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DOE-funded collaborative workshop

Yale/CeNAM Nuclear Asteroseismology Workshop

A one-week collaborative meeting bringing together experts in nuclear physics and stellar astrophysics to shape shared research priorities and draft a proposal for future collaborations and meetings.

July 20-24, 2026 SPL 59 New Haven, Connecticut

Logistics

Practical information

Meeting location

Sessions will take place in Sloane Physics Laboratory, Room 59 (SPL 59) at Yale University. This will serve as the main workspace for talks, discussions, and collaborative writing throughout the week.

Lodging

Participants will be lodged at the Omni New Haven Hotel. Lodging, travel, and meals are supported by workshop funds.

Travel to New Haven

Rail is often the simplest option: Amtrak and Metro-North both serve New Haven Union Station. From the station, a taxi or rideshare to Yale's Prospect Street area is straightforward.

Air travelers can connect through Tweed New Haven Airport or larger regional airports and continue onward by rail, shuttle, or rideshare.

Practical advice

July in New Haven is typically warm, so light layers, comfortable walking shoes, and a water bottle are recommended. Meals are built into the daily schedule, and the rest of the day is set aside for focused collaborative work.

Agenda

Workshop schedule

Schedule at a glance

Keynotes take place at 1:00pm Monday through Thursday.

  • 9:00am Breakfast
  • 10:00am Morning sessions
  • 12:00pm Lunch
  • 1:00pm Keynote or collaborative work
  • 4:00pm Debrief or closing

Tuesday and Wednesday mornings are devoted to lightning talks. Wednesday afternoon includes a Peabody Museum excursion, followed by the workshop banquet at Harvest at 6:00pm.

Monday, July 20

  • 9:00am Breakfast
  • 10:00am Introduction and welcome outlining the goals of the program Slides
  • 11:00am Round robin Slides
  • 12:00pm Lunch
  • 1:00pm Keynote: "What stellar physicists should know about nuclear physics" by Michael Wiescher Slides
  • 2:00–4:00pm Collaborative work
  • 4:00pm Daily debrief

Thursday, July 23

  • 9:00am Breakfast
  • 10:00am–12:00pm Collaborative work
  • 12:00pm Lunch
  • 1:00pm Keynote: "What physicists should know about galactic archaeology" by Alexander Stone-Martinez
  • 2:00–4:00pm Collaborative work
  • 4:00pm Daily debrief

Friday, July 24

  • 9:00am Breakfast
  • 10:00am–12:00pm Collaborative work
  • 12:00pm Lunch
  • 1:00–4:00pm Collaborative work
  • 4:00pm Closing remarks

Lightning talks

Tuesday and Wednesday sessions

10 minute talks on nuclear reactions, stellar evolution, asteroseismology, and galactic archaeology

Tuesday · Session 1

10:00–11:00am

  1. Hendrik Schatz Slides

    Experiments with Radioactive Beams

  2. David Neto Slides

    Updating the REACLIB thermonuclear reaction rate library

  3. Aldana Grichener Slides

    Emulating Late Burning Stages in Core Collapse Supernova Progenitors

  4. Andy Santarelli

    MESA-QUEST: A Stellar Modeling Framework for Direct Collapse and Little Red Dots

Tuesday · Session 2

11:00am–12:00pm

  1. Bhavya Pardasani

    Probing the Milky Way's Stellar Fossil Record in the Era of Asteroseismology

  2. Naomi Gluck Slides

    Benchmarking ML Emulators of Stellar Evolution for Precision Asteroseismology

  3. Rebecca Woody Slides

    Constraining Non-solar Mixing Length in Eclipsing Binaries

Wednesday · Session 3

10:00–11:00am

  1. Richard Townsend PDF Keynote

    Numerical Asteroseismology in a Nutshell

  2. Arshia Akhtarkavan Slides

    Modeling RR Lyrae Spectra in the Draco Dwarf Galaxy

  3. Surendra Bhattarai Slides

    Asteroseismology of Polluted White Dwarfs

  4. Noah Downing Slides

    Detecting Solar-Like Oscillations in the Highest Mass TESS Giants

Wednesday · Session 4

11:00am–12:00pm

  1. Praneet Pathak Slides

    Wave-Driven Mixing in Red Giant Branch Stars: 3D Hydrodynamic Simulations of a 1.2 Red Giant Branch Star

  2. Raphael Hirschi

    How to best combine 1D and multi-D modelling of stars?

Participants

Internal Yale and external invitees

External Participants

External
  • Raphael Hirschi Professor, Keele University
  • Philip Adsley Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
  • Praneet Pathak Ph.D. Student, University of Victoria
  • Aldana Grichener Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona
  • Richard Townsend Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Hendrik Schatz University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
  • David Neto Postdoctoral Research Associate, Michigan State University
  • Michael Wiescher Physics Professor, University of Notre Dame
  • Alexander Stone-Martinez Ph.D., New Mexico State University
  • Rebecca Woody Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University

Photo gallery

Scenes from the workshop

Talks, discussions, and shared work from the Yale/CeNAM Nuclear Asteroseismology Workshop. Select any photo to open the full-resolution gallery.

Committees

Scientific and local organization

Scientific Organizing Committee

  • Earl Bellinger, chair
  • Ebraheem Farag
  • Raphael Hirschi
  • Michael Wiescher
  • Philip Adsley
  • Falk Herwig
  • Hendrik Schatz

Local Organizing Committee

  • Earl Bellinger, chair
  • Ebraheem Farag
  • Naomi Gluck
  • Ramisa Rahman
  • Nicole Perrotta
  • Penny Riggione
  • Elena Siuzdak

For administrative support, please contact Nicole Perrotta.

Code of Conduct

CeNAM workshops and conferences are community events intended for networking and collaboration as well as learning. We value the participation of every attendee and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and productive experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to abide by the following Code of Conduct.

Any participant who wishes to report a violation of this policy is encouraged to speak to Earl Bellinger and Hendrik Schatz, as they have agreed to serve as a point of contact, or if desired, to another member of the organizing team. Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all.

This code of conduct applies to all participants in the Yale/CeNAM Nuclear Asteroseismology Workshop. We welcome comments and suggestions.

CeNAM Code of Conduct

CeNAM workshops and conferences are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, professional, and safe environment for everyone that encourages the free expression and exchange of scientific ideas and is characterized by an atmosphere of tolerance, equity, and mutual respect, regardless of race and other personal attributes. Harassment or bullying in any form will not be tolerated. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees. Behave professionally.

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments or jokes related to nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.

Bullying is defined as unwelcome or unreasonable behavior that demeans, intimidates, humiliates, or sabotages people, either as individuals or as a group. It includes physical bullying, verbal abuse, disparagement, intimidation, exclusion, or spreading personal rumors.

Participants asked to stop unacceptable behavior are expected to comply immediately. CeNAM will not allow retaliation against any individual who makes a report of known or suspected code of conduct violation. Sanctions against attendees violating these rules are at the sole discretion of the conference organizers and may range from warnings to being asked to leave the event, and exclusion from future CeNAM sponsored meetings.

This event is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-SC0026204.