Research Progress Meeting Date: January 29, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Vladimir Tishchenko, Brookhaven National Laboratory Title: The Muon g-2 Experiment: A Precision Test of the Standard Model Abstract: The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, aμ, is among …
Research Progress Meeting Date: February 12, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Kirit Karkare, Boston University Title: On-Chip Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy for Line Intensity Mapping: SuperSpec and SPT-SLIM Abstract: Answering outstanding questions in cosmology - such as understanding the nature of …
Research Progress Meeting Date: February 19, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Jamie Bock, JPL Title: Spectrally Mapping the Sky with SPHEREx Abstract: Launched in March 2025, SPHEREx is an all-sky spectral survey satellite designed to address three science goals …
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Research Progress Meeting Date: February 26, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Jason Rhodes (JPL) Title: Mapping the Dark Universe with Euclid Abstract: After 2 decades of preparation, the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope was launched on July 1, …
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Research Progress Meeting Date: March 5, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Calvin Leung (UC Berkeley) Title: From Radio Interferometry to Astrophysics and Cosmology using Fast Radio Bursts Abstract: Since their discovery, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have ascended into one …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 19, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: J. Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux (UIC) Title: First Physics Results from the JUNO Experiment Abstract: Neutrinos are elusive particles with unique properties that offer key insights into the fundamental structure …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 26, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Anže Slosar (BNL) Title: LuSEE-Night: A lunar radio-astronomy pathfinder. Abstract: LuSEE-Night is a novel collaborative effort between NASA and DOE aiming to land a path-finder radio telescope on …
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Research Progress Meeting Date: April 2, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Elliot Lipeles (U Penn) Title: The Hadron Collider Option Abstract: Hadron colliders have enormous physics reach, but were sidelined in the current cycle of large project planning primarily …
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Research Progress Meeting Date: April 16, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Thomas Essinger-Hileman (NASA Goddard) Title: Science with CLASS and Future CMB Space Missions Abstract: The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a unique probe of the state of the …
Research Progress Meeting Date: April 23, 2026 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL) Title: Quantum sensing, Dark Matter Searches & Astrophysics in the Far-IR. Abstract: Advances in superconducting kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) are opening new windows in …