Physics Seminars

Our weekly seminar series brings speakers to campus to dive deeper into a field of physics research. 

In-person seminar events:

  • Will be held in the Vernier Science Center room 105 from 3:30 pm to 4:30pm
  • In-person events are open to the public
  • Building access is limited to seminar attendees
  • Some refreshments will be provided

 

DateSpeaker/Event

Topic

Page
January 12thJessica Kleiss

Shallow- and deep-water ocean waves: a hands-on exploration of dispersion

NA
February 9thLynne Gratz

Burning Questions: Measuring the impact of wildfires on the air we breathe

NA
February 16thAmol Patwardhan

Not yet announced

NA
February 23rdJong-Hoon Kim

Not yet announced

WSU Vancouver
March 9thTodd Duncan

Not yet announced

Pacific University Oregon

More information about our seminar events will be shared closer to the event dates through our seminar mailing list. 

Please contact us at physics@pdx.edu if you are not part of the seminar mailing list and would like to start receiving these e-mail notifications from us. 

Eclipse

Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Series

In 2006, the Department of Physics began the Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture series as a tribute to Dr. Mark Gurevitch, former chair of the Physics Department.

The lecture series brings internationally recognized speakers to Portland State's campus.

Group of students and faculty outside Hoffmann Hall for Día de Física

Día de la Física/Day of Physics

In October 2023, the Physics Department hosted Día de la Física/Day of Physics with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP), a nonprofit that represents Hispanic and Latino physicists in higher education, national laboratories, and industry in the U.S. and across the world.