Theory of Condensed Matter

Witnessing the Quantum Spin Liquid in Herbertsmithite

Prof. Felix Flicker (Bristol).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 13 November 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Nanoscale thermodynamics

Andrew Briggs, Department of Materials, The University of Oxford.

The Cluster Room, A0.022, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 November 2025, 15:00-16:00

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Jeff Hartnell, University of Sussex.

Ray Dolby Center -- Seminar Room: D2.002 .

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Insights into the Epoch of Reionization from galaxies in the first billion years

Dr. Lily Whitler (Kavli Institute for Cosmology).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 11:15-12:00

Mathematical Physics Seminar

Energy transfer mechanisms in non-integrable solitons' interactions

Azadeh Mohammadi (Federal University of Pernambuco).

CMS MR11.

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Publishing in Nature Journals: An editor’s insight

Dr Giulia Pacchioni (Nature Review Materials).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 14:00-15:30

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

Challenges and opportunities in understanding the dynamic behaviour of engineering materials under complex loading paths

Antonio Pellegrino, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Bath.

Seminar Room North, Room A0.019, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 20 November 2025, 15:00-16:00

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

TBA

Nudžeim Selimović (INFN, Padua).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 21 November 2025, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Tomáš Bzdušek (Zurich).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Monday 24 November 2025, 14:00-15:30

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Sukanya Sinha, University of Manchester.

Ray Dolby Center -- Seminar Room: D2.002 .

Tuesday 25 November 2025, 11:00-12:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Real-Time Wideband Widefield Mutual Coupling Compensation for SKA-Low

Dr. Oscar O'Hara (Cavendish Astrophysics).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 25 November 2025, 11:15-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Topology at Scale: Bridging Topological Phases, Critical Phenomena, and Real-Space Embedding

Antimo Marrazzo (SISSA).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 27 November 2025, 14:00-15:30

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

TBA

Miguel Salg (U. Bern, AEC).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 28 November 2025, 16:00-17:00

Cavendish HEP Seminars

Title to be confirmed

John Marshall, University of Warwick.

Ray Dolby Center -- Seminar Room: D2.002 .

Tuesday 02 December 2025, 11:00-12:00

Hills Coffee Talks

Title TBC

Daniel Robins (Cavendish Astrophysics).

Coffee area, Battcock Centre.

Tuesday 02 December 2025, 11:15-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

First Steps Toward Understanding Ice Formation in Plants

Prof. Gabriele C. Sosso.

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Tuesday 02 December 2025, 15:00-16:30

Cavendish Quantum Colloquium

Cold Atom Quantum Technology to Explore Fundamental Physics

Oliver Buchmueller (Imperial College London & Oxford University).

Ray Dolby Auditorium, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US.

Wednesday 03 December 2025, 16:15-17:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Andres Perez Fadon, Imperial College.

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 04 December 2025, 14:00-15:15

HEP phenomenology joint Cavendish-DAMTP seminar

TBA

Sid Smith (U. Padua, Dept. Phys. Astron.).

MR19 (Potter Room, Pavilion B), CMS.

Friday 05 December 2025, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Owen Benton, Queen Mary University of London.

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 11 December 2025, 14:00-15:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Yuan PING (University of Wisconsin - Madison).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Friday 12 December 2025, 14:00-15:35

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Thomas E. Markland (Stanford).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 15 January 2026, 14:00-15:15

Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group

A Journey From The Center Of The Earth

Please arrive at RDC reception by 14:55 if coming from outside the department.

Charles Carrigan, Dept of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University.

Seminar Room C, Room C3.002, Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory (through the speed gates opposite the Cavendish Cafe).

Thursday 05 February 2026, 15:00-16:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Functional theory of the occupied spectral density and solution of its dynamical Euler-Lagrange equations

Prof. Andrea Ferretti.

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 19 February 2026, 14:00-15:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Julia Wiktor (Chalmers).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 26 February 2026, 14:00-15:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Natalia Chepiga, TU Delft.

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 05 March 2026, 14:00-15:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Title to be confirmed

Henrik Dreyer (Quantinuum).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 12 March 2026, 14:00-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Fractional Chern and topological insulators

Prof. Titus Mangham-Neupert (Zurich).

Seminar Room 3, RDC.

Thursday 19 March 2026, 14:00-15:30