Colloquia are held regularly at our faculty during the lecture period. These include the Faculty Colloquium, the Physics Colloquium, the Leipzig Spin Resonance Colloquium, the Leipzig Meteorological Colloquium and the Leipzig Geographical Colloquium. In addition, you will find other events of our faculty and other events of interest to members of our faculty. The corresponding calendars can be subscribed to.
Faculty Colloquium
- 13 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Inaugural Lecture: Quantum sensing at the nanoscale: From fundamental physics to real-world applications
Prof Dr Nabeel Aslam, Universität Leipzig - 27 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Inaugural Lecture: How bacteria navigate their world
Prof Dr Katja Taute, Universität Leipzig
Physics Colloquium
- 29 April 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Using physics to understand how bacteria infect
Prof Dr Rosalind Allen, FSU Jena - 6 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Werner Heisenberg, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the bomb
Prof Dr Mark Walker, Union College, New York, USA - 13 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Antrittsvorlesung: Quantum sensing at the nanoscale: From fundamental physics to real-world applications
Prof Dr Nabeel Aslam, Universität Leipzig - 20 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Tensor networks for real materials
Prof Dr Ulrich Schollwöck, LMU Munich - 27 May 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Antrittsvorlesung: How bacteria navigate their world
Prof Dr Katja Taute, Universität Leipzig - 3 June 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Mirrors, reflections, and facets: Crystals through the lens of a physicist
Prof Dr Surjeet Singh, IISER Pune, Indien and Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden - 24 June 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
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Prof Dr Jan-Philipp Burde, Universität Tübingen - 1 July 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
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Prof Dr Patrice Bertet, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, France - 8 July 2025, 4.30pm–5.30pm
Laser excitation of the thorium-229 nucleus – towards a nuclear clock
PD Dr Ekkehard Peik, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
Leipzig Spin Resonance Colloquium
- 30 April 2025, 4.00pm–5.00pm
Perfecting MRI imperfections
Prof. Dr. Kawin Setsompop, Stanford University, USA
Leipzig Meteorological Colloquium
- 8 May 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Microplastic over the Southern Ocean
Dr Joel Rindelaub, The University of Auckland, New Zealand - 15 May 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Linking surface-based observations to improving climate and forecast models in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean region
Dr Simon Alexander, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia - 20 May 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Cloud-radiative interactions in organized tropical convection and tropical cyclones
Prof Dr Allison Wing, Florida State University, USA - 3 June 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Observing the Arctic water cycle using the Differential Absorption G-band Radar GRaWAC
Dr Sabrina Schnitt, Universität Köln - 5 June 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Wind energy
Jun-Prof Dr Paul Lehmann, Universität Leipzig - 10 June 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Using deep learning to improve our understanding of thunderstorms over the Alps
Dr Claudia Acquistapace, Universität Köln - 24 June 2025, 11.00am–12.00pm
Linking surface-based observations to improving climate and forecast models in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean region
Prof Dr Paul Zieger, Universität Stockholm, Sweden - 26 June 2025, 3.00pm–4.00pm
Recent observational advances on polar aerosol origins, processes and impacts
Prof Dr Julia Schmale, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, France