KITP Activities

Activity Name Start Date End Date Application Deadline Coordinators Scientific Advisors
Noise-robust Phases of Quantum Matter 2025-08-19 2025-10-23 2024-11-10 Margarita Davydova, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Michael Gullans, and Aleksander Kubica Steve Flammia, Vedika Khemani, Mikhail Lukin, John Preskill, and Shruti Puri
Frontiers of Relativistic Plasma Physics in Astrophysics and Laboratory Experiments 2025-08-18 2025-08-21 2025-07-20 Tom Blackburn, Alexander Philippov, Anatoly Spitkovsky, Louise Willingale, and Yajie Yuan
Relativistic Plasma Physics: From the Lab to the Cosmos 2025-07-21 2025-09-25 2024-10-27 Alexander Philippov, Anatoly Spitkovsky, Dmitri A. Uzdensky, and Louise Willingale Roger Blandford and Luis Silva
Neurophysics of Active Sensing 2025-07-14 2025-08-15 2024-10-20 David Kleinfeld, Matthieu Louis, Pavan Ramdya, Tatyana Sharpee, and Julie H. Simpson Kathleen Cullen and Massimo Vergassola
The Future of Earth’s Polar Regions 2025-06-23 2025-06-26 2025-05-25 Qinghua Ding, Helene Seroussi, Gunilla Svensson, Patrick Taylor, and Andrew Thompson
Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment 2025-06-16 2025-06-18 2025-05-11 Jerelle Joseph, Frank Jülicher, Stephanie Weber, and David Zwicker
Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates 2025-05-27 2025-07-11 2024-01-21 Jerelle Joseph, Frank Jülicher, Stephanie Weber, and David Zwicker Amy Gladfelter
The Physics of Changing Polar Climate 2025-05-13 2025-07-18 2024-02-04 Patrick Heimbach, Paul Kushner, Gudrun Magnusdottir, Mathieu Morlighem, and Helene Seroussi Matthew England, Brad Marston, Sophie Nowicki, Fiammetta Straneo, and Michael Tjernström
Planets on the Edge 2025-05-05 2025-05-08 2025-04-13 Myriam Benisty, Eric Gaidos, and Ruth Murray-Clay
Planet Formation and Migration near the Inner Edge of Disks 2025-04-15 2025-05-23 2023-12-11 Myriam Benisty, Mario Flock, Eric Gaidos, Ágnes Kóspál, Ruth Murray-Clay, and Neal Turner