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Director's Letter - Fall 2020
The banner image shows the excellent KITP staff during a weekly staff meeting on Zoom. Led by our most able and always spirited Chief Administrative Officer, Lisa Stewart, KITP's staff have gone above and beyond over the last eight months to keep KITP front and center for the international physics community.
Read moreLars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020
Spinning Up a Solution for Spin Liquids
Physicists model an exotic phase of matter in an attempt to solve a decades-old debate.
Read moreHarrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020
Coming Together, Virtually
Thanks to a bit of ingenuity, collaboration continues unabated at the university’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Read more
Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Theoretical Physics
The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2020. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14183. Apply by November 15, 2019 for primary consideration. 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.
Next Speaker in The National Society of Black Physicists Innovate Seminar Series!
Join Dr. Philip Phillips (University of Illinois) as our speaker at 2:30 PM PDT on August 27th for NSBP Innovate Seminar Series - "Beyond BCS Theory: Exact Model for Superconductivity and Mottness"
More information and registration for the Zoom webinar.
Behind the Scenes of KITP Online Talks
Online Talks – Production & IT Coordinator
Read moreLisa Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2020
A Physicist Left on Biology’s Doorstep
For Professor Andrew Murray, Time at KITP is “Rigorous Fun”
Read moreMaggie Sherriffs, Special Programs and Evaluations Manager, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2020
KITP is proud to host The National Society of Black Physicists Innovate Seminar Series!
Delilah Gates kicks off the seminar series on Tuesday, July 21 at 10:00 AM PDT, with a 30-minute talk entitled "Observable Blueshift from Circular Equatorial Orbiters around Kerr Black Holes" which will be followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.
More information and registration for the Zoom webinar.
Finding Community in the Castagnola-Hunter Tower Room
During her time as an organizer of the Intertwined Order and Fluctuations in Quantum Materials program in 2017, Cornell Professor of Physics Eun-Ah Kim initiated a series of regular lunches for women at KITP.
Read moreMegan Turley, Development Coordinator, KITP
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2020
