<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><b><span data-mce-style="color: #595959; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT; font-size: x-large;" style="color: #595959; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT; font-size: x-large;" size="5" color="#595959" face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT; color: #595959; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT; color: #595959; font-weight: bold;">Princeton University Department of Physics</span></span></b><span data-mce-style="color: #595959; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" style="color: #595959; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;" size="3" color="#595959" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: #595959;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: #595959;"></span></span></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span data-mce-style="color: #ff3399; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;" style="color: #ff3399; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;" size="4" color="#ff3399" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #ff3399; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #ff3399; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">42<sup>nd</sup> annual Donald R. Hamilton Lecture</span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;" data-mce-style="text-autospace: none;"><span data-mce-style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" size="5" color="#595959" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="default"><b><span data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-large;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-large;" size="6" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold;">Charles Kane</span></span></b><b><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-large;" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-large;" size="6" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;" data-mce-style="text-autospace: none;"><span data-mce-style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;" style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;" size="4" color="#595959" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;">University of Pennsylvania </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;" data-mce-style="text-autospace: none;"><span data-mce-style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" style="color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" size="5" color="#595959" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #595959;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 18.0pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 18.0pt;"><b><span data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" size="5" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black; font-weight: bold;">“</span></span></b><b><span data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-large;" size="5" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-weight: bold;">Topological Phases of Matter<span data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;" color="black"><span style="color: black;" data-mce-sty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