The deepest underground laboratory in the United States just finished an overhaul of a wooden mine shaft that transports personnel and supplies nearly a mile underground.
Straub will oversee all surface and underground operations at SURF, the hoists and shafts, underground laboratory spaces, buildings, infrastructure, and the complex network of tunnels that make up America’s Underground Lab.
The deepest underground laboratory in the United States just finished an overhaul of a wooden mine shaft that transports personnel and supplies nearly a mile underground.
The Sanford Underground Research Facility’s (SURF) Education and Outreach team played a pivotal role at the 2025 South Dakota STEM Education Conference.
Averitt will lead the fundraising effort for the Institute for Underground Science at SURF, moving the facility towards the vision of becoming the world’s preferred location for underground science and education.
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