An auditorium-style lecture hall filled with students leaning in and actively listening to a lesson.

Denison’s physics seminar provides students with the chance to learn from top-notch faculty as well as guest lecturers, many of whom are physics alums. The events are free and also open to the public.

Please note: Last-minute scheduling changes may occur. You may contact the physics department by emailing gehoc@denison.edu or calling 740-587-6223 to confirm speaker times and dates.

All events are held at 3:30 p.m. in room 114 of Olin Science Hall.

  • Friday, Feb. 6
    Christopher Broyles ’20, Los Alamos National Laboratory, “Preparing for National Lab Postdoc in Materials Science”
  • Friday, Feb. 13
    Keith Starr ’06, consultant, Mass Insight,
  • Friday, Feb. 20
    Kara Smith ’20, recent Ph.D. in physics from University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Friday, Feb. 27
    Life After Denison Event with Grace Battersby ’22, lead training coordinator, Infoverity
  • Friday, March 6
    Jeff Cochran ’11, director, data scientist, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies
January 22, 2026