Welcome to the Institute for Fundamental Theory
The Institute for Fundamental Theory provides theoretical physicists and mathematicians with an intellectual habitat conducive to interdisciplinary contacts. Its purpose is to encourage interactions between high energy theory, condensed matter theory, astrophysics theory, biophysics theory, and mathematics to foster a unified view of these sciences and the commonality of their techniques.
Director: Peter Hirschfeld
Associate Director: Sergei Shabanov
Advisory Board: Laura Blecha, Bingkan Xue, Wei Xue
Donations to the IFT are gratefully accepted.
In Memoriam, John Klauder, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Physics, UF 1989-2010
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 26 – 28, 2025 Surjeet Rajendran (Johns Hopkins). IFT Colloquium “Opening up the Gravitational Wave Spectrum” on March 26th at 3:00 PM in 2205 NPB and Research Seminar “The Classical Equations of Motion of Quantized Gauge Theories” on March 27th at 1:30 PM in 2205 NPB.
April 2, 2025 Daniel Arovas (UCSD). IFT Colloquium “A Brief History of Quantum Magnetism” 10:00am in 2205 NPB
April 28-29, 2025 IFT Workshop, “AI-Accelerated Superconductor Discovery: From Algorithms to Novel Materials” (B. Geisler, P. Hirschfeld, and R. Hennig (MSE), organizers)
November 12, 2025 IFT Colloquium, Daniel Rothman, MIT
