Western Kentucky University
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Colloquia Schedule

Spring 2026 Semester

0026‑02‑09

Dr. Ivan Novikov

"MFT Physics: Practice session", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

2026‑01‑26

Dr. Ivan Novikov

"Syllabus, MFT Physics (Canceled)", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

2026‑02‑02

Dr. Ivan Novikov

"Syllabus, MFT Physics", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

2026‑02‑16

Dr. Blakesley Burkhart

"From Local Clouds to Cosmic Dawn: New FUV Probes of Molecular Gas Physics", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

2026‑02‑23

Dr. James Boedicker

"Bacterial-mediated synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials", Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California

2026‑03‑02

Dr. Marzieh Kavand

"Integrated Solid-State Architectures for Electrical Readout of Zero-Dimensional Quantum Systems", Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama

2026‑03‑09

Mayme Van Meveren

"A Biophysical Toolkit: Applications in Protein-Based Drug Discovery", Department of biochemistry , Vanderbilt University

2026‑03‑16

Spring Break

"Spring Break"

2026‑03‑23

Dr. Adam Bennion

"Technology as a Gateway to Scientific Sensemaking", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University

2026‑03‑30

Dr. Tamara Bogdanovic

"Bringing gravity to light with multi-messenger massive black hole binaries", School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

2026‑04‑06

Dr. Ivan NovikovIvan

"MFT Physics: Practice session", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

2026‑04‑13

Dr. Shawn Pollard

"Disorder by Design: Controlling Composition in Ferrimagnets for High-Speed, Low-Power Spintronics", Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis

2026‑04‑20

Dr. Jerome Jones

"Analysis of Simple Truth Table Testing", Western Kentucky University

2026‑04‑27

Dr. Ivan Novikov

"MFT Physics: Test day", Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University


The Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts colloquia on a regular basis during the academic year.  The colloquia are typically held on Monday afternoons at 4:00 in KTH 2038. Coffee and snacks are available beginning at 3:30.