Berkeley Undergraduate Researchers
Spring 2025 Talks Schedule
| Date | Time | Speaker(s) | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Feb 19 | 2 PM | Yuki Fujimoto | From quarks to neutron stars: the condensed matter physics of quantum chromodynamics | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor |
| Fri, Feb 28 | 3 PM | Simona Mei | Dead galaxies at the first epochs of structure formation | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| Thu, Mar 13 | 3 PM | Joe Moscoso | From Nanotechnology at the Beach to Nuclear Theory: Reflections on my Collegiate Journey as a first-gen student | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| Fri, Apr 11 | 1 PM | Gerry Miller | “Why are the neutron and proton so interesting? | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor |
| Thu, Apr 24 | 3 PM | David Calvert | The impact of Magnetohydrodynamics and Neutrino Physics on Core-Collapse Supernovae | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| April, TBD | – | UW Students | Virtual poster session | via Zoom |
| Wed, May 7 (RRR week) | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Berkeley Student presenters | Poster Session Presentations Q&A + lunch | Campbell 131 |
Fall 2024 Talks Schedule
| Date | Time | Speakers | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/20 | Fall N3AS social event with current students and mentors | |||
| 10/7/2024 | 2:30 PM | Vi Hong, Ivan Burbano, Wick Haxton | Applying to Grad School | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 10/25/2024 | 2:00 PM | Ermal Rrapaj, Felipe, Luca | Key Research Skills: reading papers and keeping up with publications in your field | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 11/5/2024 | 3 PM | Ivan Burbano | Exploring Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theories Using Computational Methods | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor |
| 11/21/2024 | 4 PM | Juno Chan | First-order Quantum Chromodynamics Phase Transition in Accretion-Induced Collapse of White Dwarfs | N3AS 351 South, 3rd Floor |
| 12/10/2024 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Student presenters | Poster session |
Spring 2024 Talks Schedule
| Date | Time | Speakers | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/6 or 2/14/2024 | 4:00 PM | Raul Monsalve (SSL, LuSee) | Observing the birth of the first stars at the lowest radio frequencies | |
| 2/22/2024 | TBD | Sanjana Curtis (UC Berkeley Astro Postdoc) | Explosive astrophysical events and the origin of elements | |
| 3/14/2024 | 2:00 PM | Satya Goncho a Goncho (LBNL, DESI) | Mapping the universe in 3D as a way to learn its evolution and its content | |
| 3/20/2024 | TBD | Elena De La Hoz (Astrophysics Postdoc) | Detecting primordial gravitational wave signatures within the CMB polarization data | |
| 4/11/2024 | TBD | Dimitra Pefkou (UC Berkeley Postdoc) | Hadron structure from Lattice QCD | |
| 4/25/2024 | TBD | Students | Poster prep, practice, review | |
| 5/2/2024 | 9:00AM – 1:00PM | Student presenters | Poster session |
Fall 2023 Talks Schedule
| Date | Time | Speakers | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/6/2023 | 5:00 PM | Wick Haxton; Laura Fantone; new local mentors | Intro/Social/How to… for new students | |
| 10/19/2023 | 3:00 PM | Noah Sailer and Tehya Andersen | Applying to Grad School | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 10/26/2023 | 3:30 PM | Ermal Rrapaj / Malcolm Lazarow | Key Research Skills: reading papers and keeping up with publications in your field | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 11/2/2023 | 3:30 PM | Kaori Fuyuto | The Mystery of Matter in the Universe | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 11/17/2023 | 12:00 PM | Luca Boccioli | Core-Collapse Supernovae | N3AS 3rd Floor / Zoom |
| 11/29, 11/30, and 12/1/2023 | Time TBD | Students | Poster prep, practice, review | N3AS 3rd Floor |
| 12/7/2023 | 9:00AM – 12:00PM | 10-12 student presenters | Presenters + intro Q&A + reception | Room 375 |
