Events

Self-immolative polymers: Designing, synthesizing, and applying polymers that fall apart

Elizabeth R. Gillies
Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

HackRx 2025 is a 3-day virtual healthcare hackathon running Nov 21–23, 2025. Compete for a $3000 main prize and a $500 special prize. Open to innovators, coders, and creators of all levels. Join to build solutions, learn, and collaborate.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 22nd for free activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage female and non-binary students to explore physics.

Device-independent quantum cryptography

Rahul Jain
Centre for Quantum Technologies

Monday, November 24, 2025
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 0101

New progress in bilayer excitons: bosonic crystals and fractional excitons

Jia Li
University of Texas

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
2:00 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

Measuring dark energy with DESI

Will Percival
Professor and Distinguished Research Chair in Astrophysics
University of Waterloo

Thursday, November 27, 2025
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 145

Mass spectrometry based faster and more accurate analytical platform for biomolecules characterization

David Da Yong Chen
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia

Monday, December 2, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Join us for SoNR, a showcase of UW graduate student neuroscience research through oral presentations, lightning talks, and posters, along with a keynote presentation from a distinguished neuroscientist.

Registration is free! Interested in participating? Submit your abstract, neuroscience artwork and/or apply to volunteer by November 1, 2025.

From Lab to Cosmos: Three Frontiers in the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Professor Sara Seager
MIT

Thursday, December 4, 2025
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 150

Synthesis of metal pnictides and exploration of their thermoelectric and catalytic potential

Kirill Kovnir
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University

Monday, December 8, 2025
10:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361