Tentative Conference Program
Eastern Time Zone
(Draft 080224)
Friday, January 24, 2025
Bus pickup from the Hotel to the Physics Department, Gant South at 2pm and 3pm
2:30 – 5:30 PM One Site Check In Registration- Physics Department. (Light Court)
3:30 – 5:30 PM Lab/Presentation tours; students have several options:
- Astrophysics (Cara Battersby, Dani Lipman, Meg Davis)
- Ultra Cold laboratories in AMO Physics (Kaley Wilcox)
- Condensed matter Physics (Elena Dormidontova, Lea Ferreira dos Santos)
- Low and medium energy Nuclear Physics (Juliette Stecenko, Peter Schweitzer)
- Ultrafast laser labs (Cameron Brady, Tobias Saule)
- Particle Physics (Thomas Blum, Gerald Dunne, Luchang Jin)
5:30 – 6:00 PM Opening Reception and Welcome by CU*iP Chair Nora Berrah; UConn Provost Prof. Anne D’Alleva; and Dept Head Prof. George Gibson.
Session 1: Chair Laura Green (FSU)
7:00 – 7:30 PM Plenary Lecture 1 (20 mins) and Q/A (10 mins): Kate Kirby (APS). “Overview of APS Resources for Careers in Physics”
7:30 – 8:30 PM Panel discussion “Graduate Students Experiences”
8:30 – 9:30 PM Social activity-I led by Matt Guthrie and his team.
Bus pickup from the Physics Department, Gant South, to the Hotel at 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Bus pickup from the Hotel to the Physics Department, Gant South at 7:00 am and 8:00 am
8:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
Session 2: Chair Kate Kirby (APS)
8:30 – 9:00 AM Plenary Lecture 2 (20 mins) and Q/A (10 mins): Laura Greene (FSU) “My Journey to Condensed matter science”
9:00 – 10:00 AM Parallel Panel Session A
- A1. Applying to graduate school. Is it right for me?
- A2. Exploring post-undergrad physics careers – SPS Careers Toolkit
- A3. Career Paths in Academia
- A4. Balancing personal and professional lives
- A5. Discrimination, Harassment and LGBTQ+
10:30 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 PM Parallel Panel Session B
- B1. Career Paths in Industry. How Studying Physics Can Develop Needed Skills
- B2. Applying to graduate school. Is it right for me?
- B3. Balancing personal and professional lives
- B4. Discrimination, Harassment and LGBTQ+
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
Session 3: Chair Meg Urry (Yale)
1:30 – 1:45 PM Group Photo– Everyone has to be in the Lecture room
1:45 – 3:30 PM National Keynote Lecture; Meghan Anzelc, Head of Data and Analytics
3:30 – 6:00 PM Refreshment and
Poster Session (Judging will be done on Saturday. Keep poster up if you wish for second viewing on Sunday)
6:00 – 7:00 PM Conference Dinner
Session 3: Chair Cara Battersby (UConn)
7:00 – 8:00 PM Plenary Lecture 3 (20 mins) and Q/A (10 mins) Priya Natarajan (Yale U.) “Dark matter, Dark energy, Black holes”
8:00 – 9:30 PM Social activity-II led by Matt Guthrie and his team.
Bus pickup from the Physics Department, Gant South, to the Hotel at 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Bus pickup from the Hotel to the Physics Department, Gant South at 7:00 am and 8:00 am
8:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 AM Informal Networking & Poster Session- (Fill out conference post- survey)
Session 4: Chair Erin Scanlon (UConn)
9:30 – 10:30 AM Plenary Lecture 4 (20 mins) and Q/A (10 mins) Prof. Phiala Shanahan (MIT) “Particle Physics and Machine Learning”
10:30 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 PM Parallel Panel Session C
- C1. How to Get Involved in Research: Theory, Experiment or Computational. Which is for me?
- C2. Confronting imposter syndrome
- C3. Depression and Anxiety: Dealing with Mental Health While in School)
- C4. Career Paths in Industry. How Studying Physics Can Develop Needed Skills
12:00 –1:00 PM Lunch with panel on minorities and women in physics
Session 5: Chair Elena Dormidontova (UConn)
1:00 – 2:30 PM Small Groups Networking & Mentoring
(Fill out conference post- survey)
2:30 – 3:00 PM Poster Awards & Closing Ceremony
3:00 pm Bus pickup from the Physics Depart., Gant South, to Hotel or train station, depending on Friday’s registration form.
Parallel Panel Sessions Information
Friday, January 24, 2025
| Panel | Panelists | Description |
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| Graduate Students Experiences |
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Students will describe their experience and will engage the audience to share and discuss opportunities and challenges. |
Saturday, January 25, 2025
| Panel | Panelists | Description |
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| A1: Applying to graduate school. Is it right for me? |
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| A2: Exploring post-undergrad physics careers – SPS Careers Toolkit |
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| A3: Career Paths in Academia |
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| A4: Balancing personal and professional lives |
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| A5: Discrimination, Harassment and LGBTQ+ |
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| B1. Career Paths in Industry. How Studying Physics Can Develop Needed Skills |
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| B2: Applying to graduate school. Is it right for me? |
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| B3: Balancing personal and professional lives |
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| B4: Discrimination, Harassment and LGBTQ+ |
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
| Panel | Panelists | Description |
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| C1: How to Get Involved in Research: Theory, Experiment or Computational. Which is for me? |
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| C2. Confronting imposter syndrome |
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| C3. Depression and Anxiety: Dealing with Mental Health While in School |
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| C4. Career Paths in Industry. How Studying Physics Can Develop Needed Skills |
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