Upcoming events at D-PHYS

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Wed 1.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
Seminar in Theoretical Physics		Host: Chattopadhyay
Arthur Christianen (ETH Zürich) "Few-Body Physics in a Many-Body World" Abstract https://blogs.ethz.ch/lowenergydiscussions/
Wed 1.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Lukas Rettig (ETHZ) "Constraining climatic and topographic controls on Alpine glacier evolution during the Last Glacial Maximum" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 1.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-15:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
Seminar in Theoretical Physics		Host: Gaberdiel
Rishabh Kaushik (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, India) "(Multi) ZZ Instantons in Non-Critical (Super) String Theory" Abstract
Wed 1.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Demler
Antoine Georges (Collège de France, Paris; Flatiron Institute, New York) "From Quantum Many-Body Theory to Quantum Materials:Computational and Conceptual Revolutions" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/antoine-georges.html
Thu 2.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:00-17:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
Seminar in Theoretical Physics		Host: Demler
Antoine Georges (Flatiron Institute, New York, USA) "The Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model: Known Knowns and Known Unknowns" Abstract
Wed 8.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Jan Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester, UK) "Patterns of geological and Earth System change in the Anthropocene" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Thu 9.04.2026 Add to calendar	15:00-18:00	Off-campus
WiNS		Host: WiNS x ESA
WiNS (D-PHYS, D-CHAB, D-BIOL, D-MATL ) "WiNS x ESA – Explore Careers in Space Innovation" Abstract http:// https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcLAqzJgrjF_r_iI2gPNhistvWRuFfJvgLm_rHylqtDKhZCw/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Fri 10.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 10.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar		Host: COPL
Zoe Perrin (LISA, University Paris Créteil) "Laboratory experiments: essential tools for characterizing the habitability of atmospheres" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.laboratory-experiments-essential-tools-for-characterizing-the-habitability-of-atmospheres.76419.html
Wed 15.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Romano Clementucci (GFZ, Potsdam) "Erosion, biodiversity and topographic evolution of Madagascar's passive continental margins" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 15.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Baudis
Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta; Canada) "Toward Detecting the Invisible: Dark Matter" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/marie-cecile-piro.html
Thu 16.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-16:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT 41.1
		Host: Andrey Zheludev
Roderich Moessner (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden) "Topological physics as censor, and as microscope" Abstract
Fri 17.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:30 Siemens Auditorium	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 51
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar		Host: COPL
Monica Ursina Jäger / Lena Bakker (Artist / ETH Zurich) "Phyto Futures. States of Planetary Being" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.phyto-futures-states-of-planetary-being.76178.html
Fri 17.04.2026 Add to calendar	15:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPF G 6
Quantum Center Seminars		Host: Home
Wes Cambpell (UCLA) "Atomic Multipoles and Casimir's Elephant" Abstract
Tue 21.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
Planetary Science Seminar
James Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK) "Exploring the interiors of sub-Neptunes" https://ipa.phys.ethz.ch/education/planetary-science-seminar.html
Wed 22.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Raimund Muscheler (Lund University) "The search for enormous and medium-sized solar storms over the past 10000 years" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Thu 23.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Lavinia Heisenberg (Heidelberg University) "TBC" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.77227.html
Fri 24.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Mon 27.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Boryana Hadzhiyska (University of Cambridge, UK) "Tracing the Hidden Universe: An Integrated View of Baryons Across Cosmic Time" Abstract https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub-tracing-the-hidden-universe-an-integrated-view-of-baryons-across-cosmic-time.76691.html
Mon 27.04.2026 Add to calendar	17:15-18:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
D-PHYS		Host: SL
Werner Wegscheider (D-PHYS) "TBC (Farewell Lecture)"
Tue 28.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
Planetary Science Seminar
Evert Nasedkin (Trinity College Dublin) "From Observations to Atmospheres: How to Characterise Distant Worlds" https://ipa.phys.ethz.ch/education/planetary-science-seminar.html
Tue 28.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:30-12:45 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
Saúl Alonso-Monsalve (ETH Zurich) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/physicsai/physicsAIFS26/details.physicsai.76700.html
Tue 28.04.2026 Add to calendar	13:00-14:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPF G 6
D-PHYS		Host: Grange
D-PHYS Professors "aoPK"
Wed 29.04.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Lauren Bezzina (ETHZ) "MI-Q: miniaturising laser photo-detachment for isobar suppression" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 29.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Marinkovic
Marina Radulaski (University of California, Davis) "Integrated quantum photonics developed with and for quantum hardware" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/marina-radulaski.html
Thu 30.04.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPF G 6
Quantum Center Seminars		Host: Prof. Atac Imamoglu
Prof. Kenji Yasuda (School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA) "Sliding-Induced Magnetic Phase Transition" Abstract
Mon 4.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Jose Luis Bernal ( Institute of Physics of Cantabria, Santander) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76693.html
Mon 4.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:45 Apéro after the colloquium	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT H 42
The Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium		Host: Defenu
Robert Ott (Universität Innsbruck) "Rare-Event Quantum Sensing using Logical Qubits" Abstract https://theorycolloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/upcoming-talk.html
Tue 5.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
Planetary Science Seminar
Fabrice Gaillard (CNRS Orléans) "TBD" https://ipa.phys.ethz.ch/education/planetary-science-seminar.html
Wed 6.05.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Markus Strobl (ILL, Grenoble) "Advanced Neutron Imaging - a tool to observe hydrogen and corrosion in metals" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 6.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Gino Isidori
Marie-Hélène Schune (Laboratoire de Physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, Paris) "A taste of Flavour Physics" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/marie-helene-schune.html
Fri 8.05.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 8.05.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar		Host: COPL
Klára Hlouchová (Charles University in Prague) "Proteins from ancient amino acids" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.proteins-from-ancient-amino-acids.76418.html
Mon 11.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
tbc "tbc"
Tue 12.05.2026 Add to calendar	15:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
Planetary Science Seminar
Laura Kreidberg (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)) "How common are exo-Venuses?" https://ipa.phys.ethz.ch/education/planetary-science-seminar.html
Wed 13.05.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Nikita Shepelin (PSI) "Tuning functionality through chemical composition in perovskite devices for computing and energy applications" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 13.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Wallny
Anna Soter (Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETHZ ) "Exotic atoms and (anti) particles at low energies" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/anna-soter.html
Mon 18.05.2026 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 18.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Dominique Eckert (University of Geneva) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76694.html
Mon 18.05.2026 Add to calendar	13:00-18:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (members only) "D-PHYS Ausschuss"
Tue 19.05.2026 Add to calendar	9:00-10:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (SK members only) "D-PHYS Strategiekommission"
Tue 19.05.2026 Add to calendar	12:15-13:30 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
Thea Aarrestad (ETH Zurich) "Machine Learning at the Edge of Scale and Speed" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/physicsai/physicsAIFS26/details.physicsai-machine-learning-at-the-edge-of-scale-and-speed.76702.html
Wed 20.05.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Pavla Tomanová (ASCR, Prague & ETH Zurich) "Radiocarbon dating of lime mortars: the importance, possibilities and limits" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 20.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Björn Penning
Kerstin M. Perez (Columbia University, USA) "Björn Penning" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/kerstin-erez.html
Thu 21.05.2026 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 22.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:30-14:45 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 22.05.2026 Add to calendar	14:45-15:15	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPH G Foyer
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (DK Delegates only) "DK Coffee Break"
Fri 22.05.2026 Add to calendar	15:15-17:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPH G 1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (DK delegates only) "D-PHYS Departementskonferenz"
Tue 26.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
Planetary Science Seminar
Sylvestre Lacour (LESIA Observatoire de Paris) "TBD" https://ipa.phys.ethz.ch/education/planetary-science-seminar.html
Wed 27.05.2026 Add to calendar	14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPK D 24.2
Ion Beam Physics Seminar		Host: Christl
Samuel Marty (ETHZ) "Design and optimization of a ∆E-Eres gas ionization chamber for Be isobar suppression at low energies" https://ams.ethz.ch/education/seminar/program.html
Wed 27.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
The Zurich Physics Colloquium		Host: Geena Benga
John Sader (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena) "Nanomechanical devices in fluid with applications to atomic and molecular sensing" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/john-sader.html
Fri 29.05.2026 Add to calendar		ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
D-PHYS
D-PHYS / ETH Zürich "Ende Frühjahrssemester / End Spring Semester 2026"
Fri 29.05.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar		Host: COPL
Amy Fraley (ETH Zurich, D-CHAB) "Deciphering the metabolic rhetoric of ancient plant lineages" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.deciphering-the-metabolic-rhetoric-of-ancient-plant-lineages.76420.html
Mon 1.06.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Thomas Flöss (University of Vienna) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.77176.html
2.06-3.06 2026 Add to calendar	8:00-16:00	Stoos
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "D-PHYS Faculty Retreat 2026"
Thu 4.06.2026 Add to calendar	9:00-14:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
D-PHYS
D-PHYS "D-PHYS Tag / Day 2026 (nur für D-PHYS Mitarbeitende / D-PHYS staff only)"
Fri 5.06.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 19.06.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 19.06.2026 Add to calendar	17:00-20:00 By registration only.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HG F 30 (Audimax)
D-PHYS
D-PHYS "Masterfeier / MSc Graduation Ceremony" https://www.phys.ethz.ch/studies/masterfeier.html
Tue 30.06.2026 Add to calendar	12:15-13:30 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
Roberto Seidita (CERN) "Beyond the Expected: Anomaly Detection as a Driver of Discovery at the CERN LHC" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/details.physicsai-beyond-the-expected-anomaly-detection-as-a-driver-of-discovery-at-the-cern-lhc.76703.html