The MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy will continue its Colloquium Series on Tuesday with a lecture from Nobel Peace Prize winner Steven Chu.

Chu will speak at 4:15 p.m. in room 118 Physics-Astronomy Building about the ability to study molecular processes at the single molecule level.

Chu, a professor of physics at Stanford University, was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics in 1997. He was one of three people who invented a way to trap neutral atoms.

This same process was also used by the group who received this year’s prize last week.

Chu will also participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series, also hosted by the MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy, at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Kellogg Center auditorium.

Chu’s presentation will include a discussion about new technologies in laser cooling.

All members of the MSU community are welcomed to attend both lectures.