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Seminar in Physics
Fall Semester 2026

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 Wednesdays, 3rd period, 12:10 - 1:30 AM. Always come to 330W.

The old schedule from the fall 2025 seminar series follows below, to give you a sense of what to expect.

Date	Speaker	Subject
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026	Welcome Party!	J Hughes, R Gilman, A Purani welcome talks
Wednesday, September 2, 2026	Matt Buckley	Professionalism
Wednesday, September 9, 2026	Ananda Roy	Signatures of Topological Symmetries on a Noisy Quantum Simulator
Wednesday, September 16, 2026	Ron Gilman	Protons
Wednesday, September 23, 2026	Emanuel Diaconescu	String theory: physics or mathematics?
Wednesday, September 30, 2026	- cancelled -	- cancelled -
Wednesday, October 7, 2026	-	Department Welcome Party between Serin and PLH
Wednesday, October 14, 2026	-	(rg off to American Physical Society meeting)
Wednesday, October 21, 2026	Weida Wu	Magnetic imaging of topological quantum materials
Wednesday, October 28, 2026	Jak Chakhalian	Magnetic monopoles, Dirac strings and Weyl fermions with a "Table-Top Collider"
Wednesday, November 4, 2026	Joey Reichert and Amit Lath	Experimental Particle Physics
Wednesday, November 11, 2026	tbd	tbd
Wednesday, November 18, 2026	tbd	tbd
Wednesday, Nov 25, 2026	(no talk)	(Rutgers Friday)
Wednesday, December 2, 2026	Sean Oh	Topological Quantum Matter Engineering

	Old 2025 Schedule Follows
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	Proton Radius
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025	W Wu	Magnetic imaging of quantum materials
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025	(no talk)	(travel week)
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025	R Gilman	Ethics
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025	Michael Manhart	First-principle models and effective theories of the microbial universe
Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025	tbd	tbd
Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025	(no talk)	(Rutgers Thursday)
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025	Joey Reichert	Unconventional searches for BSM physics with the CMS detector
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025	S 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.