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Invited talks

1. Workshop on Ultracold Molecules, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Title TBD, September 2023.
2. Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) Summer Conference, Casper, Wyoming. Title TBD, July 2023.
3. Physics Seminar, University of Goettingen, Germany. Title TBD, June 2023.
4. Physics Seminar, King's College, London, UK. Title TBD, June 2023.
5. Quantum Science with Ultracold Molecules workshop, Hertfordshire, UK. Title TBD, June 2023.
6. Workshop on optical tweezers, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Programming quantum matter: real space geometry and synthetic dimensions, June 2023.
7. Rice-Europe Workshop on Future Directions in Spintronics and Quantum Materials, Paris, France. Programmable Quantum Matter, May 2023.
8. IQUIST (Illinois Quantum Institute of Science and Technology) seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Programmable Quantum Matter, April 2023.
9. Physics Colloquium, University of Houston, Houston, TX. Programmable quantum matter , March 2023.
10. Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Texas A&M, College Station, TX. Programmable quantum matter, March 2023.
11. AMO/QIS Seminar, Columbia University, New York City, NY. Programmable quantum matter with real and synthetic dimensions, March 2023.
12. Theory Seminar, Fudan University, Fudan, China (virtual). Programmable quantum matter with real and synthetic dimensions, March 2023.
13. Public Talk on the 2022 Nobel Prize, The Ion, Houston, TX. Quantum nonlocality and the 2022 Nobel Prize: from Einstein's disbelief to quantum technology, January 2023.
14. Quantum Simulation of the Doped Hubbard model, Harvard ITAMP workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, What can the SU(N) Hubbard model teach us about correlated matter?, November 2022.
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15. Physics Department Colloquium, CUNY, New York City, Programmable quantum matter with real and synthetic dimensions, October 2022.
16. Seminar, Flatiron Institute, New York City, Quantum matter: from consequences of locality to parastatistical particles, October 2022.
17. Physics Colloquium, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (virtual), Programmable quantum matter with real and synthetic dimensions, October 2022.
18. Keynote talk at Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), Rice University, Houston, Texas. Synthetic ultracold quantum matter, October 2022.
19. Theory Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis Quantum matter: from consequences of locality to parastatistical particles, September 2022.
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20. Programmable Quantum Matter workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, Colorado, Synthetic Dipolar Matter, June 2022.
21. APS March Meeting 2022, "Non-Equilibrium Physics with Cold Atoms and Molecules, Rydberg Gases, and Trapped Ions" session, Chicago, Illinois. Exact results for nonequilibrium ultracold matter, March 2022.
    
22. University of British Columbia-Rice Workshop of Topological Quantum Matter (virtual) Topological synthetic dimensions with programmable ultracold matter, December 2021.
    
23. UT Austin Quantum Collective-IBM Quantum Hackathon (virtual) Variational quantum algorithms: from traditional to novel hardware, October 2021.
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24. Center for Quantum Research and Technology Seminar, Norman, Oklahoma. (virtual) Synthetic dimensions in ultracold matter, August 2021.
    
25. Condensed Matter in the City, London, UK. (virtual) Synthetic dimensions in ultracold matter, July 2021.
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26. Boulder Summer School on Ultracold Matter seminar, Boulder, Colorado. (virtual) Synthetic dimensions: ultracold molecules, Rydberg atoms, and momentum-space lattices, July 2021.
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27. International physics and astronomy webinar, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna Bangladesh (virtual). Ultracold quantum matter: science to technology, June 2021.
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28. DAMOP 2021 "Cold Gases: Frontiers of SU(N) Physics" session (virtual). Correlations and Universality in Ultracold Alkaline Earth Atoms, June 2021.
29. Rice Science Cafe & Salon, Houston, TX. Science for the Quantum Revolution, April 2021.
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30. Durham University Quantum Light and Matter Group (virtual) Seminar, Durham, United Kingdom. Synthetic dimensions: ultracold molecules, Rydberg atoms, and momentum-space lattices, October 2020.
31. Rice University Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Houston, Texas. Ultracold matter: How cold can it get? How fast can it move? September 2020.
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32. Virtual seminar on quantum fluids in isolation, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts Ultracold SU(N) quantum magnetism and structure of correlations in many-body systems, June 2020.
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33. University of Goettingen Institute of Theoretical Physics virtual seminar, Goettingen, Germany. Ultracold SU(N) quantum magnetism and structure of correlations in many-body systems, June 2020.
34. Texas Quantum Institute planning workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Austin, Texas Connecting Quantum Algorithms to Analog Quantum Simulation, March 2020.
35. Minerva-Gentner Symposium on "Quantum Simulations With Atoms, Molecules and Photons", Tze'elim, Israel Harnessing internal states for quantum simulation, February 2020.
36. Texas Quantum Institute planning workshop on Quantum Advantage with Quantum Simulation, Houston, Texas Tutorial on Quantum Simulation, February 2020.
37. Michigan State University AMO seminar, East Lansing, Michigan. The power within: Quantum magnetism in alkaline earth atoms & synthetic dimensions in molecules, February 2020.
38. Imperial College London AMO seminar, London, United Kingdom. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules (and elsewhere) , November 2019.
39. "Exploring new regimes of dipolar physics with ultracold molecules," Durham University workshop, Durham, United Kingdom. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules (and elsewhere), November 2019.
40. Keynote talk at Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), Houston, Texas. Quantum simulation and computation, November 2019.
41. Texas Quantum Institute Kickoff Workshop, College Station, Texas. Quantum algorithms and computation in the TQI, October 2019.
42. Georgia Tech condensed matter and AMO seminar, Atlanta, Georgia. Ultracold molecules: from topology to quantum strings, August 2019.
43. "Emergent phenomena in ultracold atoms: merging topology, interaction, and dynamics" workshop, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences (KITS), Beijing, China. Synthetic dimensions and sticky collisions in ultracold molecules, June 2019.
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44. Few-body Physics in Cold Atomic Gases conference, Zhuhai, China. Sticky collisions and synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules, June 2019.
45. New frontiers in cold molecules, Harvard ITAMP workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Synthetic dimensions and sticky collisions in ultracold molecules, May 2019.
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46. University of Houston Physics Colloquium, Houston, Texas. Ultracold molecules as a new form of matter: from topology to quantum strings, Feb 2019.
47. Advances on Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Atoms, International Institute of Physics (IIP), Natal, Brazil, Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: strings and topology, November 2018.
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48. Zyvexlabs Workshop on Designed 2D Quantum Metamaterials, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Ultracold matter for quantum simulations: achievements, challenges, and opportunities, April 2018.
49. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, "Cold Molecules for Chemistry" symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: from strings to chemical synthesis, March 2018.
50. APS March Meeting 2018, ``Synthetic Physics: Synthetic Dimensions, Gauge Fields, and Spin-Orbit Coupling" session, Los Angeles, California. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules: strings, membranes, topology, March 2018.
51. Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) workshop, Snowbird, Utah. Synthetic dimensions in ultracold molecules, January 2018.
52. Brazilian Physical Society Meeting, XL ENFMC, Buzios, Brazil, Synthetic dimensions and chaotic collisions in ultracold molecules, August 2017.
53. Aspen Center for Physics workshop: "Correlations and Entanglement In and Out of Equilibrium", Aspen, Colorado, Synthetic dimensions and chaotic collisions in ultracold molecules, June 2017.
54. Smalley-Curl Institute Lunch Seminar, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Ultracold matter as an analog of quantum materials... and beyond, April 2017.
55. Geometry-Analysis seminar, Rice University Department of Mathematics, Houston, Texas, Ultracold matter: a window into many-particle quantum physics, April 2017
56. Zhejiang University Physics Seminar, Hangzhou, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
57. Fudan University Physics Seminar, Shanghai, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
58. Joint ICQM-RCQM Workshop on Quantum Matters, Beijing, China. Ultracold nonreactive molecules: from chaotic collisions to exotic physics, October 2016.
59. Aspen Center for Physics workshop: "Light-matter Interaction and Quantum Control In Many-body Systems", Aspen, Colorado. Ultracold nonreactive molecules in an optical lattice: nonstandard Hubbard models from chaotic collisions, June 2016.
60. Rice Center for Quantum Materials workshop: "Interacting Quantum Systems Driven Out of Equilibrium", Houston, Texas. Entanglement in "hot" (100 nK) nonequilibrium matter, May 2016.
61. Trinity University Physics Seminar, San Antonio, Texas. Novel ultracold platforms for quantum science, November 2015.
62. Aspen Center for Physics "Ultra-Cold Quantum Matter with Atoms and Molecules" Workshop, Aspen, Colorado. Nonreactive ultracold molecules in a lattice: harnessing complex collisions for many-body physics, July 2015.  
63. DAMOP "Non-equilibrium dynamics in strongly interacting atomic systems" session, Columbus, Ohio. Spin-motion coupled dynamics in ultracold atoms and molecules, June 2015.
64. Ohio State University Condensed Matter seminar, Columbus, Ohio. Quantum magnetism with ultracold molecules far-from-equilibrium, April 2015.
65. Ohio University Condensed Matter and Surface Science colloquium, Athens, Ohio. What I create, I understand: engineering ultracold matter to decipher real materials, April 2015.
66. Lousiana State University quantum science and technology seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. No democracy for entanglement: not all entanglements are created equal, March 2015.
67. Louisiana State University physics colloquium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, March 2015.
68. National Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stellenbosch workshop on "Quantum Many-Body Systems Far From Equilibrium," Stellenbosch, South Africa. Correlations and entanglement in open quantum systems, March 2015.
69. Joint ICQM Peking - RCQM meeting, Houston, Texas. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics at Rice University, March 2015.
70. U.S.-France Workshop on Nano, Extreme Measurements, and Theory (NEXT), an RCQM International Initiative, Houston, Texas. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics at Rice University, February 2015.
71. Rice Center for Quantum Materials inaugural symposium, Houston, Texas. Ultracold molecules: quantum magnetism far-from-equilibrium, December 2014.
72. Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics colloquium, Heidelberg, Germany. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
73. Stuttgart University physics seminar, Stuttgart, Germany. The miracle of molecules: far-from-equilibrium quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
74. Technical University Munich condensed matter and many-body physics seminar, Munich, Germany. The miracle of molecules: quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, November 2014.
75. Sam Houston State University physics colloquium, Huntsville, Texas. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, October 2014.
76. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign AMO/quantum information, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Quantum magnetism in ultracold molecules, October 2014.
77. University of Texas at Austin complex quantum systems seminar, Austin, Texas. The miracle of molecules: exploring quantum magnetism in ultracold matter, October 2014.
78. ECT* workshop on "Hydrodynamics for Strongly Coupled Fluids," Trento, Italy. Quench of a Bose gas to unitarity: dynamics and novel universal singularities, May 2014.
79. University of Goettingen condensed matter theory seminar, Goettingen, Germany. Observing quantum magnetism with ultracold polar molecules, May 2014.
80. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Arlington, Virginia. Many-body quantum magnetism of dipolar molecules in an optical lattice, February 2014.
81. University of Colorado Condensed Matter Theory seminar, Boulder, Colorado. Quantum magnetism with ultracold molecules, February 2014.
82. Rice University physics colloquium, Houston, Texas.  Quantum simulation with strongly-correlated ultracold polar molecules, January 2014.
83. University of Chicago James Franck Institute seminar, Chicago, Illinois.  Quantum magnetism in ultracold molecules: comparing theory and experiment, November 2013.
84. University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC) seminar, College Park, Maryland.  Quantum magnetism in ongoing ultracold molecule and ion experiments, March 2013.
85. Georgetown University physics seminar, Washington, D.C. Quantum magnetism in ongoing ultracold molecule and ion experiments, March 2013.
86. FINESS-2013 (Finite-temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems), Queenstown, New Zealand. Far-from equilibrium dynamics of frustrated spin models: polar molecules, ions, and beyond, February 2013.
87. University of Queensland Quantum Science Seminar, Brisbane, Australia.  Novel systems in and out of equilibrium bring ultracold quantum magnetism closer to reality, February 2013.
88. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), UCSB, Santa Barbara, California. Non-equilibrium many-body physics in current molecule experiments, February 2013.
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89. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Miami, Florida. Non-equilibrium Ising quenches with decoherence: an exact solution, November 2012.
90. Harvard ITAMP AMO seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.  Towards exotic physics using novel ultracold matter: polar molecules and alkaline earth atoms, March 2012.
91. DARPA optical lattice emulator program workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Quantum criticality and antiferromagnetism in ultracold lattice fermions, December 2011.
92. Rice University AMO seminar, Houston, Texas.  Towards topological phases via new ultracold matter: molecules and alkaline earths, September 2011.
93. University of California, Davis condensed matter seminar, Davis, California.  Spin liquids and non-quasiparticle matter in ultracold atoms, February 2011.
94. Berkeley AMO seminar, Berkeley, California. Spin liquids and non-quasiparticle matter in ultracold atoms, February 2011.
95. Ludwig-Maximilians University/Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics seminar, Munich, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, December 2010.
96. Freiburg University FRIAS seminar, Freiburg, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
97. Stuttgart University physics seminar, Stuttgart, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
98. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne seminar, Cologne, Germany. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
99. IQOQI Cold Atoms Seminar, Innsbruck, Austria. Exploring the Mott/metal crossover in ultracold alkali and alkaline earth atoms in optical lattices, November 2010.
100. DAMOP "Novel Probes of Ultra-Cold Atom Gases" session, Houston, Texas. RF spectra of lattice bosons: a probe of correlations, fluctuations, and quantum criticality, May 2010.
101. Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, colloquium, Lyon, France.  Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, April 2010.
102. Niels Bohr Institute Cold Atoms group meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark. Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, April 2010.
103. Harvard ITAMP AMO seminar, Boston, Massachusetts.  Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, March 2010.
104. JILA/University of Colorado AMO/condensed matter seminar, Boulder, Colorado. Measuring universal quantum critical behavior in ultracold gases, March 2010.
105. Princeton, Marlan Scully group seminar, New Jersey. Detecting many-body physics of quantum phase transitions in cold atoms, February 2010
106. DARPA optical lattice emulator program; Phase II kickoff, Miami, Florida. Probing quantum criticality in cold atoms, December 2009.
107. John Wilkins group seminar, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Exploring many-body physics with cold atoms, July 2009.   
108. Centre for Quantum Computer Technology seminar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electrical Simulation of Quantum Algorithms, November 2003.
109. Materials Computation Center seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL. New small silicon interstitial clusters, July 2003.
110. Semiconductor Research Corporation funding review, Seattle, Washington. Dopant structures and their electronic properties (Substituting for P.I.), May 2003.

Contributed presentations

I have also contributed over 40 talks and posters to conferences and workshops.

Contact Kaden

Email: kaden.hazzard@gmail.com
Phone: (607) 220-8211
Address: MS-61, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77251