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The Physics Colloquium at ÃÛ¶¹app provides an opportunity for students to hear from scientists about current research and special topics of study. Open to anyone who is interested, these talks will give you a wealth of knowledge while allowing you to interact with professionals in the field of physics and connect with research institutions.

Colloquium Details

Each colloquium will be held in Room 210 of the from 4–5 p.m., with a short time of refreshments beginning beforehand at 3:30 p.m.

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DateSpeakerInstitutionHostTitle
Sep 3,
2026
Wes RyleCincinnati ObservatoryMohan PereiraThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Sep 24, 2026Darren HolandAir Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraTBA
Oct 29, 2026Joseph Perry CorbettMiami UniversityMohan Pereira
TBA
Nov 12, 2026George Landon
ÃÛ¶¹appMohan PereiraTBA
Jan 28,
2027
Jonathan EvansAir Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraTBA
Feb 20, 2027TBATBATBATBA
Mar 20, 2027TBATBATBATBA
April 9, 2027Buddini KarawdeniyaOhio State University
Mohan PereiraTBA

 

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.â€

— Albert Einstein

Helpful Resources

Meet the Physics Colloquium Committee

Faculty and Staff Members

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Mohan Pereira, PhD

Associate Professor of Physics

Contact

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Steve Gollmer, PhD

Dean, Senior Professor Physics

Contact


Student Members

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Skylar Eidsmoe

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Aaron Goertzen

Colloquium Archives

2025–2026

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SpeakerInstitutionHostTitle
Wes RyleCincinnati ObservatoryMohan PereiraThe Cincinnati Observatory’s Role in Lunar Exploration
William CarpenterThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraAn Anti-Brownian Trap to study dynamics of single molecules and nanoparticles in
buffer
Joshua KiraÃÛ¶¹app
Mohan Pereira
Phenomenology and the Limits of Science
Anil Patnaik
Air Force Institute of Technology
Aaron Goertzen
Quantum Ghost Imaging
Jonathan EvansAir Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraThe Hierarchy of the Fantastically Improbable: A framework for comparing the relative probabilities of impossible events
Brenton A. NoesgesAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Mohan PereiraUltrawide Bandgap Materials for Next Generation Power Electronics
Joe MillerÃÛ¶¹app Mohan PereiraThermodynamics at the Speed of Light: Using Ultrashort, Pulsed Lasers to Design Better Engines

 

2024–2025

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SpeakerInstitutionHostTitle
Kaeli HughesThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraThe Next Generation of Neutrino Astrophysics with PUEO
Joseph Perry CorbettMiami UniversityMohan PereiraGrowth and Imaging of Quantum Materials: Skyrmions, Dirac Electrons, and Resonators
Timothy TrueAir Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraQuantum Mechanics in Real Life
Jonathan EvansAir Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraBroadening Mechanisms in Solid State Laser Gain Media
Ashley CetnarThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraTumor Tracking, Ultra-High Dose Rate Radiation Delivery, and More for Advancing Physics in Medicine to Advance Patient Care: A Summary of Recent Undergraduate Student Projects in Medical Physics
Pierre HeidmannThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraTopological Stars from Quantum Gravity
Vladislav BelyyThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraA Biophysicist's Journey Into Cell Signaling: Dissecting Receptor Oligomerization in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Evan MedvedevWright State UniversityMohan PereiraApplied Terahertz Molecular Spectroscopy

2023–2024

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SpeakerInstitutionHostTitle
Rostislav SerotaUniversity of CincinnatiMohan Pereira
Nathan HnatiukÃÛ¶¹appMohan PereiraThe FUNdamentals of NMR
Matthew Bronson BaylissUniversity of CincinnatiMohan Pereira
Louis Franklin DiMauroThe Ohio State UniversityMohan PereiraAttaboy, Attosecond!
Jonathan EvansThe Air Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraSplitting Photons: Nonlinear Optical Sources of Coherent Light
Timothy L. NormanÃÛ¶¹appMohan PereiraAuxetic and Compliant Structures and Their Applicability to Joint Arthroplasty
Comert KuralThe Ohio State UniversityMohan Pereira and the CU Biophysics Student ChapterKilling Them Softly: Targeting Cell Mechanics to Sensitize Cancer Cells to Programmed Cell Death
Daniel BrandenburgThe Ohio State UniversityMohan Pereira

2022–2023

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SpeakerInstitutionHostTitle
David FridayUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNina SekerakOrganic Electronics: Using Modeling to Develop Next-Generation Biosensing Materials
Steve GollmerÃÛ¶¹app Recognizing Design Through Systems Biology
Timothy TuinstraÃÛ¶¹appMohan PereiraA Clustering Approach to Range and Doppler Disambiguation in Medium PRF Radar
Marcos SotomayorThe Ohio State UniversityÃÛ¶¹app Biophysics Society Chapter (BPA)Molecular Biophysics of Hearing
Jonathan EvansThe Air Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraFundamental Physics of Laser Devices
Darren Holland, Connar GauthamThe Air Force Institute of TechnologyMohan PereiraAnalysis of Nuclear Structure and Long Lived Nuclear States
George QinÃÛ¶¹appMohan PereiraUnderstanding, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Robot
Danny FaulknerAnswers in GenesisSteve GollmerThe Rapid Evolution of Betelgeuse