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
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?
Dr. Philip Duffy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Climate Change: Observational Evidence, the Role of Humans, and Societal Impacts
Dr. Simon Labov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Making the World Safer: Nuclear Terrorism and What Physicists Can Do
Dr. Frances Hellman University of California at Berkeley Spin Electronics: Magnets and Semiconductors
Dr. Arun Majumdar University of California at Berkeley Nanoscale Transport of Heat, Liquids, and Macromolecules
Dr. John R. Dunning, Jr. Sonoma State University Neutrons in My Family
Jerilynn Schisser Real D Stereo 3d
Dr. Donald Brownlee University of Washington Stardust: Catching a Comet and Bringing a Bit of It Home
Dr. Mukund Vengalattore University of California at Berkeley Optics With Slow Light
Dr. Peidong Yang University of California at Berkeley Nanowiring the Future
Dr. Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University Einstein’s Universe and Beyond
Dr. Anne Metevier University of California, Santa Cruz Rotating Galaxies: Clues to Galaxy Formation
Dr. Tim Barnett University of California, San Diego Evidence for the Warming of the World’s Oceans
Brooke Haag University of California, Davis Creating Mini Big Bangs in the Laboratory
Dr. Hitoshi Murayama University of California at Berkeley Seeing the Invisibles: The Challenge to Particle Physics in the New Millennium
Bruce Clarke Stanford University Testing Einstein: The Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission
Dr. Susanne Hering Aerosol Dynamics Inc. Nanoparticles in Earth’s Atmosphere