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Annual Report 2025
Established in 1979 with an originating grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), KITP is a facility for the theoretical physics community. Our major activities are programs and conferences, which convene more than 1,400 visitors at KITP for both prolonged stays (usually three weeks or longer) and four-day conferences. The institute also benefits from international participation, as over 40% of visitors come from outside the United States. KITP’s mission is to be “the place” where new research is initiated, collaborations are formed and new connections are made across disciplines. High demand keeps our facilities full 50 weeks out of the year!
Talks Schedule
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Day of Aug 06, 2026
Day of Aug 06, 2026
2026
Thursday, Aug 06, 2026
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Nicoletta Petridou (EMBL Heidelberg) Timing, noise and collectives: how the cell cycle shapes the early embryos
- Nikolas Claussen (Princeton) Tissue shape from cell-scale tension (and two software tools)
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Agnes Valenti (Flatiron Institute) From 2D materials to quantum impurity solvers: A neural-network perspective
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Chloe Roffay (IMP) Long-range mechanical communication through tissue flows in human gastruloid discs
- Maura Zimmerman (Cornell) Growth dynamics of wrinkled leaves
- Cedric Finet (OIST) How butterflies create color - about geometry and chitin deposition at the single-cell level
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
02:00PM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- James Briscoe (Francis Crick Inst.), Sharad Ramanathan (Harvard) Cell Fate Discussion
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Diana Pinheiro (IMP) Embryonic Origami: The emergence of fate and form in vertebrate gastrulation
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Kartiek Agarwal (ANL) Learning quantum ground states in the space of measurement outcomes
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Elliot Meyerowitz (Caltech) Cell Biology and Mechanical Response in the Shoot Apical Meristem
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
12:15PM Blackboard Lunch
- Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska (Montréal) "How to shape an organ? A physics journey, from ears to flowers."
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Sharad Ramanathan (Harvard) Introduction to and modeling of early human development
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Juan Carrasquilla Alvarez (ETH Zurich) Entropy of randomized measurements and estimating it with generative models
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Claire Wyart (ICM Paris) Growing & keeping a straight body throughout life
- Aram Gurzadyan (SLCU) Stem cell feedback from the inner stem: vascular and floral development across modalities
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Simons Amphitheater
01:30PM AI for Quantum Matter
- Zhengcheng Gu (CUHK), Cheryne Jonay (Univ. of Ljubljana), Ying Jer Kao (NTU), Xiaoliang Qi (Stanford), Chaoxing Liu (Penn State) Discussion: Agents in Quantum Research
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- James Briscoe (Francis Crick Inst.) The Dynamics of Neural Tube Development
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Antoine Georges (Flatiron Institute) Does the Hubbard model host high-Tc superconductivity? - A view from Neural Quantum States
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Dominique Bergmann (Stanford) Getting to the center of plant stomata
- Stefano Di Talia (Duke) Long-range signaling coordination in development and regeneration
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Simons Amphitheater
01:30PM AI for Quantum Matter
- Matija Medvidovic (ETH Zurich) Tutorial on Neural Quantum States
- Antoine Georges (Flatiron Institute) Open Discussion on Neural Quantum States
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Nicoletta Petridou (EMBL Heidelberg) Timing, noise and collectives: how the cell cycle shapes the early embryos
- Nikolas Claussen (Princeton) Tissue shape from cell-scale tension (and two software tools)
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Simons Amphitheater
10:30AM AI for Quantum Matter
- Agnes Valenti (Flatiron Institute) From 2D materials to quantum impurity solvers: A neural-network perspective
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Chloe Roffay (IMP) Long-range mechanical communication through tissue flows in human gastruloid discs
- Maura Zimmerman (Cornell) Growth dynamics of wrinkled leaves
- Cedric Finet (OIST) How butterflies create color - about geometry and chitin deposition at the single-cell level
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
02:00PM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- James Briscoe (Francis Crick Inst.), Sharad Ramanathan (Harvard) Cell Fate Discussion
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Sebastian Streichan (UCSB) qBio student talks
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Sebastian Streichan (UCSB) qbio student talks
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Simons Amphitheater
03:30PM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Lucy Erin O'brien (Stanford) Plasticity of adult organ size under functional demand
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Naomi Nakayama (OIST) Material instruction of morphogenesis and morphing
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Daniel Kierzkowski (U. de Montréal) Building Plant Organs: Gradients, Conflicts, and Forms
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Henrik Weyer (KITP) Mechanical patterning in cardiac organoids
- Jessica Feldman (Stanford) Mechanisms of epithelial symmetry breaking
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Jake Cornwall Scoones (Francis Crick Inst.) Coarse-graining cis-regulatory elements to rationalise and redesign developmental patterns
- Katerina Ragkousi (Amherst) The primary epithelium of the sea anemone embryo
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Rita Mateus (MPI-CBG) Controlling Organ Growth Across Scales
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Frank Jülicher (MPI-PKS) Electro-hydraulics of tissues
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
02:00PM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Lucy Erin O'brien (Stanford), Rita Mateus (MPI-CBG) Regeneration discussion
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Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:40AM Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants
- Annis Richardson (Edinburgh U.) What's interesting about grasses?
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Week of Aug 03 - Aug 09, 2026
Week of Aug 03 - Aug 09, 2026
2026
Monday, Aug 03, 2026
2026
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2026
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Wednesday, Aug 05, 2026
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Thursday, Aug 06, 2026
2026
Friday, Aug 07, 2026
2026
Saturday, Aug 08, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Sunday, Aug 09, 2026
No talks scheduled.
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Week of Aug 10 - Aug 16, 2026
Week of Aug 10 - Aug 16, 2026
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Monday, Aug 10, 2026
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Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026
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Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026
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Thursday, Aug 13, 2026
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Friday, Aug 14, 2026
2026
Saturday, Aug 15, 2026
No talks scheduled.
2026
Sunday, Aug 16, 2026
No talks scheduled.
KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
TELEPHONE: (805) 893-4111
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
TELEFAX: (805) 893-2431
speakers@kitp.ucsb.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106-4030
http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu
KITP Program of Scientific Activities
Month of August, 2026
Month of August, 2026
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Exploring New Frontiers
