Upcoming Talks

Talks this week

Disproof of the Odd Hadwiger Conjecture
Cynthia Xie
Tuesday, 16. June, 13:00
Discrete Mathematics Reading Group


Uncovering biophysical mechanisms in morphogenesis
Julia Eckert
Tuesday, 16. June, 16:00
BioQuant Seminars
Institut für Theoretische Physik, BIOQUANT

Landau-Zener Spektroskopie of atomic tunneling systems
Arpan Gauai
Tuesday, 16. June, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

Using proof assistants as more than checkers, and how to write papers about it
Yannick Forster
Tuesday, 16. June, 16:15
Formal Mathematics


Solving Inverse Problems in Astronomy with Invertible Neural Networks
Victor Ksoll
Tuesday, 16. June, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Gamma-ray Astronomy and the Origins of Galactic Cosmic Rays
Dr. Alison Mitchell
Tuesday, 16. June, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Excited atoms&molecules in strong fields: Probing Electronic–Vibrational Coupling with Mid-IR – XUV Spectroscopy
Dr. Pankaj Seliya
Wednesday, 17. June, 09:30
Außer der Reihe
Institut für Theoretische Physik, MPIK, Central seminar room, library building

Masures associated with split Kac-Moody groups over valued fields
Auguste Hébert
Wednesday, 17. June, 11:15
Geometry and Group Theory


Interacting QFT on causal sets,
Emma Albertini
Wednesday, 17. June, 11:30
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR60

Quantum vortices in Fermi superfluids: Structure, dynamics, and dissipation
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wlazlowski
Wednesday, 17. June, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

TBD
Shengxiu Sun (ITP)
Thursday, 18. June, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

C3NN-SBI: Fast Extraction of N-Point Information with Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Kai Lehmann
Thursday, 18. June, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Cosmic explosions and black hole formation near Earth during its history
Kiril Maltsev (MPIA)
Thursday, 18. June, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

ARI, the improved calendar of the year 1700 and the date of Easter
Robert Schmidt
Thursday, 18. June, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Scattering Amplitudes in Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity
Benjamin Knorr
Thursday, 18. June, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Rough analysis and renormalisation
Ilya Chevyrev
Thursday, 18. June, 16:15
Außer der Reihe
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hörsaal Mathematikon

Rough analysis and renormalisation
Prof. Dr. Ilya Chevyrev
Thursday, 18. June, 16:15
Mathematisches Kolloquium


The Physics of Interstellar Travel
Coryn Bailer-Jones
Friday, 19. June, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Large Language Models – are pretrained language correlations useful for physics? (Pretalk starts at 1pm)
Caroline Heneka
Friday, 19. June, 13:30
STRUCTURES Jour fixe
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hybrid: Online and in Large lecture hall, Phil12

Aerosols - about tiny particles with global climate effects
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Fiedler
Friday, 19. June, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

June, 2026

Independent sets in percolated graphs via the Ising model
Anna Geisler
23 Jun 2026, 13:00
Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics


Molecular Magnets: Investigating finite size quantum systems
Jeron Timmer
23 Jun 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

tba
Saswato Sen
23 Jun 2026, 16:15
Cold Quantum Coffee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

From Cosmic Dawn to Present-Day: Galaxy Formation and Evolution Through Cosmic Time
Rhea-Silvia Remus
23 Jun 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Machine Learning at the Edge of Scale and Speed: A Fast Future for the Next Generation of Scientific Experiments
Prof. Dr. Thea Aarrestad
23 Jun 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Negative curvature in right-angled Artin groups
Anthony Genevois
24 Jun 2026, 11:15
Geometry and Group Theory


OCTOPUS 65nm MAPS
t.b.d.
24 Jun 2026, 15:15
HighRR BiWeekly Seminar
INF 226, K2 & K3

Theoretical Perspectives on Architectural Design in Deep Learning
Philipp Nazari & Shlomo Libo Feigin
25 Jun 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Resolving the conditions of molecular gas in cosmic noon galaxies
Joyce Glass (ANU)
25 Jun 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Kunal Deshmukh (KU Leuven)
25 Jun 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Tracing Stellar Feedback-Driven Bubbles Across Nearby Galaxies with JWST
Slawa Kabanovic
25 Jun 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Engineering nonlinear collective optical dynamics in nano-arrays of quantum emitters
Prof. Helmut Ritsch
25 Jun 2026, 11:15
Teekolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Otto Hahn lecture hall/library building

tba
Atanu Samanta
25 Jun 2026, 14:00
Particle Phenomenology
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Gluon production in the Color Glass Condensate from BCFW recursion
Francois Gelis
25 Jun 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Mechanical Information Processing in Adherent Cells
Prof. Margaret Gardel
26 Jun 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Hitting time for Hamilton cycles in pseudorandom graphs
Yiting Wang
30 Jun 2026, 13:00
Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics


Holding the Line: Repressors as Safeguards of Cellular Identity
Moritz Mall
30 Jun 2026, 16:00
BioQuant Seminars
Institut für Theoretische Physik, BIOQUANT

NRIXS: Studying lattice vibrations with x-rays
Peter Huang
30 Jun 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

tba
Simran Singh
30 Jun 2026, 16:15
Cold Quantum Coffee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

YRC Dinner Seminar: TBA
Vincenzo Nugara
30 Jun 2026, 16:30
SFB1225 ISOQUANT
Institut für Theoretische Physik, PI, Goldene Box

TBD
Kareem El-Badry
30 Jun 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Overview of hypernuclei measurements at the LHC
Dr. Francesco Mazzaschi
30 Jun 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

July, 2026

Dark matter distribution of nearby galaxies combining IFU and HI
Ling Zhu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
2 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

tba
Luca Fallböhmer
2 Jul 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Intentional Travel
Sustainability group
2 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

CoRGI in MaNGA: Stellar Counter-Rotation Galaxies and the Exceptional Case of NGC 5717
Damir Gasymov
2 Jul 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

The arithmetic of elliptic curves: old and new results
Prof. Dr. Massimo Bertolini
2 Jul 2026, 16:15
Mathematisches Kolloquium


TBD
Fengwei Xu
3 Jul 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Laura Fabbietti
3 Jul 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Homotopies in Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism
Jan Pullmann
6 Jul 2026, 16:15
Physikalische Mathematik (RHIND)


Probing materials with noise
Lukas Holtmann
7 Jul 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

Expediting Astronomical Discovery with AI Agents: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions
Yuan-Sen Ting
7 Jul 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Solar models and nuclear astrophysics
Prof. Dr. Daniel Bemmerer
7 Jul 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Circular Rydberg Atoms for Quantum Simulation
Dr. Florian Meinert
8 Jul 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

Chasing the
Soumavo Ghosh (IIT Indore)
9 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

tba
Satvik Mishra
9 Jul 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

A spatially resolved study of the physical conditions and the chemical abundance discrepancy in the Lagoon Nebula using SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper
Amrita Singh (University of Chile)
9 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Nucleosynthesis and the Milky Way's accretion history: What we have learned and what we will learn
Tadafumi Matsuno
9 Jul 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Fabian Rennecke
9 Jul 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

Gaia DR4
René André, Morgan Fouesneau, Coryn Bailer-Jones
10 Jul 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Ph.D. Stefan Hollands
10 Jul 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBC
Natalie Behague
14 Jul 2026, 13:00
Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics


From data science to discovery: RNA–protein networks in unexpected places
Maïwen Caudron-Herger
14 Jul 2026, 16:00
BioQuant Seminars
Institut für Theoretische Physik, BIOQUANT

Phase coherence measurements via polarisation echoes
Konstantin Wolgin
14 Jul 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

The Interstellar Visitors
Colin Snodgrass
14 Jul 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Neutrino Astronomy
Prof. Dr. Christian Glaser
14 Jul 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

tba
Kai Fu
15 Jul 2026, 11:15
Geometry and Group Theory


TBD
Pranav Satheesh (U Florida)
16 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

The EWOCS view of the massive stellar zoo Westerlund 1
Cormac Larkin
16 Jul 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Wilson-Polchinski renormalization group for large-scale structure
Fabian Schmidt
16 Jul 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Prof. Dr. Laura Ciobanu
16 Jul 2026, 16:15
Mathematisches Kolloquium


TBD
Tom Evans-Soma
17 Jul 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

TBA
Michael Gutperle
20 Jul 2026, 16:15
Physikalische Mathematik (RHIND)
Mathematikon SR 8 and online,

Recent progress in Ramsey theory
Zak Smith
21 Jul 2026, 13:00
Discrete Mathematics Reading Group


TBD
Sarah Bosman
21 Jul 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

MuSR
Zaher Salman, PSI (CH)
22 Jul 2026, 15:15
HighRR BiWeekly Seminar
INF 226, K2 & K3

tba
tba
22 Jul 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

Writing a strong (JWST) proposal
Eduardo Banados (MPIA)
23 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

tba
Maciej Glowacki
23 Jul 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBD
TBD
23 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Hot, massive stars and their winds: New insights and open puzzles
Andreas Sander
23 Jul 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Towards Mass Measurements with Parts-per-Trillion Unvertainty
Dr. Sergey Eliseev
23 Jul 2026, 11:15
Kaffeepalaver
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Otto Hahn lecture hall/library building

Neural and Spectral Operator Surrogates on Gaussian Spaces
Leon Bungert
23 Jul 2026, 14:00
Applied Analysis


TBA
David Hogg (NYU)
24 Jul 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Towards an optimal hypergraph container lemma
Letícia Mattos
28 Jul 2026, 13:00
Discrete Mathematics Reading Group


TBD
TBD
30 Jul 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Ji Wang
31 Jul 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

August, 2026

TBD
TBD
6 Aug 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
TBD
13 Aug 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
TBD
20 Aug 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Bridging the Divide: Studying the Resolved and Integrated Light of Nearby Galaxies in High Resolution
Ben Gibson
21 Aug 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
MPIA lecture hall,

TBD
TBD
27 Aug 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

September, 2026

TBD
TBD
3 Sep 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
TBD
10 Sep 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
TBD
17 Sep 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Maria Bergemann
18 Sep 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

TBD
TBD
24 Sep 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

October, 2026

TBD
TBD
1 Oct 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Duncan Christie
2 Oct 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

TBD
TBD
8 Oct 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Poster Session

14 Oct 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

TBD
TBD
15 Oct 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Prof. Dr. Anne Thomas
15 Oct 2026, 16:15
Mathematisches Kolloquium


TBD
TBD
22 Oct 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
TBD
29 Oct 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

November, 2026

tba

4 Nov 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

tba

11 Nov 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

tba

25 Nov 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 225a, Seminarraum (Erdgeschoß), EINC

TBA
Prof. Dr. Linus Kramer
26 Nov 2026, 16:15
Mathematisches Kolloquium

December, 2026

tba

16 Dec 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

January, 2027

tba

20 Jan 2027, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut

February, 2027

tba

3 Feb 2027, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3, Physikalisches Institut