Conference “The Frontiers of Physics” - IIP 10 years anniversary

Published Tue, Jan 21, 2020
In 2020 the IIP is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This was a period of large scientific production and strong growth for the Institute. Commemorating the occasion, a special scientific event will be hosted at the IIP in March, with a diverse list of physics topics. The conference “The...

Position in Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics

Published Fri, Jan 17, 2020
The International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) opens a call for postdoctoral positions in condensed matter and statistical physics offering a competitive salary and a travel budget, as part of the UFRN-FUNPEC project number 92017. The IIP-UFRN...

Spin Chain Network Construction of Chiral Spin Liquids

Published Mon, Nov 18, 2019
A team from the International Institute of Physics UFRN has created a theoretical description for an unconventional phase in magnetic quantum materials. The work was published in the Physical Review Letters (https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.137202) and proposes a new...

IIP hosts mini course on quantum communication

Published Thu, Nov 14, 2019
The International Institute of Physics will host a mini course on quantum communication theory from November 18-22, presented by physicist Sumeet Khatri, a researcher at the Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Louisiana State University, USA. The course is an introduction to how quantum...

Postdoctoral position in String Theory, Integrability and AdS/CFT

Published Wed, Nov 13, 2019
The International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) opens a call for one postdoctoral position in string theory, integrability and AdS/CFT. Though flexible, the starting date is expected to be in September/October 2020. The IIP-UFRN features a very...

Professor Thaísa Bergmann presents special colloquium at IIP-UFRN

Published Thu, Oct 31, 2019
In 1993 researcher Thaísa Storchi Bergmann became a prominent name within astronomy for her observation of a supermassive black hole in the NGC 1097 galaxy, which was not thought possible at the time. This discovery was an important contribution to black hole research because it provided the...