======= Fall 2025 =======

**Organizer = Kathi Domnanich [[domnanic@frib.msu.edu]]**

Research Discussions are generally held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM on request. 

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2025-08-28 | // No Research Discussion// | First week of the semester |||
| 2025-09-04 | Jaideep Singh, Pablo Giuliani  | MSU| Chat GPT & Generative AI discussion| Kathi Domnanich|
| 2025-09-11 |  | | |  |  
| 2025-09-18 |  | | |  |
| 2025-09-25 | Ibrahim Abdurrahman | MSU | TBD | Filomena Nunes | 
| 2025-10-02 | DNP Practice Talks | | |  |
| 2025-10-09 | Trenton Vogt | MSU | TBD | Alyssa Gaiser |
| 2025-10-16 | Victoria Zerbach | MSU | TBD | Kyle Brown | 
| 2025-10-23 | Cade Dembski | Notre Dame | TBD | Artemis Spyrou | 
| 2025-10-30 | Katie Austin | MSU | TBD | Greg Severin | 
| 2025-11-06 | Ferris Bissen | MSU | TBD | Kathi Domnanich |
| 2025-11-13 | Jason Surbrook | LANL | Nuclear physics opportunities at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center | Christopher Wrede |
| 2025-11-20 | Rachel Goike | MSU | TBD | Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2025-11-27 | No Research Discussion | Thanksgiving | |  |
| 2025-12-04 | Julia Kraft | MSU | TBD | Alyssa Gaiser |
| 2025-12-11 | Louis Wagner | MSU | SECAR development update | Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2025-12-18 |  | | no Research Discussion  |  | 

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======= Spring 2025 =======

**Organizer = Kathi Domnanich [[domnanic@frib.msu.edu]]**

Research Discussions are generally held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM on request. However, there is an exception on January 24 2025, when the Research Discussion is scheduled for Friday 11:00 am.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2025-01-09 | // No Research Discussion// | Classes start 01/13/25 |||
| 2025-01-16 | Artemis Spyrou | MSU | Enhanced production of 60Fe in massive stars| Kathi Domnanich |
| 2025-01-24 | Jose Blanco | MSU | TBD | Greg Severin |  
| 2025-01-30 | Mejdi Mogannam | MSU | TBD | Sean Liddick |
| 2025-02-06 | Kyle Beyer | MSU | TBD | Filomena Nunes | 
| 2025-02-13 | Iulia Harca | MSU | Low-pressure gaseous proportional counters: technologies, challenges and applications| Marco Cortesi |
| 2025-02-20 | Vlad Bodnar | MSU | TBD | Greg Severin |
| 2025-02-27 | Ante Ravlic | MSU | Weak decays in superheavy nuclei | Witek Nazarewicz | 
| 2025-03-06 | Jaideep Singh | Status and Plans for Developing an Electrospray Ionization Source for Producing Radioactive Molecular Ions| MSU | Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2025-03-13 | Ellie Ronning | MSU | TBD | Sean Liddick | 
| 2025-03-20 | | | |  |
| 2025-03-27 | Chirag Vyas | MSU | TBD | Kathi Domnanich |
| 2025-04-03 | Grigor Sargsyan | MSU | TBD |  | 
| 2025-04-10 | Ron Mickens | external| Carolyn Parker and Chrystine Shack: Atomic Women | Pawel Danielewicz |
| 2025-04-17 | Patrick McGlynn | MSU | TBD | Chloe Hebborn, Filomena Nunes |
| 2025-04-24 |  | | |  | 
 
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======= Fall 2024 =======

**Organizer = Kathi Domnanich [[domnanic@frib.msu.edu]]**

Research Discussions are generally held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM only on request.

However, this semester includes some exceptions, so please review the schedule below carefully. 

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2024-08-29 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2024-09-05 | Jorge Pereira | MSU | TBD | |
| 2024-09-12 | Pablo Giuliani, Kyle Godbey, Jaideep Taggart Singh | FRIB | [[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7wtzqsuydudpnlkrg2bxq/2024-09-12-other-Research-Discussion-ChatGPT-Discussion-PB-KG-JTS.pdf?rlkey=1mf2nyes1evjfeip6vcns9wyk&dl=0|ChatGPT & Research]] | Pablo Giuliani | 
| 2024-09-19 | DNP Practice Talks ||||
| 2024-09-26 | Shinsuke Ota | RCNP Osaka University | Development and standardization of scalable streaming data acquisition and processing system in Japan| Giordano Cerizza | 
| 2024-10-03 | Jessica Berkmann | MSU | TBD | Sean Liddick |
| 2024-10-10 | Samuel Brown | MSU | TBD | Kyle Brown |
| 2024-10-17 | Jordan Cory | MSU | TBD | Kyle Brown | 
| 2024-10-24 | Deepika Davuluri | MSU | TBD | Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2024-10-31 | Samridhi Satija | LANL| Towards optimized recovery and purification of proton accelerator-produced 225Ac | Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2024-11-05 | Emily Gordon | MSU | TBD, additional Literature Seminar| Alyssa Gaiser |
| 2024-11-07 | Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury | MSU | Machine Learning in Accelerator Shielding: Application using Convolutional Neural Networks| Tom Ginter |
| 2024-11-15 | Aiden Boyer, Nicholas Nusgart | MSU | TBD | Jaideep Singh | 
| 2024-11-21 | Gerard Flores | MSU | TBD | Kyle Brown |
| 2024-11-28 | //No Research Discussion// | Thanksgiving | | |
| 2024-12-05 |  | | |  | 
| 2024-12-12 | Haley Lightfoot | MSU | TBD | Alyssa Gaiser | 
| 2024-12-19 | Chloe Kleinfeldt | MSU | TBD | Greg Severin | 
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======= Spring 2024 =======
Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM only on request.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2024-01-04 | // No Research Discussion// | Classes start 01/08| | |
| 2024-01-11 |  Thomas Baumann | MSU | Development work for the next generation neutron detector | 
| 2024-01-18 |  FRIB HR  |  | RA Interview| | 
| 2024-01-25 |  | | | |
| 2024-02-01 |  | | | | 
| 2024-02-08 |  | | | |
| 2024-02-15 | Jonathon Howard | MSU | High-Efficiency and Reliable Wide Range Operation of 2 K Helium Cryogenic Systems | Nusair Hasan |
| 2024-02-22 | Salvatore Di Carlo | MSU  | TBD  |  | 
| 2024-02-29 | //No Research Discussion// | Spring Break| |  | 
| 2024-03-07 | | | | | 
| 2024-03-14 | Patrick McGlynn | MSU | TBD | Chloë Hebborn |
| 2024-03-21 | Sivahami Uthayakumaar | MSU | TBD |  Artemis Spyrou | 
| 2024-03-28 | Abel Korinsky | MSU | Meet and Greet FRIB Artist in Residence Abel Korinsky | Ana Becerril Reyes |
| 2024-04-04 | Curtis Hunt| MSU | Studying Fission near 198Pb with AT-TPC at FRIB |  |
| 2024-04-11 | Alexander Rusu | CERN | TBD | Giordano Cerizza | 
| 2024-04-18 |  | | |  | 
| 2024-04-25 | Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic | TBD | MSU |  | 
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======= Fall 2023 =======
Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM only on request.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2023-08-31 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2023-09-07 |  | | | 
| 2023-09-14 | Ante Ravlic | MSU | TBD | Witek Nazarewicz | 
| 2023-09-21 |  | | | |
| 2023-09-28 | Sk Mustak Ali | MSU | Measurement of (d,p) and (d,3He) reactions with 7Be in the context of 6,7Li anomalies| Remco Zegers | 
| 2023-10-05 | Lucian Scharenberg | CERN | VMM3a/SRS — high-rate scalable front-end electronics for MPGDs| Giordano Cerizza |
| 2023-10-12 | Nicholas Dahlen | MSU | Reactor Production of Promethium-147 | Alyssa Gaiser |
| 2023-10-19 | Rohit Kumar | MSU | Determination of the dense matter equation of state from nuclear experiments and neutron star observations | Betty Tsang, William Lynch | 
| 2023-10-26 | Caitlin McCormick | MSU | TBD | Kyle Brown | 
| 2023-11-02 | Aiden Boyer, Sebastian Miki-Silva | MSU | The FRIB-EDM3 Instrument: A Tool For Creating and Studying Radioactive Molecules for Tests of Fundamental Symmetries| Jaideep Singh| 
| 2023-11-09 | DNP Practice Talks: Tom-Erik Haugen-Improved Search for CP-Violation in Ortho-Positronium Decay-(Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic) ||| 
| 2023-11-16 | Samridhi Satija | MSU | TBD | Greg Severin | 
| 2023-11-23 | //No Research Discussion// | Thanksgiving | | |
| 2023-11-30 | Andrew Candia | MSU | Application of Mercury-203 for Radiotracing Mercury in Cuttlefish| Kathi Domnanich |
| 2023-12-07 | Bashir Sadeghi | MSU | Machine Learning-Assisted Data Analysis and Prediction| Kathi Domnanich | 
| 2023-12-14 | Michaela Bronstetter | MSU | Combination of DGA and LN Columns: A Versatile Option for Isotope Production and Purification at Oak Ridge National Laboratory| Alyssa Gaiser | 
| 2023-12-21 |  | | | | 
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======= Spring 2023 =======
Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM. Connection information will be provided through email.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2023-01-05 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2023-01-12 | Giordano Cerizza  | MSU | DAQ at FRIB | Kei |
| 2023-01-19 | | | | | 
| 2023-01-26 | |  |  |  |
| 2023-02-02 |  | | || 
| 2023-02-09 | Dr. Simon and Peter | CENPA | TBD | Chris Wrede |
| 2023-02-16 | | | | |
| 2023-02-23 | Pierre Nzabanimana | MSU | TBD | Paul | 
| 2023-03-02 | Marco Cortesi  | MSU | Detecotor development at FRIB | Kei | 
| 2023-03-09 | // No Research Discussion // | Spring Break |  |  | 
| 2023-03-16 | Elizabeth Rubino | LLNL| career opportunities at LLNL | Pablo| 
| 2023-03-23 |  |   |  |  | 
| 2023-03-30 | Duncan Kroll | MSU | TBD | Peter Knudsen |
| 2023-04-06 | Sokhana Amar | MSU | TBD | Paul |
| 2023-04-13 | Scott Essenmacher | MSU | TBD | Severin, Gregory | 
| 2023-04-20 | Thomas Baumann | MSU  | TBD | Paul | 
| 2023-04-27 | Julie Butler | MSU  | TBD | Morten | 
| 2023-05-04 | Stephanie Brown |   | TBD | Zach |
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====== Fall 2022 ========
Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST in person or via ZOOM. Connection information will be provided through email.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2022-09-01 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2022-09-08 |  |  | |  |
| 2022-09-15 | Artemis Tsantiri | MSU | 1st committee meeting: Constraining the Astrophysical γ Process: Cross Section Measurement of the 82Kr(p,γ)83Rb Reaction in Inverse Kinematics | Artemis/Zoom | 
| 2022-09-22 | Xiaodong Tang | Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science | TBD | Fernando Montes |
| 2022-09-29 | Shelly Lesher| UW-La Cross | TBD | Artemis | 
| 2022-10-06 | Skyy Pineda | MSU | 4th year seminar: Mirror charge radii and nuclear EOS | Kei |
| 2022-10-13 | Eleanor Ronning | MSU | Literature seminar: | Sean |
| 2022-10-20 | DNP Practice talks: Adam Anthony, Sean Dziubinski, Rahul Jain, Daniel Puentes, Ellie Ronning, Xinyi Wang, Joshua Wylie, Caley Harris, Andrew Sanchez |||| 
| 2022-10-27 | //DNP meeting//  |  |  |  | 
| 2022-11-03 |  |  |  |  | 
| 2022-11-10 | Chloe Kleinfeldt | MSU | Literature seminar: | Greg | 
| 2022-11-17 | Jochen Ballof | MSU  | TBD | Jaideep |   
| 2022-11-24 | //Thanksgiving// ||||
| 2022-12-01 | |  |  |   |
| 2022-12-08 |  | |  |  | 
| 2022-12-15 |  |  |  |  | 
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=== Spring 2022 =====

Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST via Zoom and optionally in room 1300. Connection information will be provided through email.
<sortable>
^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2022-01-13 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2022-01-20 |Cavan Maher | MSU | Development of the charge exchange Oslo method and its application to constrain reaction rates for nucleosynthesis of 92Nb| Zoom only |
| 2022-01-27 | //Nuclear Science Seminar//: RD in the Wednesday slot||||
| 2022-02-03 |  | |  | |
| 2022-02-10 | Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Dean Lee, Witek Nazarewicz|MSU | Artificial Intelligence and machine Learning in Nuclear Physics.|Hybrid - 1300 and zoom | 
| 2022-02-17 | Vlad Bodnar| MSU | tbd | Hybrid |
| 2022-02-24 | Taylor Whitehead | MSU | Prediction of (p,n) Charge-Exchange Reactions with Uncertainty Quantification| Hybrid - 1300 and Zoom|
| 2022-03-03 | Daniel Lay and Eric Flynn | MSU |A Nudged Elastic Band Approach to Nuclear Fission Pathways| Hybrid -1300 and Zoom| 
| 2022-03-10 | //No research Discussion// | (Spring break) || 
| 2022-03-17 | Simon Giraud | MSU |Stellar electron-capture rates: recent theoretical and experimental advances|Hybrid - 1300 and Zoom |
| 2022-03-24 Zoom ONLY| Ben Hall | MSU | Solving the Nuclear Pairing Model via the Variational Quantum Eigensolver | Zoom only | 
| 2022-03-31 Zoom ONLY | Curtis Hunt | MSU | tbd | | 
| 2022-04-07 |Pablo Giuliani |MSU | The Reduced Basis Method, an efficient and broadly applicable emulator for many-body physics|Hybrid - 1300 and Zoom | 
| 2022-04-14 | Jane Kim| MSU | "Neural Network Ansätze for Variational Monte Carlo". |1300 and Zoom |
| 2022-04-21 | Ben Hall | MSU | Solving the Nuclear Pairing Model via the Variational Quantum Eigensolver | | 
| 2022-04-28 | |  | | 
| 2021-05-05 | // No Research discussion// | (Final Exams)|||
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====== Fall 2021 =======
Research Discussions are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am EST via ZOOM. Connection information will be provided through email.

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^    Date                           ^ Speaker              ^ Institution   ^ Title         ^ Host / Room Change ^ 
| 2021-09-02 | // No Research Discussion// | (first week of classes)|||
| 2021-09-09 | Avik Sarkar | MSU | Self-learning emulators and eigenvector continuation| Zoom |
| 2021-09-16 | Kyle Godbey | MSU | Bayesian analysis of heavy-ion fusion in TDDFT | Zoom| 
| 2021-09-22 WEDNESDAY 4:10 pm|  | |  | Zoom|
| 2021-09-23 | //Nuclear Science Seminar//: RD in the Wednesday slot|||| 
| 2021-09-30 | DNP practice talks||||
| 2021-10-06 WEDNESDAY 4:10 pm | Christian Drischler | MSU | Efficient emulators for two-body scattering observables based on eigenvector continuation|Zoom|
| 2021-10-07 | //Nuclear Science Seminar//: RD in the Wednesday slot||||
| 2021-10-14 | // DNP// |||| 
| 2021-10-21 | Jaideep Singh  | MSU | Who was Professor Thelma Irene Arnette (1920-2017)? |Zoom | 
| 2021-10-28 | Hannah Berg | MSU | Nuclear properties of the 71,72,74Co isotopes via β decay| | 
| 2021-11-04 | Jose Blanco | MSU | TBD | Zoom| 
| 2021-11-11 | | | | | 
| 2021-11-18 | | | | | 
| 2021-11-25 | //Thanksgiving// ||||
| 2021-12-02 | Kenneth Haak| MSU | "Production of neutron rich isotopes near N=126"| 
|2021-12-09 | Greg Severin| MSU | | | 
|2021-12-16 | Adam  Hartley| MSU | Extrapolating Nuclear Structure Observables Using Neural Networks| | 
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