Niels Bohr Lectures

Niels Bohr Lectures are English-language lecture series with some of the world's leading researchers in their field.

The lectures are held at a non-technical level, where they can be understood by anyone with a background knowledge corresponding to the first years of the physics course. It is free and everyone is welcome.

15 June 2016, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Robert H. Austin

Title: Collective Many-body Effects in Biology Robert H. Austin is a Fellow of the American Physica…

8 June 2016, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Lisa Randall

Title: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs I will explain dark matter and its influences. I will also…

6 Apr. 2016, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Yoichi Ando

Title: Topological Insulators and Superconductors Yoichi Ando was appointed to a full professor in…

2 Mar. 2016, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Jacob Friis Sherson

Title: Using online computer games for quantum optimization tasks Assoc. Prof. Jacob Sherson is an…

6 Jan. 2016, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Carlo Beenakker

Title: Majorana edge modes in topological superconductors Carlo Beenakker is professor in Leiden,…

18 Nov. 2015, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Michael Berry

Title: Nature’s optics and our understanding of light Michael Berry is famous for the Berry phase, …

7 Oct. 2015, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Tomas Bohr

Title: Bouncing Droplets, Pilot Waves & Quantum Mechanics Tomas Bohr is Professor of Physics in the…

3 June 2015, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by John Martinis

Title: What’s next after Moore’s law: quantum computing John Martinis is a Professor at UC Santa…

13 May 2015, 15:15

Niels Bohr Lecture by Bradley M. Peterson

Title: Solving the Quasar Mystery: A 50-Year Quest Bradley M. Peterson has been on the faculty of…