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KITP Call for Proposals 2024

Now is the time to submit program pre-proposals or full proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Submissions will be of greatest use if they arrive by November 8, 2024.

KITP Public Lecture: Monday, October 14, 2024 @ 6:00 PM

Professor Manu Prakash presents "Recreational Biology: From Animals in Flatland to Cellular Origami" — learn more and join us for this lecture: RSVP in-person or register to watch online.

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2025. For more information, and to apply, please visit https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/apply/fellowships/postdoctoral-scholars-theoretical-physics.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

KITP Announces Research Programs for 2025-2026
Working with KITP’s Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2025-2026 academic year. Applications are now open for participation in all programs. View upcoming 2025-2026 programs and apply at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/programs.

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2024

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024

  • Fred Kavli Auditorium (Main) 08:50AM The Many Faces of Active Mechanics (Conference)
    Schedule Available Online
    • Olivier Dauchot (ESPCI Paris) - Learning and locomotion
    • Mark Bowick (KITP) Welcome
    • Vincenzo Vitelli (Univ. of Chicago ) Active mechanics and learning
    • Corentin Coulais (Univ. of Amsterdam) Adaptive locomotion of active solids
  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM Tunable Two-Dimensional Materials: Moiré and Beyond

    • Nicolas Morales-Doran (Flatiron Institute) Almost ideal bands in moiré transition metal dichalcogenides
  • Simons Amphitheater 11:00AM Tunable Two-Dimensional Materials: Moiré and Beyond

    • Justin Wilson (LSU) From Multifractal Wave Functions to Superconductivity: Understanding Anderson Transitions in Incommensurate Moiré Systems
  • Broida 1640 03:30PM Physics Colloquium
    Note: Offsite
    The 2024 Nobel Prizes: Who, What, and Why. 
    • Claudio Campagnari, Nathaniel Craig, Deborah Fygenson, Boris Shraiman - UCSB Physics