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Monday, March 30th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Dark Matter NMR and its sensitivity to extra couplings
Carl Beadle, University of Toronto,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Relational Perspectives in Quantum Gravity: Quantum Reference Frames and the Observer Dependence of Entropy
Anne-Catherine de la Hamette,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Navigating Collider Phenomenology with Light-Ray Operators & Chew-Frautschi Plot
Hao Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
From Fractionalization to Superconductivity in Flat Chern Bands — And What AI Enables Next
Ahmed Abouelkomsan, MIT,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Black-hole METRICS, ringdown and fundamental physics
Adrian Ka-Wai Chung, Postdoctoral Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge,
Monday, April 6th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Flavor, Accidentally
Hannah Banks, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
A quantum many-body index for 2d chiral superconductors
Nikita A. Sopenko, Mathematical Physics, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Spinspacetime: A New Chapter in Relativity
Joonhwi Kim, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Quantum thermodynamics on superconducting circuits: bolometry and thermalization
Jukka Pekola, Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Helsinki, FI,
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Thursday, April 9th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

The emergence of globular clusters and globular-cluster-like dwarfs at the EDGE of galaxy formation
Ethan Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, UK,
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Friday, April 10th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Kelian Häring, University of Amsterdam,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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A unified approach to the self force problem
Ira Rothstein, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Processing massive classical data on small quantum computers
Haimeng Zhao, Huang and Preskill groups,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Trapping in Strong Gravity: From Black Hole Images to Gravitational Turbulence
Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Wake Forest University,
Monday, April 13th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Claudio Manzari, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
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Shivaji Sondhi, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Maciek Kolanowski, UC Santa Barbara,
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Axial vector form factors and the scalar charge of nucleons from lattice QCD
Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Ji Hoon Lee, ETH-Zurich,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Yuan Su, AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Crystallization, Convection, and Magnetism in White Dwarf Stars
Matias Castro-Tapia, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, McGill University,
Monday, April 20th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Pablo Quilez, CERN,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
9:30am – 3:00pm
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Resource-aware Quantum Benchmarking Symposium

Gates-Thomas 135
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11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Mina Himwich, Princeton University,
Friday, April 24th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Shruti Paranjape, Brown University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
William Oliver, Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering, MIT,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Tal Adi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, USC,
Monday, April 27th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Seth Koren, University of Notre Dame,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Francesco Calisto, Caltech,
Friday, May 1st, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Gaston Giribet, New York University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Maine Christos, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholar,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Title to be announced
Stacy Kim, Nashman/CTAC Postdoctoral Fellow, CTAC, Carnegie Observatories,
Monday, May 4th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Ameen Ismail, University of Chicago,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Ahmed Sheta, Harvard University,
Friday, May 8th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Xi Dong, UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Dave Aasen, Microsoft Station Q,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Chiara Anselmo, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca,
Monday, May 11th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Austin Batz, University of Oregon,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Inducing quantum states in materials with light
Gregory Fiete, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Northeastern University,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Matilda Delgado, Harvard & MPP Munich,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Higher dimensional conformal fields from neural network statistics
Joydeep Naskar, Northeastern University,
Friday, May 15th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Jin Ming Koh, Harvard,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Beyond Parker: The Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Bindesh Tripathi, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Monday, May 18th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

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Gustavo Alves, Fermilab and Northwestern University,
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Sabrina Pasterski, Perimeter Institute,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Benjamin McDonough, University of Colorado, Boulder,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Title to be announced
Semih Tuna, Graduate Student, Metzger Group, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Friday, May 29th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Minjae Cho, University of Chicago,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Samson Wang, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,