The annual GPAS Conference, held this year on April 16th 2025, invites graduate students from all subfields to showcase their thesis work and practice their presentation skills, either in the form of a ten-minute talk during the regular colloquium hour or as a poster in the following poster session. The colloquium presenters this year were spread over three of the four department subfields, with one nuclear talk, one condensed matter talk, and one astronomy talk. Thomas Bailey, a sixth year nuclear physics graduate student, discussed his ongoing thesis work on quantifying and using uranium ore concentrations as a fingerprint for mines around the world. Lili Vajtai, a second year condensed matter student, showed her work on the applications of magnetism and ferrofluids in both medicine and industry. Jared Kolecki (featured in the post photo), a third year astronomy student, described his methods for using the chemical abundances in a star to characterize the possible types of planets in other solar systems. Following the presentations, accompanied with light refreshments during the weekly colloquium tea, other students presented posters to their peers on their recent progress towards their thesis. Excellent work to all presenters at this year’s conference, and congratulations on the free department mug for the speakers!
The 2025 GPAS Conference
