Harvard-MIT SPS Chilloquium Speaker Series

This summer, Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS) & MIT SPS have joined forces to organize the weekly Chilloquium speaker series. Initiated in the summer of 2020, Chilloquium offers an opportunity for everyone passionate about physics to come together each week to learn about cutting-edge research in a variety of exciting fields and interact with remarkable and inspiring physicists in an informal and accessible setting. You can find previous Chilloquium talks on Harvard-Radcliffe SPS Youtube Channel here.

Feel free to join us this summer—for one talk or many—especially if you are an undergraduate interested in what careers in physics look like.

Re-Introducing Chilloquium

What: We created Chilloquium as a moderated conversation between our students and experienced career physicists, mostly from institutions other than Harvard & MIT. We've given the speakers lots of flexibility to provide the best experience they can offer. On average, though, the weekly hour-long Zoom meeting will consist of a brief introduction on research and life trajectory by the speaker(s), followed by a longer "Ask-Me-Anything" open forum.

Who: We scoured the globe—and gathered lots of faculty input—to curate a lineup of speakers who are actively doing big things in a variety of fields in physics. Last year, we've invited Andrea Young, Matthew Yankowitz, and Jia Leo Li experimentalists who study electronic states in quantum materials; Mina Aganagic, a string theorist interested in duality; James Weatherhall, a physicist, philosopher of science, and the author of Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing; and Mary Anne Limbach who develops optics for detecting exoplanets. 

Chilloquium 2026

On Saturday July 25 at 2pm (ET), please join us in welcoming Professor David Mattingly.  Professor Mattingly earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland and his B.A. from Dartmouth College. His research explores some of the deepest questions in theoretical physics and cosmology, including quantum gravity, black holes, spacetime symmetries, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. His recent work has appeared in leading journals such as Physical Review D, Journal of High Energy Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, and the International Journal of Modern Physics D. His scholar search website for UNH is linked here and the zoom link is below. We are so excited to have Professor David Mattingly join us for this Chilloquium talk and we hope to see you there!:)  

Where: 

Please join our Zoom call using this link.

What Else?

• Subscribe to our mailing list here.
• Please send any related questions to chilloquium-2025@mit.edu.
  We’re super excited about this series and look forward to seeing you there!
  
  Renormalizably yours,
  
  Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students
  & MIT Society of Physics Students