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The Fermilab colloquium introduces a wide range of scientific and science-related topics presented by notable speakers from across the country and around the world.
The colloquium is open to the public. Talks are held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons in One West in Wilson Hall (WH1W). To enter the site you will need a REAL ID-compliant identification.
Upcoming colloquia
An integral part of Fermilab’s academic culture, “orange” colloquium talks are aimed at a broad scientific and technical audience, while “green” talks are of general interest to everyone.
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April 9, 2025, 3:30 pm US/Central
Over the past two decades, Fermilab has led the development of cutting-edge instrumentation based on low-noise silicon imagers. What began with the deployment of CCDs for the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has grown into a broad and impactful program. Today, these technologies support a diverse range of scientific efforts—from direct dark matter searches and cosmic surveys to dark sector experiments in particle beams and the search for biosignatures on exoplanets. In this talk, I will trace the evolution of this instrumentation program and highlight the latest advancements in skipper-CCD technology and its emerging applications across multiple fields.
April 22, 2025, 4:00 pm US/Central
After the discovery of Higgs, the Standard Model (SM) is basically completed and particle physics is now at a turning point. For the future of particle physics, Higgs and Neutrinos are the two main portals. I will describe our efforts along these two directions. One is based on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) which will start the data taking soon. Another one is the Circular Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC). After 12 years of efforts, CEPC is almost ready for construction. I will describe its design, R&D and the construction planning.