August 3 – 15, 2025 – Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, MD
Organizing committee
Schedule
August 3 (Sunday) – Arrival
August 4 (Monday) – 8 (Friday) and August 11 (Monday) – 15 (Friday) – Schedule of confirmed speakers below
August 9 and 10 (Saturday and Sunday) – JHU lab tours and potential weekend day trips to sights in the Baltimore/Washington area
August 16 (Saturday) – Departure
| time/date | 8/4/25 | 8/5/25 | 8/6/25 | 8/7/25 | 8/8/25 | 8/11/25 | 8/12/25 | 8/13/25 | 8/14/25 | 8/15/25 |
| 8:00 | Breakfast | |||||||||
| 9:00 | DeMille | DeMille | Overstreet | Kaplan | Levine | Xu | Gratta | Chavarria | Sushkov | Fan |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 11:00 | Kaplan | Van Tilburg | Graham | Levine | Thompson | Rajendran | Xu | Sushkov | Fan | Aspelmeyer |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |||||||||
| 1:30 | Overstreet | Graham | Van Tilburg | Thompson | Sundrum | Gratta | Chavarria | Walsworth | Aspelmeyer | Rajendran |
| 2:30 | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 3:30 | Sundrum | Walsworth | ||||||||
Program
The field of fundamental physics has been energized in the past decade by the emergence of a number of innovative experimental methods to detect a variety of new physics. These include methods to detect gravitational waves and dark matter over a wide frequency/mass range, the search for new fundamental forces and interactions, tests of fundamental symmetries of nature, novel probes of dark energy, and new experimental tests of quantum mechanics. Broadly, these techniques leverage the power of various quantum sensing and precision measurement platforms to achieve the goals of fundamental physics. The summer school lectures will cover these areas, designed for any student who has a solid understanding of junior undergraduate physics.
The detailed scientific program will be posted shortly.
List of confirmed speakers
- Aspelmeyer, Markus (University of Vienna): Tests of Quantum Mechanics
- Chavarria, Alvaro (UWash): Direct dark matter detection
- DeMille, Dave (JHU): Molecules
- Fan, Xing (Harvard): Trapped Ions
- Graham, Peter (Stanford): Theory, gravitational wave detection
- Gratta, Giorgio (Stanford): Levitated sensors
- Kaplan, David (JHU): Theory, New low-scale physics
- Levine, Harry (UC Berkeley): Optical Tweezers
- Overstreet, Chris (JHU): Atom Interferometry
- Rajendran, Surjeet (JHU): Quantum mechanics and its extensions
- Sundrum, Raman (UMD): Theory, High scale physics
- Sushkov, Alex (JHU): Precision measurements and magnetic resonance
- Thompson, James (JILA): Quantum metrology
- Van Tilburg, Ken (NYU): Theory, Dark matter
- Walsworth, Ronald (UMD): Solid State Sensors
- Xu, Victoria (UC Berkeley): Quantum optics
Venue
The summer school will be held on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus, with accommodation provided at nearby hotels.
Application
Costs are covered for undergraduate students, and need-based support is available for graduate students and postdocs.