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The Unsolved Mystery of Dark Matter

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Dark matter is one of the grandest unsolved mysteries in physics. What is it? What is it made of? How does it interact with "normal" matter? At this Midday Science Café, you’ll learn about two projects that explore the nature of dark matter, one of the most pressing questions in contemporary physics. Vetri Velan will explore how experimental particle physicists are trying to search for dark matter here on Earth. Or, more precisely, under the Earth. Sinéad Griffin will discuss how scientists are taking a new approach to searching for dark matter by designing materials specifically suited to detect dark matter.

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Oct 15, 2020 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Oct 15, 2020 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: The Unsolved Mystery of Dark Matter Register in advance for this webinar: https://lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H_6zhPyvSh-iRFgo54qssA Or an H.323/SIP room system: H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada) 207.226.132.110 (Japan) Meeting ID: 978 0728 4872 SIP: 97807284872@zoomcrc.com After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Vetri Velan (PhD Candidate, Department of Physics @UC Berkeley) Vetri is a PhD candidate in Physics at UC Berkeley, studying the use of liquid noble elements (helium and xenon) for the detection of dark matter. One of the experiments he works on is the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, located a mile underground in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in one of the deepest gold mines on the continent. Although suiting up for the 10-minute ride down the mineshaft is fun, he also enjoys working at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where he develops new detector technologies and works to optimize existing detectors. Aside from physics, Vetri is passionate about science policy. He advocates for inclusion of scientific knowledge to guide public policy and for equitable structures within which science can be done. Some issues that he has worked on include taxation of graduate students, federal research funding, and genetically-engineered agricultural policy. In his free time, Vetri enjoys listening to podcasts &exploring the Bay Area Dr. Sinéad Griffin (Staff Scientist- Molecular Foundry, Materials Science Division @Berkeley Lab) Sinéad Griffin is a staff scientist in the Materials Science Division and the Molecular Foundry at Berkeley Lab. Originally from Ireland, her work as a theorist focuses on the description and discovery of quantum materials and physical phenomena at the nanoscale using quantum mechanical calculations. The applications of Sinéad's work range from new materials for energy and quantum computing to exploring dark matter and the origins of the universe. Her awards include the Swiss Physical Society's General Prize (2018), an MIT Rising Star in Physics (2018), an 'Emerging Leader' from the Institute of Physics (2020), was selected as an early-career awardee at Berkeley Lab. Aside from her research, she is involved with building a research network in condensed matter physics in Africa, and earlier this year was awarded an inaugural American Physical Society Innovation Fund grant to set up a US-Africa Workshop and Network.

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