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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
Alan Heeger and Walter Kohn University of California, Santa Barbara the Power of the Sun
Dr. Alexander Tielens NASA Ames Research Center Astromaterial Sciences
Dr. Sarah Church Stanford University the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and the Origin of the Universe
Dr. Yuri Suzuki University of California at Berkeley Spintronics: From Materials to Devices
Dr. Aparna Venkatesan University of San Francisco the First Stars in the Universe
Dr. Alan Meier Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Reducing Leaking Electricity to a Trickle
Dr. Jim Kafka Spectra-Physics Ultrafast Lasers and Ultrafast Science
Dr. Adam Stanford University of California, Davis Islands in the Sky
Dr. Uwe Bergmann Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Secrets in the Ancient Goatskin: Archimedes’ Manuscript Under X-Ray Vision
Dr. Chris Greene University of Colorado How Atoms Dance and Join Together in the Ultracold
Dr. Leonard Susskind Stanford University the Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
Dr. Michael Crommie University of California at Berkeley Exploring and Manipulating Nanostructures at the Single Molecule Level
Dr. Joel Primack University of California, Santa Cruz the View From the Center of the Universe
Dr. Kevin Baines Jet Propulsion Laboratory New Views of Hidden Worlds
Dr. Joan Ogden University of California, Davis Is Hydrogen the Fuel of the Future?
Dr. Debra Fischer San Francisco State University the Search for Terrestrial Planets
Dr. Christine Orme Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Biomineralization—nature’s Way of Crystallizing
Dr. Andrew Frank University of California, Davis the Plug-In Hybrid
Dr. Mason Williams Hitachi San Jose Research Lab Beyond the Limits of Magnetic Recording
Dr. Jasmina Vujic University of California at Berkeley Is It Time to Revive the Nuclear Energy Option?