SMP Fall 2025 Schedule

The Lederman Science Center will be closed on Monday, September 1st for the holiday. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday, September 2nd.

The Pine Street gate at the Batavia site will be closed to outbound traffic beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2. Members of the public will still be able to enter Fermilab through the Pine Street gate but must exit via the Batavia Road gate. The closure to outbound traffic is expected to be in effect until Sept.10. Fermilab’s Batavia site is open to the public with proper identification.

All lectures begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. We recommend that you join the Saturday Morning Physics Zoom meeting between 8:45–8:50 a.m.

The lectures are two hours long, with a 10-minute break. Virtual tours and Q&A sessions start at about 11:00 a.m., with everything wrapping up at around noon.

*Lectures are given off-site. Student will need to make travel arrangements or plan to attend through the Zoom meeting.

Preliminary schedule of Fall 2025 lectures and tours; please note that schedule is subject to change. 

DateLecture topic Speaker Tour or panel topic
September 13thIntro to FermilabJosh Barrow, FermilabWH / Driving Tour / SQMS / SiDet
September 20thQuantum MechanicsSohitri Ghosh, FermilabWH / Driving Tour / SQMS / SiDet
September 27thRelativityPatrick Fox, FermilabWH / Driving Tour / SQMS / SiDet
*October 4thOff-site at University of Chicago: How We Make and How We Detect ParticlesJason St. John & Dylan Temples, FermilabSouth Side Science Festival
October 11thThe Standard Model of Particle Physics / LHC PhysicsChristina Wang, FermilabCMS Virtual Tour
October 18thNeutrinosGray Putnam, FermilabNeutrino panel
*October 25thOff-site at Griffin MSI Chicago: Muon physics (g-2, Mu2e, collider)David Kessler & Kevin Lynch, FermilabPath to becoming a scientist panel
November 1stEnergy Flows on Planet EarthBryan Ramson, FermilabClimate Q&A
November 8thQuantum ComputingGabe Perdue, FermilabEveryday life of a scientist panel
*November 15thOff-site at Northwestern University: Cosmology and Dark MatterGordan Krnjaic, FermilabNorthwestern lab Tours
November 22ndPhysics and SocietyYoung-Kee Kim, FermilabGraduation