The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Physics - String Theory

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Isaac Legred (UIUC) "Connecting Compact Binaries to Dense Matter"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Quantum Voyages, Cosmic Journeys: Our Shared Stories" (2025 AIP Andrew Gemant Award)

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Luca Delacrétaz (U.Chicago), "Quantum Nonlinear Bosonization of Fermi surfaces"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Reza Ebadi (University of Maryland) "Probing Ultralight Dark Matter with Rydberg Atoms and Electro-Optics"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Exploring Ultrafast Collective Dynamics of Emergent Materials"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Olexei Motrunich (CalTech)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Hidden time-reversal symmetry in dissipative quantum systems: from exact solutions to engineering many-body entanglement," Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alex Drlica Wagner (U. Chicago/FNAL)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Gravitational Wave Detection in Space"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Sarah Geller (UC Santa Cruz)

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Grace Cummings (Fermilab) "When they go low, we go lower: extending the reach of collider experiments with low-level detector information"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - James McIver, Columbia University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Tyler Ellison (Purdue), "Universal quantum computation with group surface codes"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Computing Enhanced Sensing," Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Richard Feder (University of California, Berkeley)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene.

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Andrea Dei (U.Chicago)

1:10 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 1, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yiming Wu (Stanford)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium Bonnie Fleming (Fermi Lab) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Divij Gupta (UIUC)

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 5, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Kevin Langhoff (MIT)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 8, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Veit Elser (Cornell)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Physics Colloquium Adam Kaufman (CU Boulder) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

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