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KITP Announces Research Programs for 2020-2021

Working with KITP’s Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2020-2021 academic year. Ranging from Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Communities to Integrability in String, Field and Condensed Matter Theory, these twelve programs provide a rich breadth of research opportunities.

KITP Public Lecture: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 7:00 pm

Professor Raman Sundrum presents "Fundamental Physics and the Fifth Dimension" — learn more and RSVP at the event page.

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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics - Permanent Members

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks applications for two Permanent Members with a start date as soon as July 1, 2019. The KITP contributes to all areas of theoretical physics through its programs, conferences, and the research of the permanent members, postdoctoral scholars and graduate fellows. Finalists recommended for hire will be offered a joint appointment as a member of the KITP, and as a tenured ladder faculty member of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Physics Department.