The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Physics - String Theory

Monday, February 2, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Veit Elser (Cornell), "Solving Problems with Projections: From phase retrieval to neural networks"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shu Hamanaka (Kyoto University, Japan), "Koopman Nonlinear Non-Hermitian Skin Effect"

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

ESB Lab 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The Physics Colloquium: Tova Holmes "Muon Colliders: the Next Generation of Particle Accelerators"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Carolina Benone (UFPA)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Krishna Rajagopal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 12, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Kyle Cranmer (University of Wisconsin) "AI for HEP: a quickly evolving landscape of opportunity"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 13, 2026

IQUIST Special Seminar: Sam Garratt, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University

1:00 - 2:00 pm

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

Speaker: Sam Garratt, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 16, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Francisco Guinea

12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Abby Vieregg (UChicago, KICP)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Subir Sachdev "Detecting a quantum spin liquid in the cuprate superconductors"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 20, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Irene Dutta (Fermilab)

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Qian Xu

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Qian Xu
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Charuhas Shiveshwarkar (Ohio State U)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Mark Saffman (University of Wisconsin) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 26, 2026

IQUIST Special Seminar: Ethan Lake

1:00 - 2:00 pm

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

Speaker: Ethan Lake
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Wenzer Qin (New York University) "Not-quite-primordial black holes"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Ankit Disa, Cornell University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 2, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Gerardo Ortiz (Indiana University), "Quantum Entanglement Microscopy and Sensing"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Rahul Trivedi

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Rahul Trivedi
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Fred Lamb (UIUC)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Rafael Fernandes "Altermagnetism: an unconventional quantum state of matter"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

IQUIST Special Seminar: Hong-Ye Hu

1:00 - 2:00 pm

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

Speaker: Hong-Ye Hu
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar -Jackson Burzynski (University of Oklahoma)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Nayana Shah

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Sara Issaoun (Harvard, CfA)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Jainendra Jain (The Pennsylvania State University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar -Janet Conrad (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Katja Nowack, Cornell University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jie Wang

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Roni Harnik (Fermi Lab) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Daniel Guerrero (Fermilab)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Jiun-Haw Chu, University of Washington

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Gabriela Gonzalez (Louisiana State University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Leonardo Badurina (Caltech)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Jun Zhu, Penn State University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: The Klaus Schulten Lecture - Elizabeth Villa "Discovering Chimallivirus biology with in-cell cryo-EM"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Ben Hooberman (UIUC)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Philippe St-Jean, University of Montreal

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar -Juan Collar (University of Chicago)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Qiong Ma, Boston College

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Ivar Martin

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

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

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

Condensed Matter Seminar - Venkat Chandrasekhar, Northwestern University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Vojtech Vlcek

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar -

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: James Kakalios (University of Minnesota) “THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

High Energy Physics Seminar - Mike Schmitt (Northwestern University)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - Dhalia Klein, University of Chicago

1:00 pm

ESB 190TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

The Physics Colloquium: The Hans Frauenfelder Colloquium - Peter Wolynes (Rice University) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

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