Berkeley Physics

November 2, 2026 Basic Science Lights the Way presents: More than the Sum of Its Parts: "Emergence" in Physics and Mathematics. This conversation features incoming Berkeley Physics faculty Ethan Lake, grad student Méabh Allen, and will be moderated by Professor Joel Moore. Register here to join via Zoom: https://basicscience.berkeley.edu/

Berkeley physicists helped turn a bold idea into IceCube, the Antarctic neutrino telescope central to Nobel Prize-winning science.

Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — and earn its leader the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics - Berkeley News When Francis Halzen first proposed an experiment in the Antarctic ice to detect high-energy neutrinos, Berkeley’s Buford Price was all in.

10/12: Where will the Higgs boson take us? Join UC Berkeley physicist Haichen Wang for a Physics Colloquium exploring the latest in Higgs physics—and how new technologies and quantum effects could reveal physics beyond the Standard Model.
https://events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/323090-physics-colloquium-with-haichen-wang-where-will-the-h

10/12: How do liquids move at the mesoscale? Join Alfred Q.R. Baron of RIKEN SPring-8 Center for a Condensed Matter Seminar exploring how high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering is revealing the complex dynamics of liquids—including water—at previously difficult-to-probe scales. https://events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/329866-condensed-matter-seminar-with-alfred-qr-baron-investi

A new chapter begins for the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Berkeley, as Hitoshi Murayama takes the helm as the institute’s new director.
https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/hitoshi-murayama-becomes-new-director-leinweber-institute-theoretical-physics

Berkeley Physics is conducting a broad open search for Assistant Professor in space sciences, astrophysics, and experimental nuclear and particle physics. Apply here:

Assistant Professor - Open Physics Field - Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Berkeley Physics is conducting a search for Assistant Professor in Condensed Matter Experiment. Apply here:

Assistant Professor-Condensed Matter Experimental - Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Berkeley Physics is conducting a search for Assistant Professor in Atomic, Molecular, & Optical (AMO) Physics Theory. Apply here:

Assistant Professor-Atomic Physics Theory - Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Monday, October 5 at 4:30: Could exotic fields be hiding in plain sight? Join Derek Jackson Kimball for a Physics Colloquium exploring how spin-based quantum sensors could detect ultralight fields such as axions—and even reveal signals from black holes across our galaxy.
https://events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/323089-physics-colloquium-with-derek-jackson-kimball-new-twi

Monday, October 5 at 2:30: What happens when light meets matter at the nanoscale? Join Johannes Lischner for a Condensed Matter Seminar exploring how scientists can control light–matter interactions in twisted multilayers and plasmonic nanoparticles—from trapped excitons to energetic “hot carriers.”
https://events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/331173-condensed-matter-seminar-with-johannes-lischner-contr