2025-26 Seminars August 28: Junyeong Ahn, UT AustinTopological quantum matter under electromagnetic fields: From nodal lines to superconductorsHost: Linda ReichlSeptember 4: Xinglu Que, UT PhysicsSTM study on topological materials with hidden degrees of freedomHost: Keji LaiSeptember 11: Qimiao Si, Rice UniversityStrong correlations and topology – A two way street for new physicsHost: Allan MacDonaldSeptember 18: Haidong Zhou, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleThe electronic detection of quantum spin fluctuations in heterostructureHost: Edoardo BaldiniSeptember 25: Edoardo Baldini, UT PhysicsNonlinear Coupled MagnonicsHost: Linda ReichlOctober 2: Wennie Wang, UT Chemical Engineering Dept.Computational insights on defects and interfaces in transition metal dichalcogenides for energy efficient computingHost: Allan MacDonaldOctober 9: Matteo Mitrano, Harvard UniversityQuantum Control of Hubbard ExcitonsHost: Edoardo BaldiniOctober 16: Ignacio Franco, University of RochesterLight-Field Control of Electrons in MatterHost: Edoardo BaldiniOctober 23: Ceren Dag, Indiana University BloomingtonEngineering topological bands in materials with chiral cavitiesHost: Junyeong AhnOctober 30: Aephraim Steinberg, University of TorontoI know what you did last nanosecond: Asking photons where they’ve been Host: Mark RaizenNovember 6: Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, UT El PasoQuantum Materials for Magnetism and Clean EnergyHost: Edoardo BaldiniNovember 13: Mit Naik, UT PhysicsSuper magic in transition metal dichalcogenide moiré patternsHost: Allan MacDonaldNovember 20: Andrew Potter, QuantinuumProgrammable quantum matter at the frontier of classical computationHost: Nick Hunter-JonesDecember 2: Erik Henriksen, Washington University in St. LouisThermal transport in atomically thin materialsHost: Jia Leo LiDecember 4: Rob Clark, Georgia Institute of TechnologyIon trapping at GTRIHost: Mark RaizenJanuary 15: Albert Liu, Brookhaven National LaboratoryMultidimensional Spectroscopy of Quantum MaterialsHost: Elaine LiJanuary 20: Kyoung Huh Oh, MITUltrafast light-driven dynamics of moiré charge density wavesHost: Edoardo BaldiniJanuary 22: Eslam Khalaf, Harvard UniversityDynamics of dispersing anyons in moiré flat bands: emergent phases and microscopic originHost: Elaine LiJanuary 29: Dahlia Klein, University of ChicagoImaging the Sub-Moiré Potential Landscape using an Atomic Single Electron TransistorHost: Edoardo BaldiniFebruary 5: Se Kwon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & TechnologyQuantum SpintronicsHost: Allan MacDonaldFebruary 10: Nicolas Regnault, Flatiron InstituteModeling fractional Chern insulators in rhombohedral grapheneHost: Allan MacDonaldFebruary 12: Ilya Esterlis, University of Wisconsin-MadisonQuantum fluctuations in two-dimensional electron crystalsHost: Junyeong AhnFebruary 19: Aris Alexandradinata, University of California, Santa CruzTopo-photovoltaics: The wave function approach to harvesting lightHost: Junyeong AhnFebruary 24: Hui Li, Northwestern UniversityImaging the Vibrational States at Atomic ResolutionHost: Ken Shih