A genre of science fiction and fantasy is coming to life at the intersection of quantum physics, information science and energy science. 

Join Professor Nicole Yunger Halpern as she discusses her book, Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday’s Tomorrow, an adventure guide to how quantum physics is transforming our understanding of information and energy. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture.

Yunger Halpern is a theoretical physicist and fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science at the University of Maryland. She earned her PhD at the California Institute of Technology, winning the international Ilya Prigogine Prize for an energy-science thesis. As an Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, she received the International Quantum Technology Emerging Researcher Award.

Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81773075650?pwd=RWxwTGNvdm9uMVl1VHl3cWNGLytIdz09

In-person venue: McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room 102, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario