Name: Science Week 2025
Start: 2025-07-28T08:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-07-31T18:00:00-07:00
Location: TRIUMF

Science Week 2025

from Monday, July 28, 2025 (8:30 a.m.) to Thursday, July 31, 2025 (6:00 p.m.)

Monday, July 28, 2025

8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. Welcome - Andrea Capra (TRIUMF)
Welcome
- Andrea Capra (TRIUMF)
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:15 a.m. 5YP Implementation: Director's Update, and IAMI
Director's Update, and IAMI
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:15 a.m. 5YP Implementation + 20Y Vision - Nigel Smith (TRIUMF)

10:00 a.m. IAMI: Status and 2026 Schedule - Esther Schirrmacher (TRIUMF)
10:30 a.m. Coffee break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
11:00 a.m. 5YP Implementation: BL1A, ARIEL and LS26
BL1A, ARIEL and LS26
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 a.m. BL1A - Sydney Kreitzman (TRIUMF)

11:30 a.m. ARIEL: Status and Plans - Luca Egoriti (TRIUMF)

12:00 p.m. Work Coordination Group - Doug Preddy (TRIUMF)
12:30 p.m. Lunch break

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:00 p.m. Session
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 p.m. The Frontier of Collider Physics - Navin McGinnis (University of Arizona)

2:30 p.m. Building the new ATLAS tracking detector ... and some of the side quests we encountered in the process - Luise Poley (TRIUMF)

3:00 p.m. Machine Learning at TRIUMF - Wojciech Fedorko (TRIUMF)
3:30 p.m. Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:00 p.m. Session
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:00 p.m. Nuclear Physics with TPCs using Radioactive Beams - Thomas ROGER (GANIL)

4:30 p.m. Photon-to-digital converters for large-scale noble liquid experiments (and more) - Serge Charlebois (Université de Sherbrooke)

5:00 p.m. Detector Developments for Medical Isotopes and Pharmaceuticals - Christian Aa. Diget (University of York and TRIUMF Life Science)
6:00 p.m. Reception & Poster Session
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Room: Fire Lane
Contributions

6:00 p.m. Measure spin polarization of Rb atoms via Faraday rotation - Simon Zhou

6:01 p.m. Tantalum Carbide and Rhenium Diffusion Barriers for Target Containers - Sophie Worsley

6:02 p.m. Design and Synthesis of a Bifunctionalized Radio-Optical Chelation Complex for Cancer Theranostics - Jacqueline Mang

6:03 p.m. Constraining Abundance Anomalies in Globular Clusters: γ-ray Spectroscopy of 39K - Claire Jameson

6:04 p.m. Development of Neutron Detectors for a Negative Muon Induced Fission Experiment S2425 - Austin Keetley

6:05 p.m. Cosmic Muon Tagging and Calibrating Superconducting Sensors in Search for Sterile Neutrinos with BeEST - Nicolas Folk Theo Manev

6:06 p.m. Impact of Niobium Carbide Formation in Superconducting RF Cavities for Particle Accelerators - Boutelaa Chahinez

6:07 p.m. Study of 12Be structure in multi-threshold vicinity with ACTAR TPC - Laurie Dienis

6:08 p.m. Development of Purity Monitoring and Event Discrimination Tools for PIONEER - Miguel Acosta Velazquez

6:09 p.m. Conditioned quantum-assisted deep generative surrogate for ATLAS particle-calorimeter interactions - Denaisha Kraft Leo Zhu

6:10 p.m. Radiopharmaceuticals & Targeting Heparanase: A Step Towards Cancer Imaging and Therapy - Minh Le

6:11 p.m. Modeling Shallow-Angle Tracks in Gas Electron Multipliers for DarkLight - Andy Yang

6:12 p.m. Study of Rare Kaon Decays with CERN Experiment NA62 - Angie Parra Ovelencio

6:13 p.m. Ion Implantations and 𝛃NMR Detector Material Effects Characterization for the BeEST Experiment - Maisy Willet Megan Marquis

6:14 p.m. A magnetic trap for neutral atoms in HAICU - Giles Wankling

6:15 p.m. The Bigger, the Better? Optimizing Neural Networks For Calorimeter Calibration in the L0 Trigger with hls4ml - Annabel Li

6:17 p.m. Construction of a novel bitter-type magnetic trap for an atomic hydrogen fountain - Fionn Milhench

6:18 p.m. Coupling of TIGRESS, TIP, and EMMA - Heinz Asch

6:19 p.m. Timing Resolution of SiPM Readout Scintillator Detectors for Muon-Induced Fission Using High-resolution TDC Controlled by Custom MIDAS Frontend - Audrey Yang

6:20 p.m. Development of a Glow Discharge Ion Source to Deliver Th Beams for Radioactive-Molecule Experiments - Stephanie Cui

6:21 p.m. Synthesis of SiFA-Crown: A Compact Radiohybrid Chelator for Theranostic Development - Sasha Kondratenko

6:22 p.m. Developing a Novel Method for Direct Alpha Spectroscopy of Cancer Cells via ²²⁵Ac - Angelina Chen

6:23 p.m. Calculations of N14(p,g)O15 using no-core shell model with continuum - Roan Stafford

6:25 p.m. Web-App Development for Viewscreen Live Image Acquisition - Alex Hayes

6:26 p.m. Pre-irradiation effects on Quenching in Optical fibres for Proton Therapy Applications - Francesca Sogus
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:00 a.m. Session
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Applications of ab initio and phenomenological nuclear reaction theory - Mack Atkinson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

9:30 a.m. [remote] Nuclear Astrophysics Opportunities with Recoil Separators - Thanassis Psaltis (Duke University)

10:00 a.m. The New beta-SRF Facility at ISAC and First Results - Edward Thoeng (TRIUMF)
10:30 a.m. Coffee break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
11:00 a.m. Session
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 a.m. The Development of Model Coupled Accelerator Tuning at TRIUMF - Olivier Shelbaya (TRIUMF)

11:30 a.m. The Quest for 14Be at ISAC - Aurelia Laxdal (TRIUMF)

12:00 p.m. Hyperfine structure of anti-hydrogen at ALPHA - Simone Stracka (INFN Pisa)
12:30 p.m. Lunch break

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:00 p.m. Session
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 p.m. TRIUMF Life Sciences program trough the lense of IAEA - Valery Radchenko (TRIUMF)

2:30 p.m. Centre for Molecular and Materials Science Some Updates and Highlights - Jeff Sonier (Simon Fraser University)

3:00 p.m. Exploiting Decatungstate-Catalysis for C-H 18F-Fluorination - Robert Britton (Simon Fraser University)
3:30 p.m. Coffee break

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:00 p.m. Session
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:00 p.m. Ultracold Neutron Sources for Fundamental Physics ― Status at TRIUMF and Future Prospects - Takashi Higuchi (RCNP & KURNS)

4:30 p.m. Current Progress and Prospects of the Hyper-Kamiokande Next-Generation Neutrino Experiment - Nick Prouse (TRIUMF)

5:00 p.m. Digital SiPMs: Offering new opportunities by combining photosensor and electronics in one device - Peter Fischer (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:00 a.m. TUG AGM
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Introduction - Moritz Pascal Reiter (University of Edinburgh)

9:10 a.m. TRIUMF User's office update - Marcello Pavan (TRIUMF)

9:30 a.m. Beam delivery update - Martin Alcorta moreno (TRIUMF)

9:50 a.m. GAPS update - Christopher Chambers (TRIUMF)

10:10 a.m. FAQs: the long shutdown implementation - Andrea Capra (TRIUMF) Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF) Moritz Pascal Reiter (University of Edinburgh)

10:30 a.m. Q&A with management
11:00 a.m. Coffee break

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium

11:30 a.m. Science Technology: When will digital SiPM move beyond the R&D phase for subatomic physics and other applications?
When will digital SiPM move beyond the R&D phase for subatomic physics and other applications?
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium

12:30 p.m. Lunch break

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:00 p.m. TUG: Student talks
Student talks
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 p.m. Neutron Detection with Organic Scintillators: Creation to Usage - Austin Keetley

2:05 p.m. Design and Synthesis of a Bifunctionalized Radio-Optical Chelation Complex for Cancer Theranostics - Jacqueline Mang

2:10 p.m. Conditioned quantum-assisted deep generative surrogate for ATLAS particle-calorimeter interactions - Denaisha Kraft Leo Zhu

2:15 p.m. Investigation of Cluster Structure in Neutron-rich Lithium isotopes - Saurabh Sawant

2:20 p.m. Development of a Glow-Discharge Ion Source for Short-lived Molecular Ions - Stephanie Cui

2:25 p.m. Timing Resolution of SiPM Readout Scintillator Detectors for Muon-Induced Fission Using High-resolution TDC Controlled by Custom MIDAS Frontend - Audrey Yang

2:30 p.m. Developing a Novel Method for Direct Alpha Spectroscopy of Cancer Cells via ²²⁵Ac - Angelina Chen

2:35 p.m. Constraining Abundance Anomalies in Globular Clusters: γ-ray Spectroscopy of 39K - Claire Jameson
3:00 p.m. Coffee break

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium

3:30 p.m. TUG: Student prizes
Student prizes
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:00 p.m. Quantum Science
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:00 p.m. IYQ 2025 - Oliver Stelzer (TRIUMF)

4:05 p.m. Quantum BC - Daria Ahrensmeier (SFU)

4:25 p.m. Intense Lyman-alpha Coherent Light Sources for Particle Physics and Quantum Science - Yu Oishi (KEK)

4:50 p.m. Quantum sensing at TRIUMF - Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

5:15 p.m. Quantum algorithms at TRIUMF - Wojciech Fedorko (TRIUMF)
5:30 p.m. Wrap-up - Andrea Capra (TRIUMF)
Wrap-up
- Andrea Capra (TRIUMF)
5:30 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Thursday, July 31, 2025
9:00 a.m. Early career workshops & events
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Cover letter writing workshop - Kurt Dehnel Robert Laxdal (TRIUMF)

10:15 a.m. Career panel

11:30 a.m. Speed Mentoring
12:30 p.m. Lunch break

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
1:30 p.m. Early career workshops & events
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

1:30 p.m. Git crash course - Daniel Thomson (TRIUMF)

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