SMP Spring 2025 Schedule

The Pine Street gate on the Batavia site will be closed to the public starting Monday, June 2. The public must enter and exit through the east-side Batavia Road gate. The gate closure is expected to be in effect until June 22. Fermilab’s Batavia site is open to the public with proper identification.

The Lederman Science Center will be closed on Thursday, June 19th, in observation of the holiday. We will reopen on Friday, June 20th, for our normal hours.

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 Spring 2025 lectures and tours; please note that schedule is subject to change. 

DateLecture topic Speaker Tour or panel topic
February 1st Intro to FermilabDon Lincoln, FermilabDriving Tour / Wilson Hall / SQMS / SiDet
February 8thQuantum MechanicsPatrick Fox, FermilabDriving Tour / Wilson Hall / SQMS / SiDet
* February 15thOff-site at Griffin MSI Chicago: RelativityGordan Krnjaic, Fermilab/UChicagoMuseum exploration
February 22nd The Standard Model of Particle Physics/LHC PhysicsInnes Bigaran, Martin Kwok, FermilabCMS Virtual Tour
* March 1stOff-site at Northwestern University: The Ghostly NeutrinoMaria Martinez-Casales, FermilabNU physics facilities
March 8th Quantum ComputingGabe Perdue, FermilabDriving Tour / Wilson Hall / SQMS / SiDet
March 15th Muon g-2 / Mu2eDavid Kessler, Kevin Lynch, FermilabMuon Panel
March 22ndEnergy Flows on Planet EarthBryan Ramson, FermilabClimate Panel
* March 29th *Adjusted time 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Off-site at Garfield Park Conservatory: How We Make and How We Detect ParticlesJason St John, Fermilab, Dylan T and Ryan L, FermilabEveryday life of a scientist panel
* April 5thOff-site at University of Chicago: Dark Matter and CosmologyJosh Sobrin, Nate Saffold, FermilabPath to becoming a scientist panel
April 12th Physics and SocietyYoung-Kee Kim, FermilabGraduation