Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Congratulations to KITP Permanent Member Dr. David J. Gross for receiving the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics! Read the full story from UC Santa Barbara here: tinyurl.com/David-Gross-Br… #BreakthroughPrize #ucsb #kitp

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Thermal Avalanches: Growing Dynamical Lengthscales in Glassy Landscapes by Alberto Rosso (CNRS) youtu.be/ZsyRnNUThv0

Welcome to the Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments (#microeco26) program at KITP! May 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026 kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/mic…

Welcome to the New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics #complexsys26 program at KITP! May 11 - July 16, 2026 kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/com…

Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26) youtube.com/playlist?list=…

KITP's David Gross - UCSB Physicist Wins Top Global Science Prize #UCSB keyt.com/news/education…

Welcome to the #KITP conference on Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26) Learn more at kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/nor… and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/norgate… youtube.com/c/KavliInstitu…

Congrats to KITP postdoc @fatihdin4en on their new preprint!

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, What is a Nuclear Clock? by Eric Hudson (UCLA) youtu.be/YsXPY-MtGTU

Welcome to the Thorium-229 Nuclear Clocks (#thclocks-m26) program at KITP! April 27, 2026 - May 8, 2026 Learn more: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/thc…

Congratulations to @ucsantabarbara Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics Lars Bildsten, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, for his election as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! news.ucsb.edu/2026/022527/th… #aaas #astrophysics 🌟

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Explaining the Quark Gluon Plasma by Ian Moult (Yale) youtu.be/YdQ2fNz-skU

Congratulations to David J. Gross of @KITP_UCSB on receiving the 2026 Special @brkthroughprize in Fundamental Physics. From the strong force to string theory, and advocacy for basic science, Gross’ groundbreaking work continues to influence scientists worldwide. news.ucsb.edu/2026/022521/uc…

Congratulations to David Gross, winner of the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, for a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to string theory, and for tireless advocacy for basic science worldwide. breakthroughprize.org/News/98 @ucsantabarbara @KITP_UCSB

Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk on How your heart works: A Physics Perspective by Flavio Fenton (Georgia Tech) ❤️ youtu.be/FopdFSqM7X8

2026 Teachers' Conference: The Physics of the Heart and Teaching BioPhysics in the Classroom Learn more at kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/car… and watch all conference talks #cardiot-c26 ❤️ #icymi youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Watch all recorded talks from this week at the #KITP Conference: Probing our Understanding of Quark-Gluon matter (#quarkgluon-c26) youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Welcome all participants joining the #KITP conference on Probing our Understanding of Quark-Gluon matter (#quarkgluon-c26) this week! Learn more at kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/qua… and stay tuned for recorded talks posted online at online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/quarkgl…

Welcome to the Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ (#cardio26) program at KITP! March 30 - April 23, 2026 Learn more: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/car…

Welcome to the Frontiers of Quark-Gluon Matter (#quarkgluon26) program at KITP! March 9 - May 7, 2026 Learn more: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/qua…