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New Platforms for Topological Quantum Matter

We are pleased to announce the workshop, "New Platforms for Topological Quantum Matter" sponsored by the Simons Foundation through the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) at the University of Minnesota. This exciting event will be held in Minneapolis from Tuesday May 20, 2025 to Thursday, May 22, 2025. Our hope is to bring together folks from a broad spectrum of the topological phases, correlated electrons, and quantum information communities, with close to even representation from theory and experiment. 

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

 

Program

New Platforms for Topological Quantum Matter 

May 20-22, 2025

The workshop will be held in Kenneth H. Keller Hall 3-180

 

Tuesday, 5/20 ~ Wednesday, 5/21 ~ Thursday, 5/22

Tuesday, May 20th

8:40 - 8:55 am 
Check in

8:55 - 9:00 am 
Introduction

Session 1: Rhombohedral graphene

9:00 - 9:35 am 
Chiral superconductivity in graphene
Long Ju
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:35 - 10:10 am
Unveiling Magnetic Order in the Symmetry Broken Phases of Rhombohedral Graphene
Trevor Arp
University of California, Santa Barbara

10:10 - 10:40 am  
Coffee break

10:40 - 11:15 am
TBA
Trithep Devakul
Stanford University

11:15 - 11:50 am
Chern insulators and superconductivity in graphene moiré lattices
Matthew Yankowitz
University of Washington

11:50 - 12:25 pm
TBA
Daniel Parker
University of California, San Diego

12:30 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break (on your own)

Session 2: Topological phases in disordered and open systems

2:00 - 2:35 pm
TBA
Carolyn Zhang
Harvard University

2:35 - 3:10 pm
Digital quantum magnetism at the frontier of classical simulations
Andrew Potter
Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia

3:10 - 3:40 pm 
Coffee break

3:40 - 4:15 pm
Symmetry-Protected 'Triviality' and Criticality in a Hubbard Quantum Simulator
Ruben Verresen
University of Chicago

4:15 - 4:50 pm
TBA
Zhen Bi
Pennsylvania State University

4:50 pm 
Welcome Reception
Keller Hall Atrium

 

Tuesday, 5/20 ~ Wednesday, 5/21 ~ Thursday, 5/22

Wednesday, May 21st

Session 1: Correlations and quantum geometry in 2d materials

9:00 - 9:35 am 
Imaging supermoire relaxation in helical trilayer graphene
Ben Feldman
Stanford University

9:35 - 10:10 am
Quantum geometry in metals
Nishchhal Verma
Columbia University

10:10 - 10:40 am  
Coffee break

10:40 - 11:15 am
How symmetry selects flavor ferromagnetism in multi-valley electron fluids
Vladimir Calvera
Stanford University

11:15 - 11:50 am
Topologically enabled superconductivity: possible implications for rhombohedral graphene
Elio Konig
University of Wisconsin-Madison 

11:50 - 12:25 pm
Strong interactions at a Weyl semimetal-spin ice interface
Jedediah Pixley
Rutgers University

12:30 - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break (on your own)

Session 2: TMDs 

2:00 - 2:35 pm
Correlation-driven Topological Phase Diagram of Twisted MoTe2
Heonjoon Park
University of Washington

2:35 - 3:10 pm
Dynamical exciton sensing and coherent electrodynamics in a monolayer semiconductor
Andrew Pierce
Cornell University

3:30 - 4:00 pm 
Coffee break

4:00 - 4:35 pm
TBA
Zhurun (Judy) Ji
SLAC National Lab; MIT- fall 2025

4:35 - 5:10 pm
Microwave impedance microscopy of topological states
Monica Allen
University of California, San Diego

6:00 pm  
Reception and dinner
McNamara Alumni Center
University Hall
200 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455


Tuesday, 5/20 ~ Wednesday, 5/21 ~ Thursday, 5/22

Thursday, May 22nd

Mini-session: AMO systems

9:00 - 9:35 am 
Local probes of correlated matter in atomic and molecular quantum simulators
Zoe Yan
University of Chicago

9:35 - 10:10 am
Engineering topological matter with ultracold atoms
Richard Fletcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:10 - 10:45 am
Ordering the topological order in the fractional quantum Hall effect
Seth Musser
University of Maryland, College Park

10:45 - 11:15 am  
Coffee break

11:15 - 11:50 am
Encapsulated Chemistry and Quantum Engineering of Superconductivity in Moire Stacks
Sanfeng Wu
Princeton University 

11:50 - 12:25 am
Composite fermion tunnelling at moiré TMD/superconductor interfaces
Alex Thomson
University of California, Davis

12:25 - 1:00 pm
Superconductivity and the Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall effect
Senthil Todadri
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Speakers
Monica Allen

Monica Allen

University of California, San Diego

Trevor Arp

Trevor Arp

University of California, Santa Barbara

Zhen Bi

Zhen Bi

Pennsylvania State University

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Vladimir Calvera

Stanford University

Trithep Devakul

Trithep Devakul

Stanford University

Ben Feldman

Ben Feldman

Stanford University

Richard J. Fletcher

Richard J. Fletcher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zhurun Ji

Zhurun (Judy) Ji

SLAC National Lab; Massachusetts Institute of Technology - September of 2025

Long Ju

Long Ju

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Elio Koenig-Tarasevich

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Seth W. Musser

University of Maryland, College Park

Heonjoon Park

Heonjoon Park

University of Washington

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Daniel Eric Parker

University of California at San Diego

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Andrew Pierce

Cornell University 

Jedediah H. Pixley

Jedediah H. Pixley

Rutgers University

Andrew Potter

Andrew Potter

Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia

Alex Thomson

Alex Thomson

University of California, Davis

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Senthil Todadri

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Nishchhal Verma

Columbia University

Ruben Verresen

Ruben Verresen

University of Chicago

Chong Wang

Chong Wang

Perimeter Institute

Sanfeng Wu

Sanfeng Wu

Princeton University

Zoe Yan

Zoe Yan

University of Chicago

Matthew Yankowitz

Matthew Yankowitz

University of Washington

Carolyn Zhang

Carolyn Zhang

Harvard University

Organizers
Fiona Burnell headshot

Fiona Burnell

School of Physics and Astronomy 
University of Minnesota

Hart Goldman headshot

Hart Goldman

School of Physics and Astronomy  
University of Minnesota

Alex Kamenev headshot

Alex Kamenev

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

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.

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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 or the Hampton Inn & Suites. 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].

Participants
  • Monica Allen (University of California, San Diego)
  • Trevor Arp (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Cesar Ascencio (University of Minnesota)
  • Kübra Bag (University of Minnesota)
  • Guillaume Bal (University of Chicago)
  • Mehmet Batu Bayındırlı (University of Minnesota)
  • Ravneet Bedi (University of Minnesota)
  • Zhen Bi (Penn State University)
  • Turan Birol (University of Minnesota)
  • Luca Buiarelli (University of Minnesota)
  • Fiona Burnell (University of Minnesota)
  • Vladimir Calvera (Stanford University)
  • Aleksey Cherman (University of Minnesota)
  • Sanket Chirame (University of Minnesota)
  • Drake Clark (University of Minnesota)
  • Hao-Ran Cui (University of Minnesota)
  • Vítor Dantas Meireles (University of Minnesota)
  • Trithep Devakul (Stanford University)
  • Ilya Esterlis (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Ben Feldman (Stanford University)
  • Richard Fletcher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Yasha Gindikin (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Hart Goldman (University of Minnesota)
  • Shiyu Guo (University of Minnesota)
  • Woods Halley (University of Minnesota)
  • Gautam Hegde (University of Minnesota)
  • Michael Hott (University of Minnesota)
  • Zhurun Ji (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Long Ju (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Alex Kamenev (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Vipin Khade (University of Minnesota)
  • Wen-Han Kao (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Emmanouil Kokkinis (University of Minnesota)
  • Tianyu Kong (University of Minnesota)
  • Elio J König (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Yueh-Chen Lee (University of Minnesota)
  • Chris Leighton (University of Minnesota)
  • Alex Levchenko (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Bo-Han Lin (University of Minnesota)
  • Mitchell Luskin (University of Minnesota)
  • David Mayrhofer (University of Minnesota)
  • Solomon Michalak (University of Minnesota)
  • Seth Musser (University of Maryland, College Park)
  • Yuto Nakajima (University of Minnesota)
  • Ana-Marija Nedić (University of Minnesota)
  • Maria Neuzil (University of Minnesota)
  • Pavel Nosov (Harvard University)
  • Heonjoon Park (University of Washington)
  • Daniel Parker (University of California, San Diego)
  • Andrew Pierce (LASSP, Cornell University)
  • Jed Pixley (Rutgers University)
  • Andrew Potter (Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia)
  • Vlad Pribiag (University of Minnesota)
  • Zachary Raines (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Kazi Ranjibul Islam (University of Minnesota)
  • Anant Rastogi (University of Minnesota)
  • Wei Ren (University of Minnesota)
  • Colin Riggert (University of Minnesota)
  • Duarte Sousa (University of Minnesota)
  • Boris Shklovskii (FTPI, University of Minnesota)
  • Swetlana Swarup (University of Minnesota)
  • Alex Thomson (University of California, Davis)
  • Senthil Todadri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Saif Ullah Baig (University of Minnesota)
  • Nishchhal Verma (Columbia University)
  • Ruben Verresen (University of Chicago)
  • Chong Wang (Perimeter Institute)
  • Xiaojia Wang (University of Minnesota)
  • Ke Wang (University of Minnesota)
  • Jeremiah Williams (University of Minnesota)
  • Sanfeng Wu (Princeton University)
  • Rongfeng Xie (University of Minnesota)
  • Zoe Yan (University of Chicago)
  • Matthew Yankowitz (University of Washington)
  • Carolyn Zhang (Harvard University)
  • Hao Zhang (University of Minnesota)