2016 Rising Stars in Physics Agenda

Agenda updated on 9/30/2016

NOTE: This event happened in the past.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

8:00 pm

Networking Reception for Workshop Participants

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

All events located in the Pappalardo Room (4-349) unless otherwise noted

8:30 – 9:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am	Welcome from the Physics Department Head Peter Fisher
9:30 – 10:45 am	Research Talks The Grand Planetary Ensemble: Using Kepler Statistics to Understand the Formation and Habitability of M Dwarf Planets Sarah Ballard, MIT Discovering New Worlds with the Help of a Robot Jennifer Burt, MIT Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Advanced LIGO-Virgo Hsin-Yu Chen, University of Chicago Solar Gamma Rays and the GRIPS Instrument Nicole Duncan, UC Berkeley FIREBall-2: Upcoming UV Observations of the Circumgalactic Medium Erika Hamden, Caltech Spin and Magnetism in the Smallest Stars Elisabeth Newton, MIT
10:45 – 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am – 12:15 pm	Research Talks (continued) Growth in Presence of a Flow: A Surprising Dynamics! Severine Atis, Harvard University How Space Shapes Diversity in Microbial Populations: Consequences on the Emergence and Spread of Drug Resistance Diana Fusco, UC Berkeley Intrinsically Disordered Living Systems Orit Peleg, Harvard University Probing Local Spin Dynamics and Transport Using Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond Chunhui Du, Harvard University Ultrafast and Nonequilibrium Processes in Quantum Plasmonics Prineha Narang, Harvard University Unraveling the Mysteries of Superconductors Ming Yi, UC Berkeley
12:30 – 1:30 pm	Lunch with guest speaker Prof. Maria Zuber (Vice President for Research at MIT)
1:30 – 2:30 pm	Panel 1: The Job Search and Interview Process Panelists: Profs. Jeff Gore (MIT), Mariangela Lisanti (Princeton), Kerstin Perez (MIT), and Vladan Vuletic (MIT)
2:30 – 3:00 pm	Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm	Panel 2: The First Few Years of a Faculty Career (Mentoring, Promotion, and Tenure) Panelists: Profs. Nikta Fakhri (MIT), Peter Fisher (Physics Department Head), Toyoko Orimoto (Northeastern), Monika Schleier-Smith (Stanford), Michael Sipser (Dean of the School of Science)
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Small Groups Discussion w/ Junior Faculty Junior Faculty: Profs. Mariangela Lisanti (Princeton), Toyoko Orimoto (Northeastern), Monika Schleier-Smith (Stanford)
6:00 – 8:00 pm	Dinner with Guest Speaker Prof. Nergis Mavalvala (Physics Department Associate Head)

Wednesday, April 25, 2016

All events located in the Pappalardo Room (4-349) unless otherwise noted

8:30 – 9:00am	Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 am	Research Talks Shining Light on Dark Matter with the CMS Experiment Zeynep Demiragli, MIT/CERN Flowing Colors in a Quark-Gluon Soup Doga Gulhan, CERN Neutrinos: Weighty Implications of the Lightest Particle Kanika Sachdev, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Exclusive π − Electroproduction off the Neutron in Deuterium in the Resonance Region Ye Tian, University of South Carolina From the Cosmic Microwave Background to the Cosmic Web Cora Uhlemann, Utrecht University Microwave Control of Ultracold Molecules Huanqian Loh, MIT
10:15 – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 11:45 pm	Research Talks (continued) Searching for New Particles with Black Holes and Gravitational Waves Masha Baryakhtar, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Bottom-Up Approach to Nuclear Physics Zohreh Davoudi, MIT A New Area Law in General Relativity Netta Engelhardt, UC Santa Barbara A Well-Defined Standard Model -- Lattice Regulating Chiral Gauge Theories Dorota M. Grabowska, UC, Berkeley Light Dark Matter Yonit Hochberg, Cornell University A Triangle of Traits: Constraining Scattering Through IR Effects Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Harvard University
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch with Guest Speaker Prof. Jacqueline N. Hewitt (Director, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research)
1:00 – 2:00pm	Panel 3: Public Speaking and Communication Panelists: Profs. Ibrahim Cisse (MIT), Sara Seager (MIT), and Tracy Slatyer (MIT)
2:00 – 3:00pm	Panel 4: Work-Life Balance (Time Management, Career, and Family) Panelists: Profs. Ed Bertschinger (MIT Institute Community and Equity Officer), Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (MIT), and Nergis Mavalvala (Physics Department Associate Head)
3:00 – 3:30pm	Adjourn