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George P. Phenix Elementary school students participate in the Middle School Science Bowl in CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Mar. 1, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
The Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. Teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.
Veterans at Jefferson Lab pose for a group photo in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Nov. 11, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
Lock out Tag out (LOTO) system for various areas of safety at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, left, and Lab Director Kim Sawyer, center, listen as Director of Accelerator Operations Eduard Pozdeyev, right, gives a tour of the Accelerator Tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 5, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
From left to right, Vardan Gyurjyan, Raiqa Rasool, David Lawrence, Nathan Brei, Michael Goodrich, Torri Jeske, and Thomas Britton, a portion of the Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group, pose for a group photo outside of the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 25, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab’s Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group develops centralized computing software that can be shared by any of the lab’s experimental halls and used for future projects.
Chief Operating Officer Johnathon Huff, center, speaks to attendees as they gather to say farewell during Stuart Henderson’s farewell celebration held in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The University of New Hampshire's Alexandra Antar presents her research during the poster session held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (Parish Thompson | Jefferson Lab)
Hall B 12 GeV Staff Scientist Veronique Ziegler chats with the French National Center for Scientific Research’s (CNRS) Director of the Washington Office Sylvette Tourmente, right, during a tour of Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, April 10, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Various science educators network together during the annual Virginia Region II Teacher Night held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Local teachers from the Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers (JSAT) share science-themed classroom activities geared toward upper elementary and middle school students. Local teachers are invited to learn new lesson plans for their classroom.
Employees from Barnhart Crane begin to install the newest liquid nitrogen dewar during a delivery at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Several years in the making, the liquid nitrogen dewar for the End Station Refrigeration 2 (ESR 2) arrived on the lab campus. The ESR 2 system will feed cryogens to Halls A, B, and C, and it will replace ESR 1 by adding additional capacity to support the MOLLER Experiment.
From left: Deyanira Martinez Romero, Victor Minjares Neriz, Victor Lizárraga Rubio pose for a photo with Staff Scientist Carlos Hernandez-Garcia in the accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo provided by Carlos Hernandez-Garcia | Jefferson Lab)
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.
Panelists include Kerem Camsari (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Sabrina Hong (Quantum Google AI), Matt McEwen (PhD student, Quantum Foundry), Seamus O'Hara (PhD Student, Quantum Foundry).
Erik Lucero (Quantum Google AI) will moderate.
Aerials photographs of the Jefferson Lab campus in Newport News, Va., on Nov. 19, 2023. (Photos by AccuFlight for Jefferson Lab)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory. Scientists worldwide utilize the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter - helping us to better understand these particles and the forces that bind them - and ultimately our world.
CIS Postdoctoral Fellow Alimohammed Kachwala delivers their three-minute pitch during the annual Quark Tank event held inside the CEBAF Center auditorium at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Dec., 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
During the Quark Tank event, Jefferson Lab’s research stars deliver inspiring pitches aimed at captivating the hearts and minds of the national lab community!
Jefferson Lab’s local National Lab Research SLAM competition is a short-talk competition in which postdocs and early-career scientists are challenged to present a compelling one-slide, three-minute presentation on their research that a non-specialist can understand.
The winner will compete in the national event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in spring 2025, when contestants from the 17 national labs will educate U.S. government policymakers and their staff about the key role our labs play in the nation’s innovation ecosystem and their impact on the nation.
Members of Virginia Governor’s office, The Friends of Jefferson Lab, staff, users, employees, and other dignified guests gathered together for an announcement of the approval of the High Performance Data Facility (HPDF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named Jefferson Lab as the site for its High Performance Data Facility (HPDF), a new state-of-the-art $300-$500 million computing facility that will provide transformative capabilities for data analysis, networking and storage for the nation’s research enterprise.
The groundbreaking facility will provide researchers with tools, methods and technologies to maximize the scientific value of data for the nation.
From left: Deyanira Martinez Romero, Victor Minjares Neriz, Victor Lizárraga Rubio pose for a photo in the accelerator tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo provided by Carlos Hernandez-Garcia | Jefferson Lab)
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
Kinetic wave machine on the Jefferson Lab campus in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 6, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab FEL Instrumentation Engineer Kevin Jordan and other JLab employee volunteers built this large science art installation, or kinetic wave machine, for the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.
A ruby-tipped probe from a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) prepares to scan a C75 cavity pair inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab Deputy Lab Director for Operations and Chief Operating Officer Johnathon Huff, left, chats with high schoolers during the Engineering Career Day held at Hampton University in Hampton, Va., on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Featuring more than 30 experts from Jefferson Lab, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton and Newport News Shipbuilding, the event exposed Hampton Roads high schoolers and their teachers to the vast array of engineering and related disciplines — mechanical, chemical, aerospace, nuclear, electrical, to name a few. It also tested students’ wits with hands-on design and engineering challenges based on each facility’s mission.
The event is a celebration of National Engineers Week and is sponsored by the Peninsula Engineers Council (PEC).
A tiny bead is seen on the bead pull, which tests for field flatness of multi-cell cavities, is seen inside the Cavity Tuning room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) program attendees take a tour of the Test Lab at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., May 30, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
Hall D Staff Scientist Simon Taylor discusses the purpose and components of Hall D to the students on the USPAS Tour at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab).
SRF S&T Department Head Rongli Geng talks with other lab staff in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Aug. 2, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab Chief Operating Officer Johnathon Huff, center, talks to employees with ten and five years of service enjoy a celebratory ice cream social at the annual Service Awards held at the CEBAF Center of JLab in Newport News, Va., on Monday, May 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
An ice-cream social is hosted by Jefferson Lab Human Resources department to celebrate the contributions of the ten and five year Service Award recipients. Thank you for your years of service.
Jefferson Lab employees with ten years of service enjoy a celebratory ice cream social during the annual Service Awards held at the CEBAF Center of JLab in Newport News, Va., on Monday, May 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
An ice-cream social is hosted by Jefferson Lab Human Resources department to celebrate the contributions of the ten and five year Service Award recipients. Thank you for your years of service.
SRF Accelerator Scientist II John Vennekate looks over a niobium cavity inside the Vertical Test Area (VTA) of the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, May 9, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Members of the Department of Energy (DOE) Review board tours the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Closing remarks and graduation ceremony for the interns of the Technology Commercialization Internship Program held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
The Technology Commercialization Internship Program (TCIP) is a unique paid opportunity for undergraduate STEM and business students to experience the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) world-class National Lab system, boost their entrepreneurial thinking, and explore energy technology markets.
Interns have the opportunity to engage with National Laboratory mentors and learn about technologies at their partnered Laboratories. This internship focuses on the business side of technology commercialization where interns will learn skills such as customer discovery, value propositions development, and market sizing. Interns apply these skills to their assigned technologies at their host lab.
SRF Cavity Assembly Technicians Juan Jordan works to get an individual cavity placed in the Vertical Attachment area at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Attendees learn about electromagnets at the Jefferson Lab Science Education booth while visiting NASA Langley Research Center’s open house event in Hampton, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics Cynthia “Thia” Keppel speaks to the crowd during the State of the Labs event held at the Holiday Inn in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
This event was hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and featured multiple speakers from the Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab and NASA Langley Research Center. Local businesses, partners, and stakeholders in the science and technology fields attended to network and build partnerships alongside the Virginia Peninsula’s premier research facilities.
SRF Accelerator Physicist Uttar Pudasaini works to unload a five cell niobium cavity from the furnace inside the R&D Thin Film Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
FCSX Professor, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate/Professional Studies, William & Mary Director for the Applied Research Center, Interim Director of the William & Mary Research Institute Dennis Manos, left, and SRF S&T Department Head Rongli Geng, right, unveil the Nb3Sn cyromodule, named Gray Enid I, during the dedication and unveiling ceremony held inside the Upgraded Injector Test Facility (UITF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab developed the next generation of SRF accelerator technology based on the new material niobium-tin (Nb3Sn). After decades of work, the first prototype niobium-tin cyromodule with two CEBAF-style SRF Nb3Sn cavities completed its qualification test in the Cyromodule Testing Facility (CMTF) at Jefferson lab.
The once-in-half-a-century milestone represents the beginning of a new era of SRF technology for particle accelerators and potentially many other scientific instruments.
The public participates in activities and tours during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Jun. 8, 2024. (Photo by Susan Fowler for Jefferson Lab)
The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more.
Details of the back half of the forward calorimeter in Experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
Hall D is dedicated to the operation of a large-acceptance detector for experiments with a broad-band, linearly-polarized photon beam produced by ~12 GeV electrons from the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF).
Associate Director-Accelerator Ops, R&D Andrei Seryi, center, speaks to the tour group in the Machine Control Center (MCC) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 5, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
First International School of Hadron Femtography attendees listen as a speaker gives a tour of the Accelerator Tunnel at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 19, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)
Jefferson Lab SRF S&T Department Head Rongli Geng, left, shows off a single cell cavity to members of the Department of Energy (DOE) Review board during a tour the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
A large selection of quadrupole magnets are seen lined up in a orderly fashion inside a storage building owned by Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
These magnets came from Argonne National Laboratory, which shipped the 30-year-old Advanced Photon Source (APS) magnets to Brookhaven and Jefferson Lab, where they will be re-purposed for use as part of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider being led by those other two labs and that will be built at Brookhaven.
Photos of the Earth Day clean up event at Newport News, Va., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab)