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Friday, September 18th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Self-Gravity and In-Situ Object Formation in AGN Disks
Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Graduate Student, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences 391 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Monday, September 21st, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Witnessing Quantum Entanglement in Solid-State Materials
Yao Wang, Professor, Department of Physics, Emory University,
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Enhanced Correlations in Hawking Radiation from Near-Extremal Collapse
Per Kraus, UCLA,
Friday, September 25th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

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Ringdown from Eccentric Binary Black Hole Coalescences in the Extreme Mass Ratio Regime
Devin Becker, Graduate Student, Kavli Institute, MIT,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Riccardo Penco, Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Signatures of Black Hole Spin and Plasma Acceleration in Jet Polarimetry
Zachary Gelles, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Jakob Moritz, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

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Importance of accretion disk-driven torques on extreme mass ratio inspirals
Abhishek Hegade, Associate Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Princeton,
Monday, October 12th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Amartya Sengupta, University at Buffalo,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Kasia Budzik, Harvard University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Aldana Grichener, Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Monday, October 19th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
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Zihan Zhou, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets
Branislav K. Nikolic, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware,
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
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Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hengrui Zhu, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Monday, November 2nd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
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Gordon Rogelberg, Yale University,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham, McCray Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
10:30am – 11:30am
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Daniel Kennefick, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas,
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Friday, November 20th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Daniel Brethauer, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley,
Friday, November 27th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Valentin Skoutnev, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Monday, November 30th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Andrea Caputo, CERN,
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

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Innes Bigaran, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Friday, December 4th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Yuri Shprits, Professor, Space Weather and Space Physics, University of Potsdam,