Oct 23 2025 8:15AM, Thursday

AA00 Breakfast I
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 8:45AM, Thursday

A00 Opening Plenary - Future Nuclear Physics Experiments and Facilities
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Ioana Niculescu,  Godon Cates  

Oct 23 2025 10:00AM, Thursday

AB00 Coffee Break I
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 10:30AM, Thursday

B01 High Energy Physics I
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia

B02 Medium Energy Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Kate T Evans,  Nilanga Liyanage  

B03 Materials Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Tatiana Allen, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Christina Rost  

B04 Biophysics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Rana Ashkar  

B05 Astrophysics I
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Rosa Tamara Branca, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oct 23 2025 12:06PM, Thursday

BB00 Lunch Break I
Room: James Madison University Lunch on Your Own

BB01 Executive Committee Meeting
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 2 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

Oct 23 2025 2:00PM, Thursday

C01 High Energy Physics II
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Son T. Nguyen, Washington and Lee University

C02 Detectors and Instrumentation
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Austin Reid, Tennessee Technological University

C03 Condensed Matter and Optical Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Cheng-Chien Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Invited Speakers:  Mahmoud M. Asmar  

C04 Applied and Engineering
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Ehab Hassan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Invited Speakers:  Ehab M Hassan  

C05 Biophysics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Luis Sanchez-Diaz, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Luis E Sanchez-Diaz  

Oct 23 2025 3:36PM, Thursday

CC00 Coffee Break II
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 4:00PM, Thursday

D01 Poster Session (4:00PM - 5:45PM)
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

Oct 23 2025 7:30PM, Thursday

E01 SPS/Student Social
Room: James Madison University Highlands and Lower Drum

Oct 24 2025 8:15AM, Friday

FF00 Breakfast II
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 8:45AM, Friday

F01 Neutrino Physics
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Aparajita Mazumdar  

F02 Machine Learning Techniques and Applications
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Prakash Gautam, University of Virginia

F03 Nuclear and Particle Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Romulus Godang, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Edmundo S Barriga  

F04 Quantum Technology
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Vsevolod Ivanov, Virginia Tech
Invited Speakers:  Vsevolod M Ivanov,  Tomoya Asaba  

F05 Condensed Matter Physics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Arjun Dahal, University of South Alabama

Oct 24 2025 10:21AM, Friday

GG00 Coffee Break III
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 10:45AM, Friday

G01 Muon Physics
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Steffen Strauch,  Natalie Harrison  

G02 Medium Energy Physics II
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Austin Reid, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Dinko Pocanic  

G03 Quantum and Theoretical Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Teerthal Patel, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Teerthal Patel,  James Bonifacio  

G04 2D Materials Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Ho Jang, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Kory D Burns  

G05 Physics Education I
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Joshua Hamblen, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Shantanu Chakraborty  

Oct 24 2025 12:21PM, Friday

H00 SPS/APS Student Lunch: Discussion of Physics Careers
Room: James Madison University Highlands and Lower Drum Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

Oct 24 2025 2:00PM, Friday

J01 Dark Matter Searches with Accelerator-based Experiments
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Dukes, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Craig C Group  

J02 Quantum, Molecular, and Nonlinear Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University
Invited Speakers:  Ian Stevenson  

J03 Nuclear and Particle Physics II
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Aparajita Mazumdar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J04 Computational Data Science
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Nima Laal, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Nima Laal  

J05 Condensed Matter Physics III
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Sachith Dissanayake, James Madison University

Oct 24 2025 3:36PM, Friday

JJ00 Coffee Break IV
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 4:00PM, Friday

K01 Grad School Fair
Room: James Madison University EnGeo Spine

K02 Quantum Demos
Room: James Madison University EnGeo Spine

Oct 24 2025 6:15PM, Friday

L00 Banquet
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Edmond C Dukes  

Oct 25 2025 8:15AM, Saturday

MM00 Breakfast III
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 25 2025 9:00AM, Saturday

M01 Department Tours
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University

M02 LGBTQ+ Coffee Hour
Room: James Madison University Highlands

M04 Astronomy, Math, and Physics section of Virginia Academy of Science
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

Oct 25 2025 10:00AM, Saturday

N00 Grad School Panel Discussion
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

N01 Astrophysics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

N02 Fundamental Symmetries
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Robert W Pattie  

N03 Medium Energy Physics III
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 2 Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University

N04 Particle Astrophysics
Room: James Madison University Physics/Chemistry 2212 Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia

N05 Deep Learning and Education II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 3 Chair: Mustafa Rajabali, Tennessee Technological University

Oct 25 2025 11:15AM, Saturday

P01 Closing Plenary - Quantum Computing and Dark Matter Searches
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  ChunJun (Charles) Cao,  Sukanya Chakrabarti  

Oct 23 2025 8:15AM, Thursday

AA00 Breakfast I
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 8:45AM, Thursday

A00 Opening Plenary - Future Nuclear Physics Experiments and Facilities
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Ioana Niculescu,  Godon Cates  

Oct 23 2025 10:00AM, Thursday

AB00 Coffee Break I
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 10:30AM, Thursday

B01 High Energy Physics I
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia

B02 Medium Energy Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Kate T Evans,  Nilanga Liyanage  

B03 Materials Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Tatiana Allen, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Christina Rost  

B04 Biophysics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Rana Ashkar  

B05 Astrophysics I
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Rosa Tamara Branca, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oct 23 2025 12:06PM, Thursday

BB00 Lunch Break I
Room: James Madison University Lunch on Your Own

BB01 Executive Committee Meeting
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 2 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

Oct 23 2025 2:00PM, Thursday

C01 High Energy Physics II
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Son T. Nguyen, Washington and Lee University

C02 Detectors and Instrumentation
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Austin Reid, Tennessee Technological University

C03 Condensed Matter and Optical Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Cheng-Chien Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Invited Speakers:  Mahmoud M. Asmar  

C04 Applied and Engineering
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Ehab Hassan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Invited Speakers:  Ehab M Hassan  

C05 Biophysics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Luis Sanchez-Diaz, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Luis E Sanchez-Diaz  

Oct 23 2025 3:36PM, Thursday

CC00 Coffee Break II
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 23 2025 4:00PM, Thursday

D01 Poster Session (4:00PM - 5:45PM)
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

Oct 23 2025 7:30PM, Thursday

E01 SPS/Student Social
Room: James Madison University Highlands and Lower Drum

Oct 24 2025 8:15AM, Friday

FF00 Breakfast II
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 8:45AM, Friday

F01 Neutrino Physics
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Aparajita Mazumdar  

F02 Machine Learning Techniques and Applications
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Prakash Gautam, University of Virginia

F03 Nuclear and Particle Physics I
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Romulus Godang, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Edmundo S Barriga  

F04 Quantum Technology
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Vsevolod Ivanov, Virginia Tech
Invited Speakers:  Vsevolod M Ivanov,  Tomoya Asaba  

F05 Condensed Matter Physics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Arjun Dahal, University of South Alabama

Oct 24 2025 10:21AM, Friday

GG00 Coffee Break III
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 10:45AM, Friday

G01 Muon Physics
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University
Invited Speakers:  Steffen Strauch,  Natalie Harrison  

G02 Medium Energy Physics II
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Austin Reid, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Dinko Pocanic  

G03 Quantum and Theoretical Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Teerthal Patel, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Teerthal Patel,  James Bonifacio  

G04 2D Materials Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Ho Jang, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Kory D Burns  

G05 Physics Education I
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Joshua Hamblen, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Invited Speakers:  Shantanu Chakraborty  

Oct 24 2025 12:21PM, Friday

H00 SPS/APS Student Lunch: Discussion of Physics Careers
Room: James Madison University Highlands and Lower Drum Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

Oct 24 2025 2:00PM, Friday

J01 Dark Matter Searches with Accelerator-based Experiments
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Craig Dukes, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Craig C Group  

J02 Quantum, Molecular, and Nonlinear Physics
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 1209 Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University
Invited Speakers:  Ian Stevenson  

J03 Nuclear and Particle Physics II
Room: James Madison University EnGeo1210 Chair: Aparajita Mazumdar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J04 Computational Data Science
Room: James Madison University EnGeo 2210 Chair: Nima Laal, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Nima Laal  

J05 Condensed Matter Physics III
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Sachith Dissanayake, James Madison University

Oct 24 2025 3:36PM, Friday

JJ00 Coffee Break IV
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 24 2025 4:00PM, Friday

K01 Grad School Fair
Room: James Madison University EnGeo Spine

K02 Quantum Demos
Room: James Madison University EnGeo Spine

Oct 24 2025 6:15PM, Friday

L00 Banquet
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Edmond C Dukes  

Oct 25 2025 8:15AM, Saturday

MM00 Breakfast III
Room: James Madison University Highlands

Oct 25 2025 9:00AM, Saturday

M01 Department Tours
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University

M02 LGBTQ+ Coffee Hour
Room: James Madison University Highlands

M04 Astronomy, Math, and Physics section of Virginia Academy of Science
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

Oct 25 2025 10:00AM, Saturday

N00 Grad School Panel Discussion
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom

N01 Astrophysics II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 4 Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

N02 Fundamental Symmetries
Room: James Madison University Allegheny Room Chair: Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Robert W Pattie  

N03 Medium Energy Physics III
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 2 Chair: Lamiaa El Fassi, Mississippi State University

N04 Particle Astrophysics
Room: James Madison University Physics/Chemistry 2212 Chair: Craig Group, University of Virginia

N05 Deep Learning and Education II
Room: James Madison University Conference Room 3 Chair: Mustafa Rajabali, Tennessee Technological University

Oct 25 2025 11:15AM, Saturday

P01 Closing Plenary - Quantum Computing and Dark Matter Searches
Room: James Madison University Grand Ballroom Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  ChunJun (Charles) Cao,  Sukanya Chakrabarti