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Vienna Physics Colloquium

The Vienna Physics Colloquium/VPC (Wiener Physikalisches Kolloquium/WPK) is a joint initiative of the Faculties of Physics at the University of Vienna and at the Vienna University of Technology.

Distinguished scientists are invited to give an overview lecture on their field of research and discuss recent progress.

The VPC is aimed at advanced students and scientists of both universities.

Currently, events are held at irregular intervals, which will be announced on this website.

Winter term 17/18

@ Vienna University of Technology

02 October 2017

Sami Mitra

Physical Review Letters Editor for the American Physical Society

"Physics after the lab and the desk: Your work in PRL"

@ University of Vienna --- Lise Meitner Lecture

13 November 2017

Nicola Spaldin

ETH Zurich

"New Materials for a New Age"

@ University of Vienna --- Boltzmann Lecture

23 October 2017

Lisa Randall

Harvard University 

"The Nature of Dark Matter"

@ University of Vienna

11 December 2017

Pablo Debenedetti

Princeton University

"Computational Investigation of the Liquid-Liquid Transition in Deeply Supercooled Water"


Organisational team

Thomas Pichler (University of Vienna)

Jörg Schmiedmayer (Vienna University of Technology)

Students of the Vienna Doctoral School in Physics