The Grainger College of Engineering Physics

Physics - String Theory

Monday, September 29, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Paul Goldbart (Stony Brook U.), "Random proximity measurements in quantum fluids and the hidden organization they induce"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Studying multipartite entanglement through the lens of symmetries," Felix Leditzky, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Josu Aurrekoetxea (MIT) "Scalar fields around black hole binaries in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Special Seminar - "Exploring electronic band structure and collective excitations in quantum materials"

2:00 pm

MRL 1002
- Seminar/Symposium
The Charles P. Slichter Memorial Colloquium - "Negotiations with Nature - What Happens When a Physicist Tries to be a Chemist."

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar: Xuchen Cao (UIUC), "One Sided Black Holes in DSSYK Model: An Algebraic Approach"

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Loomis 464
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

Condensed Matter Seminar - "Strain induced magnetism and superconductivity in Heusler membranes"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 6, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Zohar Nussinov (WashU), "Inhomogeneous phases and glasses- a many-body perspective"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum computing and simulation with multimode superconducting random-access memories," Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Srivatsan Chakram, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
- Seminar/Symposium
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Bruno Uchoa (University of Oklahoma), "Quantum geometry in flat bands"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB Lab 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Hao-Jui Kuan (UIUC) "Tidal resonance: Nonlinearities revealed by numerical relativity"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium Eric Kuo (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) “Developing the Skills and Mindsets for Future Success Through Physics Education”

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

High Energy Physics Seminar - Xiaojun Yao (University of Washington) "Quantum Computing of Real-Time Correlators in 2+1D SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Observation of constructive interference at the edge of quantum ergodicity"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 13, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yin-Chen He (Stonybrook), "A Fuzzy Sphere Journey: from 3D Ising to Chern-Simons-matter CFT "

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Broadband quantum-limited amplification and near-ultrastrong nonlinear light-matter coupling with superconducting circuits", Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00 - 11:50 am

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

Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Darius Shi (Stanford)), "Chiral superconductivity from non-Abelian anyon fluids"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 3110
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Rebecca Surman (Notre Dame) "Interpreting the observables and multi messenger signals of r-process nucleosynthesis"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) "Conformal Invariance in Strange Metals"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

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. Jiaqi Cai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Photoswitchable radicals as reporter spins for quantum sensing with spin defects in diamond"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Sukbum Chung (University of Seoul), "Spin transport signature of ferroelectric fluctuation"

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) "Connecting Compact Binaries to Dense Matter"

11:00 am

Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Chirality Meets Quantum" Dmitri Kharzeev (State University of New York at Stony Brook)

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

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