Every year, the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) organises the Science Day. The goal is to highlight the newest research at LION, to socialise, and to welcome first year master students and new PhD candidates to our institute.

The next edition of the LION Science Day takes place on Tuesday 10 September. We will organise an in-person event at the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden. There will be talks about research, and ample time to wander amongst exotic plants and discuss the challenges and joy of doing physics. Coffee, tea and lunch will be provided. The day will end with drinks for PhD and Master students.

For the planning, we ask you to register by Monday September 4 at this link. All members of the LION community are also welcome. We will have special ‘advice sessions’ for Master students and first year PhD’s.

Programme

	Session 1	Chair: Silke Henkes
10:10	Sense-Jan van der Molen	Welcome
10:20	Alessandra Silvestri	Exploring the Dark Universe with Euclid
10:40	Evert van Nieuwenburg	AI representations of quantum systems
11:00	Coffee
11:20	Socialise
	Session 2	Chair: TBD
11:40	Maarten de Jong	Star Track - Tracking of astrophysical sources with high-energy neutrinos
12:00	Alexandre Morin	Synthetic active matter - studying collective motion in the lab
12:20	Martin van Hecke	Information processing in complex energy landscapes
12:40	Lunch
	Session 3	Chair: TBD
13:40	David Hintzen	Advice for master students
14:00	Michiel Thijssen	My first quantum experience
14:20	Mengshi Wei	Adaptive Dynamics: Autonomous Movement Patterns of Active Flexible Chains
14:40	Ivo van Vulpen	Science communication in physics
15:00	Socialise
	Session 4	Chair: TBD
15:20	Alicja Dutkiewicz	PhD advice
15:40	Semonti Bhattacharyya	Emergent phenomena in atomically thin Legos
16:00	Jan Krzywda	Anyway the Wind Blows: Online Bayesian Tracking and Feedback of Correlated Noise in Spin Qubit Devices
16:20	End / Horticulture self- study in the park
17:00	Drinks for Master/Phd students	Ilse Kuijf, Katerina Saiti