Physics Main Calendar

Monday, March 10, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 280 MRL
Thesis Defense: "Floquet-Bloch Manipulation of Correlated Topological Materials"
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - "Bootstrapping thermal equilibrium"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Approximate Unitary k-Designs from Shallow, Low-Communication Circuits", Nicholas LaRacuente, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University - Bloomington

Speaker: Nicholas LaRacuente, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University - Bloomington
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
Discoveries of Interstellar PAHs from Cold Clouds to the Solar System
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 280 MRL
Thesis Defense: "Nonlinear THz Emission Spectroscopy of Spin and Charge Dynamics in Correlated Materials"
- Lecture
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Spin-photon entanglement of a single Yb-171 atom in the telecom band", Lintao Li, Covey Group

Speaker: Lintao Li, Covey Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Eve Vavagiakis (Duke University) "A new generation of millimeter and submillimeter observations for cosmology and astrophysics"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

- 11:00 am
- LLP 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Special Seminar: "TQFT gravity and ensemble holography"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Universal Features of Emergent Electronic Fractals in Quantum Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 4:30pm
- 1803 Philo Rd Urbana, IL
STEM at The Well Experience Inc. in Urbana, IL.

IQUIST is hosting STEM exhibits for The Well Experience Inc. Kids to STEM program. Kids to STEM is a program of The Well Experience Inc for their K-5th grade students.
- Community Service

Saturday, March 15, 2025

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 24, 2025

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Ben Wieder, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Saclay
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Nuclear Physics Seminar - Adrian Dumitru (Baruch College) "Entanglement correlations in double quark PDFs"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Towards properties-on-demand in quantum materials", Richard Averitt, University of California, San Diego

Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- NCSA Auditorium
New Frontiers in Transient Astrophysics: Gravitational-Wave Multi-Messenger Sources and R-process Nucleosynthesis
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Priyash Barya, Goldschmidt Group/Electrical and Computer Engineering

Speaker: Priyash Barya, Goldschmidt Group/Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Biwei Dai (Princeton, IAS)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: "Open Questions on the Dynamics of Black Holes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Lincoln Hall Theater
The Universe In Us
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 27, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 236 Loomis
Thesis Defense: "Testing General Relativity and Cosmology with Gravitational Waves: Polarizations, Propagation Speeds, and Backgrounds"
- Lecture

Friday, March 28, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Kitaev spin model, disguised Ising chain, and beyond"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - "Ab-Initio Downfolding for Strongly Correlated Systems: Benchmarks and Applications"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin

Speaker: Keji Lai, University of Texas at Austin
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 280 MRL
Thesis Defense: "Beyond Linear Responses: Exploring Magnetic Materials through Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy"
- Lecture
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Samantha Isaac, Kwiat Group

Speaker: Samantha Isaac, Kwiat Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Marc Favata (Montclair State University)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 4, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Daniel Shoemaker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 1024 Chemistry Annex
Thesis Defense: ""
- Lecture

Monday, April 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Eun Ah Kim, Cornell University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Bill Fefferman, University of Chicago

Speaker: Bill Fefferman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 464 Loomis
Thesis Defense: ""
- Lecture

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Xiaochuan (David) Ding, Clark Group

Speaker: Xiaochuan (David) Ding, Clark Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Andreas Hoecker (CERN), Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 11, 2025

- 11:00 am
- 464 Loomis
High Energy Physics Seminar - Qianshu Lu (IAS)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040
CAPS Seminar: Peter Nugent

Speaker: Dr. Peter Nugent
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Edoardo Baldini, University of Texas, Austin
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 14, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Trithep Devakul, Stanford University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Javad Shabani, New York University

Speaker: Javad Shabani, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center of Quantum Information Physics, New York University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Randy Owen, Kou Group

Speaker: Randy Owen, Kou Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Marin Soljacic (MIT), Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 17, 2025

- 11:00 am
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: "Anderson Group Careers in Physics Panel"
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- LLP 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Vladimir Narovlansky, Princeton
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 18, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040
CAPS Seminar: SPHEREx and Galaxy Formation

Speaker: Dr. Jordon Mirocha
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 21, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Gil Rafael, California Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Engineering (Useful) Trapped-Ion Quantum Technologies", Sara Mouradian, University of Washington

Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldshmidt Group

Speaker: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldshmidt Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Ben Hooberman (UIUC), Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 24, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- LLP 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Chis Akers, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, April 25, 2025

- 11:00 am
- 464 Loomis
High Energy Physics Seminar - Ben Hooberman (UIUC)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Nandini Trivedi, The Ohio State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
Special Condensed Matter Seminar - Zhanybek Alpichshev, IST Austria
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Alexandre Bourassa, Google Quantum AI

Speaker: Alexandre Bourassa, Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Fahad Mahmood (UIUC), Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: ""
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Despina Louca, University of Virginia
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Srinivasan Arunachalam, IBM

Speaker: Srinivasan Arunachalam, Senior Research Scientist, IBM
- Seminar/Symposium