Seminar in Physics
Thursday afternoon: UZH Y36 K08 - Irchel Campus
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Fall Semester 2026
| Date | Time | Room | Title | Speaker | Host | FV |
| 6.08.2026 | ||||||
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7.8.2026 Friday |
13:00 | 36-K-08 | Efficient neural network wave functions for interacting fermions (Bachelor Defense) | Illia Yakushevskyi | Neupert | |
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14:00
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SZ-WHGA/ 121 pubic (PSI) | The statistical mechanics of magnetic systems of finite size (Bachelor Defense) | Hsiu-yu Huang | Janoschek | ||
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12.08.2026 Wednesday |
16:00 | Y36-K-08 | Two-loop amplitudes for top quark pair-production to higher orders in the dimensional regulator (Master Defense) | Damien Lesieur | Gehrmann | |
| 13.08.2026 | 14:00 | Y36-K-08 | Evaluation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) as a Knowledge-Guided Assistant for Unattended Radiotherapy Plan Optimization (Master Defense) | Martin Anh Huy Lais | Schneider | |
| 15:30 | Y36-K-08 | Towards AI-Assisted Personalized Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: Automated Planning, Radiobiological Modelling and Treatment Modality Selection (PhD Defense) | Katerine Viviana Diaz Hernandez | Schneider | ||
| 17:00 | Y36-K-08 | Analyzing Complex Orders in Quantum Materials: From Developing Superstructure Refinement Algorithms to Strain-Tunable Charge Localization in EuAl$_4$ (Master Defense) | Mario Baumgartner | Chang | ||
| 20.08.2026 | 10:00 | Y17-M-05 | Investigating the Orientation of NEIL1 on DNA Using Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy (Master Defense) | James OLeary | Schuler | |
| 13:00 | Y36-K-08 | Pulse shaping and cryogenic shot noise amplifier for scanning tunneling microscopy (Master Defense) | Benjamin Frölich | Natterer | ||
| 15:00 | Y36-K-08 | The role of gas accretion on the early evolution of gaseous planets (Bachelor Defense) | Aurelio Marbach | Helled | ||
| 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | Direct Competition between Monoclinic Distortions and Superconductivity in La2-x Srx CuO4 (Master Defense) | Sandro Brunner | Chang | ||
| 16:00 | Y36-J-33 | Artemis II orbit determination via doppler shift (Bachelor Defense) | Ennio Romenalli | Aegerter | ||
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21.08.2026 Friday |
14:00 | Y36-K-08 | Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Ultrathin Epitaxial alpha-Fe2O3 Films (MasterDefense) | Luca Holthuis | Nordlander | |
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16:00 | Y36-K-08 | Searching for New Physics with Rare Decays (PhD Defense) | Arianna Tinari | Isidori | |
| 27.08.2026 | 14:00 | Y36-K-08 | A New Method for Calibrating Photosensor Responses in XENONnT (Master Defense) | Haozhen Hu | Baudis | |
| 14:00 | Y36-J-33 | Development of a high electron mobility transistor based low noise amplifier for cryogenic timing applications (Bachelor Defense) | Cedric Renda | Kilminster | ||
| 15:30 | Y36-K-08 | Setup and Commissioning of an ARPES System with a Laser-Driven Light Source (Master Defense) | Theodor Schaller | Hengsberger | ||
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28.08.2026 Friday |
14:00
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Y36-K-08 | PMT characterization and commissioning of a gaseous xenon detector for the development of new intrinsic calibration sources for liquid xenon TPCs (Bachelor Defense) | Maureen Etter | Baudis | |
| 15:00 | Y36-K-08 | Shining Light on Trace Impurities in Gaseous Xenon: Commissioning of a Spectroscopy-Based Water Monitoring System for Xenoscope (Bachelor Defense) | Kevin Nauer | Baudis | ||
| 3.09.2026 | 10:30 | Y36-K-08 | The Search for Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States and Gap Domains in Ferrocene-Sputtered NbSe2 (Master Defense) | Urs Boison | Natterer | |
| 14:00 | Y36-K-08 | Matrix product states for the Kitaev honeycomb model (Bachelor Defense) | Lucas Merten Zeifang | Neupert | ||
| 15:00 | Y36-K-08 | Investigation of Compressed Sensing Techniques on Tungsten ditelluride (Bachelor Defense) | Fabian Eugster | Natterer | ||
| 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | Die Überprüfung von Schrödingers Vorhersage bezüglich Teilchenentstehung respektive -vernichtung im frühen Universum (Bachelor Defense) | Nina-Michelle Bamberger | Saha | ||
| 10.09.2026 | 12:00 | Y36-K-08 | Calibration of a temperature readout system on a liquid xenon TPC (Bachelor Defense) | Loïc Meyer | Penning | |
| 13:00 | Y36-K-08 | Towards End-to-End Event Tagging: Feasibility Studies on Higgs Boson Pair Production in the bbττ Decay Channel (Bachelor Defense) | Lucien Darian Käser | Canelli | ||
| 14:00 | Y36-K-08 | Valence State of Praseodymium in REBCO Compounds (Bachelor Defense) | Sarina Laila Schuler | Chang | ||
| 15:00 | Y36-J-33 | Asymptotic freedom in flavour non-universal gauge theories (Master Defense) | Banurega Shanmuganathan | Isidori | ||
| 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Sophie Kollatzsch | Signer | ||
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15.09.2026 Tuesday |
15:00 | Y27-H-35/36 | Data Selection for Double-Weak Decay Searches in XENONnT (Bachelor Defense) | Oliver Oehlenberg | Baudis | |
| 17.09.2026 | ||||||
| 24.09.2026 | 8:00 | Y16-G-05 | Low energy extension of relativistic particle energy deposition for quantum sensing applications (Master Defense) | Yang Xin | Kilminster | |
| 15:00 | Y36-K-08 | Return of the WALküre to the cold domain - Development of an ARPES Cryostat (Bachelor Defense) | Jonas Georg Müller | Hengsberger | ||
| 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Gaia Fontana | Gehrmann | ||
| 16:30 | Y36-J-33 | TBD (Master Defense) | Ioannis Genitseftsis | Aegerter | ||
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25.09.2026 Friday |
16:00 | Y36-K-08 | Addressing the Interplay Between the Higgs Hierarchy Problem and the Flavor Puzzle in Composite Higgs Models (PhD Defense) | Sebastiano Covone | Isidori | |
| 1.10.2026 | X | |||||
| 8.10.2026 | ||||||
| 15.10.2026 | ||||||
| 22.10.2026 | ||||||
| 29.10.2026 | X | |||||
| 5.11.2026 | 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Nemi Liv Schär | Zoller | |
| 12.11.2026 | 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Jens Oppliger | Chang | |
| 19.11.2026 | ||||||
| 26.11.2026 | ||||||
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2.12.2026 Wednesday |
16:30 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Yoel Pérez Haas | Unkelbach | |
| 3.12.2026 | 15:00 | Y36-K-08 | Commissioning of CCD characterization system and noise optimization studies for dark matter applications (Bachelor Defense) | Ari James Ferguson | Kilminster | |
| 10.12.2026 | X | |||||
| 17.12.2026 | ||||||
| 31.12.2026 | ||||||
| 7.01.2027 | ||||||
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| 21.01.2027 | ||||||
| 28.01.2027 | 16:00 | Y36-K-08 | TBD (PhD Defense) | Piero Viscone | Botta |
Coordination: Anna Troller