APS Colloquia

For Spring semester of 2022 and thereafter, we're pleased to announce most of our colloquia are live and in-person again!  We'll be meeting at our new time, Mondays at 3:30pm - 4:30pm, in the JILA auditorium.


We look forward to presenting a slate of fascinating talks for you!

Missed a talk? Check out the recordings at JILA's Youtube page.

If you'd like to be added to the email list for colloquium announcements, please email Brittney Washington.

Fall 2026 colloquium

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Round Robin

August 24

Lauren Blum

Lauren Blum, LASP & CU Boulder

August 31

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Monica Valluri, University of Michigan

Sept 14

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Kelly Holley-Bockelman, Vanderbilt

Sept 21

Sasha Tchkhovskoy, CIERA

Sept 28 

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Shannon Curry, CU Boulder

Oct 5

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Abigail Polin, Purdue

Oct 12

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Benjamin Alterman, NASA

Oct 19

YC

Yvette Cendes, Oregon

Oct 26

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David Schiminovich, Columbia

Nov 16

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Katherine de Kleer, Caltech

Nov 30

Spring 2026 colloquium

Allison Matthews, Carnegie Observatories

April 20

 

 

Sarah Blunt, UC Santa Cruz

April 15

Please note this is a WEDNESDAY and the talk will take place in Duane G1B20

 

Justin Pierel, STScI

April 13

 

Lily Zhao, University of Chicago

April 8

Please note this is a WEDNESDAY and the talk will take place in Duane G1B20

Visiting Speaker

April 6

Giada Arney, NASA

March 2 

Meridith Joyce, University of Wyoming

Feb 16

Christoph Keller, Director of National Solar Observatory (NSO)

Feb 9 

Bethany Ehlmann, Director of Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)

Feb 2 

Hal Levison, SWRI

Jan 26

Andrew Hamilton

CU Boulder

*This is a special joint Physics-APS colloquium on Wed 14 Jan at 4pm. 

Fall 2025 colloquium

APS Round Robin

This is a round-robin colloquium, where each member of our APS community (staff, student, postdoc, researcher, faculty) gets 1 slide and 1 (timed) minute to share with everyone a few hints about what they and their group are doing.  

Masha Kazachenko, CU Boulder

Sept 15

Zach Berta-Thompson, CU Boulder

Sept 22

Jim Stone, Princeton University, Visiting JILA Fellow

Sept 29

Erica Nelson, CU Boulder

Oct 6

David Malaspina, CU Boulder

Oct 13

Steve Cranmer, CU Boulder

Oct 20 

John Grunsfeld, NASA Astronaut

Oct 27 

Special location: Fiske Planetarium 

Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

Nov 3

Noa Zilberman, Princeton University

Nov 10 

Kevin France, CU Boulder

Nov 17 

Raluca Rufu, SWRI

Dec 1 

Fall 2024 colloquium

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Round Robin

August 24

Lauren Blum

Lauren Blum, LASP & CU Boulder

August 31

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Monica Valluri, University of Michigan

Sept 14

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Kelly Holley-Bockelman, Vanderbilt

Sept 21

Sasha Tchkhovskoy, CIERA

Sept 28 

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Shannon Curry, CU Boulder

Oct 5

AP

Abigail Polin, Purdue

Oct 12

BA

Benjamin Alterman, NASA

Oct 19

YC

Yvette Cendes, Oregon

Oct 26

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David Schiminovich, Columbia

Nov 16

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Katherine de Kleer, Caltech

Nov 30