Previous Lectures

2023 Misel Family Lecture
2022 Misel lecture
2019 Misel Lecture in progress
Prof. Quinn & Mrs. Misel
Prof. Mavalvala answering questions
2017 Misel Lecture
2015 Misel Lecture Q&A
2015 Misel Lecture
2017 Misel Lecture Q&A
2014 Misel Lecture afterwards
2014 Misel Lecture
2013 Misel Lecture in process
2014 Misel Lecture Q&A
2018 Misel Lecture
2016 Misel Lecture
Prof. Marcus answering questions
2016 Misel Lecture Q&A
2013 Misel Lecture Q&A
2013 Misel Lecture afterwards

2024

Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

"Magic Angle Graphene: the Twist and Shout of Quantum Materials"

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2023

Professor Francis Halzen and IceCube research center

"ICECUBE: Opening a Neutrino Window on the Universe from the South Pole"

Francis Halzen

Vilas and Gregory Breit Distinguished Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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2022

Carlos Frenk

"How Our Universe Was Made: All From Nothing"

Carlos Frenk

Institute for Computational Cosmology 
Durham University, England

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2019

Professor Charles Marcus

"Quantum Computing: Why, How, and When"

Charles Marcus

Center for Quantum Devices at the Niels Bohr Institute 
Microsoft Quantum Lab in Copenhagen

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2018

Professor Nergis Mavalvala

"Gravitational Waves: A New Window to the Universe"

Nergis Mavalvala

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2017

Wendy Freedman

"The Universe Continues to Reveal Surprises"

Wendy L. Freedman

University of Chicago

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2016

Professor John Preskill

"Quantum Computing & the Entanglement Frontier"

John Preskill

California Institute of Technology

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2015

Professor Joseph Polchinski

"Spacetime Versus the Quantum"

Joseph Polchinski

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics 
University of California, Santa Barbara

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2014

Professor Andre Linde

"Universe or Multiverse"

Andrei Linde

Stanford University

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2013

Professor Eric Cornell

"Why is Warm Glass Stickier than Cold Glass"

Eric Cornell

University of Colorado, Boulder

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2012

Professor John Ellis

"Answering Gauguin's Questions with the LHC:
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?"

John Ellis

Kings College London 
CERN

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2011

Professor Roger Blandford

"The Dark Side of the Universe"

Roger Blandford

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology 
Stanford University
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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2010

Professor N. David Mermin

"Spooky Actions at a Distance?"

N. David Mermin

Cornell University

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2009

Professor Helen Quinn

"Wandering Planets, Falling Apples, Curving Spaces, Whirling Stars: How Unraveling the Mysteries of Gravity Has Taught Us About the Universe"

Helen Quinn

Stanford University
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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2008

Professor P. James E. Peebles

"Finding the Big Bang"

P. James E. Peebles

Princeton University

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2007

Professor Leo P. Kadanoff

"Making a Splash; Breaking a Neck: the Development of Complexity in Physical Systems"

Leo P. Kadanoff

University of Chicago

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2006

Professor Frank Wilczek

"The Origin of Mass and Feebleness of Gravity"

Frank Wilczek

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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