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Seminar in Physics
Fall Semester 2025

This Seminar presents faculty of the Physics and Astronomy program discussing their current research, as well as program requirements and more. All first-year graduate students are expected to attend -- attendance is taken -- and everyone else is welcome.

The Seminar is scheduled for Tuesdays, 6th period, 5:40 - 6:40 PM. But some weeks we will have joint sessions with the undergraduate seminar, which meets Wednesdays, 2nd period, 10:20 - 11:20 AM. Always come to 330W.

The talks listed below are from the fall 2024 seminar series, to give you a sense of what to expect.

Date	Speaker	Subject
Aug 27, 2025	Welcome Party!	R Gilman welcome talk P Pixley Quantum Information M.S. talk K Roy GSO talk
Tuesday, Sep 2, 2025	M. Buckley	Professionalism
Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025	R Gilman	Academic Requirements
Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025	J Chakhalian	Weyl fermions meet magnetic monopoles - the quantum encounter
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025	W Wu	Magnetic imaging of quantum materials
Wednesday, Oct 1, 2025	G Blumberg	Spectroscopy of systems with strong electron correlations
Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025	S Chen	Quantum sensing of programmable quantum materials
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025	R Gilman	TBD
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025	W Wu	Magnetic imaging of quantum materials
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025	Michael Manhart	First-principle models and effective theories of the microbial universe
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025	S Oh	Topological Quantum Matter Engineering

	Old 2024 Schedule Follows
Sep 3, 2024	M. Buckley	Professionalism
Sep 10, 2024	R Gilman	Orientation
Sep 17, 2024	Jak Chakhalian	Weyl fermions meet magnetic monopoles in solids
Sep 24, 2024	R Gilman	Academic Requirements
Oct 1, 2024	Girsh Blumberg	Spectroscopy of systems with strong electron correlation (in 385)
Oct 8, 2024	Joey Reichert	Unconventional searches for BSM physics with the CMS detector
Oct 15, 2024	- no seminar -	- no seminar -
Oct 22, 2024	Weida Wu	Visualizing topological phenomena in quantum materials
Oct 29, 2024	Srivatsan Chakram Sundar	Quantum computing with superconducting circuits
Nov 5, 2024	Shaowen Chen	Qubit sensing of programmable quantum materials
Nov 12, 2024	Jerry Goldin	Quantum mechanics without quantization: A universal kinematical group
Nov 19, 2024	Michael Manhart	First-principle models and effective theories of the microbial universe
Nov 26, 2024	(no seminar)	(Rutgers Thursday)
Dec 3, 2024	Dan Friedan	Steampunk Cosmology
Dec 10, 2024	Sean Oh	Topological Quantum Matter Engineering

Course Information Details

Instructor: Prof. R. Gilman, rgilman AT physics.rutgers.edu
Office hours: By arrangement. Email me any time; I usually respond within minutes to hours.
Grading: Pass/Fail, based on attendance. Students are generally expected to attend at least 10 seminars. No homework or exams. Class participation - asking questions - is encouraged but not required.
Technology requirements: In person / zoom seminars, depending on speaker.
Learning goals: This course will familiarize you with research in the department, program requirements, and other information conducive to succeeding in graduate school and beyond.
Academic integrity: The Rutgers academic integrity policy may be found here.
Honor pledge: There are no exams, assignments, or other assessments for which you will need to sign the Honor Pledge: On my honor, I have neither received nor given any unauthorized assistance on this examination (assignment, paper, quiz, etc.).
Absence reporting: You can report an absence here. I encourage students who feel sick, or have been to to isolate or quarantine, to stay home and not attend in-person class meetings.
Students with disabilities: Procedures for requesting accomodations are here.