Events
March
2027
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Tim Maudlin, New York University
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March
2027
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: James Analytis, UC Berkeley
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February
2027
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: N. Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
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February
2027
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Michelle Kuchera, Davison College
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January
2027
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Steven Rayan, University of Saskatchewan
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Renee Hložek, University of Toronto
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Prof. Renee Hložek is an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the Dunlap Institute in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto in Canada.
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November
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Joseph Sanderson, University of Waterloo
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Ronan Kerr, University of Toronto
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Dr. Ronan Kerr is a Canadian astrophysicist whose research primarily focuses on star formation, stellar populations, and the early evolution of stellar and planetary systems.
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November
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Lisa Dang, University of Waterloo
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October
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro, Simons Foundation
Title:
Will the next scientific revolution be driven by AI agents?
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October
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
Welcome to PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
This is a super friendly tea event for the UBC physics community. We hope you join us!
This event runs on Tuesdays from 11am-noon in the atrium outside of HENN 200. Come by for some social chit-chat and tasty treats.
We welcome all new undergrad and grad students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues and friends, to catch up with your physics community and to learn about current happenings in the PHAS Department.
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October
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Pratika Dayal, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
Abstract: [Coming soon!]
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October
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
Welcome to PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
This is a super friendly tea event for the UBC physics community. We hope you join us!
This event runs on Tuesdays from 11am-noon in the atrium outside of HENN 200. Come by for some social chit-chat and tasty treats.
We welcome all new undergrad and grad students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues and friends, to catch up with your physics community and to learn about current happenings in the PHAS Department.
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October
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Natalia Korsakova (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
Abstract:
[TBD]
Bio:
Dr. Natalia Korsakova is an astrophysicist and researcher specializing in gravitational-wave astronomy and computational data analysis. She is currently a prominent member of the LISA team within the ARTEMIS laboratory at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) in Nice, France.
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October
| Event Location: HENN 200 | Speaker: Grace Mackenzie-Smith, Wesleyan University
Title:
The life and times of Drosophila melanogaster: lessons on individuality and aging from the humble fruit fly
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October
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
Welcome to PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
This is a super friendly tea event for the UBC physics community. We hope you join us!
This event runs on Tuesdays from 11am-noon in the atrium outside of HENN 200. Come by for some social chit-chat and tasty treats.
We welcome all new undergrad and grad students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues and friends, to catch up with your physics community and to learn about current happenings in the PHAS Department.
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October
| Event Location: Green College: Coach House, 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd (will also be livestreamed) | Speaker: Anthony Ayari, senior researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Physics Department, the Institute of Light and Matter, University of Lyon
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October
| Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium *(4004 Wesbrook Mall) | Speaker: Mark Boland, University of Saskatchewan
Title: Particle Accelerators: Engines of Discovery
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October
| Event Location: HEBB 100 (2045 East Mall) https://maps.ubc.ca/?code=HEBB |
Welcome to our Fall 2026 Science Slam! The greatest science communication competition...ever! This event is a partnership between the Department of Physics & Astronomy and Science Slam Canada.
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October
| Event Location: Michael Smith Labs, Room 102 (2185 East Mall) | Speaker: Nancy Ford, Claire Atkinson, Miki Fujita, Cole Mauws and Ben Britton
Welcome to the October 7th, 2026 FOSI Seminar, featuring a series of talks on medical imaging by a local panel of experts:
UBC Imaging facility managers and directors will each deliver a 15-minute presentation highlighting their respective facilities. If your group has new students or if you want to learn about other facilities, you are all welcome to attend!
Below is the tentative order of talks (15-minute talk each) -
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October
| Event Location: UBC AMPEL 311 | Speaker: Dr. Anette von der Handt (UBCV EOAS)
The Characterization@UBC is hosting a seminar on Wednesday, October 7, 1-2 pm at AMPEL 311 on “Simulation and Modeling Tools for Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis” by Dr. Anette von der Handt (UBCV Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences).
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October
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: William G. Unruh, University of British Columbia
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October
| Event Location: In the atrium outside of HENN 200 |
Welcome to PHAS TUESDAY TEA!
This is a super friendly tea event for the UBC physics community. We hope you join us!
This event runs on Tuesdays from 11am-noon in the atrium outside of HENN 200. Come by for some social chit-chat and tasty treats.
We welcome all new undergrad and grad students, staff and faculty to meet new-to-you colleagues and friends, to catch up with your physics community and to learn about current happenings in the PHAS Department.
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October
| Event Location: HENN 318 | Speaker: Jason Rowe (Bishop's University)
Title:
From Stellar Contamination to a Billion Light Curves: Pandora, Roman, and the Path to 100,000 Transiting Exoplanets
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