Colloquia

The MPQ Colloquium is held on Tuesdays at 2:30 pm.
The MCQST Colloquium takes place on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm.

The talks will take place in Herbert Walther Lecture Hall. Details on how to participate online are distributed via the mailing lists [wiss-mpq] and [Mpq-colloquium-stream]. To receive this information, please register using the link on the right sidebar.

Scientific organization of the talks: Dr. Stephan Dürr and Prof. Thomas Udem

"Quantum Computing in Academia and Industry" (MCQST) (Prof. Christopher Monroe)

THURSDAY
Date: Jun 18, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Christopher Monroe
Duke University, Durham, USA
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

The promise of processing information using entangled quantum superpositions has become one of the greatest modern scientific challenges. However, building a quantum computer involves the control of exotic hardware such as individual atoms, with electromagnetic control and modular scaling through photonic interconnections. This requires a new type of engineering with both academic and industrial efforts. [more]

"Gravity and laser spectroscopy experiments using a novel muonium beam" (Prof. Anna Soter)

Date: Jun 23, 2026
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Anna Soter
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

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"XUV induced ulfrafast dynamics in complex molecules: towards attosecond science in proteins and DNA" (Prof. Franck Lépine)

POSTPONED!!
Date: Jun 30, 2026
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Franck Lépine
CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

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"To be announced" (MCQST) (Prof. Zoran Hadzibabic)

Date: Jul 7, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Zoran Hadzibabic
University of Cambridge, UK
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MCQST

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"On phenomena from discrete space and time" (Prof. Jeongwan Haah)

Date: Jul 14, 2026
Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Jeongwan Haah
Stanford University, California, USA
Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopferman-Straße 1, 85748 Garching
Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
Host: MPQ

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