The people named below proposed and will coordinate programs hosted by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in academic year 2025–2026.
Neurophysics of Active Sensing David Kleinfeld, Matthieu Louis, Pavan Ramdya, Tatyana Sharpee, and Julie H. Simpson July 14–August 15, 2025
Relativistic Plasma Physics: From the Lab to the Cosmos Alexander Philippov, Anatoly Spitkovsky, Dmitri A. Uzdensky, and Louise Willingale July 22–September 25, 2025
Noise-Robust Phases of Quantum Matter Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Michael Gullans, Aleksander Kubica, and Shruti Puri August 19–October 23, 2025
Learning the Fine Structure of Quantum Dynamics in Programmable Quantum Matter Wen Wei Ho, Matteo Ippoliti, Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva, and Romain Vasseur September 29–October 30, 2025
Stellar-Mass Black Holes at the Nexus of Optical, X-ray, and Gravitational Wave Surveys Kareem El-Badry, Jessica Lu, Selma de Mink, and Tejaswi Venumadhav October 27–December 19, 2025
Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics James Halverson, Jessica N. Howard, Anindita Maiti, Roger Melko, and J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin November 3–December 19, 2025
Soft Earth Geophysics Sujit Datta, Doug Jerolmack, Nathalie Vriend, and Vashan Wright January 5–March 26, 2026
Exploring Boundaries in Cosmology and Astrophysics: Cosmic Microwave Background and Large-Scale Structure Surveys Stefano Borgani, Tzu-Ching Chang, Matthew Johnson, and Elena Pierpaoli January 12–March 5, 2026
Frontiers of Quark-Gluon Matter Jasmine Brewer, Aleksi Kurkela, Ian Moult, Wilke van der Schee, Björn Schenke, and Alba Soto Ontoso March 9–May 7, 2026
Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: From Ion Channels to Whole Organ Hiroshi Ashikaga, Emilia Entcheva, Flavio H. Fenton, Daisuke Sato, and Yohannes Shiferaw March 30–April 23, 2026
New Trends in Non-Equilibrium Dynamics Aparna Baskaran, Valentina Ros, Grégory Schehr, Julien Tailleur, and Francesco Zamponi May 11–July 16, 2026
Coarse-Graining Microbial Ecology: From Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Daniel Amor, Martina Dal Bello, Akshit Goyal, and Jacopo Grilli May 18–June 18, 2026
Biological Learning without a Brain Karen Alim, Naama Brenner, Arvind Murugan, and Jennifer Schwarz June 22–July 16, 2026
KITP strives to create a collegial and professional environment where all voices and perspectives can be heard. Participants will conduct themselves in a manner that is welcoming, inclusive, and free from disrespect, intimidation, bullying, discrimination, personal attacks, harassment, and retaliation.
Professor Lars Bildsten, Director Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara
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