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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. Miquel Salmeron Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Observing Atoms and Molecules With Powerful New Microscopes
Dr. Maurice Landstrass Crystallume Engineered Diamond Products New Diamond Science
Francis Moraes Oregon Graduate Institute Permafrost and Climate Change
Dr. Jane Luu University of California at Berkeley Comets Disguised as Asteroids
Ben Owen Sonoma State University Seeing the Universe Through Infrared Glasses
Thomas M. Tillotson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aerogels: The World's Lightest Solids
Dr. Peter Ryge Science Applications International Corp. Detecting Explosives With Nuclear Physics
Dr. John R. Dunning Sonoma State University Neutrons at Los Alamos in the Nineties
Dr. Daniel S. Chemla University of California at Berkeley Physics Applications of Quantum Well Optoelectronics
Dr. Andrei Linde Stanford University a Self-Reproducing Universe
Dr. Richard S. Muller University of California, Berkeley the Big Promise in Small Systems
Dr. Anthony Fainberg U.S. Office of Technology Assessment and Stanford University Physics and Congress: Looking at Sdi, Terrorists, and Other Species
Dr. Jay C. Davis Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory the Hunt for Iraqi Nuclear Weapons
Dr. Leonard Shlain Art and Physics: Parallel Visions of Space, Time, and Light
Allyson Bishop University of California, Los Angeles Radioisotope Production for Positron Emission Tomography
Dr. Sandra M. Faber Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz Scientific Results From the Hubble Space Telescope Wide-Field Planetary Camera
Dr. Don Correll Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Fusion: Physics, Progress, and Promises
Dr. David C. Koo Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz Poking the Past With Powerful Telescopes
Dr. Cliff Stoll Stalking the Wily Hacker
Dr. Sam Greene Sonoma State University Instrument Control and Data Collection for the Rest of Us