The Life and Science of Anthony J. Leggett: A Conference and Memorial
October 9-11, 2026
The Life and Science of Anthony J. Leggett
A Conference and Memorial in honor
of Tony Leggett
The Life and Science of Anthony J. Leggett Memorial and and Symposium 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, Tony was also deeply human. His inherent humility was a natural counterweight to his prodigious accomplishments in physics. He lived from March 26, 1938, to March 8, 2026.
Memorial Participation
The memorial was held Friday, October 9, at 4:30 p.m., at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.
For those who could not attend it in person, it is available for screening here.
Confirmed Speakers
Daniel Agterberg (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Gordon Baym (Illinois)
Stuart Brown (UCLA)
Amir Caldeira (Unicamp, Brazil)
Andrey Chubukov (University of Minnesota)
Séamus Davis (University of Oxford)
Michel Devoret (Yale University/Google) (via zoom)
Matthew Fisher (UC Santa Barbara)
Anupam Garg (Northwestern)
Steven Girvin (Yale University)
Markus Greiner (Harvard University) (via zoom)
William Halperin (Northwestern)
Nigel Hussey (University of Bristol)
Long Ju (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Steven Kivelson (Stanford University)
Angela Kou (Illinois)
John Kirtley (Stanford University)
Ying Liu (PennState)
Vidya Madhavan (Illinois)
Dirk van der Marel (University of Geneva )
Chetan Nayak (Microsoft/UC Santa Barbara)
Wolfgang Pfaff (Illinois)
Mohit Randeria (The Ohio State University)
Ana María Rey (University of Colorado)
Peter Schiffer (Princeton University)
Pragya Shukla (Indian Institutes of Technology)
Fernando Sols (Complutense University of Madrid)
Clare Yu (UC Irvine)
Organizers
Rafael Fernandes (Illinois)
Eduardo Fradkin (Illinois)
Taylor Hughes (Illinois)
Philip Phillips (Illinois)
Smitha Vishveshwara (Illinois), Memorial Master of Ceremony
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.