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.
Vibrational Polariton Enabled Ultrafast Energy Transfer
Monday, October 26, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Professor Wei Xiong, Professor and Kent Wilson Faculty Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingNonlinear Dynamics of Semiconductor Laser Arrays
Monday, October 5, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Herbert G. Winful, Joseph E. and Anne P. Rowe Professor of Electrical Engineering, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, and Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingLearning to See: Some of Jim Wyant's Favorite Optics in Nature Photos from My Collection
Monday, September 14, 2026
4:30 p.m.
Dr. Joseph A. Shaw, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Optical Technology Center, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, Montana State University
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingFrom Hollow-Core Nonlinear Optics to High-Field Physics
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Professor François Légaré, Director of the Energy Materials and Telecommunications Centre at INRS
Presented in person in Wilmot 116 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingIntegrated Nonlinear and Optomechanical Photonics: Harnessing Light–Sound–Matter Interactions On-Chip
Monday, May 11, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Gustavo Wiederhecker, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
Presented in person in Goergen 109 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingGuiding Light in Optics: Research and Mentorship from Professor Agrawal
Monday, April 27, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Dr. René-Jean Essiambre, Crawford Hill Laboratory of Bell Labs
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingRecollections of a Former Govind Agrawal Student
Monday, April 27, 2026
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Nicholas G. Usechak, Principal Electronics Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright–Patterson Air Force Base, Program Manager, AIM Photonics
Presented in person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingAdaptive 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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