Seminars & Events

Physics Seminars

Our weekly seminar series brings speakers to campus to dive deeper into a field of physics research.

In-person seminar events:

Will be held in SRTC 155, 3:15pm to 4:20pm
In-person events are open to the public (entry at SW 10th & SW Montgomery)
Building access is limited to seminar attendees
Some refreshments will be provided

More information about our seminar events will be shared closer to the event dates through our seminar mailing list.

Please contact us at physics@pdx.edu if you are not part of the seminar mailing list and would like to start receiving these e-mail notifications from us.

Past Seminar Speakers & Abstracts

Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Series

In 2006, the Department of Physics began the Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture series as a tribute to Dr. Mark Gurevitch, former chair of the Physics Department.

The lecture series brings internationally recognized speakers to Portland State's campus.

Gurevitch Lecture Series

Group of students and faculty outside Hoffmann Hall for Día de Física

Día de la Física/Day of Physics

In October 2023, the Physics Department hosted Día de la Física/Day of Physics with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP), a nonprofit that represents Hispanic and Latino physicists in higher education, national laboratories, and industry in the U.S. and across the world.

2023 Día de la Física