Past Events

2026

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall, KPTC 106

Hydrodynamics Beyond Fluids: University in Quantum Many-Body Dynamcs
Luca Delacrétaz, UChicago

Oct 8

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Geoppert-Mayer Lecture Hall, KPTC 106

New opportunities in quantum simulation with ultrapolar molecules
Zoe Yan, UChicago

Oct 1

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall - KPTC 106

Landscapes of Quantum Thermalization and Non-Ergodic Dynamics
Maksym Serbyn, IST, Austria

May 7

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall- KPTC 106

Generative AI and Diffusion Models: A Statistical Physics Perspective
Giulio Biroli, École normale supérieure(ENS), Paris

Apr 30

Physics Colloquium: Zachariasen Memorial Lecture

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall - KPTC 106

Pathways to New States of Quantum Matter
Qimiao Si, Rice University

Apr 23

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall- KPTC 106

How matter finds the unlikely
Arvind Murugan, University of Chicago

Apr 9

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall - KPTC 106

Quantum simulation - Engineering & understanding quantum systems atom-by-atom
Monika Aidelsburger, University of Munich

Apr 2

Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm Maria Geoppert Lecture Hall, KPTC 106

First Steps Toward Realizing Nonreciprocal Matter with Acoustic Levitation
Heinrich Jaeger, University of Chicago

Mar 12

Joint EFI - Physics Colloquium

3:30–4:30 pm MCP 201

Obsessed by a Dream: Rolf Widerøe - History and Future of Accelerator Technology in the Context of a Giant
Norbert Holtkamp, Director of Fermilab

Feb 16

2025

Physics With A Bang!

11:00 am–4:00 pm Kersten Physics Teaching Center

Dec 13