The prestigious postdoctoral scholars program at UC Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) has served as a career launchpad for scores of prominent physicists. The highly competitive program receives over 700 applications for the 3–5 positions that open each year.
Those few spots will likely be even more sought after when KITP unveils its new and rare means of support for its postdocs: a dedicated housing facility.
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Talks Schedule
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Day of May 29, 2025
Day of May 29, 2025
2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:00AM The Physics of Changing Polar Climate
- Jen Kay (U Colorado Boulder) Physics of Polar Climates - Atmosphere #2
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates
- Hyun Kate Lee (University of Toronto) ATP-dependent remodeling of biomolecular condensates by molecular chaperones
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Simons Amphitheater
01:00PM High Energy and Gravity Seminar
- Jiuci Xu (UCSB) Quantum Symmetry and Geometry from Chords in DSSYK
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
02:00PM The Physics of Changing Polar Climate
- David Bonan (Caltech) Do clouds contribute to Arctic amplification?
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Simons Amphitheater
02:15PM Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates
- Jerelle Joseph (Princeton University) Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecular condensates