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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
October 21, 2026 4:15 pm

Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series

From Light to Learning: Predicting Excited-State Dynamics at the Spectroscopic Frontier
Diana Qiu, Assistant Professor, Materials Science, Yale University,
October 23, 2026 12:00 pm

IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantum Breakdown Model: from Disorder-free Glass to SPT
Biao Lian, Princeton,
October 23, 2026 2:00 pm

TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quasi-periodic eruptions: new transient probes of stars near supermassive black holes
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,

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