Chalk Talks

Chalk TalksFriends of KITP have the opportunity to spend an evening four to five times a year with some of the world’s most exciting theoretical physicists, sharing refreshments and conversation about big questions such as how the universe began, how stars and planets form, how the brain works, and where dark matter lurks!

Frequent Chalk Talks allow Friends of KITP to stay current on the latest breakthroughs in science through engaging and informal presentations by KITP’s leading visiting scientists. In keeping with the custom of the academic physics community, these presentations are informal and questions are encouraged during and after the talk.

Chalk Talks Archive

Speaker Event Date Event Title Talks
Will Detmold August 31, 2016 The Secret Life of Quarks
Evan Scannapieco July 6, 2016 Why Aren’t the Biggest Galaxies Forming Stars?
Eleni Katifori March 9, 2016 Detangling the vascular web: Loops, hierarchies, and the quest for Nature’s design principles
Anushya Chandran, Perimeter Institute October 14, 2015 Getting Stuck: Shaking Up Statistical Physics
Roger Melko July 1, 2015 Tanglin' with Entanglement: Spookiness in Theory and Practice
Ted Jacobson, University of Maryland May 20, 2015 A Century of Black Holes: Enigmas, Insights and Paradoxes