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The B.S. in Physics Returns to Sonoma State University!

Sonoma State University is proud to re-launch its Bachelor of Science in Physics, featuring a redesigned, student-centered curriculum available beginning Fall 2026. The revised program offers a rigorous physics foundation, small class sizes, close faculty mentorship, and flexible pathways that support timely graduation. Please see our degree programs page for more information.

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Kirill Filimonov University of California, Berkeley Extreme Astronomy: Eyeing the Cosmos Through a Cubic Kilometer of Ice
Dr. Maxwell Chertok University of California, Davis the Building Blocks of Matter
Dr. Zongfu Yu Stanford University Nanophotonic Light-Trapping in Solar Cells
Dr. Carl Mears Remote Sensing Measuring Climate Change Using Earth-Sensing Satellites
Dr. Michael Kuhlen University of California, Berkeley Dark Matter Substructure in the Milky Way
Geof Syphers Codding Enterprises Neighborhood Physics and the Science of Sustainable Communities
Dr. Phil Marshall Stanford University Studying the Universe With Gravitational Lenses
Dr. Timothy W. Peterson Becton Dickinson Biosciences High-Speed Cell Sorting and Cytometry: Applications From Stem Cell Therapies to Environmental Microbiology
Dr. Raymond Jeanloz University of California, Berkeley Science and Global Security
Dr. Alex Zettl University of California, Berkeley Nanoelectromechanical Devices
Dr. Steven Ritz University of California, Santa Cruz Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Film presentation Eyes on the Skies
Dr. Richard N. Boyd Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Creating a Star in the Laboratory: The National Ignition Facility
Dr. Jeremy Qualls Magnetic Materials at Ssu
Dr. Anthony Aguirre University of California, Santa Cruz the Inflationary Multiverse
Dr. Daqing Zhang Nanostructure Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
Dr. Douglas Singleton Fresno State University Introduction to Extra Dimensions
Ransom Stephens, Ph.D. the Physicist’s Dilemma: What Physicists *Really* Do
Dr. Per Soderlind Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Plutonium, the Most Enigmatic of All Metals
Dr. John Conway University of California, Davis the Search for the Higgs Boson