Neutrino 2026: XXXII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

Name: Neutrino 2026: XXXII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
Start: 2026-06-21T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-26T21:00:00-07:00
Location: University of California, Irvine

21 Jun 2026, 13:00 → 26 Jun 2026, 21:00 US/Pacific

Conference Center (University of California, Irvine)

Conference Center

University of California, Irvine

Mu-Chun Chen (University of California - Irvine), Michael Smy (University of California, Irvine)

Description

Welcome to the XXXII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, hosted by the University of California, Irvine, June 21-26, 2026. This gathering commemorates a landmark achievement in physics—the 70th Anniversary of neutrino detection by Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines. Notably, Fred Reines, recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics, established the School of Physical Sciences at UC Irvine as its founding Dean.

This biennial event brings together leading researchers to share groundbreaking discoveries, explore cutting-edge concepts, and chart the future of neutrino science and its connections to astronomy and cosmology. The scientific program includes invited plenary talks and interactive poster sessions.

Join us as we advance our understanding of the cosmos through neutrino research. We eagerly anticipate your participation at UC Irvine.

Neutrino 2026 LOC co-Chairs:

muchunc@uci.edu

msmy@uci.edu

Participants

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Sunday 21 June
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  agenda at a glance 1h Conference Center
  
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- 15:00 → 18:00
  
  Opening: Registration Mesa Court Housing Office
  
  Mesa Court Housing Office
  
  Opening
  
  Convener: Prof. Mu-Chun Chen (University of California - Irvine)
Monday 22 June
- 07:30 → 08:45
  
  Registration Conference Center
  
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  University of California, Irvine
  
  Registration
- 08:45 → 09:00
  
  Welcome Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Prof. Mu-Chun Chen (University of California - Irvine)
  
  Welcome.pdf
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Plenary Talks: Opening Talk Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Prof. Henry Sobel
  - 09:00
    
    70th Anniversary of the Neutrino Discovery 30m
    
    Speaker: Bob Svoboda (University of California Davis (US))
    
    Svoboda_Discovery-1.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    Perspectives in Particle Physics 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Stuart Raby (The Ohio State University)
    
    Raby. Neutrino 2026.pdf
    
    Raby. Neutrino 2026.ppsx
  - 10:00
    
    Global Analysis of Neutrino Oscillations 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Concha Gonzalez-Garcia (YITP, Stony Brook and ICREA, U. Barcelona)
    
    gonzalez-garcia.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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- 11:00 → 12:30
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 2 Conference Center
  
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  Convener: Juan Pedro Ochoa Ricoux
  - 11:00
    
    First Results of JUNO-TAO (Taishan Antineutrino Observatory) 25m
    
    Speaker: Yichen Li (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing)
    
    First Results of TAO NEUTRINO 2026 v3.pdf
  - 11:25
    
    JUNO Experiment 35m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Yifang Wang
    
    JUNO-Neutrino2026-Vfinal.pdf
  - 12:00
    
    Short-Baseline Reactor Neutrinos and Anomalies 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Chao Zhang (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    SBL-Neutrino2026_zhang.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break Conference Center
  
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- 14:00 → 15:25
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 3 Conference Center
  
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  Convener: Jason Newby
  - 14:00
    
    Review on Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering 30m
    
    Speaker: Janina Dorin Hakenmueller (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
    
    cevns_review_neutrino_2026_jhakenmueller.pdf
  - 14:30
    
    The COHERENT collaboration: Precision neutrino-nucleus scattering at the SNS 30m
    
    Speaker: Sam Hedges (Virginia Tech)
    
    SHedges_Neutrino2026_final.pdf
  - 15:00
    
    Evidence for Solar 8B CEνNS Interactions in the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment 25m
    
    Speaker: Dongqing Huang (University of California, Los Angeles)
    
    HuangDongqing_Neutrino2026.pdf
- 15:25 → 15:55
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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- 15:55 → 18:00
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 4 Conference Center
  
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  Convener: Bryce Littlejohn
  - 15:55
    
    Sterile Neutrino Theory Overview 25m
    
    Speaker: Matheus Hostert (University of Iowa)
    
    steriles_theory_hostert.pdf
  - 16:20
    
    Recent Results on Neutrino Oscillations & New Physics Searches at MicroBooNE 25m
    
    Speaker: Jay Hyun Jo (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    20260622_JHJ_Neutrino26_MicroBooNE_nobackup.pdf
  - 16:45
    
    Latest Results from the Search for an Excess of νe-bar Events in JSNS2 25m
    
    Speaker: Dongha Lee (KEK)
    
    Neutrino_oral_DonghaLee_20260624_submit.pdf
  - 17:10
    
    Science at the SBN Program Far Detector: ICARUS 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Michael Mooney (Colorado State University)
    
    ICARUS_Neutrino2026_26_06_22.pdf
  - 17:35
    
    First Physics Results from the Short-Baseline Near Detector 25m
    
    Speaker: Linyan Wan (FNAL)
    
    SBND.pdf
- 18:30 → 20:00
  
  Welcome Reception Aldrich Park (UC Irvine)
  
  Aldrich Park
  
  UC Irvine
Tuesday 23 June
- 09:00 → 10:25
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 5 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California Irvine (US))
  - 09:00
    
    Probing the 3-Flavor paradigm with NOvA 30m
    
    Speaker: Zoya Vallari (The Ohio State University)
    
    202606_Neutrino_NOvA.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    Refined measurement of $\sin^2 \theta_{23}$ from the MINOS Experiment 25m
    
    Speaker: Jennifer Thomas (University College London)
    
    2_Jenny_Thomas_Neutrino2026.pdf
  - 09:55
    
    Recent results and perspectives from the T2K experiment 30m
    
    Speaker: Sophie King
    
    2026_06_04_T2K_NEUTRINO_2026.pdf
- 10:25 → 10:55
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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  University of California, Irvine
- 10:55 → 12:15
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 6 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
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  Convener: Alex Himmel
  - 10:55
    
    Hyper-Kamiokande 25m
    
    Speaker: Ryosuke Akutsu
    
    260623_Hyper-Kamiokande_Neutrino2026_RyosukeAkutsu_v1.pptx
  - 11:20
    
    DUNE: Status & Plans 25m
    
    Speaker: Sowjanya Gollapinni (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))
    
    Neutrino2026-DUNE-June2026-v2.pdf
  - 11:45
    
    Future Long-baseline accelerator neutrino experiments (including ESSnuSB) - Beyond DUNE, HK 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Budimir Klicek (Rudjer Boskovic Institute (HR))
    
    BK_Neutrino_2026_v3.pptx
    
    BK_Neutrino_2026_v3_split.pdf
- 12:15 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break Conference Center
  
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- 14:00 → 15:45
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 7 Conference Center
  
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  Convener: Diana Parno (Carnegie Mellon University)
  - 14:00
    
    Direct neutrino mass measurements and sterile neutrino searches with KATRIN 25m
    
    Speaker: Christoph Wiesinger (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)
    
    1_20260624_KATRIN_Neutrino.pdf
  - 14:25
    
    Project 8 and Other Emerging Direct Neutrino Mass Experiments 25m
    
    Speaker: Pranava Teja Surukuchi (University of Pittsburgh)
    
    Neutrino_2026_Surukuchi.pdf
  - 14:50
    
    Cosmology: N_eff and m_nu 25m
    
    Speaker: Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)
    
    Knox_Neutrinos2026.key.pdf
  - 15:15
    
    Neutrino Electromagnetic Properties: a Window to New Physics 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Yufeng Li (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing)
    
    LI_Yufeng-nuEM-2026.pdf
- 15:45 → 16:10
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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- 16:10 → 17:40
  
  Poster session Conference Center
  
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Wednesday 24 June
- 09:00 → 10:40
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 8 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Prof. Livia Ludhova (Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany)
  - 09:00
    
    Super-Kamiokande 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Zhoujun Hu (Ecole Polytechnique)
    
    SuperK_Neutrino2026_v4.pdf
  - 09:25
    
    SNO+ 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Tanner Kaptanoglu (LBNL)
    
    SNO+_Neutrino_2026_Kaptanoglu.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    PandaX 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ke Han (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
    
    PandaX_Neutrino_KeHan_v5.pdf
  - 10:15
    
    Astrophysical Neutrinos at IceCube 25m
    
    Speaker: Ali Kheirandish
    
    nu_26_IceCube_Astro_Kheirandish.pdf
- 10:40 → 11:10
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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- 11:10 → 12:35
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 9 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Bonnie Fleming (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
  - 11:10
    
    Theory of neutrino-nucleus cross sections 30m
    
    Speaker: Joanna Sobczyk
    
    neutrino2026_sobczyk.pdf
  - 11:40
    
    Neutrino Interaction Physics at MicroBooNE 25m
    
    Speaker: Patrick James Green (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    26.06.24_MicroBooNE_XSec_PGreen.pdf
  - 12:05
    
    Current State: Minerva/NOvA/T2K 30m
    
    Speaker: Bryan Ramson (Fermilab)
    
    NEUTRINO26_v4.pdf
- 12:35 → 14:05
  
  Lunch break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 14:05 → 15:17
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 10 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Elise Novitski (University of Washington)
  - 14:05
    
    ANNIE 30m
    
    Speaker: Mayly Sanchez (Florida State University)
    
    msanchez-neutrino2026-indico.pdf
  - 14:35
    
    Nuclear matrix elements for double beta decay 40m
    
    Speaker: Jonathan Engel (University of North Carolina)
    
    irvine-jun26.pdf
  - 15:15
    
    Student Award for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay AI Summer School 2m
    
    Speaker: Aobo Li (UC San Diego)
    
    AISummerSchool.pdf
- 15:17 → 15:47
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 15:47 → 17:27
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 11 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Prof. Karsten Heeger
  - 15:47
    
    CUORE: A Decade of 0νββ Searches and the Path towards CUPID 25m
    
    Speaker: Monica Sisti
    
    MonicaSisti_CUORE_Neutrino2026.pdf
  - 16:12
    
    KamLAND Zen 25m
    
    Speaker: Ömer Penek (Boston University)
    
    OrPen_Neutrino_2026_Jun24th_vFinal.pdf
  - 16:37
    
    Status and Prospects of the LEGEND Experiment towards 0νββ Decay 25m
    
    Speaker: Carmen Romo Luque (Universidad de Valencia)
    
    Nu26_LEGEND_RomoLuque.pdf
  - 17:02
    
    The Future of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay 25m
    
    Speaker: Gabriel Orebi Gann (UC Berkeley / LBNL)
    
    20260624 Nu26.pdf
Thursday 25 June
- 09:00 → 10:30
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 12 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Michael Ratz (UC Irvine)
  - 09:00
    
    Neutrino Mass Theory 30m
    
    Speaker: Ks Babu (Oklahoma State University)
    
    Neutrino_26_Babu.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    Flavor Models 30m
    
    Speaker: Michael Schmidt (UNSW Sydney)
    
    Schmidt-Neutrino2026.pdf
  - 10:00
    
    Non-standard Interactions 30m
    
    Speaker: Bhupal Dev (Washington University in St. Louis)
    
    Dev_NSI_Neutrino26.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
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- 11:00 → 12:30
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 13 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Shirley Li (UC Irvine)
  - 11:00
    
    Supernova Neutrinos (Theory) 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. John Beacom
    
    Beacom-NeutrinoConference-2026.pdf
  - 11:30
    
    Supernova Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande 30m
    
    Speaker: Hiroyuki Sekiya
    
    20260625_Neutrino2026_SK_Sekiya_pub_v2.pdf
  - 12:00
    
    High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Kohta Murase (Penn State University)
    
    Neutrino2026.pdf
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 14:00 → 15:25
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 14 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Kevork Abazajian (University of California, Irvine)
  - 14:00
    
    Paving the way for thermal relic neutrino detection and the neutrino mass measurement with PTOLEMY 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Christopher Tully (Princeton University)
    
    PTOLEMY_Neutrino_2026_Tully.pdf
    
    PTOLEMY_Neutrino_2026_Tully.pptx
  - 14:25
    
    Relic Sterile Neutrino Sensitivity to Early Cosmology 30m
    
    Speaker: Graciela Beatriz Gelmini ((University of California Los Angeles (US)))
    
    Neutrino-2026-Gelmini.pdf
  - 14:55
    
    Using Radio Detectors to Measure the Highest Energy Neutrinos 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Abigail Vieregg (University of Chicago)
    
    neutrino_jun_26.pdf
- 15:25 → 15:55
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 15:55 → 17:25
  
  Poster session 2 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 18:00 → 20:30
  
  Conference Dinner Aldrich Park (UC Irvine)
  
  Aldrich Park
  
  UC Irvine
Friday 26 June
- 09:00 → 10:20
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 15 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Steven Barwick (UC Irvine)
  - 09:00
    
    Atmospheric neutrino science with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory 25m
    
    Speaker: Spencer Axani (University of Delaware)
    
    Neutrino2026 -- saxani.pdf
    
    Neutrino2026 -- saxani v3 .pptx
  - 09:25
    
    Atmospheric Neutrinos at KM3Net 25m
    
    Speaker: Paul De Jong (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
    
    Talk_Neutrino2026_KM3NeT_PauldeJong.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    Astrophysical Neutrinos at KM3Net 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Silvia Celli (La Sapienza Università di Roma and INFN)
    
    Talk_Neutrino2026_KM3NeT_Celli.pdf
- 10:20 → 10:50
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 10:50 → 12:40
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 16 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Joachim Kopp (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
  - 10:50
    
    Future astrophysical neutrino experiments 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Iwan Morton-Blake (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute / Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
    
    Neutrino2026_FutureAstroExperiment_final.pdf
    
    Neutrino2026_FutureAstroExperiment_final.pptx
  - 11:20
    
    Dark Matter & Neutrinos 25m
    
    Speaker: Kevin Kelly (Texas A&M University)
    
    Neutrino2026_KJK_260626.pdf
  - 11:45
    
    HNL Searches 25m
    
    Speaker: renata zukanovich funchal (Universidade de São Paulo)
    
    RZFnu2026-final.pdf
  - 12:10
    
    Neutrinos at LHC 30m
    
    Speaker: Tomoko Ariga (Kyushu University (JP))
    
    20260626_tariga_review_LHC_neutrinos_Neutrino2026.pdf
- 12:40 → 12:50
  
  In Memoriam 10m Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Speakers: Gioacchino Ranucci, Jeffrey Nelson (College of William & Mary), Jianglai Liu, Masato Shiozawa (Kamioka observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo)
  
  Lee and Yang.pdf
  
  Neutrino Memorium 2026.pdf
- 12:50 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 17 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Danielle Speller (Johns Hopkins)
  - 14:00
    
    Future neutrino interaction measurements in the GeV regime 30m
    
    Speaker: Laura Iuliana Munteanu (CERN)
    
    future_xsec_measurements.pdf
  - 14:30
    
    Liquid Scintillator 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey John Hartnell (University of Sussex (GB))
    
    hartnellLiquidScintillatorsNu2026.pdf
  - 15:00
    
    AI/ML and Neutrino Physics 30m
    
    Speaker: Leigh Howard Whitehead (University of Cambridge (GB))
    
    lhw_ai_ml_neutrino_2026.pdf
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee break Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
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- 16:00 → 18:00
  Plenary Talks: Plenary 18 Conference Center
  
  Conference Center
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  Convener: Seon-Hee (Sunny) Seo (Fermilab)
  - 16:00
    
    AI/ML: Report from NPML Satellite Workshop 25m
    
    Speaker: kazuhiro terao
    
    Google slides
    
    Neutrino2026_NPML_Summary.pptx
  - 16:25
    
    Theia and Report from LS Town Hall 25m
    
    Speaker: Joshua R Klein (University of Pennsylvania (US))
    
    theia_neutrino_v3.pdf
  - 16:50
    
    Best Poster Awards 10m
    
    Speakers: Juan Pedro Ochoa Ricoux, Shirley Li (UC Irvine)
    
    Best Poster Awards.pdf
  - 17:00
    
    Outlook into the Future 30m
    
    Speaker: Callum David Wilkinson (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
    
    outlook_wilkinson.pdf
  - 17:30
    
    Closing 5m
    
    Closing.pdf
  - 17:35
    
    INC Report 15m
    
    Speaker: Stephen Parke (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    
    INC_nu2026.pdf

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