IQUIST Master Calendar

Friday, October 9, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: "Hybrid Superconducting Photonic Circuits," Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Jason Elhaderi, Draper Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Jason Elhaderi, Draper Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• I-MRSEC All-Hands Meeting

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  ESB 190

  This meeting will provide an overview of the current state of the Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (I-MRSEC), recent developments, and plans with special emphasis on next year's 4th year review of the Center.

  • Meeting

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - "Disorder and time reversal symmetry breaking in unconventional superconductors"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jacopo Gliozzi, "Long-range toric code: finite-temperature topological order in two dimensions"

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Niklas Mueller, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Niklas Mueller

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Harshvardhan Mantry, Pfaff Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Harshvardhan Mantry, Pfaff Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• I-MRSEC Seminar with Prof. Libai Huang: "Imaging Exciton Transport and Quantum Interactions with Ultrafast Microscopy"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  Prof. Libai Huang is the Tarpo Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University and Director of the U.S. DOE Energy Frontier Research Center "Quantum Photonics Integrated Design Center (QuPIDC)." The title of the talk: Imagine Exciton Transport and Quantum Interactions with Ultrafast Microscopy.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title"

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Quantum User Group (QUG) Monthly BYO Lunch and Learn - October

  Time

  12:30 pm

  Location

  NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Nirmal Ghimire, University of Notre Dame

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Andreas Gleis (Rutgers)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Senior AMO Physicist, Oratomic

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "An optimal analysis of the product test," Jacob Beckey, Leditzky Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Jacob Beckey, Leditzky Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Gordon Baym (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Why must photons exist?: from Einstein to Bohr, Hanbury Brown-Twiss and Hong-Ou-Mandel interference"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• MRSEC: Real Talk- Meet Prof. Lu Chen

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join our Real Talk series to explore career paths and the choices.

  • Professional Development

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Jiwoong Park, University of Chicago

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shuo Liu (Princeton)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Will Chistopherson, DeMarco Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Will Christopherson, DeMarco Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Patrick Ledwith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Thaís Trevisan, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Kendrick Lev (Harvard)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• I- MRSEC: Students & Postdocs Monthly Meeting

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  • Meeting

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: "Learning Ground State Observables from Quantum Experiments," Kunal Sharma, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Kunal Sharma

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Javier Montaner, Clark Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Javier Montaner, Clark Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Dylan Yost (Colorado State University) "Precision tests of quantum electrodynamics through hydrogen spectroscopy and vacuum birefringence"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - "The tenfold way on a finite Hilbert space: topology of entanglement for qubits and fermions"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 16, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Ruben Verresen (U Chicago)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: "Scanning NV Microscopy for Quantum Materials: From Magnetic Imaging to Nanoscale EPR", Huan Zhao, Eugene Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Exact unitary designs under symmetry," Chris Vairogs, Leditzky Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Chris Vairogs, Leditzky Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Ahmet Yildiz (University of California Berkeley) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Riccardo Comin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Raquel Pinheiro de Almeida Queiroz (Columbia U.)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Bottcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Charlotte Bottcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Xi Zhang, Kou Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Xi Zhang, Kou Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Brian Fields (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Sheng Ran, Washington University

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, December 7, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Shiwei Zhang

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• I- MRSEC: Students & Postdocs Monthly Meeting

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  • Meeting

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Quantum Working Group Seminar

  Recurring

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  149 Henry Administration Building

  Weekly Quantum Working Group Seminar

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Doug Natelson (Rice University) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 10, 2026

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Thursday, January 28, 2027

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, February 25, 2027

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, March 24, 2027

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Phillip Kim, Pfaff Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Philip Kim, Pfaff Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, March 25, 2027

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Thursday, April 15, 2027

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Wednesday, April 21, 2027

• IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Sonia Rani, Pfaff Group

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Sonia Rani, Pfaff Group

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Cookies & Coffee Hour with I-MRSEC and IQUIST

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  MRL 280

  Join us for a casual Cookies & Coffee Hour!

  • Social/Informal Event