Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Nico van Kampen Colloquium in Theoretical Physics
Wednesdays
Time: 16h00 – 17h00
Schedule 2025-2026 Nico van Kampen Colloquium
Colloquia will be in person and will begin at 4pm.
NWO Physics 2026: 20 and 21 January at NH Koningshof, Veldhoven.
Week 4: EXAM WEEK
Semester 2
Third Period: Monday 2 Feb 2026 ( week 5 ) - 17 April ( week 15 )
WEDNESDAY 11 February 2026
Speaker: Rembert Duine
Title: High-energy physics for low-power consumption
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Cosmos
Host: Tomislav Prokopec
WEDNESDAY 25 February 2026
Speaker: Prof. dr.ir. Wilfred van der Wiel (Twente).
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Cosmos
Host: Rene van Roij
WEDNESDAY 11 March 2026
Speaker: Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Universität Heidelberg)
Title: Light-Ion Collisions - Bridging Small and Large QCD Systems
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Cosmos
Host: Wilke van der Schee
WEDNESDAY 25 March 2026
Speaker: Anna Watts ( UvA )
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Cosmos
Host: Tanja Hinderer
WEDNESDAY 8 April 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Cosmos
Host: Ro Jefferson
Fourth Period: Mon 20 April 2026 ( week 16 ) - June 26
WEDNESDAY 22 April 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Pangea
Host: Ro Jefferson
WEDNESDAY 6 May 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Pangea
Host: Henk Stoof
WEDNESDAY 20 May 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Pangea
Host: Eric Laenen
WEDNESDAY 3 June 2026
Speaker: Luca Santoni ( APC Paris )
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG-Pangea
Host: Tanja Hinderer
WEDNESDAY 17 June 2026
Speaker: tba
Title: tba
Place & time: 16h00 in KBG -Pangea
Host: Joost de Graaf
Summer Recess: Jun 29 - Aug 28 2026
Locations
The Nico van Kampen Colloquium is usually held in person in the scheduled lecture hall. Location of the colloquium is not fixed. Some of the locations are as follows:
- Ruppert Building, lecture rooms Wit, Paars, Blauw, or 042 Leuvenlaan 21, Utrecht
- Koningsberger Building, (KBG), lecture rooms ATLAS, COSMOS or PANGEA, Budapestlaan 4a-b, Utrecht
- Willem C. van Unnikgebouw, lecture room 211, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht
- Minnaertgebouw, lecture rooms 201, 202, Leuvenlaan 4, Utrecht
- Educatorium, lecture room Theatron, Leuvenlaan 19, Utrecht
Organizer
Tomislav Prokopec (t.prokopec@uu.nl)
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Note that according to the rules, students are required to attend 18 colloquia to complete the course. There are additional requirements regarding alumni talks, career events and questions to the speakers.
Furthermore, supervisors in the second year should write colloquium attendance as student’s (bi-)weekly activity.