University of Vienna Physics Colloquium

Supported by the Vienna Doctoral School in Physics

The Physics Colloquium is a series of public lectures hosted by the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna, featuring internationally renowned speakers covering the full breadth of our fields of research.

The goal of these Colloquia is to bring together the entire Faculty, including students, to foster our spirit of community and promote a stimulating exchange of ideas from the cutting edge of science.

Organizers: Massimiliano Procura, Lee Rozema and Toma Susi

Events in the Summer Semester 2023

Mondays at 13:30-15:00
A light lunch buffet will be offered before the lectures at around 13:00

Lise Meitner Lecture Hall
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
Strudlhofgasse 4, 1090 Vienna

Klaus Wendt (Photo: Peter Pulkowski)

17 April 2023
Frank Koppens

ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
"Nanocavities, nano-imaging, and quantum technologies with twisted and stacked 2D materials"

Frank Koppens


22 May 2023
Alessandra Buonanno

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany
Illuminating the Dark Universe with Gravitational Waves

Alessandra Buonanno (© Markus Scholz for the Leopoldina)

26 June 2023
To be announced