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The Department of Physics Colloquia

The hybrid colloquia take place at 13:15 UK time on a Friday (occasionally on other days) during the semester.

Seminars 2026/27

The seminars are open to anyone from the university, students are encouraged to attend.

A reception will be held directly after each seminar, where tea and coffee will be provided.

Semester 1

Date Room Speaker Institution Title
12 November 2026 8 West 3.14 Professor Paolo Radaelli University of Oxford Symmetry and driven matter
27 November 2026 10 West 2.47 Professor Petra Camron University of Bath From Mobile Ions to Culture Wars: The Promise and Challenges of Perovskite Solar Cells
11 December 2026 8 West 2.5 Dr Simon Horsley University of Exeter TBC

Semester 2

Date Room Speaker Institution Title
12 February 2027 8 West 3.13 Professor Jacques Yves Guigne Subsea Micropiles From Bugs in the Mud to Fingers of Sound in Space
26 February 2027 8 West 3.13 Dr. Alexander Lunt University of Bath TBC
5 March 2027 8 West 3.13 Dr Pauline Gagnon CERN From Collaboration to Oblivion: The Tragedy of Mileva Marić Einstein
12 March 2027 8 West 3.13 Professor Paul Blom Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Efficient single-layer OLEDs by defect free charge transport

Previous Colloquium Speakers

Please find below a link to our previous talks from 2020/21–2025/26.


Contact Us

For any questions about the colloquia, please contact Dr Habib Rostami (hr745@bath.ac.uk) and Prof Kamal Asadi (ka787@bath.ac.uk).