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Upcoming Events
Seminar on “Gravity and Cosmology Beyond General Relativity” by Prof. Shinji MUKOHYAMA (Kyoto University)
21 Aug 2026, 2:30 pm at SC L4
Seminar on “Probing the Neutrino Mass with Project 8” by Mr. Chi-Ho LAM (University of Pittsburgh)
29 July 2026, 1:00 pm at SC G26
Colloquium on “Atom-Light Interaction with Generalized Rabi/Dicke Models” by Prof. Han PU (Rice University
26 June 2026, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Multiphase Gas in Early-Type Galaxies” by Professor Yuanyuan SU (University of Kentucky)
9 June 2026, 2:30 pm at SC G26
Seminar on “Dark Energy, Gravity and the Cosmic Acceleration” by Prof. Baojiu LI (Durham University)
22 May 2026, 1:30 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Overview of Belle and Belle II Experiments” by Prof. Chengping SHEN (Fudan University)
22 May 2026, 2:30 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Cosmic Rays: Where They Come from and How They Get Here” by Prof. David RUFOLLO (Mahidol University)
6 May 2026, 10:00 am at SC G26
Colloquium on “Non-equilibrium Exciton Dynamics in Solids: A First-Principles Perspective” by Prof. Jin Zhao (USTC)
4 May 2026, 3:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Collective Neutrino Flavor Conversions in Core-Collapse Supernovae” by Mr. Jiabao Liu (Waseda University)
6 May 2026, 4:00 pm at SC 311
Seminar on “Boosted Higgs Boson: A Gateway to New Physics” by Dr. Zhi Zheng (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
30 Apr 2026, 10:00 am at SC 311
Croucher Summer Course on Emergent symmetry
15-19 Jun 2026
Physics Summer Workshop 2026
7-9 Jul 2026
Colloquium on “Inversion – A Key Symmetry for Superconductors” by Prof. Manfred SIGRIST (ETH Zürich)
27 Apr 2026, 11:00 am at SC L2
Seminar on “DNS of Micro-Swimmer in Complex Fluids” by Prof. Ryoichi YAMAMOTO (Kyoto University)
4 Mar 2026, 10:30 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Detecting Strongly Lensed Gravitational Waves” by Mr. Ankur BARSODE (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences)
27 Feb 2026, 4:30 pm at SC LG23
ICAP2026 – Satellite Meeting on “Ultracold Molecules”
22-24 Jun 2026
Seminar “Simulating Black Hole Accretion Flows” by Mr. Ho Sang CHAN (University of Colorado)
12 Feb 2026, 4:30 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “Spintronics For Neuromorphic Computing” by Professor Jian SHEN (Fudan University)
6 Feb 2026, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “How Life Got Moving: The Biophysics of The Bacterial Flagellar Motor” by Professor Matthew BAKER (UNSW Sydney)
27 Jan 2026, 10:30 am at SC 311
Colloquium on “Experimental Progress on Open Quantum Systems with Trapped Ions” by Prof. Yiheng LIN (USTC)
29 Jan 2026, 4:00 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “Quantum Material and Catalysis” by Prof. Hideo HOSONO (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
23 Jan 2026, 4:00 pm at SC L2
2026 Hong Kong Workshop on Topology in Quantum Materials
21-24 Apr 2026
Seminar on “Illuminating Quantum Phases Emergent Under High Pressure” by Professor Xiang LI (University of Toronto)
15 Dec 2025, 3:00 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Quantum and Classical Effects of Axion Dark Matter” by Dr. Kevin ZHOU (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
11 Dec 2025, 11:00 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Fiber Arrayed Solar Optical Telescope (FASOT)” by Prof. Zhongquan QU (Yunnan Observatories, CAS)
9 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm at SC 311
Colloquium on “Dissipative Probe of Quantum Criticality in 1D Quantum Gases” by Prof. Wenlan CHEN (Tsinghua University)
12 Dec 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Decoding Physical Principles of Cell Migration” by Prof. Mingming WU (Cornell University)
9 Dec 2025, 2:30 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Bound on Ultralight Bosons from Superradiance” by Dr. Qianhang DING (Institute for Basic Science)
20 Nov 2025, 1:30 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Quantum Sensing, Simulation and Memory with Cavity-Mediated Interactions” by Dr. Chengyi LUO (Caltech)
18 Nov 2025, 2:45 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “Collective Physics with Many Atoms in Optical and Microwave Cavities” by Dr. Chengyi LUO (Caltech)
17 Nov 2025, 1:45 pm at LT, William M W Mong Engineering Building
Seminar on “Black-Hole Ringdown Spectroscopy as a Precision Probe of Gravity” by Dr. Ka Wai Adrian CHUNG (University of Cambridge)
10 November 2025, 4:30 pm at SC G25
2025 Hong Kong Summit of Quantum Frontiers
15-18 Dec 2025
Seminar on “Imaging the Symmetry-Broken Electronic Phases in Kagome Superconductors” by Prof. Zhenyu WANG (USTC)
12 Nov 2025, 10:30 am at SC G25
Seminar on “The Study on QCD Phase Transition and Quark Stars” by Dr. Wen-Li YUAN (Peking University)
6 Nov 2025, 2:00 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “The Initial Mass Function and Stellar Populations in Massive Early-Type Galaxies” by Prof Meng GU (HKU)
24 Oct 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Sequential Circuit as Generalized Symmetry on Lattice” by Prof. Xie CHEN (Caltech)
24 Oct 2025, 11:00 am at SC G25
Seminar on “What Can CHARMM-GUI Do for You?” by Prof. Wonpil IM (Lehigh University)
22 Oct 2025, 10:30 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “Learning, in the Age of AI — A CU Physics Student’s Learning Journey” by Prof. Wai-Mo SUEN (ClusterTech Limited)
17 Oct 2025, 10:30 am at Room LT1, Lee Shau Kee Building
The 7th International Conference on Frontiers of nano-Photonics (FOP7)
28 Feb – 4 Mar 2026
Seminar on “Physics for AI” by Prof. Hangwen GUO (Fudan University)
25 Aug 2025, 10:00 am at SC G26
Seminar on “Programmable Active Matter by Liquid Crystals” by Prof. Chenhui PENG (USTC)
1 Aug 2025, 2:00 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Numerical Study of AGN Feedback in A Disk Galaxy” by Prof. Feng YUAN (Fudan University)
22 Jul 2025, 10:00 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Entropy Production in Active Living Matter” by Prof. Gil ARIEL (Bar Ilan University)
18 Jul 2025, 10:30 am at SC 311
Colloquium on “Nanomaterial based Neural Interface for Brain and Retina Stimulation” by Prof. Chen YANG (Boston University)
10 Jul 2025, 4:00 pm at Room G04, Y.C. Liang Hall
Seminar on “Symmetry-Resolved Entanglement in AdS & BCFT” by Dr. René MEYER (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
8 Jul 2025, 4:00 pm at SC G26
Lecture on “Thermal Radiation and Planck’s Formula” by Professor Pak Ming HUI (CUHK)
2 July 2025, 2:00 pm at SC LG23
Seminar on “Studying Superconductivity Under Pressure Using NV Centers” by Dr. Kin On HO (Université Paris-Saclay)
2 Jul 2025, 11:00 am at SC LG23
Seminar on “Chiral Spintronic Device” by Prof. Shinji MIWA (The Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP))
26 Jun 2025, 10:30 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Complex Frequency Fingerprint” by Prof. Zhesen YANG (Xiamen University)
21 May 2025, 10:00 am at SC G26
Seminar on “Tunable Topological Flat Band in Rhomohedral Multilayer Graphene” by Prof. Shuigang XU (Westlake University)
22 Apr 2025, 9:30 am at SC G25
Seminar on “One-Dimensional Proximity Superconductivity in the Quantum Hall Regime” by Professor Na XIN (Zhejiang University)
22 Apr 2025, 11:00 am at SC G25
Physics Summer Camp 2025
8-10 Jul 2025
Seminar on “Landscape of Quantum Phases in Quantum Materials” by Prof. Liujun ZOU (National University of Singapore)
11 Apr 2025, 2:00 pm at SC G26
Seminar on “Galaxy Formation: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities” by Prof. Renyue CEN (Zhejiang University)
17 Apr 2025, 11:00 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “Engineering Flat Bands in Twisted/Stacked Few-Layer Graphene” by Prof. Shuyun ZHOU (Tsinghua University)
11 Apr 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Hadronic Interaction Workshop
19-20 Mar 2025
Colloquium on “Quasar Surveys and Supermassive Black Hole” by Prof. Xue-Bing WU (Peking University)
28 Feb 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Colloquium on “Helicity and Chirality in Quantum Materials” by Prof. Zhenyu ZHANG (USTC)
21 Feb 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Pairing Symmetries in the Eutectic Phase of Ru-Sr2RuO4” by Prof. Ying LIU (Penn State University)
14 Feb 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Astro Teacher Programme 2025
21-29 Jul 2025
Colloquium on “Learning Transition Pathways Using Artificial Neural Networks” by Prof. Christophe CHIPOT (CNRS)
24 Jan 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with METRICS” by Dr. Ka Wai Adrian CHUNG (UIUC)
24 Jan 2025, 3:00 pm at SC L4
Seminar on “Cold Molecular Gas (Cloud) Properties in Nearby Galaxies” by Dr. Fu-Heng Eric LIANG (Heidelberg University)
24 Janu 2025, 11:00 am at SC L4
Seminar on “Half-Quantum Vortices in Spin-Triplet Superconductors” by Prof. Ying LIU (Penn State University)
17 Jan 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “High-temperature Superconductivity: Rare or Ubiquitous?” by Dr. Lin Er CHOW (NUS)
16 Jan 2025, 10:30 am at SC G26
Colloquium on “Uncovering Extreme Matter When Gravity Waves” by Prof. Nicolas YUNES (UIUC)
10 Jan 2025, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Testing Inflation and Constraining Cosmology with the Oldest Light” by Prof. Nicolas YUNES (UIUC)
7 Jan 2025, 3:30 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Atom-Light Interaction: Cavity QED With and Without Cavity” by Professor Han PU (Rice University)
18 Dec 2024, 2:00 pm at SC G26
Seminar on “The Dynamic Circumgalactic Medium: Insights from IFS Observations” by Dr. Mandy CHEN (Carnegie Observatory)
11 Dec 2024, 2:00 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Simulation in Academia with COMSOL Multiphysics®” by Ms. Lei CAO (COMSOL China)
11 Dec 2024, 10:00 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “Neutron Spectroscopy Studies on Kitaev Quantum Magnets” by Prof. Jinsheng WEN (Nanjing University)
6 Dec 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L5
Colloquium on “Probing Supermassive Black Holes with ALMA” by Prof. Martin BUREAU (University of Oxford)
29 Nov 2024, 2:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “WISDOM: Molecular Cloud Properties and Star-Formation Quenching” by Prof. Martin BUREAU (University of Oxford)
28 Nov 2024, 11:00 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Spatial Heterogeneity of Bacterial Communities and Their Resistance” by Professor Jintao LIU (Tsinghua University)
26 Nov 2024, 10:00 am at SC G25
Seminar on “tSZ Effect on Galactic Scale” by Mr. Yuxuan XIE (Shanghai Normal University)
22 Nov 2024, 11:30 am at SC 311
Astro Teacher Programme 2025 (21-29 Jul 2025)
Application Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
Seminar on “Phase Sensitive Probes for Unconventional Superconductors” by Dr. Junyi ZHANG (Johns Hopkins University)
12 Nov 2024, 10:30 am at SC G25
Seminar on “Learning Quantum Properties from Short-Range Correlations Using Multi-Task Networks” by Prof. Yan Zhu (HKU)
29 Oct 2024, 3:0 pm at SC G26
Seminar on “Recent Developments in Black Hole Perturbation Theory” by Prof. Lam HUI (Columbia University)
25 Octo 2024, 3:30 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Two-Dimensional Element Ferroelectricity with Large Negative Piezoelectric Coefficients and Intrinsically Stable Charged Domain Walls” by Prof. Yunhao Lu (Zhejiang University)
3 Oct 2024, 10:30 am at Room 408, Lee Shau Kee Building
HK Observatory Placement Programme Information and Sharing Session
25 Sept 2024, 5:30 – 7:00pm at SC G25
Seminar on “Magnetic Field and Tide of Star, Planet and Moon” by Prof. Xing Wei (Beijing Normal University)
19 Sept 2024, 11:00 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “From Trapping Atoms to Manipulating Molecules” by Prof. Doerte Blume (The University of Oklahoma)
20 Sept 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Klein Bottle Partition Function and Tensor Networks” by Prof. Dr. Hong-Hao Tu (Ludwig-Maximilians-University)
19 Aug 2024, 3:00 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “Magnetic Topological States: Topology Meets Magnetism” by Professor Jing WANG (Fudan University)
16 Aug 2024, 4:00 pm at LHC G04
CUHK Gravitational Wave Open Data Workshop
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/YSsJZZjzqdpFKwo4A
Colloquium on “Quantum Simulation Basing on Exciton Polariton Condensate” by Prof. Zhanghai Chen (Xiamen University)
8 Jul 2024, 11:00 am at SC L2
Public Lecture on “Quantum Entanglement and Beyond” by Prof. Jianwei Pan (USTC)
20 Jun 2024, 10:15 am at Cho Yiu Hall, University Administration Building
Seminar on “Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics” by Prof. Kenny Chun Yu NG & Prof. Ming-Chung CHU (CUHK)
20 Jun 2024, 3:30 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “The Innovation Journals: Serving Global Researchers” by Dr. Ke Chen (Beijing Institute of Genomics)
6 Jun 2024, 10:30 am at SC G26
Seminar on “The Variability Crisis of Modelling Sagittarius A*” by Mr. Ho Sang Leon Chan (JILA & University of Colorado)
24 May 2024, 1:30 pm at SC 311
Seminar on “The XENONnT Experiment: Dark Matter and Beyond” by Prof. Jingqiang Ye (CUHK Shenzhen)
23 May 2024, 2:30 pm at SC L4
Colloquium on “Biological Flows Inside Cells” by Professor Eric Lauga (University of Cambridge)
17 May 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Supernovae Time Profiles as a Probe of New Physics at Neutrino Telescopes” by Prof. Yingying Li (USTC)
14 May 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Novel Probes of Sub-GeV Dark Matter” by Dr. Marco Chianese (University of Zurich)
9 May 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L2
CERN70@CUHK
11 May 2024
CERN Teacher Programme (Hong Kong)
29 Jul – 02 Aug 2024
Seminar on “Monitorting glQSO and glSN with BNU 1.93m Telescope” by Prof. Bin Hu (Beijing Normal University)
24 Apr 2024, 4:00 pm at SC 311
Physics Summer Camp 2024 (Early Admission to MPhil/PhD Programme)
Application Deadline: 10 June 2024
Colloquium on “Massive Star Formation: Unknowns Revealed by Observations” by Prof. Keping Qiu (Nanjing University)
19 Apr 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Henri Poincaré’s Special Theory of Relativity” by Professor Xiaofeng JIN (Fudan University)
18 Apr 2024, 2:30 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “A Systematic Approach to Band Topology of Superconductors” by Dr. Seishiro Ono (iTHEMS, RIKEN)
12 Apr 2024, 10:30 am at SC G25
Lecture on “Exciton Insulator Phase in Two-dimensional Quantum Materials” by Prof. Kai Chang (Chinese Academy of Sciences), The 14th Chinese Academy of Sciences Academicians Visit Programme
[Online Registration]
17 Apr 2024, 4:00 – 5:30 pm at Cho Yiu Hall, University Building
Seminar on “Individual Control of Densely-Packed Logical Qubits” by Dr. Shilin Huang (Yale University)
20 Mar 2024, 10:00 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “Quantum Fault Tolerance: From Practice to Theory” by Dr. Shilin Huang (Yale University)
19 Mar 2024, 10:00 am at SC L3
Seminar on “Multi-Phase Medium in Galaxy Groups and Clusters” by Prof. Ming Sun (The University of Alabama in Huntsville)
11 Mar 2024, 12:00 noon at SC L4
Seminar on “Rotating Black-hole METRICS” by Dr. Ka Wai Adrian Chung (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
26 Feb 2024, 3:00 pm at SC 311
Croucher Summer Course “Ultracold Atom Physics”
20-24 May 2024, CUHK
Seminar on “The Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment” by Prof. Francesca DI LODOVICO (King’s College London)
22 Feb 2024, 4:30 pm at SC G25
Joint Seminar on “Design of Chiral Nanostructures via Active Surface Growth” by Prof, Hongyu Chen (Westlake University)
29 Jan 2024, 4:00 pm at SC L4
Colloquium on “Diagnose Symmetries from Exotic Topological Quantum Matters” by Dr. Wenjie JI (Caltech)
15 Dec 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Mediated Interaction and Sound Propagation in a Strongly Interacting Bose-Fermi Mixture” by Dr. Zhigang Wu (SUSTech)
12 Dec 2023, 10:00 am at SC G25
Colloquium on “The Basic Physics of Star Formation” by Prof. Shu-ichiro Inutsuka (Nagoya University)
13 Dec 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Common-Envelope Evolution in Binary Stars” by Dr. Mike Lau (Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies)
11 Dec 2023, 3:30 pm at SC L2
Colloquium on “The Birth and Death of Supermassive Black Holes” by Prof. Luis C. HO (Peking University)
8 Dec 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Colloquium on “Ultracold Dynamics” by Prof. Joseph H. THYWISSEN (University of Toronto)
1 Dec 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Colloquium on “Multispectral Organic Photodetectors and Applications” by Prof. Furong Zhu (HKBU)
17 Nov 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Colloquium on “Revealing the Dynamic Universe” by Dr. Di Li (National Astronomical Observatories of China)
16 Nov 2023, 4:00 pm at Room LPN LT, Y C Liang Hall
Seminar on “Anomalous Transport Properties of The Skyrmion Compound EuPtSi” by Simon Rousseau (CNRS)
13 Nov 2023, 1:30 pm at SC G25
Colloquium on “Imaging Black Hole Shadows from the Arctic Region” by Prof. Paul Ho (Director of East Asian Observatory)
10 Nov 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions
21 Oct 2023
Seminar “Designs and Thoughts for VSOT Spectrograph” by Mr. Ruoyu Zhou (Lijiang Gemini Observatory)
11 Oct 2023, 11:00 am at SC G26
Seminar by Mr. Bogdan ZVIAZHYNSKI (University of Cambridge) on “Build The Future: Design Concrete with Machine Learning”
6 Oct 2023, 10:30 am at SC G25
Seminar by Prof. Zheng LIU (Tsinghua University) on “Extensibility of Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem to General Quantum Systems”
3 Oct 2023, 10:00 am at SC G26
Seminar on “Symmetry/Topological Order Correspondence” by Dr. Wenjie Ji (California Institute of Technology)
7 Sept 2023, 2:30 pm at SC G26
Seminar on “Stellar Formation and Evolution in AGN Disks” by Mr. Yi-Xian Chen (Princeton University)
31 Aug 2023, 2:00 pm at SC G25
Seminar on “The Physics of Many-Body QCD” by Prof. Pok Man Lo (University of Wroclaw)
29 Aug 2023, 2:30 pm at Rm 311
Seminar on “Computation-Guided Control of Peptide Self-Assembly” by Prof. Wei Han (Hong Kong Baptist University)
29 Aug 2023, 11:00 am at SC G25
Joint COS/CARP/MSTRC Postgraduate student/Postdoc Workshop
18 Aug 2023, 9:30am at SC L1
Seminar on “Quantum Matter Explored by Light Experiments” by Prof. Johan Chang (University of Zurich)
28 Jul 2023, 2:00 pm at SC G26
科普講座:別有洞聲 — 超級黑洞的低嗚
15 Jul 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm at YIA LT5
Seminar on “Insights into Scientific Publishing and Writing Tips” by Dr. Natalie L. K. Li (Nature Communications)
14 Jul 2023, 2:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on “Higher Berry Curvature and Its Quantization” by Prof. Anton KAPUSTIN (California Institute of Technology)
5 Jul 2023, 3:00 pm at SC G26, CUHK
Seminar on “Utilizing the Stellar Halo of Massive Galaxies for Cluster Cosmology” by Prof. Song HUANG (Tsinghua University)
20 Jun 2023, 4:00 pm at SC 311
Colloquium on “Manipulating Quantum Fluids of Light at Room Temperature” by Prof. Qihua XIONG (Tsinghua University)
23 Jun 2023, 4:00 pm at SC L2
Seminar on ‘Anomalies of (1+1)D Categorical Symmetries’ by Ms Carolyn ZHANG (University of Chicago)
12.06.2023, 3:00pm at SC G26