Colloquia and Seminars 2019-20
Colloquia, seminar and other talks from previous academic years are listed in our archive.
Colloquia are held weekly on Wednesdays during the academic year (September through to April). They are geared at a general audience—faculty, staff, students and interested members of the general public are welcome.
****This colloquia series ended early due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic****
Wednesday, March 11
Dr. Daryl Haggard, McGill University
“New Probes of Black Hole Variability”
Wednesday, March 4
Dr. Greg Sivakoff, University of Alberta
“Winds of Change around Black Holes”
Wednesday, February 12
Dr. Katie Mack, NC State University
“Dark Matter: A Cosmological Perspective”
Wednesday, February 5
Dr. Ed Prather, University of Arizona
“Gaming the Classroom: Strategies to Promote Active-Learning in the STEM Classroom”
Wednesday, January 22
Dr. Jay Melosh, Purdue University
“Are we all Martians? The Meteoritic Exchange of Life between Planets and Moons”
Wednesday, December 4
Dr. Warren S. Warren, Duke University
“New Approaches to Nonlinear Optical Imaging Improve Cancer Diagnosis and Materials Characterization, and Increase Cultural Heritage Appreciation”
Wednesday, November 27
Dr. Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo
“Investigation of Multi-frequency Raman Generated Spectra”
Wednesday, November 20
Dr. Allison MacDonald, D-wave
“Quantum annealing with the D-Wave processor”
Wednesday, November 6
Dr. Sarah Pearson, Flatiron Institute
“Stellar Streams from Globular Clusters in the Local Universe”
Wednesday, October 30
Dr. David Griffiths, Reed College
“Hidden Momentum”
Wednesday, October 16
Dr. Ravin Bhatt, Princeton University
“The Quantum Hall Effect: Applied Science’s Gift to Fundamental Science”
Wednesday, October 9
Dr. Avery Broderick, University of Waterloo
“Unmasking Black Holes with the Event Horizon Telescope”
Thursday, October 3
Dr. Marcel Bally, University of British Columbia
“Lipids, Drugs and Metals: Ingredients for Making Therapeutically Effective Anticancer Nanomedicines”
Wednesday, September 25
Dr. Frank Close, University of Oxford
“Half Life – the Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist and Spy?”
Wednesday, September 18
Dr. Todd Henry, RECONS Institute/Georgia State University
“Exploring 10000 of the Nearest Star Systems”
Wednesday, September 11
Dr. Norbert Werner, Eötvös Loránd University
“The Hot Universe and the Use of CubeSats in Monitoring the High-Energy Sky”
Seminars are specialized and geared for those in a particular field. Dates and times for these talks vary.
PAST SEMINARS
Friday, May 29
Dr. Dean Karlen, University of Victoria
“COVID-19 Modelling from a Physicist’s Perspective”
Thursday, March 19
Logan Francis, University of Victoria
“Dust Depleted Inner Disks in a Large Sample of Transition Disks through Long-Baseline ALMA Observations”
Tuesday, February 25
Dr. Nienke van der Marel, University of Victoria
"Observing Planet Formation in Action in Protoplanetary Disks: Current and Future Possibilities”
Tuesday, January 28
Dr. Tomas Tamfal, University of Zurich
“Wakes and Global Halo Modes Triggered by Massive Satellites”
Friday, December 20
Dr. Shinji Mukohyama, IPMU Tokyo
“Gravity and Cosmology Beyond Einstein”
Wednesday, December 4
Dr. Allison Man, Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto
“The Role of AGN in Galaxy Star Formation: A Case Study of a Radio Galaxy at z=2.6”
Thursday, November 21
Dr. Hamsa Padmanabhan, University of Toronto
“Deciphering the Baryonic Universe: From Cosmic Dawn till Today”
Tuesday, November 19
Dr. Daniel Lecoanet, Princeton University
“How Wavy are Stars?”
Thursday, November 14
Dr. Karun Thanjavur, University of Victoria
“Come, Let’s Play in a Machine Learning Sandbox”
Friday, November 1
Dr. Chervin Laporte, University of Victoria
“Footprints of the Magellanic Clouds and Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy on the Milky Way Dynamics”
Thursday, October 24
Kayla McLean, University of Victoria
“Searching for Dark Matter in Events with Missing Transverse Momentum and a Z Boson in the ATLAS Detector at the LHC”
Wednesday, October 23
Sebastian Grieninger, University of Washington
“Broken Translations and Momentum Relaxation: An Approach from Hydrodynamics and Holography”
Thursday, October 17
Dr. Karun Thanjavur, University of Victoria and Dr. Seb Fabbro, NRC
“So you want to use machine learning in your research, but don’t know where to start?”
Wednesday, October 16
Dr. Yjan Gordon, University of Manitoba
“Observing How Galactic Environment Impacts AGN Evolution”
Prof. Hirohisa A. Tanaka, SLAC, Stanford University
“The Latest on Neutrino Oscillations from T2K and NOvA”
Tuesday, September 24
Dr. Raphael Errani, University of Victoria
“Substructure Abundance and the Haloes of Milky Way Dwarfs”
Tuesday, September 10
Dr. Norbert Werner, Eötvös Loránd University
“Hot Atmospheres and Black Hole Activity in Massive Galaxies”
The Café Scientifique series is an informal series of talks given in a relaxed setting such as a café. These talks are designed to engage the public in learning about recent research in science. Given by experts in the field, these talks provide an opportunity to stimulate discussion around some of the most exciting topics in modern science.
For more information about past or upcoming events, please contact the organizer:
Centre for Biomedical Research
cfbr@uvic.ca
PAST Café Scientifique TALKS
Dr. Katherine Elvira, Department of Chemistry: "Modelling the gut on a chip for drug discovery" (June 16, 2020)Dr. David Leitch, Department of Chemistry: “Developing New Medicines for COVID-19: Are We There Yet?” (June 9, 2020)
Dr Kent Hecker, University of Calgary: "Exploring Decision Making in the Health Profession" (May 19, 2020)
Dr. Elaine Humphrey, Department of Mechanical Engineering: "The Tale of Two Coast Salish Ancient Blankets" (May 12, 2020)
Dr. Olav Krigolson, School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education: "Destination Mars: Using Neuroscience to Monitor Brain Performance to Help NASAs Next Mission" (April 21, 2020)
Dr. Jay Cullen, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences: "Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Astronaut?" (April 14, 2020)
Dr. Tom Pederson, Former Dean of Science: "Science, Money, or Politics: Which one should drive sounds policy?" (March 10, 2020)
Brent Godau, Biomedical Engineering: "Next Generation Wound Dressings for Connected Health" (February 18, 2020)
Dr. Neil Burford, Department of Chemistry: "A chemist's journey of discovery towards new compounds and materials" (February 11, 2020)
Dr. Sam Liu, School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education: "Are Smart Phones Making Us Unhappy?" (January 21, 2020)
Dr. Olav Krigolson, School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education: "Using Mobile Neuroscience Technology to Improve Brain Health and Performance" (November 19, 2019)
Dr. Frank van Veggel, Department of Chemistry: "The Rare Earth: Why we can't live without them" (November 12, 2019)
Emily Abelseth, Department of Biomedical Engineering: "Taking Pride in Diversity in Engineering" (October 15, 2019)
Dr. Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, Department of Physics and Astronomy:"Radiation Therapy of Cancer in a Flash: The Way Forward" (October 8, 2019)
Dr. Jon Willis, Department of Physics and Astronomy: "20,000 Pings Under the Sea: An Astronomer’s Voyage on the Nautilus" (Septmber 10, 2019)
PAST SPECIAL TALKS
Tuesday, November 26, 2019Dr Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate, Physics 2018 & Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Waterloo
"Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses"
September 4, 2019
Connor Bottrell, University of Victoria
“Deep Learning Predictions of Galaxy Merger Stage and the Importance of Observational Realism”