General Information

In 2026, the Theoretical Physics students at the Scuola Normale Superiore decided to host informal biweekly meetings with a twofold purpose: to stay mutually updated on interesting topics discovered independently, and to mentor younger students. This is how the Handwaveology Class Seminars were born.
Here you will find a photo gallery of the contributing speakers.

Photo Gallery

  • Martino Barbieri (SNS)

    Martino Barbieri
    Martino Barbieri – Talk 1: Introduction to CFTs
    Talk 3: Counterterms in Non-linear Sigma Models
  • Mattia Arundine (University of Amsterdam)

    Mattia Arundine
    Mattia Arundine – Talk 2: The Cosmological Grassmannian
  • Giovanni Maria Tomaselli (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)

    Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
    Giovanni Maria Tomaselli – Talk 4: Black Hole Superradiance
  • Erik Ejrnaes (SNS)

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  • Paola Cappellazzi (Technische Universität München)

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  • Luigi de Gennaro (SNS)

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  • Edoardo Loiero (SNS)

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  • Luca Cremonesi (SNS)

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  • Leonardo Coscia (SNS)

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  • Luca Milanese (SNS)

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  • Jacopo Casarin (SNS)

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