Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, What is a Nuclear Clock? by Eric Hudson (UCLA)

Great to see our postdoc Jani Penttala featured in a UCLA Philanthropy story highlighting Dr. Mani L. Bhaumik’s support for theoretical physics 👏👏👏 philanthropy.ucla.edu/stories/theo...

A week visiting the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Kyoto. Great discussions and inspiring physics. Now back in Los Angeles 💪💪💪

Ever since my postdoc days at RIKEN BNL Research Center, where I met wonderful Japanese colleagues and friends, I’ve wanted to visit Japan. Now it’s finally happening. Just boarded flight to Osaka - spending the week at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics. First time in Japan. Excited 😁

AI for Science Kickoff 2026 starts this Tuesday at UCLA IPAM: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/spe...

Many thanks to Prof. Martin Savage (UW Seattle) for a wonderful colloquium at our department - Quantum Simulation of Fundamental Physics, and for a great visit 🤝🤝🤝

Today at IPAM at UCLA: Zhiyan Ding of the University of Michigan presents "New insights into system–bath interaction models for quantum ground- and thermal-state preparation" at IPAM's New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems Workshop. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/BxI8lGyx5cA

Today at IPAM at UCLA: Lin Lin of the University of California, Berkeley, presents "Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States" at IPAM's New Frontiers in Quantum Algorithms for Open Quantum Systems Workshop. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/998ChvosEuI

New from IPAM at UCLA: Xiaodi Wu of the University of Maryland presents "Hamiltonian-oriented Quantum Algorithm Design and Implementation, Part 2 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/qtmZ1ZLq0X4

New from IPAM at UCLA: Xiaodi Wu of the University of Maryland presents "Hamiltonian-oriented Quantum Algorithm Design and Implementation, Part 1 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/6AZQqqpxEao

Today at IPAM at UCLA: Ken Brown of Duke University presents "Tutorial Introduction to Quantum Simulation, Part 2 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/IoL2p61CuF0

Today at IPAM at UCLA: Ken Brown of Duke University presents "Tutorial Introduction to Quantum Simulation, Part 1 of 2" at IPAM's Quantum Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation. Watch on YouTube-> youtu.be/IXIPQlyY3RI

We just wrapped up a fantastic Winter School 2026: Quantum Simulation at UCLA IPAM Ken Brown (Duke): Introduction Xiaodi Wu (Maryland): Quantum Algorithms Zohreh Davoudi (Maryland): Quantum Simulation for QFT Andreas Weichselbaum (BNL): Tensor Networks Victor Batista (Yale): Quantum Chemistry

Hello everyone—what a windy Sunday! 🌬️

My CMS colleagues downstairs have better espresso, so I stopped by to get one. After all, the theory lounge is out of coffee beans. Now back to work before the holiday break ☕️

In 2025, we learned that dark energy is plausibly getting weaker and found new mysteries in the early universe. www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...

Mathematics is, at its core, an art. This is on full display in Quanta’s Year in Review math round-up: www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...

These are the year’s computational revelations.

New group picture taken today! 😁😁😁

Scientists working on the MicroBooNE experiment announced that they have found no evidence for a fourth type of neutrino.

Our neighborhood is having another power outage tonight — the third in two weeks. Hard to believe this keeps happening in a “modern” city like Los Angeles @ladwp.com 😱

Finishing a proposal on my birthday… but at least Starbucks gives a free birthday drink! 🎉☕️ Thank you!

I’m grateful to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from @humboldt-foundation.de. I look forward to visiting DESY and other institutes in Germany in summer 2026, and to learning from and collaborating with many wonderful colleagues 🙏🤝😁 newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty...

Huge thanks to Nathaniel Craig @physicsnate.bsky.social for a beautiful and truly inspiring colloquium at UCLA today! I also really enjoyed our discussions and lunch together 👏👏👏

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Today’s fortune cookie basically said: “You work too much. Go to the beach.” 😂

The Frontiers of Programmable Quantum Dynamics: Advances and Applications conference has concluded today, and recorded talks are now available to watch at buff.ly/2lD7WTC and buff.ly/AXJjS4e Watch more talks from the associated program online at buff.ly/QHE8YtH 🧪

Good morning, everyone! Wishing you a bright and peaceful day ahead ☀️

Halloween is just around the corner!

Chen-Ning Yang, one of the giants in theoretical physics and Nobel laureate, passed away in Beijing on Saturday at 103 🙏🙏🙏 www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/18/...

We’re excited to launch the Bhaumik Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at UCLA! 🌟 Open to outstanding candidates in Physics, Astronomy, or Chemistry. Nominations due Oct 31, 2025 — help us spread the word! physicalsciences.ucla.edu/bhaumik-priz...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits? Here it is: ($) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Friday night at UCLA — full of energy 💪💪

Back in the City of Angels — feeling great!

Just landed in Seattle! Excited for a short visit to the Institute for Nuclear Theory at University of Washington — here until Friday 💪💪

Fall quarter starts next week, and summer is over. Just in time for great news: I’ve been promoted to Professor at UCLA Physics & Astronomy, effective July 1, 2025. Grateful to my mentors, colleagues, students, postdocs, and collaborators who made this possible 😀 Thank you all!

Excited to welcome Carlos Lamas Rodríguez, a graduate student from @igfae.gal working with Prof. @casalgado.bsky.social. He’ll be joining us for the Fall quarter - looking forward to great collaborations ahead 🤝📷🤝

Got this from Panda Express today 🥢✨ “I wish this would be true literally…” 🍀

Having lunch at UCLA Anderson Cafe @uclaanderson.bsky.social

A caramel latte with a Bruin foam on top 🐻☕. Only one staff makes it … feels like UCLA’s secret menu 😄😄😄

A beautiful Labor Day — couldn’t ask for a better sky ☀️☁️💙

Had a chance to stop by UCLA South Bay Campus. Amazing spot—right up on the hill with the Pacific Ocean below. It really does feel like the campus sits above the clouds. ☁️🌊

Found my homework from 20 years ago. Who would have expected that the energy–energy correlator we studied then would still be a widely discussed observable in QCD today? 😂😂

The Music Library has one of the most beautiful views — a perfect backdrop for reading and thinking. 📚🎶

✨ Preparing a nomination package takes patience and care — polishing every detail until it shines. Fingers crossed it pays off, because our young scientists truly deserve the recognition. 🌟

Our departmental 10-week REU program wrapped up with all students giving 10-minute talks. Curtis and Brian presented their projects on global analysis and tensor networks—both did a great job. Seeing students grow so much in a short time is truly rewarding 👏👏👏

At the UCLA Faculty Center ☕🐻 — ordered my usual caramel latte, and the new staff put a little Bruin on top. Absolutely adorable. 😂