Unless otherwise noted, talks take place on Tuesdays at Noon in Science-1023.
All members of the Grinnell College campus community are invited to the seminars. 
Presentations subject to change.

Date Seminar Title & Speaker
Aug. 30, 2011

Predicting the maelstrom: The physics of the ocean

  • Brian Arbic, PhD, University of Michigan, Geological Sciences
Friday Sept. 2, 2011

The “Green” Universe: How the Cosmos Curbed its Gas Addiction

  • Michael Cooper ‘01, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Galaxy Evolution, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
Sept. 20, 2011

Panel discussion about graduate schools

  • The Grinnell College Physics Faculty
Sept. 27, 2011

The Wild Hunt: Searching for Exoplanets and the Remnants of Planet Formation

  • Sebastian De Pascuale
Oct. 11, 2011

Malignant or Benign? Using Ultrasound to Characterize Tissue

  • Timothy Stiles `98
Oct. 25, 2011

Neutrino Oscillations - A Door to New Physics

  • Brian Rebel `98, Wilson Fellow, Fermilab
Thursday Nov. 3, 2011

Niobium Doped Titanium Dioxide as an Indium-Free Transparent Conducting Oxide.

  • Matthew Dabney ’91, National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Friday Nov. 4, 2011

Transparent Conducting Oxides Research: The Tools of the Trade

  • Matthew Dabney ’91, National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 24, 2012

"Summer research opportunities at Grinnell College."

  • Grinnell College Physics Faculty
Jan 31, 2012

Part one: "An Introduction to String Theory and its Symmetries"

  • Leo Rodriguez, HHMI Post-Doctoral Fellow & Lecturer
Feb. 7, 2012

Part two: "String Theory and the Known Universe"

  • Leo Rodriguez, HHMI Post-Doctoral Fellow & Lecturer