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Seminars - Winter term 2025 / 2026

Seminar “Special problems in colloidal physics”

Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51
Program:
DateSpeakerTopicTime
Wed 12.11.2025   A. Antonov  The Ethology of Elegance: Understanding Quantum Active Cat Behavior  14:30 s.t.
Fri 14.11.2025   K. Spanheimer  Pattern formation in drying colloidal monolayers  14:30 s.t.
Fri 28.11.2025   J. Melles  Mpemba effects in quantum systems  14:30 s.t.
Wed 10.12.2025   K. Olsen  Stochastic invasion fronts during secondary imbibition in porous media  14:30 s.t.
Fri 12.12.2025   M. Musacchio  Active polymers  14:30 s.t.
Thu 08.01.2026   M. Root  Emergent dynamics of constrained active particles  14:30 s.t.
Fri 16.01.2026   I. Abdoli  Odd-diffusive fluids  14:30 s.t.
Tue 20.01.2026   G.H.P. Nguyen  Modeling cell division control  14:30 s.t.
Fri 23.01.2026   C. Bair  How to inherit hyperuniformity?  14:30 s.t.
Wed 28.01.2026   A. Compagnie  Optics, phoresis and hydrodynamics for active Janus particles  14:30 s.t.
Fri 30.01.2026   E. Allahyarov  Interaction between two dipolar planes under external fields  14:30 s.t.
Prof. Dr. H. Löwen

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Seminar “Special problems in computer simulation of soft matter”

Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51
Program:
DateSpeakerTopicTime
Wed 12.11.2025   A. Antonov  The Ethology of Elegance: Understanding Quantum Active Cat Behavior  14:30 s.t.
Fri 14.11.2025   K. Spanheimer  Pattern formation in drying colloidal monolayers  14:30 s.t.
Wed 19.11.2025   S. Ghosh  A Comparative Study of Constant Force and Constant Velocity Driving in Active Microrheology  14:30 s.t.
Fri 12.12.2025   M. Musacchio  Active polymers  14:30 s.t.
Wed 07.01.2026   M. Adhikari  Strain-Rate Dependent Rheological Memory in a Model Glass Former  14:30 s.t.
Thu 08.01.2026   M. Root  Emergent dynamics of constrained active particles  14:30 s.t.
Fri 16.01.2026   I. Abdoli  Odd-diffusive fluids  14:30 s.t.
Tue 20.01.2026   G.H.P. Nguyen  Modeling cell division control  14:30 s.t.
Wed 21.01.2026   A. Pini  Transport coefficients for a ternary Lennard Jones mixture  14:30 s.t.
Wed 28.01.2026   A. Compagnie  Optics, phoresis and hydrodynamics for active Janus particles  14:30 s.t.
Fri 30.01.2026   E. Allahyarov  Interaction between two dipolar planes under external fields  14:30 s.t.
Prof. Dr. J. Horbach

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Seminar “Soft Matter”

Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Seminarroom 25.32.O2.51
Program:
DateSpeakerAffiliationTime
Mon 02.02.2026   Chenyu Jin  Fudan University, Zhejiang 322000, People‘s Republic of China  11:00 s.t.
Mechanical Confinement–Induced Transitions in Bacterial Growth Regulation: Evidence from Single-Cell Size-Control Dynamics
Thu 29.01.2026   Amin Bakhshandeh  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil  14:30 s.t.
Canonical Titration of Colloidal Particles
Mon 26.01.2026   Danilo Liarte  ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research and IFT-UNESP, Brazil  11:00 s.t.
Disordered elastic systems: Statistical Physics and functional design
Thu 15.01.2026   Francisca Guzmán Lastra  Universidad de Chile, Chile  14:30 s.t.
Synchronization and emerging collective movements in magnetically active particles
Tue 06.01.2026   Anouar El Moumane  University of Oxford, United Kingdom  14:30 s.t.
Molecular chirality in liquid crystalline phases: a microscopic perspective
Fri 19.12.2025   Joscha Mecke  Forschungszentrum Jülich  14:30 s.t.
Chiral active fluids and probing scale-dependent liveliness: A multiscale view of active matter
Tue 28.10.2025   Davide Breoni  Universitá di Trento, Trento, Italy  11:00 s.t.
How memory allows to trap phototactic algae in rings of light
Tue 07.10.2025   Rémi Goerlich  Tel Aviv University, Israel  14:30 s.t.
Time-energy tradeoff in stochastic resetting using optimal control
Fri 12.09.2025   Stephy Jose  Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf  12:30 s.t.
Jerky Chiral Active Particles
Thu 31.07.2025   Pinaki Chaudhuri  The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India  14:30 s.t.
Creep response of amorphous materials
Mon 21.07.2025   Jayeeta Chattopadhyay  Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark  14:30 s.t.
Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Active and Passive Liquid Crystals: Insights from Particle and Continuum Simulations
Thu 26.06.2025   Prof. Apratim Chatterji  IISER Pune, India  14:30 s.t.
Emergent behaviour of active-passive colloidal mixture in spherical confinement
Thu 12.06.2025   Antik Bhattacharya  TIFR Hyderabad, India  14:30 s.t.
Enhanced Long Wavelength Mermin-Wagner-Hohenberg Fluctuations in Active Crystals and Glasses
Wed 04.06.2025   Qingqing Yin  Shanghai R&D Center, BYD Shanghai Co., Ltd, China  14:30 s.t.
Particle diffusion in active suspensions
Tue 27.05.2025   Bill van Megen  RMIT Melbourne, Australia  14:30 s.t.
Existence of the partition function and thermodynamic equilibrium - A perspective from hard-sphere colloids
Fri 23.05.2025   Antik Bhattacharya  TIFR Hyderabad, India  14:30 s.t.
From Flocking to Glassiness in Active Hamiltonian Systems
Prof. Dr. Horbach, Prof. Dr. Keim, Prof. Dr. Löwen

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Colloquia

Location: HHU Düsseldorf, Lecture Hall 5J (Building 25.31 Level 00)
Program:
DateSpeakerAffiliationTime
Thu 22.01.2026   Prof. Dr. Andreas R. Bausch  TU München  16:30 s.t.
Prof. Dr. Andreas R. Bausch: „Structure Formation in Organoid Systems”
TU München - Seminar@HHUD: 22.1.2026 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Structure Formation in Organoid Systems
Thu 18.12.2025   Prof. Dr. Benedict Leimkuhler  University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom  16:30 s.t.
Prof. Dr. Benedict Leimkuhler: „Langevin dynamics, thermostats, and applications”
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Seminar@HHUD: 18.12.2025 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Langevin dynamics, thermostats, and applications
Thu 11.12.2025   Dr. Julia Katharina Vogt  Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf  16:30 s.t.
Dr. Julia Katharina Vogt: „Vom Studium der Medizinischen Physik / Physik in den klinischen Berufsalltag”
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf - Seminar@HHUD: 11.12.2025 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Vom Studium der Medizinischen Physik / Physik in den klinischen Berufsalltag
Thu 30.10.2025   Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Paul  Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg  16:30 s.t.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Paul: „Quantum Analytical Mechanics: What is it and what is it good for?”
Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg - Seminar@HHUD: 30.10.2025 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Quantum Analytical Mechanics: What is it and what is it good for?
Thu 22.05.2025   Dr. Jens Elgeti  Forschungszentrum Jülich Institute of Advanced Simulations Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics  16:30 s.t.
Dr. Jens Elgeti: „Active Matter driven by Growth”
Forschungszentrum Jülich Institute of Advanced Simulations Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics - Seminar@HHUD: 22.5.25 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Active Matter driven by Growth
Thu 08.05.2025   Dr. Valentin Hermann  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Astroparticle Physics, Tritium Lab Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe  16:30 s.t.
Dr. Valentin Hermann: „Precision spectroscopy with tritium - Chances and challenges”
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Astroparticle Physics, Tritium Lab Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe - Seminar@HHUD: 8.5.25 16:30 s.t., Lecture hall 25.31 O0.5J

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Precision spectroscopy with tritium - Chances and challenges
WE Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

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Seminar about Bachelor, Master and other Theses from the Institut for Theoretical Physics II

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