Welcome
Welcome to the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics. By connecting researchers from around the world at Caltech, the Burke Institute provides a hub for the exchange of ideas and fosters cross-continent and cross-discipline collaborations. It is our mission to advance humanity's quest to expand our understanding of natural phenomena at all scales—from subatomic, atomic, and molecular scales to the scales of celestial objects and the universe itself. Read more
Seminars
All Events
November 9, 2026
1:30 pm
High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Glimpses of the (quantum) black hole interior
Shada Ali Ahmad,
New York University,
November 9, 2026
4:00 pm
Quantum Matter Seminar
Converting fractional charges into fractional Majorana modes at quantum Hall--spin-liquid interfaces
November 13, 2026
12:00 pm
IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Learning the structure of open quantum systems
Laura Lewis,
University of California, Berkeley,














