2025 Admitted Student Open House

2 Apr 2025, 01:30 → 4 Apr 2025, 19:30 America/New_York

MIT

AMO Faculty Meeting Sign Up Sheet (and Lab Tour Info) Scientific Talk Schedule

ASTRO

• ASTROPHYSICS OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE .pdf
• ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH TALKS .pdf
• FAQ ASTROPHYSICS.pdf
• McNair -Building 37 6th floor Map .pdf
• MIT CAMPUS MAP

BIO

• One-on-One Meeting Sign-up
• Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf
• Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule.pdf

CMT/CMX CMX One-on-One Meeting Schedule

IAIFI

• IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Flyer.pdf
• IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Intro-Slide-Deck.pdf
• IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Schedule.pdf
• IAIFI Website

LNS/NUPAX

• Grad_Open_House_2025_Russell.pdf
• LHCb_Smith_OpenHouse2025.pdf
• NUPAX_OpenHouse_2025.pdf
• PPC_open-house.pdf
• Recruitment_Winslow_2025.pdf
• Ronald_OH_2025_2.pdf

Navigating MIT

• Le Meridien Hotel Website
• MIT Campus Map
• MIT Physics Acronyms.pdf
• MIT Physics Student Handbook (v 2025).pdf

Wednesday, 2 April

08:30 → 11:20 BIO Events: Faculty Talks

One-on-One Meeting Sign-ups

Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf

Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule .pdf

08:30 → 11:30 Optional Events: Breakfast Available in the Grad Lounge #8-314

09:30 → 11:20 AMO Events: Meet & Greet Breakfast

09:30 → 11:00 Astro Events: Astro Events: Breakfast in Solarium

09:30 → 11:20 CMT/CMX Events: Meet & Greet Breakfast

09:30 → 11:20 NUPAT Events: Meet & Greet Breakfast with CTP Members

09:30 → 11:20 NUPAX Events: Greetings and small gatherings

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

09:30 Greetings and Small Gathering

https://mit.zoom.us/j/94100271720?pwd=b2J4S1FFVUM0TGQzcUdzN2hzZWJhZz09

11:30 → 13:30 Department events: Welcome Lunch

Welcome lunch for new admittees

Department Welcome Lunch for Open House 2025.docx.pdf

13:30 → 16:00 AMO Events: Scientific Talks

13:30 → 16:00 Astro Events: Astrophysics Research Talks

13:30 → 16:00 BIO Events: Individual Meetings with Students

One-on-One Meeting Sign-ups

Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf

Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule .pdf

13:30 → 15:50 CMT/CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT and CMX

13:30 → 15:15 NUPAT Events: Presentations by Faculty

13:30 → 15:20 NUPAX Events: Presentations by Faculty

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

13:30 Afternoon Presentations

1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

OpenHouseWyslouch2025.pdf

13:30 → 16:00 Optional Events: Snacks Available in the Grad Lounge

15:15 → 16:00 IAIFI Events: Interdisciplinary Opportunities: NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, and the Interdisciplinary PhD in Physics and Statistics

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Flyer.pdf

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Intro-Slide-Deck.pdf

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Schedule.pdf

IAIFI Website

16:00 → 17:30 Student-run events: Cake and Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social

Grad Housing Panel Slidedeck

17:30 → 20:30 AMO Events: Dinner with Faculty and Students at Legal Seafoods

17:30 → 20:30 Astro Events: Astrophysics research area dinner

17:30 → 20:00 BIO Events: Dinner at Mex

One-on-One Meeting Sign-ups

Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf

Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule .pdf

17:30 → 20:00 CMT/CMX Events: Dinner with faculty at The Mad Monkfish (Dinner at 6PM)

17:30 → 19:00 Plasma Events: Dinner at Naco Taco

18:00 → 20:30 NUPAT Events: Dinner with faculty at MuLan (Dinner at 6:15)

18:00 → 21:00 NUPAX Events: Dinner at Gunther Roland's House

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

Thursday, 3 April

08:30 → 12:00 AMO Events: Scheduled Meeting/Lab Time Slots

08:30 → 12:00 BIO Events: Individual Meetings with Students

One-on-One Meeting Sign-ups

Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf

Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule .pdf

08:30 → 12:00 CMT/CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT and CMX

08:30 → 10:00 Department events: Affinity Group Drop In Breakfast (GWIP, LBGTQ+, First Gen, etc.)

Welcome lunch for new admittees

Department Welcome Lunch for Open House 2025.docx.pdf

09:00 → 12:00 NUPAT Events: Office Hours

10:00 → 11:15 Astro Events: Astro student discussion

10:00 → 12:00 NUPAX Events: Morning Presentations

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

10:00 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider

Speaker: Christoph Paus (MIT)

PPC_open-house.pdf

10:15 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics

Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

10:30 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond

Speaker: Philip Harris (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

PCH_MITCMS_Student_3_4.pdf

10:45 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group

Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2025MITOpenHouse.pdf

10:00 → 12:00 Optional Events: Snacks Available All Day in the Grad Lounge #8-314

11:15 → 12:00 Astro Events: Meet'n'Greet

12:00 → 14:00 Student-run events: Student-Only Lunch Panel for Q&A

Grad Housing Panel Slidedeck

14:00 → 16:00 AMO Events: Lab Tours with Current Students

14:00 → 16:00 Astro Events: Lab tours and office hours

14:00 → 16:00 BIO Events: lab presentations/Q&A with grad students from the PLS groups

One-on-One Meeting Sign-ups

Physics Open House - Biophysics FAQ's .pdf

Physics Open House - Biophysics Schedule .pdf

14:00 → 16:00 CMT/CMX Events: Lab Meetings and Tour with Current Students

14:00 → 16:00 NUPAT Events: Student-Only Q&A

14:00 → 16:00 NUPAX Events: 1-on-1 meetings with Students

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

15:00 → 16:00 IAIFI Events: Coffee Hour with the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Flyer.pdf

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Intro-Slide-Deck.pdf

IAIFI_MIT-Physics-Open-House_Schedule.pdf

IAIFI Website

15:00 → 16:00 Plasma Events: Social hour with PSFC womens' group and students

16:00 → 17:30 Student-run events: Housing Discussion & Campus Tour

Grad Housing Panel Slidedeck

17:30 → 23:00 Student-run events: On-campus/Off-campus Dinner & Social

Grad Housing Panel Slidedeck

Friday, 4 April

08:30 → 12:00 AMO Events: Meetings with Faculty

08:30 → 12:00 Optional Events: Snacks Available in the Grad Lounge #8-314

09:00 → 12:00 CMT/CMX Events: One-on-one meetings with faculty and students in CMT and CMX

09:00 → 11:00 NUPAX Events: Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students

Wednesday, April 2nd

9:30 - 11:30 Meet and Greet, Lourie Room (26-502

11:30am - 1:30pm Department Welcome Lunch, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Presentations - 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Kolker Room (26-414)
1:30 - 2:00 Welcome - LNS and NUPAX
Speakers: Boleslaw Wyslouch, Gunther Roland

2:00 - 2:15 Axion Dark Matter and Neutrinoless Double – Beta Decay
Speaker: Lindley Winslow

2:15 - 2:30 Searching for New Physics with the LHCb experiment
Speaker: Eluned Smith

2:30 - 2:45 Advanced Detector Development for Precision Neutrino Oscillation Measurements and Low Mass Particle Dark Matter Searches
Speaker: Brook Russell

2:45 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:00 Interdisciplinary Studies: Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) and Physics, Statistics, and Data Science PhD (PhysSDS)
Speaker: Mike Williams

6:00pm - 9:00pm: Gunther Roland's House for Dinner

Thursday, April 3rd

8:30 - 10:00 Group Breakfasts, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Morning Presentations, Kolker Room (26-349)

10:00 - 10:15 Working the energy frontier with CMS at LHC and on to the Future Circular Collider
Speaker: Christoph Paus

10:15 - 10:30 Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics
Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

10:30 - 10:45 Searching for Dark Matter and Understanding the Higgs Boson with New Ideas in AI and Beyond
Speaker: Philip Harris

10:45 - 11:00 Relativity Heavy-Ion Group
Speaker: Gian Michele Innocenti

12:00 - 2:00 - Student Lunch Panel, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Afternoon Meetings (1-on-1)
2:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Housing Discussion and Campus Tour, Pappalardo Room (24-349)

Friday, April 4th

8:30am - 11:00 am - Breakfast with NUPAX Grad Students - Kolker Room (26-414)

17:00 → 19:00 Optional Events: PGSC + physREFS Meet and Heat with Prof. Mark Vogelsberger