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 2025

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


31 March 2025
Arno Rauschenbeutel

Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Photon Correlations and Quantum Nonlinearities: Insights from Atom-Light Interactions

© HU, S. Pucher

5 May 2025
Lea Ann Dailey

University of Vienna, Austria
Are we breathing micro- and nanoplastics? If so, what does that mean for our health?

© Lea Ann Dailey

26 May 2025
Tim Langen

TU Wien, Austria
Ultracold Molecules for Quantum Science and Technology
 

© Tim Langen

16 June 2025
Catalina Curceanu

Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
Schrödinger's Cat goes Underground: Testing Quantum Mechanics in the Cosmic Silence

© Catalina Curceanu