Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
Please send all suggestions for future INPA talks and speakers to the INPA Committee.
To be added to the INPA News Mailing List, please contact Erica Hall.
INPA Talks are archived here.
The INPA Committee currently consists of:
2025-26
Daniel Kodroff
Krystal Alfonso
Edmond Chaussidon
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada(LBL)- Title: Testing Hybrid Optical Neutrino Detector Technologies at Eos
INPA Seminar Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada(LBL)- Title: Testing Hybrid Optical Neutrino Detector Technologies at Eos
Date: May 1, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada (LBL) Title: Testing Hybrid Optical Neutrino Detector Technologies at Eos Abstract: Future kilotonne-scale, scintillation-based neutrino detectors, such as Theia, plan to exploit new and yet-to-be-developed technologies to simultaneously measure Cherenkov and scintillation signals to provide a rich […]
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini (Stanford)-Title: A search for short-range new interactions with Mössbauer spectroscopy
INPA Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini (Stanford)-Title: A search for short-range new interactions with Mössbauer spectroscopy
Date: May 8, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini (Stanford) Title: A search for short-range new interactions with Mössbauer spectroscopy Abstract: New light particles, predicted by many proposed extensions of the Standard Model, would manifest as short-range forces between matter. At the nanoscale, electromagnetism is overwhelming, […]
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Jacob Robnik (UC Berkeley)-Title: Feasible MCMC in high-dimensional parameter spaces
INPA Seminar Speaker: Jacob Robnik (UC Berkeley)-Title: Feasible MCMC in high-dimensional parameter spaces
Date: May 22, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Jacob Robnik (UC Berkeley) Title: Feasible MCMC in high-dimensional parameter spaces Abstract: Statistical inference increasingly takes place in high-dimensional parameter spaces (thousands to billions of parameters) and is commonly the computational bottleneck of scientific workflow. To make this task […]
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
Date: May 29, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: TBD Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Join Zoom Meeting https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011 Passcode: 247722
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INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.