FRANK WILCZEK

Quantum Connections 2026 (the sixteenth Quantum Connections in Sweden summer school) brought together graduate students and postdocs, both theoretical and experimental, to work across the quantum frontier alongside leading researchers. The school took place from 7 to 20 June 2026 at Högberga Gård in Lidingö, Sweden. The lecture slides and materials are now available below. About the school Quantum Connections is a series of summer schools for graduate students and postdocs in

The Wilczek Quantum Center will host a symposium, "Historical and Future Perspectives of Physics and Physicists," on August 17 and 18, 2026. The event will be livestreamed and preserved online. About the symposium The history of physics has repeatedly shown that a deep appreciation of the past and a forward-looking vision are often important at critical moments of major breakthroughs. Today, physics faces profound challenges, among which artificial intelligence brings both tr

Futures, by Nobel and Templeton laureate Frank Wilczek, is an expansive project spanning a public lecture series and writings, exploring what science reveals about reality and how human imagination can shape tomorrow. It centers on a "threefold way" framework: what is (science), what could be (possibilities), and what should be (purpose). About the series Produced by Arizona State University's Department of Physics, this six-part public lecture series brings the ideas of the

A four-part lecture series delivered by Frank Wilczek as part of the Cosmology Seminar Series at Arizona State University in Spring 2026. The series traces the axion from the theoretical gap that motivated it, through its role in cosmology, to the experimental efforts now searching for it. Lecture 1: T Symmetry and the θ Parameter Date February 27, 2026 Speaker Frank Wilczek, MIT Faculty Host Alex Rojewski Abstract A crisis and an opportunity. The standard model has an ex

Alongside his research and public lectures, Frank Wilczek remained active in the classroom and the seminar room at Arizona State University through the spring of 2026, teaching and taking part in the ongoing Cosmology Seminar Series at ASU's Goldwater Center. The Cosmology Initiative at ASU Frank Wilczek is a member of the faculty of ASU's Cosmology Initiative, which bridges the Department of Physics and the School of Earth and Space Exploration and explores the deepest quest

Frank Wilczek and Sreenath K. Manikandan (Nordita, Stockholm University and KTH) were awarded first prize in the 2025 Gravity Research Foundation essay competition for their essay "Probing Quantum Structure in Gravitational Radiation." The essay explores how the quantum nature of gravity could leave measurable imprints on gravitational waves. About the Essay The Gravity Research Foundation has run its essay competition annually since 1949, and it is one of the most respected

Not everything at Quantum Connections happens at the lectern. In this lighthearted moment, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek and his wife, Betsy Devine, perform a song about Schrödinger's Cat, the famous thought experiment in which a cat is, in a sense, both alive and dead at once. It's a playful reminder that a love of physics and a sense of fun go hand in hand. Physics Set to Music Schrödinger's Cat is one of the most well-known ideas in quantum mechanics, a thought experiment t

Invisible Palettes was a collaborative art and science exhibition held at Arizona State University's Harry Wood Gallery from 2 to 19 February 2026. The exhibition brought together a series of paintings by artist Penny Cagney, created in collaboration with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, Professor Nathan Newman, and the ASU SciHub team. Where art meets physics The paintings were inspired by and developed alongside the Hylighter, a device built by the ASU SciHub team that uses te

The Quantum Connections Winter School is the winter counterpart to the summer schools in Sweden, held in China each January. It gives students and young researchers an immersive experience across the fundamental and technological frontiers of quantum science, through lectures delivered by Nobel laureates and pioneering researchers from around the world. Participants explore the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, the landscape of quantum algorithms and communication,

On Friday 5 September 2025, Lund University welcomed Professor Frank Wilczek for a public lecture open to everyone. In a talk titled "My Life with Quantum Chromodynamics," he took the audience on a journey through some of the greatest ideas in modern physics. A lifetime with quantum physics Frank Wilczek is best known for discovering asymptotic freedom, a breakthrough that led to Quantum Chromodynamics, the modern theory describing how the strong force binds together the part