Upcoming events at D-PHYS

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Fri 25.09.2026 Add to calendar	12:00-13:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 51
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (Professors) "Professor:innenkonferenz (inkl. Lunch)" https://www.phys.ethz.ch/the-department/people/professors/pk-lunches.html
Fri 25.09.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Emeline Bolmont (University of Geneva) "Exploring planetary habitability" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.exploring-planetary-habitability.78157.html
Fri 25.09.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-17:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPH G 1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (DK delegates only) "D-PHYS Departementskonferenz"
Tue 29.09.2026 Add to calendar	14:15-15:45	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 12
Seminar in Theoretical Physics		Host: Senatore
Warin Patrick McBlain (ICTP/SISSA, Trieste, Italy) "Microcausality Bounds on Goldstone Dispersion Relations" Abstract
Wed 30.09.2026 Add to calendar	15:00-16:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
Seminar in Theoretical Physics		Host: Gaberdiel
Yoav Zigdon (Tel Aviv University, Israel) "Bridging Worldsheet CFTs and Wormholes" Abstract
Wed 30.09.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Sambuddha-Chattopadhyay
Andrea Cavalleri (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg) "New physics in driven quantum materials" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 2.10.2026 Add to calendar	17:00-22:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
AMP After-Work Beer		Host: AMP
AMP (ETH Zurich) "AMP Yearly BBQ" Abstract
Tue 6.10.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Hamish Innes (Freie Universität Berlin) "How do water oceans form on sub-Neptune exoplanets?" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.how-do-water-oceans-form-on-subneptune-exoplanets.78159.html
Tue 6.10.2026 Add to calendar	17:00-18:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
Pauli Lectures		Host: Ban
Patrick Cramer (Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany) "How genes are switched on" Abstract https://pauli-lectures.ethz.ch/lectures26.html
Wed 7.10.2026 Add to calendar	17:00-18:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
Pauli Lectures		Host: Ban
Patrick Cramer (Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany) "Transcription of the genome" Abstract https://pauli-lectures.ethz.ch/lectures26.html
Thu 8.10.2026 Add to calendar	10:00-11:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 51
Pauli Lectures		Host: Ban
Patrick Cramer (Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany) "Antivirals against SARS-Cov2 polymerase" Abstract https://pauli-lectures.ethz.ch/lectures26.html
Fri 9.10.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Tue 13.10.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
COPL Colloquium
Victoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA) "Keeping the Battery Charged: CO-based Maintenance Metabolism in ANME-SRB Consortia When Methane is Limiting" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.keeping-the-battery-charged-cobased-maintenance-metabolism-in-anmesrb-consortia-when-methane-is-limiting.78781.html
Wed 14.10.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Dorn
Laura Schäfer (Stanford University, USA) "Connecting the early solar system to current observations of small exoplanets" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 16.10.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Thomas Drant (ETH Zurich) "Constraints on the organic atmospheric chemistry of early Earth and sub-Neptune exoplanets" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.constraints-on-the-organic-atmospheric-chemistry-of-early-earth-and-subneptune-exoplanets.78158.html
Mon 19.10.2026 Add to calendar	13:30-18:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum
WiNS		Host: WiNS
WiNS (D-CHAB, D-BIOL, D-MATL, D-PHYS) "WiNS: Allyship Training «Men supporting Gender Equity at work»" Abstract https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7KY0lmaio0WrFHTEIR_FgqzwhoBdheVGk5mOvN4saYVUODU0RkxMTzQyQUpISVQzOEtZU0hPV0RIMi4u
Wed 21.10.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Vallisneri
Daniel Kennefick (University of Arkansas, USA) "Catching the wave: Theorists and their role in gravitational wave data analysis" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 23.10.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Wed 28.10.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Lucio Meyer
Roberto Maiolino (University of Cambridge, UK) "Early galaxies and infant black holes in the primeval universe" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 30.10.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Martin Quack (ETH Zurich) "Spectroscopy of Chiral Molecules: Parity Violation and the Possible Detection of Extraterrestrial Homochirality as a Signature of Life" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.spectroscopy-of-chiral-molecules-parity-violation-and-the-possible-detection-of-extraterrestrial-homochirality-as-a-signature-of-life.78160.html
Wed 4.11.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Lukas Novotny
Onur Hosten (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) "Pursuing quantum aspects of gravity with milligram scale pendulums" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 6.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 6.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Nicole Fernandez-Franzan (ETH Zurich) "Redox Landscapes on Early Mars: Geochemical Pathways to Habitability" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.redox-landscapes-on-early-mars-geochemical-pathways-to-habitability.78162.html
Wed 11.11.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Juan Carrasquilla
Zoe Holmes (EPFL) "Algorithms at the quantum-classical boundary" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 13.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Edoardo Gianni (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) "How could RNA kickstart evolution? Insights from a small self-copying ribozyme." https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.how-could-rna-kickstart-evolution-insights-from-a-small-selfcopying-ribozyme.78161.html
Wed 18.11.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Rachel Grange
Sara Ducci (Université Paris Cité, CNRS Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quanti) "Nonlinear integrated quantum photonics with AlGaAs" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 20.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 20.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Anna Lewkowicz (ETH Zurich) "The co-evolution of planets and life" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.the-coevolution-of-planets-and-life.78165.html
Sat 21.11.2026 Add to calendar	9:00-14:00	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
D-PHYS
ETH Zürich "ETH Tag / ETH Day 2026" https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events/eth-day.html
Wed 25.11.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Johan Chang
Giacomo Ghiringhelli (Politecnico di Milano) "The X-ray-scattering vision of cuprates" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 27.11.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Richard Chatterjee (University of Leeds) "Testing Mechanisms of Atmospheric Loss and Retention Across Rocky Planets with JWST" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.testing-mechanisms-of-atmospheric-loss-and-retention-across-rocky-planets-with-jwst.78163.html
Wed 2.12.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Wenchao Xu
Nathalie P. de Leon (Princeton University) "New platforms for quantum sensing and quantum computing" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 4.12.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 4.12.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
David Dubois (Université de Caen Normandie) "Experimental studies on the formation and evolution of organic matter in the outer solar system, from the gas phase to the condensed state" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.experimental-studies-on-the-formation-and-evolution-of-organic-matter-in-the-outer-solar-system-from-the-gas-phase-to-the-condensed-state.78189.html
Mon 7.12.2026 Add to calendar	10:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
D-PHYS		Host: Huber
D-PHYS (RK members only) "D-PHYS Raumkommission"
Mon 7.12.2026 Add to calendar	13:00-18:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (members only) "D-PHYS Ausschuss"
Tue 8.12.2026 Add to calendar	8:00-9:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (SK members only) "D-PHYS Strategiekommission"
Wed 9.12.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Rainer Wollny
Tomotake Matsumura (Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo) "LiteBIRD and its search for primordial gravitational waves using CMB B-mode polarization" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Thu 10.12.2026 Add to calendar	16:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPF G 6
D-PHYS		Host: Scalari & Crivelli
D-PHYS (members only) "D-PHYS Safety Council Meeting"
Fri 11.12.2026 Add to calendar	12:00-13:30 Lunch by registration only.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 51
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (Professors) "Professor:innenkonferenz (inkl. Lunch)" https://www.phys.ethz.ch/the-department/people/professors/pk-lunches.html
Fri 11.12.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Yohei Yamauchi (ETH Zurich) "The Google Earth of the Cell: Mapping How a Virus Invades" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.the-google-earth-of-the-cell-mapping-how-a-virus-invades.78164.html
Fri 11.12.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-17:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPH G 1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (DK delegates only) "D-PHYS Departementskonferenz"
Wed 16.12.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Zurab Guguchia
Silke Bühler-Paschen (Entanglement in quantum materials) "Entanglement in quantum materials" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current.html
Fri 18.12.2026 Add to calendar		ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
D-PHYS
D-PHYS / ETH Zürich "Ende Herbstsemester / End Autumn Semester 2026"
Fri 18.12.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"

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