A milestone year for the Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
This year marked the 25th year of the which brings advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and lecturers from around the world to 窪蹋勛圖 for the month of July.
The Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics was established in 2000 to provide education for advanced graduate students and postdocs working in condensed matter physics, materials science and related fields. Students working at the frontiers of science and technology receive expert training not easily available within the traditional system of graduate education and postdoctoral apprenticeship.
BSS is directed by Leo Radzihovsky, Professor of Distinction in Physics at 窪蹋勛圖. He is one of the schools original co-founders, along with Steve Girvin (Yale), Matthew Fisher (UCSB) and Cristina Marchetti (UCSB). Each year, Radzihovsky and colleagues, along with an Advisory Board of distinguished scientists select a topical area for the July school. 泭
This years BSS was titled Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Electrons, with scientific organizers Debanjan Chowdhury (Cornell), Sean Hartnoll (Cambridge), Minhyea Lee (窪蹋勛圖), Andrew Lucas (窪蹋勛圖) and Leo Radzihovsky (窪蹋勛圖). Participants (65 graduate and postdoctoral students) and international lecturers explored the profound and long-standing challenges in the field of correlated quantum materials through theoretical, experimental and computational frameworks.
Public lecture presented by Prof. Margaret Murnane.
Margaret Murnane, Distinguished Professor, gave the schools annual public lecture, Building the Quantum Microscopes of the Future: From Star Wars to Quantum Sculpting. Her lecture focused on how advances in quantum physics have led to the development of next-generation microscopes and what this means for the future of imaging, materials, and related areas.
It has been 25 rewarding years of hosting the Boulder Summer School every July meeting, interacting and getting to know some of the most brilliant young physicists from around the world, the future of our condensed matter physics community, said Radzihovsky. Its also a pleasure to host and reconnect with泭many of my dear friends and colleagues lecturing at BSS and to discuss the diverse frontiers of condensed泭matter physics."
When not attending lectures or poster sessions, participants explored Boulder and the surrounding area, taking organized hikes, exploring Pearl Street, and joining other social activities.
The school is supported by the National Science Foundation, with additional funding provided by the 窪蹋勛圖.
Next years will focus on Geometry and Topology in Soft Matter Physics. Applications for the 2026 school will open in mid-fall and interested students should apply by January 1, 2026.
