Physics Main Calendar

Monday, February 3, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • Loomis 236

  Research talk - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS AT University of San Martin, Argentina) "Bayesian techniques to advance the information frontier at the LHC"

  • Lecture
• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - "Microscopic models for non-relativistic spin-splitting"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  Special Physics Seminar -Searching for New Physics in the Cosmos

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Applications Course - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS at University of San Martin, Argentina)

  • Lecture
• 

  • 3:30 - 4:30 pm
  • 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  IQUIST Seminar | Siebel School Distinguished Lecture Series: Ryan O'Donnell, Carnegie Mellon University

  Speaker: Ryan O'Donnell

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 464

  Theoretical Minimum Seminar: "Physics on the Streets"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

• • 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Applications Course - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS at University of San Martin, Argentina)

  • Lecture
• 

  • 3:45 - 4:45 pm
  • 134 Astronomy Building

  The Roman View of Strong Gravitational Lenses

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

• • 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Applications Course - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS at University of San Martin, Argentina)

  • Lecture
• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Anastasiya Osher, Anderson Group

  Speaker: Anastasiya Osher, Anderson Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Cliff Will (University of Florida & Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris) "Hierarchical Triple Systems in Newtonian and post-Newtonian gravity - or - Adventures of a general relativist in a 3-body world"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
  • ESB 3110

  Condensed Matter Journal Club: Predicting superconducting qubit lifetimes based on architecture

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Watson Lecture "The renaissance of general relativity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 6, 2025

• • 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Applications Course - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS at University of San Martin, Argentina)

  • Lecture
• 

  • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Mihir Bhaskar, CEO, Co-founder, Lightsynq

  Speaker: Mihir Bhaskar, CEO & Co-founder, Lightsynq

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • LLP 464

  Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: "Quantum reference frames, corrections to semiclassical gravity, and the generalised second law"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 7, 2025

• • 2:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Applications Course - Professor Ezequiel Alvarez (ICAS at University of San Martin, Argentina)

  • Lecture
• • 11:00 am
  • Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  High Energy Physics Seminar - Sam Homiller (Cornell)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "Neutron Scattering as a Probe of Magnetic Quantum Materials"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
  • 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)

  Physics Careers Seminar: "You’re Hired! A View From the Other Side"

  • Lecture

Monday, February 10, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  Nuclear Physics Seminar - Ryan Plestid (Caltech)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 464

  Theoretical Minimum Seminar: "Physics on the Streets"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Chloe Kim, Chitambar/Leditzky Group

  Speaker: Chloe Kim, Chitambar/Leditzky Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "Intertwined Orders and the Physics of High Temperature Superconductors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• • 3:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room Inauguration

  • Ceremony/Service

Friday, February 14, 2025

• • 11:00 am
  • 464 Loomis

  High Energy Physics Seminar - Tanner Trickle (Fermilab)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Loomis Laboratory - 1110 West Green Street, Urbana - RM 236 (Rhondale Tso Seminar Room)

  CAPS Seminar: Black hole imaging and astrometry with the next generation of radio interferometers

  Speaker: Dr. Laurent Loinard

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - "Intertwined magnetism, correlations and topology in semiconductor moiré lattices"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  Nuclear Physics Seminar - Leah Jenks (KICP, Chicago)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
  • Loomis 464

  Theoretical Minimum Seminar: "Physics on the Streets"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

• 

  • 3:45 - 4:45 pm
  • 134 Astronomy Building

  The Fate of Most of the Baryonic Mass in Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Will Huie, Covey Group

  Speaker: Will Huie, Covey Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • Loomis 236

  Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Lydia Bieri (University of Michigan)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: "Building the Cathedral of Quantum Mechanics"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • LLP 464

  Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar - Arnaud Delfante, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 21, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Stephen Wilson, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  Nuclear Physics Seminar - Reed Essick (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics) "Exotic Stable Branches with Efficient TOV Sequences"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: William Oliver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Speaker: William Oliver, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
  • The Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, 236 Loomis

  Nuclear Physics Seminar- Rachel Houtz, U of Florida

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Photo-switchable radicals as reporter spins for quantum sensing," Lakshmy Ajayakumar, Backlund Group

  Speaker: Lakshmy Ajayakumar, Backlund Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford). Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• • 1:00 pm

  Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Molly Kaplan, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Ed Barnes, Virginia Tech

  Speaker: Ed Barnes, Professor of Physics, Virginia Tech

  • Seminar/Symposium
• 

  • 3:45 - 4:45 pm
  • 134 Astronomy Building

  Cosmology from DESI's First Year of Large-Scale Structure Measurements

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Rajesh, Clark/Draper Group

  Speaker: Rajesh, Clark/Draper Group

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Janet Conrad (MIT), Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • LLP 464

  Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: "Gravitational constraints, modular flow, and the information theory of UV divergences"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 7, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Nathan Keim, Pennsylvania State University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • 280 MRL

  Thesis Defense: ""

  • Lecture

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Angel Rubio, Flatiron Institute

  Speaker: Angel Rubio, Research Scientist and Co-Director of Initiative for Computational Catalysis Flatiron Institute

  • 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: ""

  • Lecture
• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: 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)

  • 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: Anatoly Dymarsky, University of Kentucky

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
  • NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040

  CAPS Seminar: Peter Melchior

  Speaker: Dr. Peter Melchior

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Erica Carlson, Purdue University

  • Seminar/Symposium

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) "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• • 11:00 - 11:50 am
  • 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  IQUIST Seminar: Richard Averitt, University of California, San Diego

  Speaker: Richard Averitt, Professor, University of California, San Diego

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: Frans Pretorius (Princeton), Title TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 28, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Condensed Matter Seminar - Hae-Young Kee, University of Toronto

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 12:00 pm
  • ESB 190

  Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yueqing Chang, Rutgers University

  • 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: ""

  • 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
• • 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

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

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

• • 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

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: Sara Mouradian, University of Washington

  Speaker: Sara Mouradian, Assistant Professor, University of Washinton

  • 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

• • 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

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: 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

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• • All Day

  Instruction Ends

  • Other
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom

  Physics Colloquium: TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• • All Day

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 9, 2025

• • All Day

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• • 8:30 am

  Commencement

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 19, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, June 16, 2025

• • All Day

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other