The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Physics - String Theory

Monday, March 23, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jie Wang (Peking University), "Density Matrix Quantum Geometry and Exact Sum Rules"

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Adrian Chung (University of Cambridge) "Black-hole METRICS, ringdown and fundamental physics"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Roni Harnik (Fermi Lab) "Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Xuchen Cao (UIUC), "Gravitational Algebras with Two Areas"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- 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 - "Excitonic Insulators, Nematicity, and Ferroaxiality: Probing Hidden Symmetry Breaking with Strain"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Eric Akkerman (Technion Israel Institute of Technology), "Engineering topological materials to create quantum entanglement"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "The marvelous world of quantum position verification," Henry Yuen, Columbia University

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Henry Yuen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Sarah Vigeland (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

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 - "The quantum valley Hall effect and topological valleytronics"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, John McGreevy (UC San Diego), "Entanglement Bootstrap and Conformal Field Theory"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Zheshen Zhang, University of Michigan

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Zheshen Zhang, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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 - Kirk Barrow (UIUC)

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium: Harold Hwang (Stanford University) “Superconductivity in layered nickelates”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Marc Klinger (Caltech)

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- 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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Physics, UW-Madison
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

The Physics Colloquium: Hyun Youk (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Self-organization capacity of living systems"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Chih-Hung Wu (University of Washington), "From the No-Boundary Wavefunction to Pair-Created de Sitter Black Holes: A Quantum Picture"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- 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 (University of California, SB), "Theoretical Spectroscopy for Driven Systems"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Karolina Garcia (UIUC, CAPS Fellow)

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

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Domenica Garzon and Carlos Nikolas Cruz Camacho (UIUC, ICASU Fellows))

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
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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