Events During the Week of May 31st through June 7th, 2026
Monday, June 1st, 2026
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
- Thesis Defense
- Electron liquids and crystals in bilayer and topological quantum systems
- Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin or
- Speaker: Dmitry Zverevich, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Abstract: Recently, a wide range of two-dimensional multilayer systems have attracted significant experimental and theoretical attention. Novel experimental techniques have enabled new approaches to engineer and probe highly tunable quantum matter that was previously inaccessible. Furthermore, the emergence of correlated insulators, quantum crystals, and exotic superconductors in layered materials underscores the central role of strong correlations in modern condensed matter physics. In this talk, I will first discuss Coulomb drag in strongly correlated electron bilayers, studied within the framework of electron hydrodynamics. I will then present results on Wigner crystals in two-dimensional systems, with a focus on the magnetism of bilayer Wigner crystals and the role of quantum geometry in the formation of paired Wigner crystalline states.
- Host: Alex Levchenko
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
- Thesis Defense
- Phenomenology of Dark Sector Inspired Portal Matter Models
- Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Place: 5310 CH
- Speaker: Ricardo Ximenes, Physics PhD Graduate Student
- Host: Lisa L Everett
- Social Gathering
- Summer Recess
- Time: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
- Place: Lawn in front of Birge Hall
- Speaker: Everyone is welcome
- Abstract: If the weather is nice, we'll meet on Bascom Hill (in front of Birge Hall). Feel free to bring your lunch. We will borrow cornhole and ladder toss from the L&S Dean's Office and play outside for 30 minutes. Some of us will probably walk up together, meeting in the courtyard between Chamberlin and Sterling ~12:25. Feel free to walk with us! No need to sign up. Just come join us!
- Host: Sharon Kahn
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
- No events scheduled
Friday, June 5th, 2026
- No events scheduled