March 06, 2026 9:00 am Particle Acceleration in Highly Magnetized Plasmas with Luca Comisso Luca Comisso (hosted by Manel Errando) from Columbia University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Particle Acceleration in Highly Magnetized Plasmas. Compton 241
February 20, 2026 9:00 am Stellar Bumper Cars! Collisional Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei with Sanaea Cooper Rose Sanaea Cooper Rose (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from Northwestern University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Stellar Bumper Cars! Collisional Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei. Compton 241
February 13, 2026 9:00 am Designing New Optics to Investigate Galactic Positron Generation with Dustin Swarm Dustin Swarm (hosted by Manel Errando) from the University of Iowa will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Designing New Optics to Investigate Galactic Positron Generation. Compton 241
February 12, 2026 3:00 pm New Neutrino Interactions and Core-Collapse Supernovae with Anna M. Suliga Anna M. Suliga (hosted by Writasree Maitra) from New York University will be presenting the Physics Theory Seminar on New Neutrino Interactions and Core-Collapse Supernovae. Compton 241
December 12, 2025 9:00 am Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out with Jason Dexter Jason Dexter (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Colorado University, Boulder will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
December 04, 2025 3:00 pm New Class of Three-Nucleon Forces and Their Implications with Maria Dawid Maria Dawid (Hosted by Saori Pastore) from Washington University in St. Louis will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on New Class of Three-Nucleon Forces and Their Implications. Compton 241
November 21, 2025 1:00 pm Electromagnetic Signals of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with Asher Berlin Asher Berlin (Hosted by Jim Buckley) from Fermilab will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Electromagnetic Signals of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves. Compton 241 | Coffee: 12:45pm
November 21, 2025 9:00 am Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar with Richard Feder-Staehle and Lindsey Gordon Richard Feder-Staehle from UC Berkeley / LBNL and Lindsey Gordon from UMN (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on "From Pixels to Primordial Non-Gaussianity and Beyond: Mission Status and Science with the SPHEREx All-Sky Survey" and "AGN Jets in Complex Cluster Environments", respectively. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
November 13, 2025 3:00 pm Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers with Rachel Steinhorst Rachel Steinhorst (Hosted by Liam Brodie) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers. Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm
November 07, 2025 9:00 am Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics with Niccolo Bucciantini Niccolo Bucciantini (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and University of Firenze will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics. Compton 241
October 31, 2025 9:00 am Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions with Jooyun Woo Jooyun Woo (Hosted by Manel Errando) from Columbia University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
October 17, 2025 9:00 am New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae with Navin Sridhar Navin Sridhar (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Stanford University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
October 16, 2025 3:00 pm Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe with Subhojit Roy Subhojit Roy (Hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Argonne National Lab will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe. Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm
October 10, 2025 9:00 am Searching for Circumbinary Planets and Initial Results from the Indian X-ray Polarimeter Ekrem Esmer from WashU and Ketan Rikame (hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru, India will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar Compton Hall 241
October 03, 2025 9:00 am New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations with Maria Edvige Ravasio Maria Edvige Ravasio (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from Radboud University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations. Compton 241
September 19, 2025 9:00 am Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator with Diana Hannikainen Diana Hannikainen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Sky & Telescope will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
September 12, 2025 12:00 pm Brown Bag: Eric Hiatt Constraints on the Early Mars Paleoclimate Through Observed Geomorphology and Groundwater Modeling Rudolph Hall | Room 301
September 12, 2025 10:00 am The Roman Survey for Gravitational Lenses Across Cosmic Time Tansu Daylan, Washington University, will be presenting the ESE Seminar, "The Roman survey for gravitational lenses across cosmic time" Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium room 0120
September 05, 2025 9:00 am Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes with Peter Boorman Peter Boorman (Hosted by Andrea Gokus) from Caltech will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM
August 28, 2025 3:00 pm Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays with Fabrizio Rompineve Fabrizio Rompineve (Hosted by Francesc Ferrer) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & IFAE will be presenting the Physics Theory seminar on Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays. Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM
August 14, 2025 10:00 am From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics with Nicolas Barrière Nicolas Barrière from Cosine will be presenting the seminar on From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics. Crow 206
May 01, 2025 3:00 pm Physics Theory Seminar with Wenzer Qin on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold Wenzer Qin (Hosted by Chris Cappiello) will be presenting the seminar on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold. Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM
April 18, 2025 9:00 am Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Lia Hankla on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae Lia Hankla (Hosted by Manel Errando) from University of Maryland will be presenting the seminar on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241
April 17, 2025 11:30 am EEPS Colloquium: Catherine Johnson The Enigmatic Innermost Planet: A Magnetic Field Perspective Rudolph Hall | Room 301
April 11, 2025 9:00 am Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Joseph Neilsen on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM Joseph Neilsen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Villanova University will be presenting the seminar on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241
April 04, 2025 9:00 am Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Howard Isaacson on Ground-based Radial Velocity Surveys as the Foundation for Future Space Missions Howard Isaacson (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UC Berkeley will be presenting the seminar on Ground-based Radial Velocity Surveys as the Foundation for Future Space Missions. Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241
March 28, 2025 9:00 am Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Mükremin Kılıç on A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges Mükremin Kılıç (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) from University of Oklahoma will be presenting the seminar on A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241