Colloquia and Seminars 2022-23
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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022-23 colloquia may have been held in-person and/or online (via Zoom).
PAST COLLOQUIA
Wednesday, April 5
Dr. Shohini Ghose, Wilfrid Laurier University
“Hunting for Quantum Butterflies”
Wednesday, March 29
Dr. Reuven Gordon, University of Victoria
“Nanoaperture Tweezers: From Single Proteins to Single Quantum Emitters”
Wednesday, March 22
Dr. Danny Cabllero, MSU
“Supporting the integration of computing in physics education”
Wednesday, March 15
Dr. Nicole Vassh, TRIUMF
“Heavy element nucleosynthesis in the multi-messenger era”
Wednesday, March 8
Dr. Mark Voit, MSU
“Baryon Cycles in the Biggest Galaxies”
Wednesday, March 1
Dr. Iris Dillmann, TRIUMF
“(Some) Activities and Perspectives in Nuclear Astrophysics Research at TRIUMF”
Wednesday, February 15
Dr. Jessie Christiansen, Caltech
“Towards an Exoplanets Demographics Ladder”
Wednesday, February 8
Dr. Chris Willott, NRC
“A new view of the distant universe with the James Webb Space Telescope”
Wednesday, January 25
Dr. Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa
“Structured Quantum Waves: From Communication to Microscopy”
Wednesday, January 18
Dr. Thomas E. Baker, University of Victoria
“Why is it called the density matrix renormalization group?”
Wednesday, January 11
Dr. Martin Bureau, University of Oxford
“Weighing the Invisible or Probing the Invisible: Weighing Supermassive Black Holes with ALMA”
Wednesday, November 30
Dr. Chris Hayward, Flatiron Institute
“What can high-redshift, infrared-luminous galaxies tell us about galaxy formation physics and cosmology?”
Wednesday, November 23
Dr. Michael Kolios, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
“Action, Lights, Sound: using photoacoustics to probe changes in tissue structure during cancer treatment”
Wednesday, November 16
Dr. Deborah Harris, York University
“Interference Patterns with Neutrinos”
Wednesday, November 2
Dr. Craig Hogan, University of Chicago
“Cosmic anisotropy on large angular scales: Do measured CMB correlations show signatures of new symmetries from causally coherent quantum gravity?”
Wednesday, October 26
Dr. Mayank Mehta, UCLA
“Neurophysics of space-time & memory”
Wednesday, October 19
Dr. Kate Scholberg, Duke University
“Scattering in Neutrino Alley”
Wednesday, October 12
Dr. Zdenka Kuncic, University of Sydney
“Phase transitions, criticality and brain-inspired learning in physical neural networks”
Wednesday, October 5
Dr. Alan McConnachie, NRC
“Direct observations of the hierarchical formation of our Milky Way galaxy (Or, On the shoulders of dwarfs)”
Wednesday, September 28
Dr. Sylvain Veilleux, University of Maryland
“Cool Outflows in Galaxies and their Implications”
Wednesday, September 21
Dr. Jos de Bruijne, European Space Agency
“The Gaia mission and its third data release”
Wednesday, September 14
Dr. Akira Konaka, TRIUMF
“A water quality monitoring using astro-particle physics technology”
Seminars are specialized and geared for those in a particular field. Dates and times for these talks vary.
PAST SEMINARS
Friday, April 28
Dr. Karen Lee-Waddell, Director, Australian SKA Regional Centre and WALLABY project scientist
"A new generation of radio surveys—WALLABY, ASKAP, and the AusSRC"
Wednesday, April 19
Dr. Matthias Danninger, SFU
“The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment”
Wednesday, April 12
Prof. Yu-Yen Chang, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU)
“Unveiling Galaxy Interactions and AGNs by Machine Learning”
Tuesday, April 11
Dr. Saniya Heeba, McGill University
“Inelastic Dark Matter Through The Ages”
Tuesday, April 11
Prof. Brian Chaboyer, Dartmouth College
“RR Lyrae Stars as Distance Indicators”
Tuesday, March 21
Seth Koren, University of Chicago
“Putting Generalized Symmetries to Work for Particle Physics”
Wednesday, March 15
Dr. Madeline Marshall, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics (HAA)
“Observing the Host Galaxies of High-Redshift Quasars with JWST”
Thursday, March 9
Dr. Megan Donahue & Dr. Mark Voit, Michigan State University
“X-ray Insights into the Connection between Quenching of Star Formation and Galaxy Stellar Velocity Dispersion”
Wednesday, March 8
Kyle Bromma, University of Victoria
“Three dimensional spheroids and gold nanoparticles in combined cancer therapy”
Wednesday, March 8
Asad Asaduzzaman, TRIUMF
“Measurement of the magnetic field profile in superconducting multilayers for the application of SRF cavity using LEµ-SR and β-NMR”
Tuesday, February 28
Dr. Navin McGinnis, TRIUMF
“Cosmological challenges for dark sectors with new gauge forces”
Monday, February 13
Dr. Don VandenBerg, University of Victoria
“Constraints on the Properties of Globular Clusters from Their Horizontal Branch Stars”
Friday, February 10
Prof. Ting Li, University of Toronto
“The Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey: Latest Science Result”
Friday, February 3
Prof. Isabel Pérez, Universidad de Granada
“CAVITY project first results: unveiling the formation and evolution of galaxies in cosmological voids”
Wednesday, February 1
Dr. Mateusz Ruszkowski, University of Michigan
“The role of cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and turbulence in AGN feedback”
Thursday, January 19
Professor Oliver Kester, TRIUMF
“Particle Accelerator driven production of secondary particles for fundamental science and applications at TRIUMF”
Tuesday, January 10
Dr. Martin Bureau, University of Oxford
“WISDOM: Molecular cloud properties and star-formation quenching”
Wednesday, October 19
Ferran Boix Pamies, PhD Candidate, University of Victoria
“Parasitic material irradiation damage studies at ISAC”
Wednesday, October 12
Dr Adam Smercina, University of Washington
“The Structure of M33 in Resolved Stellar Populations from the PHATTER Survey”
Thursday, September 22
Dr. Megan Tannock, University of Western Ontario
“Brown Dwarf Atmospheres at High Cadence and Spectral Resolution”
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: https://www.uvic.ca/science/donors/outreach/cafe-scientifique/index.php
PAST Café Scientifique TALKS
Dr. Fraser Hof, University of Victoria: “Overcoming antibiotic resistance: A.I.-guided discovery of new antimicrobials from natural sources” (January 11, 2023)
Dr. Afzal Suleman, University of Victoria: “ORCASAT: UVic’s very own satellite mission” (November 9, 2022)
Dr. Tyrone Woods, Plaskett Fellow at NRC Herzberg: "Unveiling the Cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope" (October 12, 2022)
PAST SPECIAL TALKS
Thursday, November 3
Prof. René Reifarth, Goethe Universität Frankfurt
“Where do we come from - rings might have the answer”