Colloquium & Seminar Schedule
Colloquia talks at the Institute of Optics are typically every Monday during the semester. Detailed information is posted as it becomes available. Check back often for updates and new events.
Visit the colloquia archives page for a list of past colloquia talks.
Adaptive Optics for High-Resolution Microscopy and Precision Laser Fabrication
Friday, April 24, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Presenter: Martin J. Booth Chair in Optical and Photonic Engineering University of Oxford
Presented in person in Wilmot 116 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingFrom Bose–Einstein Condensation to Supersolidity: A New Room-Temperature Playground in Halide Perovskites
Monday, April 20, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Wei Bao, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingThe Laser Interferometer Space Antenna: Observing mHz Gravitational Waves from Space
Monday, April 13, 2026
3:30 p.m.
John W. Conklin Don D. and Ruth S. Eckis Endowed Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Assistant Director of the Astraeus Space Institute University of Florida
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingMetasurface Polarization Optics
Monday, April 6, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Noah Rubin, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at UCSD
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingAdaptive Optics at W. M. Keck Observatory
Monday, March 30, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Peter Wizinowich, Chief of Technical Development, W. M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, HI
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingThe Optics of AR and Where it Leads
Monday, March 16, 2026
5 p.m.
Barry Silverstein, Director of the Center for eXtended Reality, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingVisible Photonic Integrated Circuits: From Neuroscience to Quantum Applications
Monday, March 2, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Aseema Mohanty, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor,, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingSpace-Time Duality in Optics: Its origin and Applications
Monday, February 23, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Professor Govind Agrawal, Dr. James C. Wyant Professor of Optics, Professor of Physics, Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Institute of Optics
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingGeometry, Mappings and Abstract Spaces in the Study of Optical Systems
Monday, February 16, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Miguel A. Alonso, Professor of Optics, Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetic, Institute of Optics
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingThe Gradient Refractive Index of the Eye's Crystalline Lens
Monday, February 9, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Alberto de Castro, Research Scientist, Instituto de Óptica "Daza de Valdés", CSIC
Presented in Goergen 101 on Zoom only
Continue ReadingHigh Power Sources in Silicon Photonics
Monday, February 2, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Neetesh Singh, PhD, Senior Scientist, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), DESY
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingBlue-detuned Cavity Optomechanics
Monday, January 26, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Professor Alejandro Martínez, PhD, Nanophotonics Technology Center Universitat Politècnica de València
Presented in Goergen 101 on Zoom Only
Continue ReadingThe Beth experiment: 90 Years On—CANCELLED
Monday, January 26, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Etienne Brasselet, Research Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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