Compass Lecture Series

The Compass Lecture Series is a collection of talks given by Berkeley faculty in the physical sciences about their research.  The lecture series is designed for an undergraduate audience with the goal of exposing them to as many areas of research as possible at a level they can understand.  The lectures usually run take place in 325 LeConte, with free tea and cookies at 3:30 PM followed by the talk at 4:00.

The Spring 2012 Lectures (3:30 tea, 4:00 talk in 325 LeConte):

• Eugenio Bianchi (Thursday, February 23)
• Bob Jacobsen (Tuesday, February 28)
• Anna Zaniewski (Tuesday, March 13)
• Roger Mong (Tuesday, April 3)
• Gabriel Orebi Gann (Tuesday, April 10)
• Naomi Ginsberg (Tuesday, April 24)

The Fall 2011 Lectures:

• Dmitry Budker
• Robert Lin
• Mary Gaillard
• Dan Stamper-Kurn

The Spring 2011 Lectures:

• Joel Fajans
• Alex Filippenko
• Damon English
• Mike DeWeese
• Benji Aleman
• Imke de Pater

The Fall 2010 Lectures:

• Josh Bloom
• Yury Kolomensky
• Geoff Marcy
• Feng Wang
• Hal Haggard

The Spring 2010 Lectures:

• Robert Birgeneau introduced by Brendan O’Hare
• Inez Fung introduced by Gina Quan
• Steve Stahler introduced by Harjit Singh
• Marvin Cohen introduced by Khoa Dao
• Roger Falcone introduced by Jason Zhang

The Fall 2009 Lectures:

• Eugene Chiang introduced by Isha Nayak
• Joel Moore introduced by Brendan O’Hare
• Marty Banks introduced by Lia Medieros
• Eliot Quataert introduced by Viraj Shah
• Eugene Commins introduced by Ankur Dhar

The Spring 2009 Lectures:

• Richard Muller introduced by Alexander Jacobsen
• John Clarke introduced by Dominic Culver
• Jeff Grossman introduced by Davis Burton
• Gibor Basri introduced by Gina Quan
• Lawrence Hall introduced by Geoff Iwata

The Fall 2008 Lectures:

• Marjorie Shapiro introduced by Melissa Panlasigui
• Bernard Sadoulet introduced by Alexander Georges
• John D. Jackson introduced by Jeevan Mahal
• Dan M. Stamper-Kurn introduced by Joe Stoeckl
• Alessandra Lanzara introduced by  Melissa Panlasigui

The Spring 2008 Lectures:

• Charles Townes introduced by Jeevan Mahal and Felicitas Hernandez
• Dan Werthimer introduced by Michaela Villarreal
• Irfan Siddiqi introduced by Alexander Jacobsen
• Ori Ganor introduced by Felicitas Hernandez
• Daniel Fletcher introduced by Jeevan Mehel
• Carlos Bustamante introduced by Melissa Panlasigui
• Beate Heinemann introduced by T.J. Santos, Tim Jen
• Kenny Jensen introduced by Juan Meza