Anthony J. Leggett Memorial and Conference 2026
October 9-11, 2026
A Conference and Memorial in honor of Anthony J. Leggett
The Anthony J. Leggett Memorial and Conference 2026 celebrates the magnificent scientific life of our beloved colleague Sir Anthony J. “Tony” Leggett. Known for his depth of intellect and expansive view of physics, Sir Anthony J. Leggett was also deeply human. His inherent humility was a natural counterweight to his prodigious accomplishments in physics. His lived from March 26, 1938, to March 8, 2026.
MEMORIAL PARTICIPATION
The memorial will be held Friday, October 9, at 4.30 p.m., at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.
Please complete this form if you would like to be considered for selection as a speaker at Tony Leggett's memorial service and/or if you have remarks, a picture(s), or video you would like us to share on your behalf during the ceremony.
Confirmed Speakers
Daniel Agterberg (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Gordon Baym (Illinois)
Stuart Brown (UCLA)
Amir Caldeira (Unicamp, Brazil)
Andrey Chubukov (Minnesota)
Séamus Davis (Oxford,UK/Cork, Ireland)
Michel Devoret (Yale/Google) (via zoom)
Matthew Fisher (UCSB)
Anupam Garg (Northwestern)
Steven Girvin (Yale)
Markus Greiner (Harvard) (via zoom)
William Helperin (Northwestern)
Nigel Hussey (Bristol, UK)
Long Ju (MIT)
Steven Kivelson (Stanford)
Angela Kou (Illinois)
John Kirtley (Stanford)
Ying Liu (PSU)
Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho (OSU)
Vidya Madhavan (Illinois)
Dirk van der Marel (U Geneva, Switzerland)
Chetan Nayak (Microsoft/UCSB)
Wolfgang Pfaff (Illinois)
Mohit Randeria (OSU)
Ana María Rey (Colorado)
Peter Schiffer (Princeton)
Pragya Shukla (IIT, India)
Fernando Sols (U Complutense, Madrid, Spain)
Clare Yu (UC Irvine)
Organizers
Rafael Fernandes (Illinois)
Eduardo Fradkin (Illinois)
Taylor Hughes (Illinois)
Philip Phillips (Illinois)
The Anthony J. Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1101 W. Springfield Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
A special thanks to The Grainger College of Engineering
and the Department of Physics for sponsoring this memorial and conference.