Sonoma State University

Announcing the revised B.S. in Physics starting Fall 2026!

Sonoma State University is proud to launch its revised 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
Joseph S. Tenn Sonoma State University Dimensional Analysis
Dr. Bill Imler Squirrel Hill Associates Low Cost Manufacturing of High Quality Solar Grade Silicon for Photovoltaics
Dr. Edward E. Prather University of Arizona General Education Earth, Astronomy and Space Science: A Stem Transformation Vehicle That Really Works
Nicole Ackerman Stanford University Cancer+Physics: Mice, Dice, and Faster Than Light Particles
Zee Hakimoglu ClearOne Planning for a Business Career With a Physics Degree: The Basics to Succeed That an Mba May Not Teach You
Dr. John Dunning Sonoma State University Geothermal Electricity From the Geysers: A 40 Year Perspective
Dr. Ilke Arslan University of California, Davis Characterization of Energy Materials Using Advanced Techniques in the Electron Microscope
Dr. Brenda Frye University of San Francisco How the Milky Way Came to Be
Dr. Tony Piro California Institute of Technology Type Ia Supernovae
Dr. Hari Manoharan Stanford University Atomic and Molecular Manipulation
Dr. Marusa Bradač University of California, Davis Dark Side of the Universe
Dr. Holger Müller University of California, Berkeley Precision Tests of General Relativity With Matter Waves
Dr. Peter Jacobs Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recreating the Big Bang in the Laboratory
Dr. Adrienne Traxler University of California, Santa Cruz Salt Fingering in Oceans and Stars
Dr. Philip H. Bucksbaum Stanford University the Ultrafast Quantum World of Atoms and Molecules
Dr. Puragra Guhathakurta University of California, Santa Cruz the Galaxy Next Door
Dr. Wilson Ho University of California, Irvine Visualization of Quantum Mechanics
Dr. Mark Ammons Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Exoplanets/Carbon Fiber Deformable Mirrors for Telescopes
Film presentation the Hubble Space Telescope
Dr. Scott Severson Sonoma State University Adaptive Optics/Undergraduate Research at Ssu