Upcoming events at D-PHYS

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Mon 16.02.2026 Add to calendar		ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
D-PHYS
D-PHYS / ETH Zürich "Start Frühjahrssemester / Spring Semester 2026"
Mon 16.02.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Benjamin Joachimi (University College London) "Cosmic Shear Cosmology" Abstract https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub-cosmic-shear-cosmology.76573.html
Tue 17.02.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-14:45	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Sam Nasreldine (University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ) "Habitability quantification and biosignature prediction on icy moons with coupled ecological and geochemical models" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.habitability-quantification-and-biosignature-prediction-on-icy-moons-with-coupled-ecological-and-geochemical-models.76417.html
Wed 18.02.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Rainer Wallny
Marcus Christl (LIP ETHZ) "Crossing Disciplines with Ion Beam Physics: From Solar Activity to Climate and Materials Science " Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/marcus-christl.html
Fri 20.02.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum NO D 45
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Yaquan Chang (ETH Zurich) "Tectono-geomorphic controls on plant diversity of the Hengduan Mountains" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.tectonogeomorphic-controls-on-plant-diversity-of-the-hengduan-mountains.76174.html
Mon 23.02.2026 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 23.02.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Linda Blot (Kavli Institute for the Mathematics and Physics of the Universe) "tbc"
Mon 23.02.2026 Add to calendar	13:00-18:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 41.1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (members only) "D-PHYS Ausschuss"
Tue 24.02.2026 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 24.02.2026 Add to calendar	12:15-13:30 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
Boris Bonev (NVIDIA) "Geometric Machine Learning for Probabilistic Weather Prediction" Abstract https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/physicsai/physicsAIFS26/details.physicsai-geometric-machine-learning-for-probabilistic-weather-prediction.76698.html
Tue 24.02.2026 Add to calendar	12:45-17:00	Off-campus
WiNS		Host: Hilti AG
WiNS (D-CHAB, D-BIOL, D-MATL, D-PHYS) "WiNS: Hilti Company Visit" Abstract https://forms.gle/kGRexPaw2kLgxZHx9
Tue 24.02.2026 Add to calendar	17:30-19:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HCI J 4
WiNS		Host: WiNS & VAC
WiNS (D-CHAB, D-BIOL, D-MATL, D-PHYS) "WiNS & VAC: How to be a more Self-Aware Man" Abstract https://forms.gle/KVTE2oUSGqMnjhHM8
Wed 25.02.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Mark Fischer
Johnpierre Paglione (University of Maryland) "Exotic Superconducting Phases in Quantum Materials " Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/johnpierre-paglione.html
Fri 27.02.2026 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 27.02.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
David Schnettler (ETH Zurich) "From peptides to polymerases: exploring minimal proteins for prebiotic replication" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.from-peptides-to-polymerases-exploring-minimal-proteins-for-prebiotic-replication.76201.html
Fri 27.02.2026 Add to calendar	14:00-17:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPH G 1
D-PHYS
D-PHYS (DK delegates only) "D-PHYS Departementskonferenz"
Mon 2.03.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Stephen Thorp (Kavli Institute of Cosmology, Cambridge) "Pop-cosmos: comprehensive generative modelling of photometric galaxy survey data" Abstract https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76715.html
Wed 4.03.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Wenchao Xu
Monika Aidelsburger (MPQ/LMU Munich) "From analog to computational quantum simulation with neutral atoms" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/monika-aidelsburger.html
Fri 6.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Sean Jordan (ETH Zurich) "Bridging the gap: Inferring surface conditions from remote observations of exoplanet atmospheres" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.bridging-the-gap-inferring-surface-conditions-from-remote-observations-of-exoplanet-atmospheres.76202.html
Mon 9.03.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Robert Brandenberger (McGill University) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76684.html
Mon 9.03.2026 Add to calendar	17:15-18:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum HG F 30
D-PHYS		Host: SL
Michele Vallisneri (D-PHYS) "TBC (Inaugural Lecture)"
Wed 11.03.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Michele Vallisneri
Scott Ransom (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville) "Millisecond Pulsars: Basic Physics from Nature's Celestial Clocks" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/scott-ransom.html
Fri 13.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 13.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Taylor Priest (ETH Zurich) "The distribution and prevalence of mobile genetic elements within and across Earth's diverse ecosystems" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.the-distribution-and-prevalence-of-mobile-genetic-elements-within-and-across-earths-diverse-ecosystems.76176.html
Mon 16.03.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
tbc "tbc"
Wed 18.03.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Saha Prasenjit
James Binney (University of Oxford) "Making sense of galaxies" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/james-binney.html
Mon 23.03.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
Zoltan Haiman (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) "Gravitational wave and electromagnetic signatures of binary black holes with circumbinary gas" Abstract https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub-gravitational-wave-and-electromagnetic-signatures-of-binary-black-holes-with-circumbinary-gas.76686.html
Tue 24.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:30 Light lunch at 12:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT F 23.2
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Paul Rimmer (University of Cambridge, UK) "Earth was once a hycean world" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.earth-was-once-a-hycean-world.76581.html
Wed 25.03.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Eugene Demler
Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck IQOQI Academy of Science) "Quantum Simulation with Atoms and lons" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/peter-zoller.html
Fri 27.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:00 Registration by Thursday, 14:30.	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg Bellavista
D-PHYS
D-PHYS Faculty "Faculty lunch (registration required)"
Fri 27.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:30	ETH Zürich, Zentrum NO D 45
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
Adomas Valantinas (ETH Zurich) "From Mariner to Perseverance: 60 Years of Clues in the Search for Martian Life" https://copl.ethz.ch/events/details.from-mariner-to-perseverance-years-of-clues-in-the-search-for-martian-life.76177.html
Mon 30.03.2026 Add to calendar	16:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
ChangHoon Hahn (University of Texas, Austin) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76689.html
Tue 31.03.2026 Add to calendar	12:15-13:30 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
tbc "tbc"
Wed 1.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Eugene 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
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
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	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Laura Baudis
Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta) "Toward Detecting the Invisible: Dark Matter" Abstract https://colloquium.phys.ethz.ch/programme/current/marie-cecile-piro.html
Fri 17.04.2026 Add to calendar	12:30 Siemens Auditorium	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT E 51
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
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 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) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.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	12:15-13:30 Registration required	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
PhysicsAI		Host: Cosmology Group
tbc "tbc"
Wed 29.04.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Marina 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
Mon 4.05.2026 Add to calendar	11:00	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HIT J 43.1
CosmoClub		Host: Cosmology Group
José Luis Bernal (Institute of Physics of Cantabria) "tbc" https://cosmology.ethz.ch/seminars/seminars---recurrent-meetings/cosmoclub/cosmoclubFS26/details.cosmoclub.76693.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, Zentrum NO D 45
COPL 101 Lunch Seminar
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"
Wed 13.05.2026 Add to calendar	16:15 Aperitif served after the talk	ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPV G 4
Zurich physics colloquium		Host: Rainer 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