Wright Lab research represented at CPAD 2025 conference
Image courtesy of Claire Laffan.
Wright Lab’s Laura Havener, assistant professor of physics; Prakhar Garg, research scientist in physics; and Claire Laffan, graduate student in physics all gave talks at the CPAD 2025 conference, held at the University of Pennsylvania from October 7-10, 2025.
CPAD 2025 is hosted by the Coordinating Panel on Advanced Detectors (CPAD) of the American Physical Society Division of Particles & Fields, which seeks to promote, coordinate and assist in the research and development of instrumentation and detectors for high energy physics experiments.
Garg presented “LFHCal for ePIC Detector at EIC,” and chaired a session on Gaseous Detectors. Garg is a CPAD Research and Development Collaborations (RDC) Coordinator for Gaseous Detectors (RDC6).
Havener presented “High performance RICH detector concept with HRPPD sensors for EIC Generic R&D,” with Garg as co-author.
Laffan presented “Axion Search with HAYSTAC Phase III Multi-Rod Cavity Upgrade”.
Laffan said, “CPAD was a great experience to learn about a broad range of instrumentation techniques. I got to meet scientists from fields entirely different from my own, yet still united by the universal highs and lows of hardware work. It was exciting to share my recent HAYSTAC work with others and learn about advancements made by other dark matter searches.”