Upcoming Talks

Talks this week

Toric Geometry for Physicists (Note unusual time!)
Björn Hassfeld
Monday, 15. December, 14:30
Beyond the Standard Model and String Theory
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil19

A Research Portfolio Overview
Karina Koval
Tuesday, 16. December, 13:00
Optimization Seminar
2.414,

Type IIB flux vacua, Enumeration and Data Analysis (Note unusual day!)
Aman Chauhan
Tuesday, 16. December, 14:00
Beyond the Standard Model and String Theory
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil19

Imaging materials with X-ray Spectro-Microscopy
Herrmann
Tuesday, 16. December, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced spectroscopic methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

The impact of stellar feedback on galaxies
Stefanie Walch-Gassner
Tuesday, 16. December, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

The Quantum Life of the Top Quark: Spin, Entanglement, and quasi-bound states
Prof. Dr. Andreas Jung
Tuesday, 16. December, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Meet&Mingle@ISOQUANT: Networking and Mentoring platform for FLINTA* students in physics
Christmas Social Meeting
Wednesday, 17. December, 17:00
SFB1225 ISOQUANT
Institut für Theoretische Physik, PI, seminar box 1. floor

The black-hole mass distribution: from local X-ray binaries to distant black-hole mergers
Fabian Schneider
Thursday, 18. December, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Quest for neutrinos in the Mediterranean Sea
Prof. Dr. Antoine Kouchner
Thursday, 18. December, 11:15
Teekolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Otto Hahn lecture hall/library building

Pixel-level analysis of weak lensing maps: an optimal inference approach
Natalia Porqueres
Thursday, 18. December, 14:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR61

A Very Molecular Christmas: Lighting Up the Physics of Star Formation in Nearby Main-Sequence Galaxies
Sophia Stuber
Friday, 19. December, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Artificial Intelligence and Music: On the Role of AI in Studying a Human Art Form
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Widmer
Friday, 19. December, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
INF 308, Hörsaal 1

January, 2026

Meet&Mingle@ISOQUANT: Networking and Mentoring platform for FLINTA* students in physics
Dr. Sophie Warken
7 Jan 2026, 17:00
SFB1225 ISOQUANT
Institut für Theoretische Physik, PI, seminar box 1. floor

Searches for signatures of ultra-light axion dark matter in polarimetry data of the EPTA using Bayesian statistics
Polina Usynina (MPIFR)
8 Jan 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Alankar Dutta (MPA)
8 Jan 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Tba.
Dominika Wylezalek
8 Jan 2026, 11:15
Teekolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Otto Hahn lecture hall/library building

Multiphase gas in the baryon cycle: from jellyfish galaxies to turbulent galactic outflows
Ritali Ghosh
8 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Gregory Green
9 Jan 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

to be announced
Dr. Nancy Paul
9 Jan 2026, 11:15
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (AG Enss)
Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, SR 01.404

Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time
Dr. Antoine Browaeys
9 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBA
Maximilian Neumann
13 Jan 2026, 16:15
Cold Quantum Coffee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

Exploring the Universe with high-energy gamma rays using H.E.S.S.
Lars Mohrmann
13 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

No tests of Locality via Bell’s Inequality nor of Entanglement at Colliders
Prof. Dr. Herbert Dreiner
13 Jan 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Neutrinoless double-beta decay and how to probe it with nuclear observables
Dr. Lotta Jokiniemi
14 Jan 2026, 11:15
Gentner Colloquium (Astroparticle Physics)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Central Seminar Room (library building)

TBD
Silvia Belladitta (MPIA)
15 Jan 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

The Synthetic Absorption Line Spectral Almanac (SALSA)
Dylan Nelson (ITA)
15 Jan 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Local Volume Mapper: first results and future prospects
Oleg Egorov
15 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Marc Schiffer
15 Jan 2026, 11:30
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR60

TBA
Eduardo Santos Escriche
15 Jan 2026, 14:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBA
Jana Günther
15 Jan 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Daniel Wik (U. of Utah)
16 Jan 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Cross-Junction Technology
Alexander Stoll
16 Jan 2026, 11:15
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (AG Enss)
Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, SR 01.404

Unveiling the early stages of planet formation
Dr. Myriam Benisty
16 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBA
Mathias Staudigl
20 Jan 2026, 13:00
Optimization Seminar
2.414,

Element-specific magnetic properties by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism/ XMCD)
Nemec
20 Jan 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced spectroscopic methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

Exoplanets, cool stars, and their interactions
Katja Poppenhäger
20 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Probing the Quark-Gluon Plasma with the sPHENIX experiment at RHIC
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bathe
20 Jan 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Tba.
Prof. Dr. Maria Chekova
21 Jan 2026, 11:15
Bothe-Kolloqium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Central Seminar Room, Zentraler Seminarraum, Library Building

tba
Prof Dr Sebastian Will
21 Jan 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
K1-3, INF 226

TBD
Hao He (AIfA)
22 Jan 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Understanding the pulsar population using the MeerKAT radio telescope
Aris Karastergiou
22 Jan 2026, 11:15
Teekolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Otto Hahn lecture hall/library building

Galaxy Clusters in a Cosmological Context
Daniel Wik
22 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Robie Hennigar
22 Jan 2026, 11:30
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR60

TBA
Satvik Mishra
22 Jan 2026, 14:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16, Seminarraum

TBA
Myriam Benisty (MPIA)
23 Jan 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

to be announced
Dr. Marek Bartkowiak
23 Jan 2026, 11:15
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (AG Enss)
Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, SR 01.404

tba
Dr. François Charton
23 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Neural and Spectral Operator Surrogates on Gaussian Spaces
Mario Maric
27 Jan 2026, 13:00
Optimization Seminar
2.414,

Measuring Vibrational Density of States with Nuclear Inelastic X-ray Scattering (NRIXS)
 Conor Kennedy
27 Jan 2026, 16:00
MVSem Condensed Matter Physics: Advanced spectroscopic methods to study quantum systems (MVSem)
INF 227, / SR 2.403

TBA
Ankur Singha
27 Jan 2026, 16:15
Cold Quantum Coffee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes
Anna-Christina Eilers
27 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

DM annual modulation (probing DAMA/LIBRA), COSINUS
Prof. Dr. Karoline Schäffner
27 Jan 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

TBA
Edoardo d'Angelo
28 Jan 2026, 11:30
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR60

Meet&Mingle@ISOQUANT: Networking and Mentoring platform for FLINTA* students in physics
Prof. Dr. Astrid Eichhorn
28 Jan 2026, 17:00
SFB1225 ISOQUANT
Institut für Theoretische Physik, PI, seminar box 1. floor

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

Cold molecular gas (cloud) properties in nearby galaxies
Eric Liang
29 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

Why machine learning models fail to fully capture epistemic uncertainty
Mira Kristin Jürgens
29 Jan 2026, 14:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

Cracks in the Standard Cosmological Model: Anomalies, Tensions, and Hints of New Physics
Eleonora di Valentino
29 Jan 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Laurane Freor
30 Jan 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Bodenschatz
30 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

February, 2026

eROSITA’s Legacy in Structure Formation and Evolution and Cosmology
Esra Bulbul
3 Feb 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Muon Collider
Dr. Daniel Schulte
3 Feb 2026, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

Tba.
Simon Jäger
4 Feb 2026, 11:15
Bothe-Kolloqium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Central Seminar Room/Zentraler Seminarraum/Library Building

tba
Prof Dr Doerte Blume
4 Feb 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
K1-3 (Goldbox), INF 226

TBD
Arn Marklund (Obs Strasbourg)
5 Feb 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Zooming Out, zooming In: Protocluster structures and AGN breakouts
Caroline Bertemes
5 Feb 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Isabella Prandoni
6 Feb 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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

TBD
Klaus Paschek
13 Feb 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Chemodynamic evidence of pristine gas accretion in the void galaxy VGS 12
Evgeniya Egorova (ZAH)
19 Feb 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

What, and where, is the "Galactic Center" Lobe?
Kathryn Kreckel (ARI/ZAH, MPIA)
19 Feb 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Jasleen Matharu
20 Feb 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

TBD
Paul Schechter (MIT)
26 Feb 2026, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

March, 2026

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

TBD
Rolf Kuiper
13 Mar 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

April, 2026

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

TBA
Matteo Brogi (Turin)
10 Apr 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Fundamental physics in the gravitational-wave eraFundamental physics in the gravitational-wave era
Vitor Cardoso
16 Apr 2026, 16:15
Seminar on Fundamental Physics (Teilchentee)
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Coryn Bailer-Jones (MPIA)
24 Apr 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

June, 2026

TBA
Coryn Bailer-Jones
19 Jun 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)