Events

Mark your calendar for IDEA Series, October 25th from 5:00 to 6:00PM! Join us and get inspired by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Donna Strickland's incredible journey in the world of science. You won't want to miss it!

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 11th for free hands-on activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage girls and non-binary students to explore physics.

Tuning the optical properties of layered semiconductors through sliding ferroelectricity

Ziliang Ye
UBC

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

No, you have not discovered a Majorana Fermion

Sergey Frolov
University of Pittsburgh

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

Semiconductor moiré materials

Kin Fai Mak
Cornell University

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

Nematic and Charge Density Wave Orders in Cuprate Superconductors 

David Hawthorn
University of Waterloo

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
11:00 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

Spin polarons and skyrmion superconductivity in topological bands: application to graphene moire heterostructures

Eslam Khalaf
Harvard University

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

Sleuthing hidden orders and hidden spin liquids in quantum magnets

Arun Paramekanti
University of Toronto

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

Emergence of curved momentum-spacetime in quantum critical metals

Sung-Sik Lee
McMaster University & Perimeter Institute

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC 1101

On April 8, Southern Ontario will witness a total solar eclipse for the first time in nearly 100 years, as the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun for several minutes. Total eclipses are an amazing spectacle but have also played a key role throughout history in our understanding of science. At this month's KPL astronomy talk, Dr. Roan Haggar will speak about the upcoming solar eclipse, and what eclipses have taught us about the Sun, our Solar System, and the Universe.