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IQUIST Seminar Series

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Seminars are organized in collaboration with  Felix Leditzky and Daniel Shoemaker Please reach out to them by emailing iquistseminars@lists.illinois.edu with any comments and suggestions. Subscribe to our weekly event mailing list for upcoming seminars. (Use the arrows above to toggle from the current semester to other semesters.)

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Aug 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026 Fall 2026

IQUIST Town Hall: IQUIST Director Elizabeth Goldschmidt

IQUIST Town Hall: IQUIST Director Elizabeth Goldschmidt

Elizabeth Goldschmidt

Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Amorphous Defects and Superconducting Control of Scaled Quantum Systems, Bradley Christensen, Physicist, Northrop Grumman

IQUIST Seminar: "Amorphous Defects and Superconducting Control of Scaled Quantum Systems," Bradley Christensen, Physicist, Northrop Grumman

Bradley Christensen

Tuesday, Sep 1, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: A unifying tool for stabilizer codes beyond the qubit model, Lane Gunderman, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois - Chicago

IQUIST Seminar: "A unifying tool for stabilizer codes beyond the qubit model", Lane Gunderman, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois - Chicago

Lane Gunderman

Tuesday, Sep 8, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: From Logical Spectroscopy to Hardware-Aware qLDPC Compilation, Jong Yeon Lee, Assistant Professor of Physics, UIUC

IQUIST Seminar: "From Logical Spectroscopy to Hardware-Aware qLDPC Compilation," Jong Yeon Lee, Assistant Professor of Physics, UIUC

Jong Yeon Lee

Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Tackling Heterogeneity for Practical Quantum Systems, Kate Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern University

IQUIST Seminar: "Tackling Heterogeneity for Practical Quantum Systems," Kate Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern University

Kate Smith, Northwestern University

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Quantum Magnetism: The Two-Way Street Between Quantum Materials and Quantum Hardware, Arnab Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Magnetism: The Two-Way Street Between Quantum Materials and Quantum Hardware," Arnab Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

Arnab Banerjee

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in a Cavity Vacuum. Ceren Dag, Assistant Professor of Physics, Indiana University

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in a Cavity Vacuum." Ceren Dag, Assistant Professor of Physics, Indiana University

Ceren Dag

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Hybrid Superconducting Photonic Circuits, Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Yale University

IQUIST Seminar: "Hybrid Superconducting Photonic Circuits," Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Yale University

Hong Tang

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Scaling Neutral Atom Tweezer Arrays Toward Utility Scale, Hannah Manetsch, Senior AMO Physicist, Oratomic

IQUIST Seminar: "Scaling Neutral Atom Tweezer Arrays Toward Utility Scale," Hannah Manetsch, Senior AMO Physicist, Oratomic

Hannah Manetsch

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Quantum phases of matter in the open world, Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum phases of matter in the open world," Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Chong Wang

Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Scanning NV Microscopy for Quantum Materials: From Magnetic Imaging to Nanoscale EPR, Huan Zhao, Eugene Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

IQUIST Seminar: "Scanning NV Microscopy for Quantum Materials: From Magnetic Imaging to Nanoscale EPR", Huan Zhao, Eugene Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Huan Zhao

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Special Seminar: Julio Barreiro, University of California San Diego

IQUIST Special Seminar: Julio Barreiro, University of California San Diego

Julio Barreiro

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2026 10:00 AM
IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Bottcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Bottcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

Charlotte Bottcher

Tuesday, Dec 1, 2026 11:00 AM
IQUIST Special Seminar: Organic Molecules and Ultracold Atoms for a Hybrid Network, Jonathan Hood, Purdue University

IQUIST Special Seminar: "Organic Molecules and Ultracold Atoms for a Hybrid Network," Jonathan Hood, Purdue University

Jonathan Hood

Friday, Dec 4, 2026 10:00 AM