Good News

Dr Christian Drischler, an FRIB theory fellow since 2020 at MSU, has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the Physics Department of Ohio University, under the FRIB-TA bridge program.

Christian’s research includes applications of chiral effective theory and many-body perturbation theory to nuclear matter equation of state and neutron stars, as well as Bayesian methods and emulators for nuclear scattering and reactions. Congratulations Christian!

FRIB Theory Alliance Bridge Faculty Member Earns NSF Career Award

Sebastian König, an assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University (NC State) and FRIB Theory Alliance (FRIB-TA) bridge faculty member, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, also known as the NSF CAREER award, is one of the highest awards the foundation bestows upon young faculty in the sciences. https://frib.msu.edu/news/2021/nsf-career.html

FRIB-TA Bridge Faculty member Maria Piarulli is a winner of a 2021 DOE-SC Early Career Award

Five scientists who will perform research at FRIB have received 2021 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Early Career Research Program. https://frib.msu.edu/news/2021/early-career-awards-2021.html

Other News

Paul Gueye, The (Hidden) Shades of Physics - Perspectives of being a Black Physicist

Paul Gueye, Associate Professor of Physics at Michigan State University National Superconduction Cyclotron Laboratory shares The (Hidden) Shades of Physics - Perspectives of being a Black Physicist

Announcing TALENT Course 7: Nuclear theory for astrophysics, at the ECT* (Trento, Italy) 15 July to 2 August 2024

A new edition of the TALENT Course 7: Nuclear theory for astrophysics will be held at the ECT* (Trento, Italy) from 15 July to 2 August 2024. It will provide the attendees with high level training on nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics from various perspectives that include the Equation of State (EOS), neutron star mergers, and supernovae – and their combined impact in spearheading the brand new era of multi-messenger astronomy. The key lecturers will be Almudena Arcones, Bruno Giacomazzo, and Jorge Piekarewicz, as well as other experts in the various fields of relevance to the school. See the course webpage https://indico.ectstar.eu/event/221/overview for more information and registration.
Please note that the deadline for application is 10 May. US applicants have the possibility of securing partial funding through EUSTIPEN (https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/eustipen.php). US applicants must file a request for travel funds from EUSTIPEN by April 30th, 2024.

2024 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers - call for nominations

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is pleased to open nominations for the 2024 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers. The awards are intended to recognize one outstanding experimentalist and one outstanding theorist in nuclear science, no more than six years past their PhD award date at the time of the nomination deadline, who have made a significant contribution toward FRIB science. This contribution need not directly involve a FRIB experiment. Awardees will receive a plaque with the awardee's name and institution and $3,000 participant support to attend the annual Low Energy Community Meeting (LECM); this year to be held at the UT Conference Center in Knoxville, Tennessee from August 7-9, where they will deliver a plenary talk on their awarded work.

Nominations, due by 11pm EST on March 21, 2024, require three letters of support (one of which should be the nominator’s), a one-page summary from the nominee of the contribution and impact of their work on FRIB science, CV, and copies of up to three related publications. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

After submitting the nomination form, supporting documents i.e. the letters, summary, CV and preprints must be emailed as one full submission by the primary nominator to the FRIB UOEC Secretary, Andrea Richard {richarda1 AT ohio DOT edu (richarda1@ohio.edu)} by March 21, 2024. The subject line of the email should read “FRIB early career award 2024” “Nominee’s full name” “either THEORY or EXPERIMENT”. The primary nominator must also complete the form, found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nbSe6k64Jly2wyDpNJv9JN1TNBJT4CEym23So5YT-XQ/edit

Please check the document here for full details of the award, eligibility, selection criterion and procedure.

Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to the chair of FRIBUOEC Andrew Ratkiewicz (ratkiewicz1 AT llnl DOT gov).

Thank you,
Andrea Richard (OhioU), Secretary of the FRIB Users Organization Executive Committee

Call for FRIB Theory Alliance Bridge Partner - Deadline March 15th, 2024

The FRIB Theory Alliance's (FRIB-TA) Bridge Program is one of several FRIB-TA initiatives that foster advancements in theory associated with the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The Bridge Program aims to enhance opportunities for hiring faculty at universities and staff at national laboratories who conduct theoretical research in low-energy nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, and quantum many-body theory that is relevant to FRIB's scientific program.

Each bridge position will support a new faculty member at a university or a new staff member at a national laboratory through a 50% cost-share with the host institution for up to six years. For this round of the program we seek proposals for bridge hires where the search would be run in Academic Year 2024-5, with a view to having the new faculty or staff member in the position in Fall 2025.

The FRIB-TA invites all departments at universities and national laboratories that participate in FRIB-TA science (see fribtheoryalliance.org) and are interested in partnering with the FRIB-TA through the Bridge Program to submit a proposal. Further details and guidance in preparing the proposals are available at http://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/Resources/procedures.php. For clarifications, please contact the FRIB-TA managing director Scott Bogner (bogner@frib.msu.edu).

The proposals should be sent electronically to the Chair of the FRIB-TA Bridge Committee, Jon Engel engelj@physics.unc.edu, cc to Gillian Olson olson@frib.msu.edu, by March 15, 2024.

We intend to make the selection no later than March 31, 2024. Provided funding remains available as expected, the results will be made public through the FRIB-TA web page and communicated to all applicants.

U.S. Department of Energy designates FRIB as DOE Office of Science user facility

The U.S. Department of Energy has designated the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University as an Office of Science user facility. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the designation at a special ceremony held outdoors at MSU, under a tent adjacent to FRIB.
The university is establishing FRIB under a cooperative agreement with the DOE Office of Science, supporting the mission of the Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes (short-lived nuclei not normally found on Earth), nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions and applications for society, including in medicine, homeland security and industry. More than 1,400 scientific users are poised to conduct research at FRIB when user operation commences in early 2022.
For more information visit MSU Today

FRIB Theory Alliance Summer Schools: Call for proposals for 2024. Deadline January 17th, 2024

FRIB-TA Theory Alliance is looking for exciting topics for a short school during the summer of 2024. The school should establish bridges between FRIB theory and other fields of relevance to FRIB science by bringing together students, postdocs, and faculty of diverse backgrounds.

The summer school proposal can be very brief, containing simply a title and a short paragraph explaining the relevance of the topic. The FRIB-TA Board will consider the various suggestions and look for compelling ideas. Subsequently, the FRIB-TA Board will consult with the proposer(s) and put together a team to work on the organization of the summer school.

Proposals must be submitted by January 17th, 2024, by email to Elena Litvinova (elena.litvinova@wmich.edu) and Gillian Olson (olson@frib.msu.edu). The selection will be made by the FRIB-TA Board in early February. Please see https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/summer_schools.php for previous summer schools.

If you have questions, please Elena Litvinova (elena.litvinova@wmich.edu)

FRIB Theory Alliance Topical Programs: Call for proposals for 2024. Deadline January 17th, 2024

FRIB-TA topical programs are focused workshops that address research topics relevant to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. The programs bring together up to 30 theorists and experimentalists for a period of up to three weeks and typically result in a publication or whitepaper. We are now soliciting proposals for programs to run during the summer or fall semester of 2024.

During the topical program, researchers are expected to discuss a specific problem, identify strategies to address it, and collaborate on solutions. At the end of the topical program, a deliverable must be presented to the community. The programs will be hosted at FRIB and the FRIB Theory Alliance will support local costs for participants.

Proposals need to contain a program description which outlines the scientific motivation, connection to FRIB science, and specific deliverables that demonstrate progress made during the program. Some information on participants and logistics needs to be included. Specifically, proposals need to list the names and affiliations of a diverse group of key experts who can contribute to the success of the proposed program and who intend to participate in the program for a significant fraction of time. The overall proposal should not exceed four pages.

Guidelines for preparing the proposal, and a proposal template, can be found on the web site of the Theory Alliance: https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/topical_programs.php

From the Resources tab, select “Calls for Initiatives” and “Procedures for Initiatives.” Information on previous programs are available from the Science tab – select “Topical Programs.”

Proposals must be submitted by January 17th, 2024, by email to Elena Litvinova (elena.litvinova@wmich.edu) and Gillian Olson (olson@frib.msu.edu). The selection will be made by the FRIB-TA Board in early February.

If you have questions, please contact Elena Litvinova (elena.litvinova@wmich.edu)

Announcement of the recipients of the 2023 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers

The FRIB Users Organization Executive Committee and FRIB Theory Alliance Executive Board are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers.

The 2023 recipient for the Experimental Award is Dr. Katharina Domnanich, Michigan State University, for her path-breaking work on Isotope Harvesting at FRIB.

The 2023 Theory Award recipient is Dr. Kyle Godbey, Michigan State University, for his innovative work on the dynamics of heavy nuclei.

The FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers was established to recognize outstanding original contributions to the field of nuclear physics through work at or relating to FRIB, performed by scientists early in their careers. The recipients will present their work during the plenary session at the Low Energy Community Meeting, and receive a stipend to support their participation.

Announcement of FRIB theory fellows for 2023

The FRIB Theory Alliance conducted a search for two new FRIB theory fellows in the Fall of 2022. The search committee received excellent applications and selected a shortlist of five. The interviews took place in-person in December 2022. Following the recommendation of the search committee Linda Hlophe and Grigor Sargsyan were selected as the two new FRIB theory fellows. Linda’s research is focused on reaction theory and development of Faddeev based methods to study three-body problems with an exact treatment of Coulomb interactions to advance reactions relevant for FRIB. Griogor’s research plan includes studies of electroweak processes within the symmetry-adapted No-Core Shell Model, developments of ab-initio optical potentials, and studies of charge exchange reactions relevant to the FRIB program. Linda will be hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Grigor Sargsyan will be hosted by FRIB/Michigan State University. Please join the FRIB-TA in congratulating Linda and Grigor and wishing them much success!

FRIB Theory Alliance Fellow job posting, application end date October 15th, 2023

The FRIB Theory Alliance is seeking outstanding candidates for an FRIB Theory Fellow. The fellow will be hosted by one of the Partner Institutions listed below. The successful candidate will conduct independent or collaborative research on theoretical nuclear structure, reactions, astrophysics, and/or fundamental symmetries relevant to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The FRIB Theory Alliance is a consortium of universities and national laboratories actively engaged in theoretical research in FRIB science. FRIB is a new national user facility for nuclear science, funded by the DOE Office of Science and operated by Michigan State University.

The FRIB Theory Fellowship is a two-year position with the possibility of renewal for a maximum of five years. The initial stipend is $90k and this position has an annual travel budget of up to $5k. Additional funds will be provided for travel to FRIB. The FRIB Theory Fellow will be an employee of Michigan State University stationed at either Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, or the University of Notre Dame. The selection of the host institution will be made through negotiations with the successful candidate and the partner institutions. The successful candidate must demonstrate great promise for high achievement in FRIB science. Past fellows have a track record of moving directly into open faculty or permanent staff positions.

In their application materials, applicants should communicate their preferences with regards to specific hosting institutions. Hosting institutions and host contact information are:

Argonne National Laboratory: Alessandro Lovato (lovato@alcf.anl.gov)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Thomas Papenbrock (tpapenbr@utk.edu)
University of Notre Dame: S. Ragnar Stroberg (sstrobe2@nd.edu)

Please apply at Academic Jobs Online. The application deadline is October 15th, 2023. Three reference letters are also due by this date. If you have any questions, please contact Calvin Johnson (cjohnson@sdsu.edu).

MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.

FRIB-TA contribution to the Long Range Plan

As you have likely heard, the US Nuclear Physics community has begun to formulate a Long-Range Plan that will guide research in our field for the next 5-10 years. This Fall three different Town Meetings will take place as part of that process. The dates and locations are:

Hot & Cold QCD: 23-25 September, MIT, https://indico.mit.edu/event/538/
Nuclear Structure, Reactions, and Astrophysics: 14-16 November, ANL https://indico.phy.anl.gov/event/22/
Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos: 13-15 December, UNC https://indico.phy.ornl.gov/e/FSNNTownHall

I encourage you to show up to (at least!) one of these meetings and to make your voice heard there. The Theory Alliance construes FRIB Science very broadly, so you should feel free to attend whichever of these meetings you think overlaps most strongly with your scientific interests. I anticipate that FRIB-TA members will be present at all three meetings.

The FRIB-TA has accomplished a lot during it’s life so far. In order to ensure continued flourishing of theory in general, and the FRIB-TA in particular, it is imperative that we articulate our contributions to nuclear-physics research clearly. I look forward to working with you as we participate in the Long-Range Planning process together.

Low Energy Community Meeting 2023 and FRIB Theory Alliance Annual Meeting

This year’s annual Low Energy Community Meeting will take place in person at Michigan State University from 9-11 August. Please register, if you have not already done so, at Low Energy Community Meeting 2023. On that website you will also find information about hotels, travel to East Lansing.

Thursday, August 10, 12:50-2:20 pm EDT
FRIB-TA in WG Session 3: FRIB Theory Fellows, 12 minutes + 3 minutes for questions
Linda Hlophe (LANL)
Anna McCoy (WUSTL)
Grigor Sargsyan (FRIB/MSU)
Chien-Yeah Seng (UW)
Xilin Zhang (MSU/FRIB)
Chloë Hebborn (LLNL)

2:20-2:40 pm EDT
Coffee break

2:40-4:10 pm EDT
FRIB-TA in WG Session 4, FRIB-TA Bridge Faculty, 20 minutes + 4 minutes for questions each.
Kévin Fossez (FSU)
Sebastian Koenig (NCSU)
Christian Drischler (OU)

Business meeting, 15-20 minutes
Scott Bogner, FRIB-TA Managing Director (MSU/FRIB)

This FRIB-TA annual meeting will be followed by a late-afternoon plenary session, with further plenary sessions on Friday, August 11. Particular highlights will be the presentations of the FRIB Early Achievement Awards to Kyle Godbey (MSU/FRIB) and Katharina Domnanich, and Director Saori Pastore’s plenary talk on FRIB-TA activities & science. See https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/63/page/710-program for full information on the plenary talks and the other Working Groups.

FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers - call for nominations for 2023

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is pleased to open nominations for the 2023 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers. The awards are intended to recognize one outstanding experimentalist and one outstanding theorist in nuclear science, no more than six years past their PhD award date at the time of the nomination deadline, who have made a significant contribution toward FRIB science. This contribution need not directly involve a FRIB experiment. Awardees will receive a plaque with the awardee's name and institution and $3,000 travel support to attend the annual Low Energy Community Meeting (LECM); this year to be held at FRIB, August 9-11, where they will deliver a plenary talk on their awarded work.

Nominations, due by 11pm EST on March 1st 2023, require three letters of support (one of which should be the nominator’s), a one-page summary from the nominee of the contribution and impact of their work on FRIB science, CV, and copies of up to three related publications. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The nomination form to be filled in by the nominator can be found here, https://docs.google.com/forms

After submitting the nomination form supporting documents i.e. the letters, summary, CV and preprints must be emailed to the FRIB UOEC Secretary, Vandana Tripathi {vtripath AT fsu DOT edu (vtripath@fsu.edu )} by March 1, 2023. The subject line of the email should read “FRIB early career award 2023” “Nominee’s full name” “either THEORY or EXPERIMENT”.

Please check the document here for full details of the award, eligibility, selection criterion and procedure.

Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to the chair of FRIBUOEC Andrew Ratkiewicz (ratkiewicz1 AT llnl DOT gov).

Thank you,
Vandana Tripathi (FSU), Secretary of the FRIB Users Organization Executive Committee

Announcement of FRIB theory fellows for 2023

The FRIB Theory Alliance conducted a search for two new FRIB theory fellows in the Fall of 2022. The search committee received excellent applications and selected a shortlist of five. The interviews took place in-person in December 2022. Following the recommendation of the search committee Linda Hlophe and Grigor Sargsyan were selected as the two new FRIB theory fellows. Linda’s research is focused on reaction theory and development of Faddeev based methods to study three-body problems with an exact treatment of Coulomb interactions to advance reactions relevant for FRIB. Griogor’s research plan includes studies of electroweak processes within the symmetry-adapted No-Core Shell Model, developments of ab-initio optical potentials, and studies of charge exchange reactions relevant to the FRIB program. Linda will be hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Grigor Sargsyan will be hosted by FRIB/Michigan State University. Please join the FRIB-TA in congratulating Linda and Grigor and wishing them much success!

FRIB Theory Alliance Summer Schools: Call for proposals for 2023

FRIB-TA Theory Alliance is looking for exciting topics for a short school during the summer of 2023. The school should establish bridges between FRIB theory and other fields of relevance to FRIB science by bringing together students, postdocs, and faculty of diverse backgrounds.

The summer school proposal can be very brief, containing simply a title and a short paragraph explaining the relevance of the topic. The FRIB-TA Board will consider the various suggestions and look for compelling ideas. Subsequently, the FRIB-TA Board will consult with the proposer(s) and put together a team to work on the organization of the summer school.

Proposals must be submitted by January 24th, 2023, by email to Jon Engel (engelj@physics.unc.edu) and Gillian Olson (olson@frib.msu.edu). The selection will be made by the FRIB-TA Board in early February. Please see https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/summer_schools.php for previous summer schools.

If you have questions, please contact Jon Engel (engelj@physics.unc.edu).

Announcement of FRIB theory fellows for 2022

The FRIB Theory Alliance conducted a search for two new FRIB theory fellows in the Fall of 2021. The search committee received excellent applications and selected a shortlist of five. The interviews took place in-person in December 2021. Following the recommendation of the search committee Anna McCoy and Chien-Yeah Seng were selected as the two new FRIB theory fellows. Anna research plan is to explore symmetries in nuclei to characterize their properties at a more fundamental level. Chien-Yeah research plan is to use nuclear processes for searches of physics beyond the standard model. Anna will be hosted by Washington University in St. Louis and Chien-Yeah will be hosted by University of Washington. Please join the FRIB-TA in congratulating Anna and Chien-Yeah and wishing them a successful stay at WashU and UW.

For more details on Fellows see Supported scientists.

Call for Partners for the FRIB TA Theory Fellows

The FRIB Theory Fellow Program is an important component of the FRIB TA. FRIB Theory Fellows are highly qualified individuals with exceptional potential. They are expected to develop a high-caliber research effort relevant to rare-isotope science that demonstrates independence of action beyond that of a typical post-doc. The initial appointment is for two years; it can be extended up to a total of five years.

Currently there are five theory fellows (see https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/fribta_affiliates.php?title=Supported%20scientists)) of which two will be moving onto permanent positions. This year's FRIB Theory Fellow Search Committee will seek two new fellow candidates to start Summer 2023. One of the fellows hired in this search will be sited at FRIB/MSU. The committee is soliciting Partner Institutions interested in hosting a FRIB Theory Fellow. If you are interested in partnering with the FRIB-TA on the fellow program, please review: National FRIB Theory Fellow program and communicate your interest to Saori Pastore (saori@wustl.edu, saori.pastore@gmail.com), chair of the Search Committee, as soon as possible.

The proposed time-line for the search is:
August 5: Deadline to identify Partner Institutions
August 15: Advertise FRIB Theory Fellow Position
October 10: Application Deadline
December 5 - 9: Interview FRIB Theory Fellow candidates
Select FRIB Theory Fellow(s) by December 14

Potential Partner Institutions need to identify a senior researcher who will act as the local host for the Fellow. The Partner Institutions and the local hosts will be identified in the fellow position advertisement. Each Partner Institution will have a representative on the Search Committee during the interview process (most often the local host). These extra members of the search committee will participate in the selection of the shortlist and in all interviews. After the interviews, the representatives of the Partner Institutions on the search committee can give their assessment of each candidate but will not participate in the final selection of the Fellow. If any of the permanent members of the Search Committee represent a Partner Institution, they will be replaced by other members of the FRIB-TA in order to provide five voting members of the Search Committee. For more information please consult the National FRIB Theory Fellow program.

The FRIB Theory Fellow will be an MSU employee and the Partner Institution will execute a sub-recipient agreement with MSU. The funding required from a partner university to MSU is approximately $70,000/year, pending final negotiations. Further questions about these arrangements may be directed to Saori Pastore or to Filomena Nunes (nunes@frib.msu.edu).

FRIB-TA Summer School: Quantum Computing and Nuclear Few- and Many-Body Problems, June 20-22, 2022

Introduction and Motivation

Recent developments in quantum information systems and technologies offer the possibility to address some of the most challenging large-scale problems in science, whether they are represented by complicated interacting quantum mechanical systems or classical systems. The last years have seen a rapid and exciting development in algorithms and quantum hardware. The emphasis of this summer school is to highlight, through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises and practice sessions, how quantum computing algorithms can be used to study nuclear few- and many-body problems of relevance for low-energy nuclear physics. And how quantum computing algorithms can aid in studying systems with increasingly many more degrees of freedom compared with more classical few- and many-body methods. Several quantum algorithms for solving quantum-mechanical few- and many-particle problems with be discussed. The lectures will start with the basic ideas of quantum computing. Thereafter, through examples from nuclear physics, we will elucidate how different quantum algorithms can be used to study these systems. The results from various quantum computing algorithms will be compared to standard methods like full configuration interaction theory, field theories on the lattice, in-medium similarity renormalization group and coupled cluster theories.

Organizers and main teachers:

Alexei Bazavov (MSU), Scott Bogner (MSU), Heiko Hergert (MSU), Matthew Hirn (MSU), Morten Hjorth-Jensen (MSU), Dean Lee (MSU), Huey-Wen Lin (MSU), and Andrea Shindler (MSU)

Contact person:

Morten Hjorth-Jensen, hjensen@msu.edu

For more information, see https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/54/ and https://github.com/NuclearPhysicsWorkshops/FRIB-TASummerSchoolQuantumComputing for a tentative program and schedule.

FRIB-TA Annual Meeting August 9-11, 2021 at LECM

During the LECM, the FRIB-TA holds its annual meeting where we showcase the great science being done by our young colleagues - a talented group that now consists of four Bridge Faculty and three Theory Fellows. It is also an opportunity for all of you to actively participate in shaping the FRIB science program.

• From ab initio description to few-body model of reactions, Chloë Hebborn (LLNL/MSU)
• Emulators for three-body scattering, Xilin Zhang (MSU)
• DMRG description of the island of inversion isotopes 28-33F, Kevin Fossez (FSU)

• Few-Body Physics in Finite Volume, Sebastian Koenig (NCSU)
• From atomic nuclei to infinite nucleonic matter within chiral dynamics, Maria Piarulli (WashU)
• Nuclear electroweak structure and reactions, Saori Pastore (WashU)

On Wednesday August 11, the FRIB-TA will participate in the plenary session https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/41/page/457-program.

FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers - call for nominations for 2022 [Application deadline extended, now due by 8pm EDT, March 15, 2022]

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is pleased to open nominations for the 2022 FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers. The awards are intended to recognize one outstanding experimentalist and one outstanding theorist in nuclear science, no more than six years past their PhD award date at the time of the nomination deadline, who have made a significant contribution toward FRIB science. This contribution need not directly involve an FRIB experiment. Awardees will receive a plaque with the awardee's name and institution, $3,000 of participant support to attend the annual Low Energy Community Meeting (LECM), and an invitation to present the awarded work at the LECM.

Nominations, due by 8pm EST on March 1st, require three letters of support (one of which is from the nominator), a one-page summary from the nominee of the contribution and impact of their work on FRIB, and copies of up to three related publications. Self-nominations will not be accepted. A nomination form can be found here: https://forms.gle/pKZRiZJ7veaRCdUeA . Once the nomination form is submitted, the letters, summary, and preprints must be emailed to the FRIBUOEC Secretary.

Full details of the award, eligibility, and selection criterion can be found here. Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to Kelly Chipps (chippska AT ornl DOT gov).

Announcing the FRIB Theory Alliance Fellow of 2021

The FRIB Theory Alliance conducted a search for a new FRIB theory fellows in the Fall of 2020. The search committee received many excellent applications and selected a shortlist of seven. The interviews took place in the beginning of December 2020. Following the recommendation of the search committee Xilin Zhang will become our new FRIB theory fellow. Xilin will be hosted by Michigan State University. Please join the FRIB-TA in congratulating Xilin and wishing him a successful stay at MSU.

Results of elections for the FRIB-TA board

The elections results are in and Sonia Bacca (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Calvin Johnson (San Diego State University) and Saori Pastore (Washington University in St. Louis) have been selected to serve this time. Please join us in extending our gratitude for their willingness to serve.

Update on FRIB theory bridge position

The Department of Physics of UC Berkeley is proceeding with a faculty search without partnering with the FRIB-TA. UCB has the practice of running very broad searches which are not compatible with the current process for the FRIB-TA bridge program.
We wish them all the best in this new hire. The link to that ad is: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03125

FRIB-TA now has an agreement with Ohio University to proceed with an FRIB-TA faculty bridge search. To apply please visit https://www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/39354.

During the LECM, the FRIB-TA holds its annual meeting where we showcase the great science being done by our young colleagues - a talented group that now consists of four Bridge Faculty and three Theory Fellows. It is also an opportunity for all of you to actively participate in shaping the FRIB science program.

The FRIB-TA has two Working Groups Scheduled;
Working Group Session 3 - Monday August 9 - 12:30 PDT, 14:30 CDT, 15:30 EDT and
Working Group Session 4 - Tuesday August 10 - 8:30 PDT, 10:30 CDT, 11:30 EDT
Visit the website for more details about the program. https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/41/page/456-working-groups-and-workshop-schedule.

On Wednesday August 11, the FRIB-TA will participate in the plenary session https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/41/page/457-program.
During this session the winners of the FRIB Early Achievement Award (theory and experiment) will present their research, and the FRIB theory alliance will give a summary presentation.

Call for Partners for the FRIB TA Theory Fellows [deadline August 6, 2021, see below]

The proposed time-line for the search is:

Potential Partner Institutions need to identify a senior researcher who will act as the local host for the Fellow. The Partner Institutions and the local hosts will be identified in the fellow position advertisement. Each Partner Institution will have a representative on the Search Committee during the interview process. These extra members of the search committee will participate in the selection of the shortlist and in all interviews. After the interviews, the representatives of the Partner Institutions on the search committee can give their assessment of each candidate but will not participate in the final selection of the Fellow. If any of the permanent members of the Search Committee represent a Partner Institution, they will be replaced by other members of the FRIB-TA in order to provide five voting members of the Search Committee.

The FRIB Theory Fellow will be an MSU employee and the Partner Institution will execute a sub-recipient agreement with MSU. The funding required from a partner university to MSU is approximately $70,000/year, pending final negotiations. Further questions about these arrangements may be directed to me or to Filomena Nunes (nunes@frib.msu.edu).

Awardees will receive a plaque with the awardee's name and institution, $3,000 of participant support to attend the annual Low Energy Community Meeting (LECM), and an invitation to present the awarded work at the LECM.

Nominations, due by 8 pm EDT on June 7th, require three letters of support (one of which is from the nominator), a one-page summary from the nominee of the contribution and impact of their work on FRIB, and copies of up to three related publications. Self-nominations will not be accepted. A nomination form can be found here: https://forms.gle/rhUunPH6kTsociXj7. Once the nomination form is submitted, the letters, summary, and preprints must be emailed to the FRIBUOEC Secretary, by the same deadline. Due to the virtual format of this year's LECM, the nomination deadline and submission process differ slightly from what is to be expected in future years.

Full details of the award, eligibility, and selection criterion are here. Questions regarding the nomination process may be directed to the FRIBUOEC Secretary Kelly Chipps (chippska AT ornl DOT gov) or the FRIB TA EB Director Jutta Escher (escher1 AT llnl DOT gov).

The program topics ranged from theoretical overview of EDMs, experimental overview of EDMs, EDMs at different energy scals from moecules to BSM physics, nuclear theory for calculating nuclear moments at different lenght scales and translation of nuclear effects into atomic observables. The program was attended by 38 people.
Additional information is available at FRIB TA Topical Program

Hosted by scientists from universities and national laboratories, the summer school had nearly one hundred attendees. Students came from all over the United States, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway.

For additional information about the program visit Machine learning applied to nuclear physics

TALENT Course 6 included sixteen graduate students. Twelve students were from the United States, and four were from Asia, Europe, and Africa. The students were introduced to modern methods of describing nuclear reactions. They developed an understanding of methods employed in simplifying the many-body reaction problem. They also gained experience with describing nuclear reaction data.

For additional information about the program visit TALENT Course 6

The FRIB Theory Alliance is seeking outstanding candidates for two FRIB Theory Fellows, one at Michigan State University and the other at a Partner Institution. The successful candidates will conduct independent or collaborative research at a Partner Institution on nuclear structure, reactions, astrophysics, and/or fundamental symmetries relevant to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The FRIB Theory Alliance is a consortium of universities and national laboratories actively engaged in theoretical research in FRIB science. FRIB will be a new national user facility for nuclear science, funded by the DOE Office of Science and operated by Michigan State University.

The FRIB Theory Fellowship is a 2-yr position with the possibility of renewal for a maximum of 5 years. The initial stipend is $77k and this position has an annual travel budget of up to $5k. This FRIB Theory Fellow will be an employee of Michigan State University stationed at a Partner Institution by mutual agreement. The successful candidates must demonstrate great promise for high scientific achievement in FRIB science and are expected to advance into an open faculty or permanent staff position in the field within 5 years of their initial appointment.

The Hosting Institutions and host contact information are:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Erich Ormand: ormand1@llnl.gov
Indiana University - Charles Horowitz: horowit@indiana.edu
Michigan State University - Filomena Nunes: nunes@nscl.msu.edu

The application deadline is October 21, 2019. Submit your application at Academic Jobs Online, Job Posting 14317
Applicants should also communicate their interest with a specific Institution listed above. If you have any questions please contact Charlotte Elster: elster@ohio.edu.

Each bridge position will support a new faculty member at a University or a new staff member at a National Laboratory with a 50% cost share with the host institution for a period of up to six years, starting as early as Spring 2020. Requested information is appended below.

The FRIB-TA invites all departments at universities and national laboratories participating in FRIB-TA science (see fribtheoryalliance.org), with an interest in partnering with the FRIB-TA in the Bridge Program, to submit a proposal. Further details and guidance in preparing such proposals are available at FRIB Theory Alliance Proceedures

For any clarifications, please contact the FRIB-TA managing director (nunes@nscl.msu.edu).

The proposals should be sent electronically to the Chair of the FRIB-TA Bridge Committee, Baha Balantekin (baha@physics.wisc.edu), cc to Gillian Olson (olson@frib.msu.edu), by October 11, 2019.
Subject to the availability of funding, the results of the selection will be made public through the FRIB-TA webpage and communicated to all applicants. With this timeline, the hosting institution is expected to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with FRIB-TA and initiate a search late Fall 2019 to fill the position as early as Spring 2020.

Themes
1.Theoretical Overview of EDMs: Current status and impact
2.Experimental Overview of EDMs: Current status and future prospects
3.EDMs at different energy scales from molecules to BSM Physics
4.Nuclear theory for calculating nuclear moments at different length scales
5.Enhancements of nuclear moments in heavy deformed nuclei
6.Translation of nuclear effects into atomic observables
Additional information is available at FRIB TA Topical Program

The FRIB Theory Fellow Search Committee is soliciting Partner Institutions to host an FRIB Theory Fellow. If you are interested in partnering with the FRIB-TA on the fellow program, please review:

Fellow program information
Please communicate your interest to Charlotte Elster (elster@ohio.edu), chair of the Search Committee, as soon as possible. The proposed time-line for the search is:

August 5: Deadline to identify Partner Institutions
August 15: Advertise FRIB Theory Fellow Position
October 21: Application Deadline
December 2-6: Interview FRIB Theory Fellow candidates
December 12: Select FRIB Theory Fellow

Partner Institutions will be identified in the advertisement announcing the position and need to identify a senior researcher who will act as the local host for the Fellow. Partner Institutions will have a representative on the Search Committee during the interview process. These extra members of the search committee will participate in the selection of the short list and in all interviews.
After the interviews, the representatives of the partner institutions on the search committee can give their assessment of each candidate, but will not participate in the final selection of the Fellow.
If any of the permanent members of the Search Committee represent a Partner Institution, they will be replaced by another member of the FRIB-TA in order to provide fivevoting members of the Search Committee.
The FRIB Theory Fellow will be an MSU employee and the Partner Institution will execute a sub-recipient agreement with MSU. The funding required from the Partner Institution to MSU is approximately $60k pending final negotiations. Further questions may be directed to me or also to Filomena Nunes (nunes@frib.msu.edu)

Hands-on examples will be provided and the aim is to give the participants an overview on how machine learning can be used to analyze and study nuclear physics problems.

Lecturers:

Morten Hjorth-Jensen (FRIB/NSCL and Physics & Astronomy MSU) - Linear and logistic regression, decision trees and random forests, neural networks and Boltzmann machines

Matthew Hirn (CSME and Math MSU) - Unsupervised learning and quantum mechanical problems

Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College) - Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks and analysis of nuclear physics experiments

Date and location: May 20-23, 2019 at the FRIB, East Lansing, MI. To learn more about the summer school and apply visit Machine learning applied to nuclear physics

2019 Call for Topical Program Proposals [deadline February 1, 2019, see below]

Proposals must be submitted by February 1st, 2019, by email to horowit@indiana.edu *and* olson@frib.msu.edu. The selection will be made by the FRIB-TA Board by the end of February.

Please look at the Previous ICNT programsfor examples of the types of programs intended (e.g., The r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting FRIB with the cosmos). If you have questions, please contact Chuck Horowitz (horowit@indiana.edu).