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2D Correlated Materials

We are pleased to announce the workshop, "New Developments in 2D Correlated Materials" sponsored by the Simons Foundation through the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. This event will be held in Minneapolis from Wednesday, May 20, 2026 to Friday, May 22, 2026. 


Please contact us with any questions by email at [email protected].

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Program

New Developments in 2D Correlated Materials
May 20-22, 2026

The workshop will be held in Kenneth H. Keller Hall 3-180 and will be streamed via Zoom. Recordings of the talks will be posted to FTPI's YouTube channel where permissible.

Wednesday, 5/20 | Thursday, 5/21 | Friday, 5/22


Wednesday, 5/20

8:30 - 8:55 am
Light Breakfast

8:55 - 9:00 am
Welcome

9:00 - 9:40 am
Hitchhiker's Guide to Rhombohedral Graphene
Allan MacDonald
University of Texas, Austin

9:40 - 10:20 am
Superconductivity, and its Failure, in Rhombohedral Graphene
Matthew Yankowitz
University of Washington

10:20 - 10:50 am
Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:30 am
TBD
Patrick Ledwith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Strong Correlations in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
Erez Berg
University of California, Santa Barbara

12:10 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break (on your own) 

2:00 - 2:40 pm
TBD
B. Andrei Bernevig
Princeton University

2:40 - 3:20 pm
Chiral and Other Unconventional Superconductivities in Crystalline Graphene
Long Ju
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:20 - 4:00 pm
TBD
Eli Zeldov
Weizmann Institute of Science

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Coffee Break

4:30 - 5:10 pm
Skyrmion Lattice Physics in Rhombohedral Graphene Superlattices
Trithep Devakul
Stanford University

5:10 - 5:50 pm
Orbital Magnetization and Magnetic Susceptibility of Interacting Electrons
Jian Kang
Shanghai Tech University


Thursday, 5/21

8:30 - 8:55 am
Light Breakfast

9:00 - 9:40 am
Phases and Phase Transitions in the Half-filled Chern Band
Ady Stern
Weizmann Institute of Science

9:40 - 10:20 am
Nodal Nematic Superconductivity in Moiré Graphene 
Jeong Min "Jane" Park
Princeton University

10:20 - 10:50 am
Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:30 am
Anyons Everywhere
Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman
Princeton University

11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Imaging Flat Band Electron Hydrodynamics in Biased Bilayer Graphene
Canxun Zhang
University of California, Santa Barbara

12:10 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break (on your own) 

2:00 - 2:40 pm
Superconductivity from Emergent Dipole-Dipole Interactions in a Fractionalized Fermi Liquid
Nick Bultinck
Ghent University

2:40 - 3:20 pm
Thermal SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory for Intertwined Orders and Hole Pockets in the Cuprates
Maine Christos
Caltech

3:20 - 4:00 pm
TBD
Pavel Nosov
Harvard University

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Coffee Break

4:30 - 5:10 pm
Quantum Geometric Perspectives on Correlated Systems
Jiabin Yu
University of Florida

5:10 - 5:50 pm
TBD
Yves Hon Kwan
University of Texas, Dallas

6:30 pm
Workshop Banquet
University Hall - McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. SE


Friday, 5/22

8:30 - 9:00 am
Light Breakfast

9:00 - 9:40 am
Gauge Constraints of Elasticity Inherited by Electronic Nematic Criticality
Rafael Fernandes
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

9:40 - 10:20 am
Orbital Magnetic Responses in Correlated Multiband Systems 
Mengxing Ye
University of Utah

10:20 - 10:50 am
Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:30 am
New Gifts from Classical Plasmas to Quantum Many Body States and Back
Inti Sodemann Villadiego
University of Leipzig

11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Dynamics of Dispersing Anyons in Moiré Flat Bands: Emergent Phases and Microscopic Origin
Eslam Khalaf
Harvard University

12:10 pm
End of Workshop

Organizers
Andrey Chubukov headshot

Andrey Chubukov

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Minnesota

Hart Goldman headshot

Hart Goldman

School of Physics and Astronomy  
University of Minnesota

Man standing and smiling in the autumn

Oskar Vafek

Fine Theoretical Physics Institute 
School of Physics and Astronomy  
University of Minnesota

Speakers
Erez Berg headshot

Erez Berg

University of California, Santa Barbara

B. Andrei Bernevig

B. Andrei Bernevig

Princeton University

Nick Bultinck

Nick Bultinck

Ghent University

Trithep Devakul

Trithep Devakul

Stanford University

Rafael Fernandes

Rafael Fernandes

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman

Princeton University

 

Long Ju

Long Ju

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jian Kang

Jian Kang

Shanghai Tech University

khalaf-eslam headshot

Eslam Khalaf

The University of Texas at Austin

Yves Kwan

Yves Kwan

University of Texas, Dallas

Patrick Ledwith

Patrick Ledwith

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Allan MacDonald

Allan MacDonald

University of Texas, Austin

 Jeong Min (Jane) Park

Jeong Min (Jane) Park

Princeton University

Pavel Nosov headshot with lake and trees

Pavel Nosov

Harvard University

Inti Sodemann headshot

Inti Sodemann

University of Leipzig

Ady Stern

Ady Stern

Weizmann Institute

Matthew Yankowitz

Matthew Yankowitz

University of Washington

Mengxing Ye

Mengxing Ye

University of Utah

Jiabin Yu

Jiabin Yu

University of Florida

Eli Zeldov

Eli Zeldov

Weizmann Institute

Canxun Zhang

Canxun Zhang

University of California, Santa Barbara

Location

Workshop Location:

The workshop will be held in Keller Hall 3-180 on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.

The building can be accessed via the main doors on Washington Avenue and the side doors on Union Street and the Scholars Walk.

Getting to the University of Minnesota:

Once you land at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP), you have several options you can take to get to the University of Minnesota (UMN).

Taxi, Uber and Lyft services are available at MSP. It will take approximately 20-30 minutes to get to campus depending on traffic. Visit the Ground Transportation page of the MSP website for more information on app-based ride services. 

Car rental is not recommended. Parking around campus is limited and expensive.

Map of the Green Line light rail system, showing routes, stations, and connections in a clear layout.

The Metro Transit Light Rail is the most efficient and cost effective mode of travel. The trains run every 15 - 20 minutes on weekdays and will get you to the UMN campus in about 30 minutes. From MSP, take the Blue Line north to US Bank Station. From there you will transfer to the Green Line and take that to the East Bank Station (Graduate Hotel) or Stadium Village Station (Hilton Garden Inn). Find more information on the Metro Transit website. We recommend Uber/Lyft at night. 

 

Local Restaurants:

Please see our Restaurant Locations Map for ideas on where to eat in the area. 

Lodging
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Lodging for non-local invited speakers will be provided by the workshop sponsors at the Graduate Hotel by Hilton. The Graduate is a five minute walk to the workshop location and the Hampton is about a 20 minute walk. The Hampton also has a shuttle you can take to and from the University each day. 

Information regarding details of hotel arrangements will be sent via e-mail to each participant of the workshop after registration. Please DO NOT contact the hotel to update reservations; contact the email address below for any changes that need to be made.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions by e-mail at [email protected].

Associates of workshop speakers

There is a courtesy block at the Days Inn University for postdocs/grad students to reserve and pay for their lodging at the UMN discounted rate. Please reach out to organizers at [email protected] for a link to register.