Physics Main Calendar

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 2:30 pm
- LLP 464
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - "Stability of Weyl node merging processes under symmetry constraints"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Theoretical Minimum Seminar: "Tools for General Relativity"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Device Independence Day: Using Distributed Entanglement to Achieve a Quantum Advantage," Krister Shalm, University of Colorado Boulder

Speaker: Krister Shalm, Sr. Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) - Atrium/Lobby
Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS) Open House
- Other

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Secret Sharing: What is it and why should you care?", Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group

Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity and Cosmology Seminar - Vasileios Paschalidis (U. of Arizona) "Probing neutron star physics via multi-messenger astronomy"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Loomis 222
Condensed Matter Journal Club: Strong Disorder Fixed Points and Boundary Criticality
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: "Making Carbon Magnetic"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 3, 2024

- 5:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Undergraduate Physics Seminar: "Mechanphore Activation in Triblock Copolymer Systems using Molecular Dynamics", Staci Strader

I am a senior in materials science and engineering and work in the Statt lab. I am interested in computational research related to polymers.
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 4, 2024

- 11:00 am
- Room 464
High Energy Physics Seminar - Kevin Zhou (UC Berkeley) - "Electromagnetism and Gravity with Continuous Spin"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Quantum mechanics of 2D electron crystals"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 5, 2024

- 9:45 - 11:30 am
- LOBBY - Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois: 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801 United States
Saturday Physics for Everyone: Quantum Computing

Join the Physics Department for this fall's Saturday Physics for Everyone on Saturday, the 5th. This in-person lecture series continues with Brian DeMarco's "Quantum Computing". Breakfast will be served at 9:45AM and the lecture begins at 10:15AM. This event is free and open to everyone: friends, family, kids and grandparents. We hope to see you there!
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 7, 2024

- 11:00 am
- 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)
Physics Careers Seminar: "Reflections After 10 Years in the Semiconductor Industry"
- Lecture
- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: "Extending Topological Classification: Real-Space Invariants for Electronic and Photonic Bands"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Theoretical Minimum Seminar: "Tools for General Relativity"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Developing quantum technologies through materials design and integration," Joseph Heremans, Argonne National Laboratory

Speaker: Joseph Heremans, Scientist, Argonne National Laboraotry
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
The Present and Future of A New Era in High-Redshift Supernova Discovery
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Localizable multipartite entanglement," Chris Vairogs, Leditzky Group

Speaker: Chris Vairogs, Leditzky Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alex Lupsasca (Vanderbilt) "The Black Hole Photon Ring"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: "Ergodicity breaking in quantum dynamics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 10, 2024

- 10:00 am
- Zoom
Thesis Defense: "A Search for Displaced Lepton and Track Triggers at the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider"
- Lecture
- 1:00 pm
- Loomis Room 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Shreya Vardhan, Stanford University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 3110 ESB
Thesis Defense: "Numerical Simulation of Quantum Spin Systems and Experimental Optimization"
- Lecture
- 5:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Undergraduate Physics Seminar: CANCELLED
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 11, 2024

- 11:00 am
- Room 464
High Energy Physics Seminar - Rikab Gambhir (MIT) - "Moments Of Clarity in Machine Learning for Jet Physics"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Control of chiral orbital currents in quantum materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 12, 2024

- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets
Science at the Market: ASAP at HMNTL
- Community Service

Monday, October 14, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Oskar Vafek, Florida State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Subspace-thermal discrete time crystals from phase transitions between different n-tuple discrete time crystals," Tzu Chieh Wei, Stony Brook University

Speaker: Tzu Chieh Wei, Professor, Stony Brook University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
Asteroseismic Probes of Far-Ranging Physics with Big Data & Machine Learning
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Conformally invariant charge fluctuations in a strange metal," Xuefei Guo, Abbamonte Group

Speaker: Xuefei Guo, Abbamonte Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alan Wiseman (UW-Milwaukee) "The self-force on static and dynamic charges in Schwarzschild spacetime using the method of images."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Timothy L. Killeen, President, University of Illinois System
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 17, 2024

- 5:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Undergraduate Physics Seminar: Title TBA, Lakshman Goel
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 18, 2024

- 11:00 am
- Room 464
High Energy Physics Seminar - Marios Galanis (Perimeter Institute) - ""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Exploring piezomagnetic coupling in quantum materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 21, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Dominic Else, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Open Quantum Dynamics and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, " Jong Yeon Lee, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Speaker: Jong Yeon Lee, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- 464 Loomis
Physics Careers Seminar: "From Physics to Nursing. Yes Really"
- Lecture
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
Fall 2024 Astronomy Colloqium Speaker Event
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Exploring Signatures of Majorana States in the Current-Phase Relation of Lateral S-TI-S Josephson Junctions," Jessica Montone, Van Harlingen Group

Speaker: Jessica Montone, Van Harlingen Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alan Tzk Lok Lam (MPI Potsdam)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: "From Dirac fermions to topological materials to the Standard Model: A common thread in particle and condensed matter physics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- Loomis Room 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: "Averaged null energy and the renormalization group"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Undergraduate Physics Seminar: Title TBA, Shishir Sudhaman
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Seongshik Oh, Rutgers University
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 26, 2024

- 9:45 - 11:15 am
- LOBBY - Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois: 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801 United States
Saturday Physics for Everyone
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 28, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- ESB 190
The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: Bowen Shi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Many-body dynamics in driven-dissipative superconducting quantum circuits," Alex Ma, Purdue University

Speaker: Alex Ma, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 - 4:45 pm
- 134 Astronomy Building
Fall 2024 Astronomy Colloqium Speaker Event
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Akash, Covey Group

Speaker: Akash, Covey Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Eduardo Fradkin (UIUC)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 31, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- Loomis Room 464
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Allic Sivaramakrishnan, California Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2024

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- NCSA - 1205 W Clark St, Urbana - RM 1040
CAPS Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "New rare-earth materials for quantum optics and quantum information"
- Seminar/Symposium