The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Physics - String Theory

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Pratik Rath (UC Berkeley), "A Black Hole Airy Tail"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Robert McGehee (University of Minnesota)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Atom-by-atom characterization of 2D materials with electron ptychography"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum trajectories and stochastic excursions of thermal machines," Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Jay Kalinani (UIUC) "Towards end-to-end modelling of jets from binary neutron star mergers"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect in twisted MoTe₂: discovery and recent advances

4:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Jinwei Chu (U Chicago), "A new approach to small black holes in string theory"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Oz Amram (Fermilab) "AI, Anomaly Detection and the Search for the Unknown at CMS"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Sukbum Chung (University of Seoul)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Point Defects in Crystals: Trapped Atoms for Quantum Technologies," Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Isaac Legred (UIUC)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Chirality Meets Quantum"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Aurora Ireland (Stanford) "A Classical-to-Quantum Transition for Inflationary Perturbations"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Barry Bradlyn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 3, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yves Kwan (Dallas)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Eytan Grosfeld (Ben Gurion University, Israel), "Shining Light on Bose-Hubbard Models: From Equilibrium Theory to Exotic Steady States"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB Lab 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Takahiro Tanaka (Yukawa Institute, Kyoto University)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium Smitha Vishveshwara (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) TBD

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)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Haidan Wen, Argonne National Laboratory

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: 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 Neil Cornish (Montana State University) TBD

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

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)

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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