Colloquium
Upcoming Colloquium
Department Meet 'n Mix
September 8, 2025
11:00am in HSCI-102
All students and faculty gather in an informal setting. We will share useful information about the Department and its student-led activities.
Pizza will be provided!
You will have the opportunity to meet with the following faculty, staff, and student leaders:
- Colloquium Coordinator – Dr. Sarah Grefe
- Department Chair – Dr. Prashanth Jaikumar
- Undergraduate Advisor – Dr. Thomas Gredig
- Graduate Advisor – Dr. Jiyeong Gu
- Society of Physics students (SPS) president – Joshua Luna
- Women in Physics secretary – Kaitlyn Devries
- Science Librarian – Khue Dong
About the Colloquium
The Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in physics and what physicists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Department at California State University, Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in physics. All students are encouraged to attend for a well-rounded experience and training in physics.
Colloquium Coordinator
For information and suggestions about the colloquium please contact the colloquium coordinator:
Dr. Sarah Grefe
Sarah.Grefe@csulb.edu
Schedule
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2025 | Department Meet 'n Mix | Department Faculty, Staff, and Student Leaders |
| September 15, 2025 | (topic: particle/cosmology) | Michael Ratz, UC Irvine |
| September 22, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Eduardo Garcia Padilla, Harvey Mudd College |
| September 29, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter experiment) | Charlotte Evans, Sandia National Laboratory |
| October 6, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| October 13, 2025 | (topic: dark matter detection) | Alvine Kamaha, UCLA |
| October 20, 2025 | Physics of Anime | Kristjan Stone, Roman Gomez, Caleb Baker; Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA |
| October 27, 2025 | (topic: plasma experiment) | William Heidbrink, UC Irvine |
| November 3, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Clare Yu, UC Irvine |
| November 10, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter experiment) | Nicholas Dale, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| November 17, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Elizabeth Peterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| December 1, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Gil Refael, Caltech |
| December 3, 2025 | Student Presentations | MD´«Ã½Èë¿Ú physics students |
| December 5, 2025 | Student Presentations | MD´«Ã½Èë¿Ú physics students |
Previous Colloquia
The Colloquium Archive has the Colloquia from previous semesters.
Sponsors
We acknowledge with gratitude donations and support from the following present sponsors:
- H.E. and H.B. Miller and Family Endowment
- Benjamin Carter
- Mary L. Bresnan
- K. Y. Shen
- American Physical Society
- Anonymous
We also acknowledge with gratitude our past donors: The Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Sandra Dana, Anonymous.
If you wish to support the Colloquium, please contact the colloquium coordinator or the department chair. Thank you!
