Probing biological dynamics and the brain with light
Dr. David Wong Campos (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
August 28, 2026 3:30 PM

Lobo Bridge
Robert Ledoux
Special Talk
August 31, 2026 5:00 PM

Refractory Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Applications Ranging from Recycling of Polymer to Catalysis
Prof. Sanchari Chowdhury (New Mexico Tech)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
September 4, 2026 3:30 PM

Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators: The Dawn of the Multimessenger Age
Regina Caputo
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
September 11, 2026 3:30 PM

TBA
Ramya Bhaskar (Sandia)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
Special Talk
September 15, 2026 2:00 PM

Advanced Materials Characterization In-Person Workshop

No Affiliation
September 16, 2026 10:00 AM

Title: TBA
Rachel Weller (UNM PandA)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
September 17, 2026 2:00 PM

Search for Exotica using the ATLAS Detector at LHC
Prof. K.K. Gan (Ohio State Univ.)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
September 18, 2026 3:30 PM

Title: TBA
Arvind Gupta (NOIRLab)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
September 24, 2026 2:00 PM

TBA
Prof. Garrett Cole (Univ of Arizona)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
September 25, 2026 3:30 PM

Title: TBA
Jacob E. Turner (Greenbank/Cornell)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
October 1, 2026 2:00 PM

SQuInT 2026 Annual Workshop
Various
No Affiliation
October 15, 2026 7:30 AM

Title: TBA
Kyle Massingill (NRAO)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
October 15, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Jarett Johnson (LANL)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
October 22, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Raul Morales-Juberías (NMT)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
October 29, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Gillian Foo (UNM PandA)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
November 5, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Brett Skinner (UNM PandA)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
November 12, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Sarah Stamer (UNM PandA)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
November 19, 2026 2:00 PM

Title: TBA
Izabela Pavel (UNM PandA)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
December 3, 2026 2:00 PM

From Factor Graphs to Canonical Inference Algorithms
Sam Alperin
CQuIC Seminars
August 27, 2026 3:30 PM

Measuring high-z quasars with the James Webb Space Telescope
Madeline Marshall (LANL)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
August 27, 2026 2:00 PM

Constraining mysteries of QCD in vacuum and quark-gluon plasma
Preeti Dhankher Lesser (Nikhef)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
August 25, 2026 2:00 PM

LEGEND: recent results and future prospects in the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge
Jason Detwiler (Univ Washington)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
August 21, 2026 3:30 PM

Randomness for quantum sensing
Jacob Bringewatt
CQuIC Seminars
July 23, 2026 3:30 PM

Measurements and Studies for Rare Event Searches Using Directional Detectors
Elizabeth Tilly
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
June 16, 2026 1:00 PM

Exploring the Role of a Mushy, Crustal Compliant Region in Volcano Deformation
Grant Block
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
June 1, 2026 1:00 PM

An Investigation of TESS M&Ms and the Occurrence Rate of Transiting Circumbinary Planets
Dominic Oddo
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
May 28, 2026 2:00 PM

Department Convocation
Kathrin Spendier, PhD
Special Talk
May 16, 2026 12:00 PM

Finals Week -- No Colloquium

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
May 15, 2026 3:30 PM

Quantum Measurement and Non-Euclidean Geometry
Chris Jackson
CQuIC Seminars
May 14, 2026 3:30 PM

No Colloquium May 8, 2026

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
May 8, 2026 3:30 PM

Macroscopic quantum measurements to probe gravity
Vivishek Sudhir
CQuIC Seminars
May 7, 2026 3:30 PM

The Road to exo-Earths: Doppler Velocimetry in the 2020s
Sam Halverson (JPL)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
May 7, 2026 2:00 PM

Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with LEGEND Using Simulation and Machine Learning
Zafer Acar (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
May 5, 2026 2:00 PM

Sulfur: A New Tracer in Exoplanet Atmospheres
Ian J. M. Crossfield, Astronomer
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
May 1, 2026 3:30 PM

Quantum simulation with tensor networks in two- and three- dimensions
Joey Tindall
CQuIC Seminars
April 30, 2026 3:30 PM

Interplanetary Scintillation with the Long Wavelength Array
Charlie Siders
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
April 30, 2026 2:00 PM

From Idealized Forecasts to Realistic Inference of Dark Matter Physics with Milky Way Satellites
Soumyodipta Karmakar (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
April 28, 2026 2:00 PM

UNM Physics Day 2026
Diana Dragomir
Outreach
April 25, 2026 8:45 AM

Dual-comb spectroscopy from terahertz to petahertz and beyond
Konstantin Vodopyanov (CREOL)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
April 24, 2026 3:30 PM

Information scrambling and the learning landscape of a quantum machine learning
Sabre Kais
CQuIC Seminars
April 23, 2026 3:30 PM

Remote Sensing Infrasound using a “Space Microphone”
Ken Obenberger (AFRL)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
April 23, 2026 2:00 PM

Implications of New Physics for Cosmology and Compact Objects
Evan David (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
April 21, 2026 1:45 PM

Spring Demo Show
Society of Physics Students
Outreach
April 18, 2026 12:00 PM

The quantum computers at Quantinuum
Dr. David Hayes (Quantinuum)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
April 17, 2026 3:30 PM

Stellar Pulsations and Observations from Space
Joyce Guzik (LANL)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
April 16, 2026 2:00 PM

Development of 4/5D detectors for near-future Higgs factories and nuclear physics experiments
Simone Mazza (UCSC)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
April 14, 2026 2:00 PM

When Nuclear Power Goes Wrong: A Nuclear Engineer Reflects on Visits to Three Nuclear Accident Sites
Professor Carl Willis (UNM Nuclear Engineering Dept.)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
April 10, 2026 3:30 PM

Pathway to the Formation of Planetesimals in Early Solar Nebula by Turbulent Concentration
Debanjan Sengupta (NMSU)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
April 9, 2026 2:00 PM

A Quantum Phase Space Description of Local Noise in Atomic Ensembles (and applications to metrology)
Andrew Forbes
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
April 8, 2026 4:00 PM

Optimizing Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments to Probe Inflation
Wilber Dominguez (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
April 7, 2026 2:00 PM

No Colloquium on April 3
Presenter TBD
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
April 3, 2026 3:30 PM

Frequency-domain device physics for Error-corrected Photonic Integrated Qubits (EPIQ)
Nils Otterstrom
CQuIC Seminars
April 2, 2026 3:30 PM

A Multi-Frequency Investigation of Compact Symmetric Objects
Evan Sheldahl
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
April 2, 2026 2:00 PM

How to Falsify String Theory at a Collider
Matthew Baumgart (ASU)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
March 31, 2026 2:00 PM

Precision tests of quantum electrodynamics through hydrogen spectroscopy and vacuum birefringence
Dylan Yost (Colorado State University)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
March 27, 2026 3:30 PM

Assessing PFAS contamination levels and toxicity in the wildlife of Holloman Lake, New Mexico: Key Insights from Five Years of Research.
Jean-Luc E. Cartron
Sigma Xi Public Talk
March 26, 2026 5:30 PM

Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Model via Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
Tensor Elmikawy (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
March 24, 2026 2:00 PM

Quantum control of qubits and qudits in neutral atom systems
Vikas Buchemmavari (UNM)
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
March 23, 2026 3:15 PM

No Colloquium this week due to Spring Break

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
March 20, 2026 3:30 PM

No Colloquium on March 13

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
March 13, 2026 3:30 PM

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and the BACoN Experiment
Geogia McDowell (UNM)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
March 10, 2026 2:00 PM

Search for New Physics in the Rare Decays of B0->mu+mu- and Development of High-Precision Timing Detectors
Josef Sorenson
Thesis and Dissertation Defenses
March 9, 2026 10:00 AM

Quantum systems and devices built of ultracold atoms and light
Dan Stamper-Kurn (Berkeley)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
March 6, 2026 3:30 PM

Cold-atom quantum simulation of geometric effects in materials
Dan Stamper-Kurn
CQuIC Seminars
March 5, 2026 3:30 PM

Pebble accretion for Earth’s composition and water delivery
Susmita Garai (UNM EPS)
CART Astrophysics Seminar Series
March 5, 2026 2:00 PM

Hunting for Exotic Matter: How AI is Helping Our Search for the Strange Side of Quantum Physics
Cesar Luis Da Silva (LANL)
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
March 3, 2026 2:00 PM

Solar System Observations: Recent Results from ALMA and the VLA
Bryan Butler (NRAO)
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
February 27, 2026 3:30 PM

A resource theory of asynchronous quantum information processing
Felix Leditzky
CQuIC Seminars
February 26, 2026 3:30 PM