PHY198S

Physics at the Cutting Edge (2020-21) -- PHY198S

Calendar of events

Weekly schedule

All times listed are in Toronto timezone (US/Canada Eastern)

Thursday schedule

Class format

(*If they are not available, a suitable substitute will be provided.)

Thursday topics

Week Class Colloquium speaker Expertise area Local host prof. Pre-class readings
01 Jan.14 Pepijn Veefkind, KNMI (NL) Satellite climate monitoring Kaley Walker Week 2 preparation
02 Jan.21 Jennifer Kay, Boulder (US) Polar & atmospheric science Paul Kushner Week 3 preparation
03 Jan.28 Mark Zelinka, LLNL (US) Climate change Paul Kushner Week 4 preparation
04 Feb.04 Natalia Toro, Stanford (US) Particle/astro: dark matter David Curtin Week 5 preparation
05 Feb.11 Jeff Gore, MIT (US) Biophysics Sidhartha Goyal [cancelled]
-- -- [reading week]
06 Feb.25 John Webb, UNSW (AU) Prof. Peet Astrophysics High-energy physics Pekka Sinervo Week 7 preparation
07 Mar.04 Victor Tsai, Brown (US) Geophysics Qinya Liu Week 8 preparation
08 Mar.11 * Eva Andrei, Rutgers (US) Condensed matter Hae-Young Kee Week 9 preparation
09 Mar.18 Michael Bostock, UBC Geophysics Qinya Liu Week 10 preparation
10 Mar.25 Laure Zanna, NYU (US) Ocean/climate science Nicolas Grisouard Week 11 preparation
11 Apr.01 Harry Cliff, Cambridge (UK) Particle physics Pekka Sinervo [none!]
12 Apr.08 ** Final project presentations by students

* = Midterm Oral week; ** = Final Project presentation day

Graded work due dates