YCIU Workshop: Open Questions in the Invisible Universe

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The YCIU Workshop on Open Questions in the Invisible Universe, will be held on May 30, 2025, on the 14th floor of Kline Tower (219 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511).


8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration & Coffee
9:00 – 9:10 am: Welcoming Remarks - Dean Larry Gladney

9:10 – 9:55 am: Session 1: Cosmic Probes of the Invisible Universe
9:10 – 9:25 am: Alyson Brooks
9:25 – 9:40am: Pieter van Dokkum
9:40 – 9:55 am: Frank van den Bosch

9:55 – 10:10 am: Gathering key questions

10:10– 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30 pm: Session 2: Cold Dark Matter & Beyond
10:30 – 10:45 am: Priya Natarajan
10:45 – 11:00 am: Savvas Koushiappas 
11:00 – 11:15 am: Laura Newburgh
11:15 – 11:30 am: Mariangela Lisanti  

11:30 – 11:40 am: Gathering key questions

11:40 – 12:30 pm Lightning talks (2 min each – 1 slide)

12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Session 3: Dark Matter Searches 
1:30 – 1:45 pm: David Moore
1:45 – 2:00 pm: Michael Jewell
2:00 – 2:15 pm: Reina Maruyama
2:15 – 2:30 pm: Konrad Lehnert

2:30 – 2:40 pm: Gathering key questions

2:40 – 3:40 pm: Session 4: Physics of neutrinos in the Invisible Universe 
2:40 – 2:55 pm: Joe Formaggio 
2:55 – 3:10 pm: Karsten Heeger 
3:10 – 3:25 pm: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson 
3:25 – 3:40 pm: Nikhil Padmanabhan

3:40 – 4:00 pm: Tea Break

4:00– 5:00 pm: Closing Panel Discussion and end of workshop

Campus Map

Visitor Parking

There is metered parking along Prospect Street and Hillhouse Avenue (you will need to download the ParkMobile or GoNewHaven app to pay), in parking lot 37, located at 85 Trumbull Street, and outside of Ingalls Rink at the corner of Sachem and Prospect Streets.

Traveling from the Northeast region: 

  • From Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC: We recommend taking the Amtrak to New Haven’s Union Station (NHV). Kline Tower is a short cab ride from the station.
  • From New York City: Take the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line to New Haven Union Station.