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Seminars - Summer term 2026
Seminar “Special problems in colloidal physics”
Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51Program:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Time |
| Fri 23.10.2026 | K. Olsen | Pathways out of equilibrium through conditioning and large deviations | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 30.10.2026 | K. Spanheimer | Drying patterns in soft microgels | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 06.11.2026 | J. Mecke | Odd viscosity mediated repulsion-to-attraction reversal of emergent lift forces in chiral active fluids | 14:30 s.t. |
| Wed 11.11.2026 | A. Antonov | Activity, Dissipation, and Two Lindblad Operators | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 13.11.2026 | J. Melles | Swim pressure in quantum active matter | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 27.11.2026 | M. Musacchio | Granular active particles | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 18.12.2026 | I. Abdoli | Controlling phase separation through oddness | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 15.01.2027 | M. Root | t.b.a. | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 22.01.2027 | A. Compagnie | Controlling optically spinning Janus colloids | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 29.01.2027 | C. Bair | Active hyperuniform plasma | 14:30 s.t. |
| Wed 03.02.2027 | M. Rosenberg | Return of The Quadrupoles | 14:30 s.t. |
Prof. Dr. H. Löwen
Seminar “Special problems in computer simulation of soft matter”
Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51Program:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Time |
| Fri 30.10.2026 | K. Spanheimer | Drying patterns in soft microgels | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 06.11.2026 | J. Mecke | Odd viscosity mediated repulsion-to-attraction reversal of emergent lift forces in chiral active fluids | 14:30 s.t. |
| Wed 11.11.2026 | A. Antonov | Activity, Dissipation, and Two Lindblad Operators | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 27.11.2026 | M. Musacchio | Granular active particles | 14:30 s.t. |
| Wed 16.12.2026 | A. Pini | Single particle vs collective diffusion dynamics in a glassforming ternary Lennard-Jones mixture | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 15.01.2027 | M. Root | t.b.a. | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 22.01.2027 | A. Compagnie | Controlling optically spinning Janus colloids | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 29.01.2027 | C. Bair | Active hyperuniform plasma | 14:30 s.t. |
| Wed 03.02.2027 | M. Rosenberg | Return of The Quadrupoles | 14:30 s.t. |
| Fri 05.02.2027 | S. Chakraborty | Oscillatory Shear in Supercooled Liquids | 14:30 s.t. |
Prof. Dr. J. Horbach
Seminar “Soft Matter”
Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51Program:
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Time |
| Thu 05.11.2026 | Jianzhong Wu | University of California, Riverside, United States of America | 14:30 s.t. |
| Toward an Axiomatic Foundation of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics | |||
| Thu 10.09.2026 | Davide Breoni | Universitá di Trento, Trento, Italy | 14:30 s.t. |
| Reversal of the memory-induced Magnus effect | |||
| Thu 10.09.2026 | Kabir Ramola | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India | 11:30 s.t. |
| Fisher waves, phase separation and pattern formation in the active stepping stone model | |||
| Fri 21.08.2026 | Matteo Tabacchini | Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | 14:30 s.t. |
| Spontaneous Spatial Velocity Correlations in Active Matter with Non-Reciprocal Interactions | |||
| Tue 04.08.2026 | Charlotta Lorenz | DWI – Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien | 14:30 s.t. |
| Biophysics of Supramolecular Organization: Mechanics, Memory, and Aging in Biological Soft Matter | |||
| Thu 30.07.2026 | Pinaki Chaudhuri | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India | 14:30 s.t. |
| Jamming and memory formation in athermal dense squishy matter | |||
| Thu 23.07.2026 | Carsten Littek | Universität Heidelberg | 14:30 s.t. |
| Stochastic Path Integral Methods for Active Particles | |||
| Wed 17.06.2026 | Smarajit Karmakar | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India | 14:30 s.t. |
| Strong Dynamic Fluctuations in Active Crystals and Glasses | |||
| Mon 15.06.2026 | Luis Fernando Elizondo | Instituto de Física, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México | 14:30 s.t. |
| The Nonequilibrium Self-Consistent Generalized Langevin Equation Theory of Glasses and Gels | |||
| Wed 03.06.2026 | Shang-Yik Reigh | Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | 14:30 s.t. |
| Diffusioosmotic Flows in a Microchannel | |||
| Wed 20.05.2026 | Smarajit Karmakar | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India | 14:30 s.t. |
| Response of Amorphous Solids under Oscillatory Shear and Active Dopants | |||
| Tue 12.05.2026 | Eric Kleinherbers | Department of Physics and Astronomy and Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA | 11:15 s.t. |
| Topological transport in magnetic systems: from novel SQUIDs to topological batteries | |||
Prof. Dr. Buttinoni, Prof. Dr. Horbach, Prof. Dr. Keim, Prof. Dr. Löwen
Colloquia
Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Lecture Hall 5F (Building 25.21 Level 00)Program:
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Time |
| Thu 22.10.2026 | Dr. Heitmeier / Dr. Guglielmi / Dr. Morales / Dr. Gresch | Universität Wuppertal / Universität Düsseldorf | 14:00 s.t. |
| Entscheidungskolloquium um den Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Dissertationspreis PHYSIK 2026 | |||
| Important notice - different location - Lecture hall 26.11 6C | |||
| Thu 16.07.2026 | Dr. Danielle Hodgkinson | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | 16:30 s.t. |
| A New Era for Antihydrogen Experiments | |||
| Thu 09.07.2026 | Dr. Nikolai Wyderka | Institut für Theoretische Physik III, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf | 16:30 s.t. |
| The Limits of Symmetry in Quantum Measurements | |||
| Thu 02.07.2026 | Büsra Kösoglu-Kind | Senior Quantum Ambassador and IT-Architect at IBM, PhD candidate at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 16:30 s.t. |
| Quantum Computing: Hype or the Future? From Research Labs to Real-World Applications | |||
WE Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Seminar about Bachelor, Master and other Theses from the Institut for Theoretical Physics II
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