CU*iP at Fermilab

US/Central
One West (Fermilab - Wilson Hall)

One West

Fermilab - Wilson Hall

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL
Noemi Rocco (Fermilab)
Description

WELCOME TO APS CU*iP 2025 AT FERMILAB! 


APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION TIMELINE 

Applications for CU*iP are now closed! Find more info on the timeline below.


ABOUT CU*iP

The goal of APS CU*iP (originally known as CUWiP) is to help undergraduate women and gender minorities continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to peers in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. The national and local organizing committees of APS CU*iP strive to create a welcoming environment for all.

This CU*iP provides opportunities for participants to hear from experts in various fields and the cutting-edge researches. Multiple panels will also be available to discuss what life is like as one progresses through academia, as well as the cultural biases and research expectations.


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These conferences are supported in part by the National Science Foundation (PHY-1346627, PHY-1622510, and PHY-2012033) and by the Department of Energy (DE-SC0011076). Further details are available on the APS conference website.

Registration
CU*iP Registration Form (Non-Students Only)
Contact point
    • Conference Check-in, Badging, and Meet & Greet
    • Lab Tours
    • Plenary Welcome Talks
      • 1
        Welcome from LOC
      • 2
        Welcome from APS Representative
      • 3
        Introduction to Fermilab
        Speaker: Lia Merminga (FNAL)
      • 4
        Engineering at Fermilab
        Speaker: Mayling Wong-Squires (Fermilab)
    • 18:30
      Reception Dinner with Icebreaker Activities
    • Plenary Session I
      • 5
        Neutrino Physics at Fermilab
        Speaker: Bonnie Fleming (Fermilab)
      • 6
        Astrophysics
        Speaker: Andrea Ghez
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-A
      • 7
        Astro-particle/Dark matter (theory)
        Speaker: Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)
      • 8
        LHC
      • 9
        Accelerator
        Speaker: Sudeshna Ganguly (Fermilab)
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-B
      • 10
        Soft Condensed Matter
        Speaker: Michelle Driscoll (NU)
      • 11
        Detector technology
        Speaker: Corinne Mills (UIC)
      • 12
        Biophysics
        Speaker: Rosemary Braun (NU)
    • Parallel Session II: Career in Physics
      • 13
        Physics careers by the numbers

        15 talk + 5 min questions

        Speaker: Midhat Farooq
      • 14
        Preparatory opportunities to pursue as undergrads
        Speaker: Jen Adelman-McCarthy
      • 15
        Career Landscape Panel
        Speakers: Aria Soha (Fermilab), Carly Bennet (College of DuPage), Karri DiPetrillo (The University of Chicago), Michelle Brochmann (Data Scientist)
    • Parallel Session III: Life in Physics - LGBTQIA+ Community Building Discussion Group
    • 12:00
      Lunch with Scientists
    • Plenary Session II
      • 16
        CU*iP National Keynote
        Speaker: Meghan Anzelc
    • 14:30
      Coffee and Career Fair
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-A
      • 17
        Neutrino theoretical
        Speaker: Lisa Everett
      • 18
        Neutrino experimental
        Speaker: Ornella Palamara (Fermilab)
      • 19
        Machine Learning
        Speaker: Jennifer Ngadiuba (FNAL)
      • 20
        Computing
        Speaker: Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (FNAL)
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-B
      • 21
        Muon program
      • 22
        Astro-particle/Dark matter (experimental)
        Speaker: Antonella Palmese (UC Berkeley)
      • 23
        Microelectronics
      • 24
        Nuclear physics theory
        Speaker: Anna McCoy (ANL)
    • Parallel Session II: Career in Physics
      • 25
        Career Spotlight: Data Science - Industry w/ PhD in physics

        10+5

      • 26
        Career Spotlight: K12 Education from physics background

        10 + 5

        Speaker: Brooke Schmidt (Illinois Math and Science Academy)
      • 27
        Career Spotlight: Transition from physics to medicine

        10 + 5

        Speaker: Alana Kirby (Rush University Medical Center)
      • 28
        Career Spotlight: Science Communication

        10 + 5

        Speaker: Caitlyn Buongiorno (Fermilab)
      • 29
        Lab Careers- no Phd required

        Lighting round and panel of non-Phd career paths available at national labs and accelerator facilities.

        Speakers: Amelie Pankov, Margaret Voetberg (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Raisa Tasnim Raofa, Rebecca Lawler (ES&H / Radionuclide Analysis Facility)
    • Parallel Session III: Life in Physics - Talks
      • 30
        Gendered Perceptions in STEM
        Speaker: Jessica Cundiff (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
      • 31
        Confidence and Self Belief
        Speaker: Angela Barragán (Northwestern University)
    • 17:30
      Group Photo
    • Poster Session with Pizza Dinner
    • Plenary Session III
      • 32
        Quantum Physics at SQMS
        Speaker: Anna Grassellino (Fermilab)
      • 33
        LHC's Physics: Experimental
        Speaker: Young-Kee Kim Kim (The University of Chicago)
    • 10:00
      Coffee Break
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-A
      • 34
        Flash Talk: Neutrino BSM
        Speaker: Innes Bigaran (Fermilab and Northwestern University)
      • 35
        Flash Talk: CMS
        Speaker: Christina Wang
      • 36
        Flash Talk: Machine Learning
        Speaker: Karla Tame-Narvaez (Fermilab / University of Notre Dame)
      • 37
        Flash Talk: Cosmology
        Speaker: Nathan Saffold (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
      • 38
        Flash Talk: Nuclear
        Speaker: Chiara Bissolotti (University of Pavia and INFN)
    • Parallel Session I: Topics in Physics: Parallel I-B
      • 39
        Flash Talk: Quantum information
        Speaker: Sara Sussman
      • 40
        Flash Talk: Quantum nanofab
        Speaker: Sabrina Garattoni (Sqms)
      • 41
        Flash Talk: SRF
        Speaker: Kellen McGee (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
      • 42
        Flash Talk: Condensed matter
        Speaker: Maya Watts (NU)
      • 43
        Flash Talk: Superconducting magnets
        Speaker: Maira Khan
    • Parallel Session II: Career in Physics
      • 44
        How to apply to graduate school, APS Graduate Leader Abigail Armstrong
        Speaker: Abigail Armstrong (University of Rochester)
      • 45
        Debunking graduate school myths

        Interview between professors who have served on graduate school admission committee.

        Speaker: Corinne Mills (UIC)
      • 46
        Graduate school breakout -- chat with APS grad leader Cristina Castillo

        Breakout session w/ several graduate students to encourage honest and open questions about life in graduate school.

        Speaker: Cristina Castillo (University of North Texas)
    • Parallel Session III: Life in Physics - Q&A Panel
    • Poster Awards
    • Concluding Remarks and Survey
    • 12:30
      Lunch and Reflection