The Della Pietra Lecture Series was started in the fall of 2011 with a generous donation from brothers, Stephen and Vincent Della Pietra, and their families. The series aims to bring world-renowned scientists to the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics to enhance the intellectual activity of the Center and also bring greater awareness of recent and impactful discoveries in Physics and Mathematics to the Long Island community, in particular to high school, undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in the sciences. Each Della Pietra Lecturer gives a series of talks, including public talks aimed towards the general community and local high school students, as well as a technical seminar to advanced graduate students and faculty.
Upcoming Lectures:
Dr. Francois Englert, April 2019: Theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate.
Dr. Charles Kane, May 6-10, 2019: Theoretical condensed matter physicist best known for theoretically predicting the quantum spin Hall effect and what would later be known as topological insulators.
Past Lectures:
Dr. Carl Safina, March 19 and 23, 2018
Dr. Kip Thorne, April 19 and 20, 2018
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, May 31 – June 2, 2017
Dr. Tadashi Tokieda, February 8-10, 2016
Dr. Bonnie Bassler, October 1-2 2015
Dr. David Gross, March 31, 2015
Dr. Etienne Ghys, January 20 – 22, 2015
Dr. Eric J Heller, December 4-5 2014
Dr. Frank Wilczek, March 4 – 5, 2014
Dr. John H. Schwarz, March 25, 2014
Dr. Martinus Veltman, January 9, 2014
Dr. Stephen Quake, October 17-18, 2013
Dr. Jon Kleinberg, February 26-27, 2013
Dr. Andrei Linde, March 11-12, 2013
Dr. Robert Kirshner, October 2-3 2012
Dr. Jeffrey Weeks, May 3-4, 2012
