Events

Degradable covalent chemistry to develop smart delivery polymeric nanomaterials 

Dr. Jung Kwon (John) Oh
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Concordia University

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Generalized hydrodynamics and hydrodynamization in ultracold 1D gases

Marcos Rigol
Pennsylvania State University

Monday, October 20, 2025
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 0101

Kinetic Simulation of Electrochemical Degradation -- battery fade and alloy corrosion 

Dr. Penghao Xiao
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie University

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Need a study break? Sunshine Therapy Dogs are here to help you de-stress and reset - stop by, say hi, and leave with a smile!

Shaved by Occam’s Razor: Minimal Fractional Topological Insulator

Cenke Xu
University of California, Santa Barbara

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
2:00 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

Visit the University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum for our annual Gem and Mineral Show! 

Friday, October 24th: 12 noon - 5 pm

Saturday, October 25th: 10 am - 5 pm

Admission is always free.

Join us on October 25^th for an extravaganza of hands-on science discovery for school-age kids.

Join us for the 2025 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture featuring

Dr. M. Bayani Cardenas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of Texas at Austin

Groundwater on ice: hydrogeologic processes and the fate of permafrost carbon in Arctic watersheds

Monday, October 27, 2025
10:30 a.m.

In-person: EIT 3142

The Accuracy Crisis in Binding and Potency Studies: Hidden Causes, Heavy Costs, and a Call to Act

Professor Sergey N. Krylov
Center for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University
Toronto, Canada

Tuesday, October 27, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Join us for the 2025 Farvolden Lecture

Forecasting, mitigating and preventing the impacts of mining on groundwater quality

Dr. David Blowes
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo