General Information
The Physics Colloquium takes place on Mondays at 3:45 p.m. in Room 46/270, with the exception of joint sessions with the Biology Department.
The Theoretical Physics Colloquium takes place on Thursdays at 3:45 p.m. in 46/576.
The Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar is held every other Friday at 10:15 a.m. in 46/387-388.
Research Module: Colloquium
The Master's program in Physics requires five attendances at the (Theoretical) Physics Colloquium.
You can find the checklist (Laufzettel) at the following link:
Other Forms - Department of Physics at RPTU
Colloquia, Seminars, and Lectures in the Winter Semester 2026/27
| Day | Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Topic | Invited by | Seminar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fr | 09.10.26 | 14:15 | 46/387+388 | Aldo Mendieta, National Physical Laboratory, UK | Bridging Luminescent Materials and Quantum Sensors for Traceable Nanothermometry | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 19.10.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Christophe Couteau, University of Technology of Troyes | Quantum communications using colour centres in diamond | Prof. Dr. Elke Neu-Ruffing | Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 26.10.26 | 17:30 | 42/110 | Joint session with Biology Department Prof. Dr. Iqbal Hamza, University of Maryland, School of Medicine (USA) | Heme trafficking: Lessons from Bloodless Worms | Prof. Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel | Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 02.11.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Physics Colloquium | |||
| FR | 13.11.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Vincenzo Bruno, Universität Bonn | Floquet-Engineered Selective Trapping of Single Particles and Pairs | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 16.11.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Michael te Vrugt, Universität Mainz | Active matter physics: from biology to atoms and magnets | Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Schneider | Physics Colloquium |
| FR | 20.11.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | TBD | TBD | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar | |
| Mo | 23.11.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Dr. Calin Ur, Director of ELI-NP - Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics, Romania | ELI-NP - From ultra-intense lasers to basic research and applications | Prof. Dr. Ioachim Pupeza | Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 30.11.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Hélène Seiler, Freie Universität Berlin | TBD | Prof. Dr. Laurenz Rettig | Physics Colloquium |
| FR | 04.12.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Dr. Mohammad Mehboudi, Technische Universität Wien | TBD | Prof. Dr. Artur Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 07.12.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Physics Colloquium | |||
| Mo | 14.12.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Physics Colloquium | |||
| FR | 18.12.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | TBD | TBD | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar | |
| Mo | 04.01.27 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Physics Colloquium | |||
| Mo | 11.01.27 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Janine George, FSU Jena und BAM Berlin | TBD | Prof. Dr. Bärbel Rethfeld | Physics Colloquium |
| FR | 15.01.27 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | TBD | TBD | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar | |
| Mo | 18.01.27 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Fouvry, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS | Kinetic theory of self-gravitating systems | Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Schneider | Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 25.01.27 | 17:15 | 42/110 | Joint session with Biology Department | TBD | Prof. Dr. Michael Schroda | Physics Colloquium |
| FR | 29.01.27 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | TBD | TBD | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar | |
| Mo | 01.02.27 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Joachim Heberle, FU Berlin | TBD | Prof. Dr. Ioachim Pupeza | Physics Colloquium |
Other seminars and events:
SFB/TRR 173 SPIN+X: https://rptu.de/trr173/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Organization and contact persons
Physics Colloquium in the Winter Semester 2026/27:
Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Schneider (hc.schneider(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 3208)
Office: Anna Mihanovic (anna.mihanovic(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 2692)
Theoretical Physics Colloquium:
Professors of Theoretical Physics
Office: Christoph Käfer (theo5-sekretariat(at)physik.rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 2272)
Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar:
Prof. Dr. Artur Widera (widera(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 4130)
Office: Silke Geiger (silke.geiger(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 3404)
| Day | Date | Time | Place | Speaker | Topic | Invited by | Seminar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo | 13.04.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Lina Stein, Hydrology Group, iES Landau-Inst. of Environmental Sciences | Water, Data & Global Perspectives: Insights from global hydrological models to local research | JP Jörg | Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 17.04.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Prof. Dr. Michael Fleischhauer | Nonreciprocal interactions | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 20.04.26 | 17:15 | 42/110 | Alexander Fellows, PhD, Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin Joint session with Biology Department | Sum-Frequency Microscopy: Wasting Light to Elucidate the Molecular Structure in Lipid Membranes | Prof. Pupeza | Physics Colloquium |
| Do | 23.04.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Dr. Renan da Silva Souza | Phase transitions of strongly correlated lattuce fermions coupled to an optical cavity | PD Dr. Pelster | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 24.04.26 Sondertermin | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Prof. S. Eggert, Prof. L. Rettig und Prof. A. Widera, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau | Floquet Engineering in ultracold gases and condensed matter | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 27.04.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Matthias Fuchs, KIT Karlsruhe | Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Particle Acceleration in a Nutshell | Prof. Pupeza | Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 04.05.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Wolfgang Belzig, Universität Konstanz | Topological Superconductivity in Higher Dimensions | Prof. Kamra | Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 08.05.26 Sondertermin | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Dr. Milena Horvath, Universität Innsbruck | Non-equilibrium dynamics of one-dimensional strongly correlated bosons | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 11.05.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Petra Tegeder, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg | Electronic properties of functional molecules | Prof. Aeschlimann | Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 15.05.26 | 10:00 | 46/387+388 | Jun.-Prof. S. Fellenz, Prof. M. Kloft und Prof. V. Scheuss, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau | Advances in Physics-informed Machine Learning and Non-reciprocal Biological Neural Networks | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 18.05.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Nathan Harshman, American University | The Golden Age of One-Dimensional Anyons: Theory and Experiment | Priv.-Doz. Pelster | Physics Colloquium |
| Do | 21.05.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Prof. Dr. Randall Dumont, McMaster University, Kanada | tba | Prof. Anglin | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Do | 28.05.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Soumyadeep Halder | Dynamical probing of superfluidity and shear rigidity in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates’ phases | PD Dr. Axel Pelster | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 29.05.26 | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Dr. Cosetta Baroni, Universität Innsbruck und IQOQI | Fermi polarons: from static to kinetic properties and the role of a narrow Feshbach resonance | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 01.06.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Physics Colloquium | |||
| Do | 11.06.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Dr. Michael Bortz, Fraunhofer | Modeling, Simulation, Optimization: Mathematical Innovation goes Live | Prof. Eggert | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 15.06.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Dr. Henning Moritz, Universität Hamburg - Minisymposium OSCAR | Fermionic superfluids in two and three dimensions | Prof. Eggert/JP Jörg | Physics Colloquium |
| Do | 18.06.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Dr. Simon Jäger, Universität Bonn | Simulating Dynamics from Cavity-Mediated Interactions and Dissipation | Dr. Imke Schneider | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Mo | 22.06.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | Prof. Hans Huebl, Walther-Meissner Institut and TU Munich | From Spin Ensembles to Magnon-Phonon Coupling: Hybrid Quantum Systems in Action | Prof. Kamra | Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 03.07.26 Sondertermin | 10:15 | 46/387+388 | Dr. Andrea Bergschneider, Universität Bonn | Exploring pairing in Fermi-Hubbard systems and electron-hole pairs in two-dimensional materials | Prof. Widera | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 06.07.26 | 17:15 | 42/110 | Dr. Dmitry Shvarev, Universität Osnabrück Joint session with Biology Department | Cryo-EM sheds new light on the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway organization | Prof. Frankenberg-Dinkel | Physics Colloquium |
| Fr | 10.07.26 | 11:00 | 46/387+388 | Prof. Dr. Jiang Xiao, Fudan University, Shanghai | Quantum Entanglement and Teleportation of Magnons in Coupled Spin Chains | Prof. Kamra | Laser and Quantum Optics Seminar |
| Mo | 13.07.26 | 15:45 | 46/270 | PhD Elyahou Kapon, EPFL | Integrated Quantum Photonics: Physics, technology, applications | Priv.-Doz. Pelster | Physics Colloquium |
| Tu | 14.07.26 | 15:45 | 46/576 | Leandro A. Machado, University of São Paulo,São Carlos, Brazil and Newcastle University, United Kingdom | Decay of Macrovortices in Superfluids: A Cavity-QED Perspective | Priv.-Doz. Pelster | Special Seminar, Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
| Do | 16.07.26 | 15.45 | 46/576 | Prof. Dr. Carlos Sa de Melo, Georgia Inst. of Technology | tba | PD Dr. A. Pelster | Theoretical Physics Colloquium |
Organization Physics Colloquium Summer Semester 2026:
Prof. Dr. Volker Schünemann (schuene(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 4920)
Office: Heike Buchinger (heike.buchinger(at)rptu.de / Tel.: +49 631 205 2140)