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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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Professor David Gross honored with the 2025 Basic Science Lifetime Award in Physics, by the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS), for the discovery of asymptotic freedom and other pioneering contributions to elementary particle physics and string theory. Read more.

Talks Schedule

2025

Friday, May 16, 2025

  • Simons Amphitheater 10:00AM The Physics of Changing Polar Climate

    • Camille Lique (IFREMER) Physics of Polar Climates - Ocean #1
  • Fred Kavli Auditorium 10:15AM Planet Formation and Migration near the Inner Edge of Disks

    • Jiayin Dong (Flatiron Institute) Formation mechanisms of inner planets, history of their initial conditions and observational constraints
  • Small Seminar Room 02:00PM Planet Formation and Migration near the Inner Edge of Disks

    • Flock (MPIA) Edgeplanets Writing Session