Colloquium 2025-2026
All colloquium lectures will be offered online via Zoom. Links to these sessions are provided below. Students are encouraged, but not required, to attend in person in Physical Science Room 108 for presentations by ISU faculty.
Fall 2025 Schedule
Aug. 25 | Dr. Brian Skinner, Ohio State University, Phase Transitions in the Dynamics of Quantum Entanglement |
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Sept. 1 | Labor Day, No Colloquium |
Sept. 8 | Dr. James Dull, College of Idaho, Burning Bright: Exploring Be Stars and their Mysteries from our Campus Observatory |
Sept. 15 | Dr. Erdinch Tatar, Idaho State University, topic TBD |
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Sept. 22 |
Dr. Masha Baryakhtar, University of Washington, Ultralight Particles from the Lab to the Cosmos |
Sept. 29 | Dr. Joshua Knobloch, Utah State University, Measuring Highly-Nonequilibrium Phonon Transport using Ultrafast Ultraviolet Transient Gratings, Special in-person lecture in PS 108 |
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Oct. 13 |
Dr. Dennis Soldin, Department of Physics, University of Utah, Particle Physics with Extensive Air Showers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory |
Oct. 20 | Dr. Kihta Murase, Pennsylvania State University, Multimessenger View of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrino Sources |
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Nov. 24 |
Thanksgiving Break, No Colloquium |
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Dec. 8 |
Spring 2026 Schedule
Jan. 12 |
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Jan. 19 |
Martin Luther King Day. No Colloquium |
Jan 26 |
Dr. Sebastian Fischetti, Weber State University, topic TBD |
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Feb. 9 |
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Feb. 16 |
President's Day. No Colloquium |
Feb. 23 |
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Mar. 9 |
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Mar. 16 |
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Mar. 23 |
Spring Break. No Colloquium |
Mar. 30 |
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Apr. 6 |
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Apr. 13 |
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Apr. 20 |
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Apr. 27 |
All talks will be offered via Zoom using the links above, with presentations starting promptly at 4:00 PM on Mondays. Presentations by ISU faculty will occur in PS 108 in addition to Zoom offering.
contact: shrostev@isu.edu
Last modified 08/15/2025
Colloquiums in Past Years
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ISU Physics 2024-2025 Colloquium Schedule
Fall 2024 Schedule
Aug. 19 |
Dr. Subramanian RamachandranSchool of STEM
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Dr. Dustin McNultyIdaho State UniversityOpens in new windowOngoing Research within the ISU Physics Department, and Opportunities for Student InvolvementIn-Person Presentation in PS 108 |
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Sept. 2 |
Labor Day, No Colloquium |
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Eva BarkerIdaho State University, Nuclear EngineeringSafeguards Sensitivity Studies Using Pyroprocessing ModelsZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Sept. 16 |
Dr. Kate ScholbergDuke UniversityScattering in Neutrino AlleyZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Sept. 23 |
Dr. Daniel GinosarIdaho National LaboratoryCritical Materials for the Clean Energy TransitionZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Sept. 30 |
Dr. Subramanian RamachandranOpens in new windowSchool of STEM
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Oct. 07 |
Kate AlexanderUniversity of ArizonaTidal Disruption Events: Unique Probes of Outflows and Accretion in Supermassive Black HolesZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Oct. 14 |
Dr. Brelon MayIdaho National LaboratoryEpitaxial Synthesis and Integration of Cubic NitridesIn-Person Presentation in PS 108 |
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Oct. 21 |
Dr. Nathan PowersBrigham Young Universitytopic tbdZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Oct. 28 |
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Nov. 4 |
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Nov. 11 |
Dr. Brian MilbrathPacific Northwest National Laboratorytopic to be determinedZoom Session LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Nov. 18 |
Dr. Curtis Jonathan BernardOpens in new windowEidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichPhotoinduced Dynamics in Correlated Magnetic InsulatorsZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
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Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving BreakNo Colloquium |
Dec. 2 |
Speaker and topic tbdZoom LinkZoom Session Recordings |
Dec. 13 |
Finals Week No Colloquium |