophysics Seminar on Majorana Zero Modes Bound to Josephson Vortices in Planar Superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor Junctions.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Thermal Transport in Atomically Thin Materials with Erik Henriksen

Professor of Physics, Erik Henriksen from Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting the IMSE Seminar on Thermal Transport in Atomically Thin Materials.
Brauer Hall 12

Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos with Keith Hengen

Keith Hengen from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on Why You Might Want Your Brain at the Very Edge of Chaos.
Crow 201

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper with Joaquin Vieira

Joaquin Vieira (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UIUC will be presenting at the Colloquium on The Terahertz Intensity Mapper.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Quantum Simulation of Correlated Exciton Phases via Ultrafast Optical Microscopy with Libai Huang

Libai Huang (hosted by Xi Wang) from Purdue University will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics seminar on Quantum Simulation of Correlated Exciton Phases via Ultrafast Optical Microscopy.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:45pm

The Physics of Everything: Ambition, Failures, Successes with Mikhail Tikhonov

Mikhail Tikhonov from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting this week's Saturday Science lecture on The Physics of Everything: Ambition, Failures, Successes
Crow 201

Venus: the St. Louis Astronomical Society October Meeting

Paul Byrne, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting "Venus" at the October meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae with Navin Sridhar

Navin Sridhar (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Stanford University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe with Subhojit Roy

Subhojit Roy (Hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Argonne National Lab will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Connecting the Lab to Cosmos: Probing the Densest Matter in the Universe with Jaki Noronha-Hostler

Jaki Noronha-Hostler (hosted by Maria Piarulli) from UIUC will be presenting at the Colloquium on Connecting the Lab to Cosmos: Probing the Densest Matter in the Universe.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Imaging Symmetry Breaking at the Atomic Scale in Kagome Superconductors with Ilija Zaljkovic

Iliya Zeljkovic (hosted by Erik Henriksen) from Boston College will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics seminar on Imaging Symmetry Breaking at the Atomic Scale in Kagome Superconductors.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Why We Exist: The Quark Pauli Principle and the Stability of the Atomic Nucleus with Gerry Miller

Gerry Miller (Hosted by Wim Dickhoff) from the University of Washington will be presenting the Physics Theory seminar on Why We Exist: The Quark Pauli Principle and the Stability of the Atomic Nucleus.
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

Small Galaxies, Big Science: Fundamental Physics from the Faintest Galaxies with Alex Drlica-Wagner

Alex Drlica-Wagner (hosted by Jim Buckley) from University of Chicago and Fermilab will be presenting at the Colloquium on Small Galaxies, Big Science: Fundamental Physics from the Faintest Galaxies.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Center for Quantum Leaps Fall Town Hall

The town hall will be an opportunity to build new collaborations between biomedical research and quantum sensing.
Med Campus, McDonnell Sciences Building, Room 423

Physics Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series

Virtual | Zoom

International Observe the Moon Night

Join us to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night
Crow Observatory, Crow Hall

New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations with Maria Edvige Ravasio

Maria Edvige Ravasio (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from Radboud University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations.
Compton 241

Long-lived Vectors at SHiP with Tao Zhou

Tao Zhou (Hosted by Diego Lopez Gutierrez) from Texas A&M University will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Long-lived Vectors at SHiP.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Searching for New Physics with High-Energy Atmospheric and Cosmic Neutrinos with Carlos Argüelles-Delgado

Carlos Argüelles-Delgado (hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Harvard University will be presenting at the Colloquium on Searching for New Physics with High-Energy Atmospheric and Cosmic Neutrinos.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Flat Bands, Topology, and Fractionalization: Similarities and Differences Between Fractional States in Flat Chern Bands and Landau Levels with Kai Sun

Kai Sun (hosted by Sheng Ran) from the University of Michigan will be presenting the Condensed Matter & Biophysics Seminar on Flat Bands, Topology, and Fractionalization: Similarities and Differences Between Fractional States in Flat Chern Bands and Landau Levels
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Equinox Party with Astronomy on Tap

Celebrate the autumn equinox with an evening of science, beer, and fun!
Urban Chestnut - The Grove Meeting Room

Layered Quasi-2D van der Waals Quantum Materials for Magnetism and Clean Energy with Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni

Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni (hosted by Li Yang) from the University of Texas at El Paso will be presenting the Condensed Matter & Biophysics Seminar on Layered Quasi-2D van der Waals Quantum Materials for Magnetism and Clean Energy.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

The Roman Space Telescope: The Roman View of Strong Lenses: the St. Louis Astronomical Society September meeting

Tansu Daylan, Washington University in St. Louis, will be presenting "The Roman View of Strong Lenses" at the September meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator with Diana Hannikainen

Diana Hannikainen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Sky & Telescope will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials: Three Journeys with Sheng Ran

Sheng Ran (hosted by Erik Henriksen) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials: Three Journeys.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Measurement of the dynamical charge susceptibility near the charge density wave transition in ErTe3 with Dipanjan Chaudhuri

Dipanjan Chaudhuri (hosted by Sheng Ran) from UIUC will be presenting the Condensed Matter / Biophysics seminar on Measurement of the dynamical charge susceptibility near the charge density wave transition in ErTe3.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

The Roman Survey for Gravitational Lenses Across Cosmic Time

Tansu Daylan, Washington University, will be presenting the ESE Seminar, "The Roman survey for gravitational lenses across cosmic time"
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium room 0120

Building the cell from unreliable parts with Shankar Mukherji

Shankar Mukherji (hosted by Ralf Wessel) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Building the cell from unreliable parts.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:00pm Compton 245

Observation of magnetically switchable quantum geometric photocurrents with Liang Wu

Liang Wu (hosted by Li Yang) from the University of Pennsylvania will be presenting the seminar on Observation of magnetically switchable quantum geometric photocurrents.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes with Peter Boorman

Peter Boorman (Hosted by Andrea Gokus) from Caltech will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Electron and Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei with Saori Pastore

Saori Pastore (hosted by Wim Dickhoff) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Colloquium on Electron and Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays with Fabrizio Rompineve

Fabrizio Rompineve (Hosted by Francesc Ferrer) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & IFAE will be presenting the Physics Theory seminar on Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays.
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

A Journey to the Ring Giant - The Legacy of Cassini Huygens

Megan Dickson, University of Missouri, St. Louis, will be presenting "A Journey to the Ring Giant - The Legacy of Cassini Huygens" at the August meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics with Nicolas Barrière

Nicolas Barrière from Cosine will be presenting the seminar on From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics.
Crow 206

EP2DS-26 / MSS-22

The 26th International Conference on Electronic Properties of 2D Systems & the 22nd International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures will be held jointly at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, during the week of July 27 – Aug 1, 2025.

Eric P. Newman Education Center

The Search for Interstellar Objects of Technological Origin: St. Louis Astronomical Society July Meeting

Abraham (Avi) Loeb, Harvard University, will be presenting "The Search for Interstellar Objects of Technological Origin"
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

First Look at the Cosmos with NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Join us to tune in with viewers around the world to watch the unveiling of the first spectacular images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Crow 201

The Variable High Energy Sky: St. Louis Astronomical Society June Meeting

Mike Nowak, Washington University, will be presenting "The Variable High Energy Sky"
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Astronomy on Tap with Nicole Osborn and Nathan Whitsett

Nicole Osborn and Nathan Whitsett, WashU, will be presenting talks for the June Astronomy on Tap
Urban Chestnut Brewery | The Grove Meeting Room

Guest Lecture: Dr. Pierre Sikivie

Crow Hall 204

MCSS 50th Anniversary Symposium

Join us for our 50th Anniversary Symposium!
Knight Center

The Digital Age of Astronomy Panel Discussion: St. Louis Astronomical Society May Meeting

The St. Louis Astronomical Society will be hosting a panel discussion on "The Digital Age of Astronomy" for its May meeting
Wilson 214 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

University-Wide Commencement Ceremony

Francis Olympic Field

Scott Rudolph Professor Bradley L. Jolliff Retirement Lecture

Rock of Ages: Timing of Key Events in the Moon’s Geologic Past
Clark-Fox Forum | Hillman Hall

Physics Theory Seminar with Wenzer Qin on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold

Wenzer Qin (Hosted by Chris Cappiello) will be presenting the seminar on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold.

Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

2025 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures: Public Lecture with Priyamvada Natarajan on Unveiling the Invisible Universe

Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, will present the 2025 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures, "Unveiling the Invisible Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope"
Whitaker 100

Physics Theory Seminar with Christophe De Beule on Lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer moirés

Christophe De Beule (Hosted by Shaffique Adam) from University of Pennsylvania will be presenting at the seminar on Lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer moirés
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm Compton 241

2025 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures: Colloquium with Priyamvada Natarajan on the Formation of the First Black Holes

Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, will present the 2025 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures, Colloquium, "New Insights into the Formation of the First Black Holes"
Wilson 214 | Refreshments in Wilson Hall, 3:15pm

A&S Innovates: Inaugural Research Pitch Competition

Three of our Physics Department faculty, Chong Zu, Shankar Mukherji, and Tansu Daylan, will be representing our department with pitches at this year's A&S Research Pitch competition. Please join us in supporting them! 
Anheuser-Busch Dining Room, Knight Center

Condensed Matter/Materials & Biological Physics Seminar with Thomas Allison on Momentum-Space Imaging of Electron and Exciton Dynamics in 2D Materials

Thomas Allison (hosted by Erik Henriksen) will be presenting the seminar on Momentum-Space Imaging of Electron and Exciton Dynamics in
2D Materials.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm, Compton 241

Beyond Particles: The Elegant Universe of Strings: St. Louis Astronomical Society April Meeting

Megan Dickson, University of Missouri - St. Louis, will be presenting "Beyond Particles: The Elegant Universe of Strings"
McDonnell 162 | Also available on Zoom. Contact the St. Louis Astronomical Society for the link.

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Lia Hankla on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae

Lia Hankla (Hosted by Manel Errando) from University of Maryland will be presenting the seminar on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Physics Theory Seminar with Alexei Prokudin on Exploring the structure of matter at the Electron-Ion Collider

Alexei Prokudin (Hosted by Saori Pastore) from Penn State University Berks will be presenting the seminar on Exploring the structure of matter at the Electron-Ion Collider.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm, Compton 241

Physics Colloquium with Phil Kaaret on "Science Results from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)"

Phil Kaaret (hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will be presenting on "Science Results from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)" at the Colloquium.
Crow 204 | Coffee: 2:30pm Compton 245

Center for Quantum Leaps Symposium

Knight Center, Classroom 220

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Joseph Neilsen on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM

Joseph Neilsen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Villanova University will be presenting the seminar on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Physics Theory Seminar with Debasish Borah on Matter-antimatter asymmetry from forbidden decays

Debasish Borah (Hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and University of Pittsburgh will be presenting at the seminar on Matter-antimatter asymmetry from forbidden decays.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm Compton 241

Physics Colloquium with Sebastian Deffner on Quantum stochastic thermodynamics of relativistic systems

Sebastian Deffner (hosted by Zohar Nussinov) from the University of Maryland Baltimore County will be presenting at the Colloquium on Quantum stochastic thermodynamics of relativistic systems.
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