The Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture Series were established in 1993 by the Stanford Physics Department. Each year, an eminent speaker is invited to give an evening public lecture followed by an afternoon colloquium.

Following the Hofstadter Lecture, Professor Steven Cowley will also speak at the Tuesday, May 20th Physics/AP Colloquium at 3:30pm followed by refreshments served in the Varian courtyard at 4:30 p.m.

Both the colloquium and public lecture are free and open to all.

For more information on these events, including talk details please visit this website!

 Bio: Steven Cowley is a theoretical physicist and international authority on fusion energy. He’s laboratory director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, which is managed by Princeton University where Cowley is also professor of astrophysical sciences. He’s also chair of the Board of Trustees for the Faraday Institution. Prior to his current positions, Cowley was president of Corpus Christi College and professor of physics at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Cowley previously was chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and head of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.