Graduate Student and PostDoc Association
- Welcome
- Lunch Seminars
- Summer Lecture Series
- Get connected
- Job Postings
- Activities
- Helpful Documentation
- Committee Members
The Graduate Student and Post-Doc Association (GSPDA) consists of Students and Post-Docs from the Jefferson Lab community.
It is led by a committee of volunteers who assist and engage in activities throughout the year.
JSA Initiative funds have been awarded again to this group which allow for a certain amount of lunch seminars.
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Signup links for mailers: Postdoc mailer Graduate Student and Summer Student mailer
Join the Slack channel here
All users are strongly encouraged to sign up for the CUGA email list - please contact Lorelei Carlson if you have any difficulty.
Lunch Seminars 2025
Grad students and Postdocs are invited to attend. To get these event reminders and other important information, please subscribe to the respective mailers:
Postdoc mailer Graduate Student and Summer Student mailer
| Date | Time | Room | Speaker | Talk |
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| January 29, 2025 | 12-1pm | F224/225 | Rolf Ent | EIC status & prospects |
| February 26, 2025 | 11:30am-12:30pm | L102 | Todd Satogata | CASA |
| April 16, 2025 | 12-1pm | F326/327 | Diana McSpadden | A comparison of machine learning surrogate models of street-scale flooding in Norfolk, Virginia |
| May 14, 2025 | 12-1pm | F326/327 |
Seminar Archives
Summer Lecture Series 2024
You can find a recordings playlist from previous years here.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Talk | Room | Zoom |
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| May 30 | 11:00AM | Mark Jones | Introduction to Nuclear Physics | F324/325 | |
| June 4 | 11:00AM | Alex Bogacz | Introduction to Accelerators | F324/325 | |
| June 6 | 11:00AM | Dave Mack | Introduction to Detectors in Nuclear Physics | F324/325 | |
| June 11 | - | - | No seminar today - JLUO Annual Meeting | - | |
| June 13 | 11:00AM | Drew Weisenberger | Nuclear Physics Detectors Applied to Medical and Biological Research Applications | F324/325 | |
| June 18 | 11:00AM | Yves Roblin | CEBAF Overview | F113 | |
| June 20 | 11:00AM | Mark Dalton | Scintillator and Photomultipliers | F324/325 | |
| June 25 | 11:00AM | Joe Karpie | Introduction to LQCD | L102 | |
| June 27 | 11:00AM | Eric Lechner | SRF Science and Technology | L102 | |
| July 2 | 11:00AM | Thia Keppel | Nuclear Physics in Proton Radiotherapy | F113 | |
| July 4 | - | - | No seminar today - Holiday | - | |
| July 9 | 11:00AM | David Abbott | Data Acquisition | F113 | |
| July 11 | 11:00AM | Eugene Chudakov | Calorimetry | F324/325 | |
| July 16 | 11:00AM | Larry Weinstein | Guesstimation: Approximate answers to any question | L102 | |
| July 18 | 11:00AM | Douglas Higinbotham | An Overview of the DOE National Labs | L102 | |
| July 23 | 11:00AM | Gail Dodge | Ethics in Research | F113 | |
| July 25 | 11:00AM | Marcy Stutzman | Extreme Vacuum | F113 | |
| July 30 | 11:00AM | Riad Suleiman | CEBAF Polarized Electron Source | L102 |
Seminar Archives
Slack Channel
Join the Slack channel here
Mailing lists
Mailing lists of interest for students and postdocs at the lab:
- Mailing list server with all the JLab mailing list
To subscribe, follow the instructions given after clicking on the links
Resources
Resources of interest for students and postdocs at the lab:
- DEIA Website
- lgbt+physicists
- JLUO Wiki
- The National Science Policy Network Fellowships database, summarizing all opportunities in Science policy in the US.
Job opportunities
New job postings are always coming and going but if you'd like to stay in the loop for the most recent job announcements, please view the cugapost archive.
You can also subscribe to the Cuga mailing list and get all announcements as soon as they are sent out!
2025 GSPDA Events
GSPDA Midweek Lunch Time
If you're new to the lab or just want to meet new people, come have lunch in the atrium with fellow students and postdocs!
We meet up on Thursdays at noon in the CEBAF atrium.
Let's Get Social
- February 25, 2025 starting at 5:30pm up in the mezzanine at Tradition Brewing Company. Happy hour is from 4-6pm.
GSPDA Coffee Break
Come work with other students and postdocs in a quiet environment. If you feel like you have trouble focusing on your own or feel like you never get to interact with other people at the lab, then the GSPDA coffee breaks are a perfect opportunity!
We will have a room reserved for a few hours each week for people to come work on their own tasks. We encourage people to bring their laptop and their headphones and get to work! Feel free to come and go as you please!
At 3:30pm we will put out free coffee and snacks. There will be disposable cups, but you're encouraged to bring your own cup!
Whether you just want to drop by for some free coffee or do some focus work for a few hours, all are welcome!
| Date | Time | Room |
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| February 11, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| February 18, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| February 25, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| March 4, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| March 11, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| March 18, 2025 | 2-5pm | F324/325 |
| March 25, 2025 | 2-5pm | F224/225 |
2024 Events
September Mini Software Workshop Part 2
- Friday, September 6th, 11am-5pm in F113
- Indico Page
May Mini Software Workshop
- Friday, May 24 from 9 - 2:45 in F113
- Indico Page
Let's get social!
- February 6, 2024 starting at 5:30pm up in the mezzanine at Tradition Brewing Company. Happy hour is from 4-6pm. GREAT TURNOUT!
- March 5, 2024 at 5:30pm up in the mezzanine at Tradition Brewing Company. Happy hour is from 4-6pm.
- April 2, 2024 at 5:30pm up in the mezzanine at Tradition Brewing Company. Happy hour is from 4-6pm.
- Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 5:30pm up in the mezzanine at Tradition Brewing Company. Happy hour is from 4-6pm.
What's going on at JLab?
Lunch time sports
If you're looking for a great way to get in shape and have fun, come out from NOON to 1PM:
- Ultimate Frisbee plays on Thursdays
- Soccer plays on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Ultimate and Soccer plays on the Residence Facility Field.
Subscribe to the the mailing lists by sending a message to:
What's going on in Newport News?
Local Summer Events
Like to Run?
- Every Monday starting at 6pm Point 2 Running Company hosts a 3 mile pub run in conjunction with 1700 Brewing Company. See details here: https://runpoint2.com/group-runs/
- Every Wednesday starting at 6pm Flat-Out Events hosts the Burn & Brew Group Run at Tradition Brewing Company. See details here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1999282540181100/
Care to Dance?
- Mixed Square and Round Dancing on every 2nd, 4th, and 5th Thursday at 7-9pm at Two Left Feet Dance Studio, 11405-N Kiln Creek Parkway, Newport News, VA 23602. Recommended $5 donation. For more information, contact Jim & Kathie Kline at 757-758-4872 or kalling_kine@msn.com.
- Square Dancing every Tuesday at 7-9pm at Fox Hill Neighborhood Center, 65 Hall Rd, Hampton, VA 23664. Cost is $8 per night. For more information, contact Jeremy Butler at 757-478-0025.
Archived material
Here are some helpful links for users!
General Resources
- User Orientation Booklet
- Staff Search
- Webmail for Users
- SciComp Knowledge Base
- Help Desk Incident Request Portal
- Email helpdesk@jlab.org if you ever need help!
Help with the Computing Farm
- Getting Started
- Proxy Jump
- Setting Up Globus
- VNC Server/Viewer
- VDI Connection
- Recovering Deleted Files
- SciComp Farm Utilization
- Farm User Guide
- Swif2 Workflow
- Environment Modules on the farm
Join the JLab slack! Here are some useful channels to start:
- general
- gspda
- computing-help
- random
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Lorelei Carlson JLab Student Affairs Office Sr. User Liaison Administrator (757) 269-6388, lorelei@jlab.org CEBAF Center, L111 |
Kate Evans Graduate Student President William and Mary
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Jimmy Caylor Post-Doc Co-President Jefferson Lab CEBAF Center, C122 |
Sara Liyanaarachchi Post-Doc Co-President Jefferson Lab CEBAF Center, B127 |
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Pierre Chatagnon Experiment Post Doc Representative Jefferson Lab |
Gloria Montana-Faiget Theory Post Doc Representative Jefferson Lab |
Sara Ratliff Experiment Graduate Student Representative George Washington University |
Bashu Khanal Accelerator Graduate Student Representative Old Dominion University |
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Nathan Heinrich JLUO Graduate Student Representative University of Regina |
Olga Cortes Becerra JLUO Post Doc Representative George Washington University |
Brandon Tumeo Graduate Student Representative Florida International University |
For updates email jcaylor@jlab.org
Previous Committee Members
Meetings and Minutes
