2026
Honors Thesis Presentation: Rithika Tudmilla
11:30 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Development of Cryogenic Infrared Filters for SPT-3G+: A New Camera to Measure the Cosmic Microwave Background
Advisor: Brad Benson
Honors Thesis Presentation: Bilguun Batbayar
2:30–3:00 pm ERC 401
Probabilistic Inference of Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxy Morphological Parameters Using Simulation-Based Inference
Advisor: Alex Drlica-Wagner
Honors Thesis Presentation: Yudou Du
2:00–2:30 pm ERC 401
Giant low surface brightness galaxy found in DES Y6 survey: A photometry study of Silhouette 1
Advisor: Alex Drlica-Wagner
KICP Seminar - Anna de Graaff
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Anna de Graaff (Harvard/CfA) will give the KICP Seminar at 11am on 5/21 in ERC 401 and via Zoom.
A&A Colloquium - Roger Blandford
3:30–5:00 pm ERC 161
Roger Blandford (Stanford) will give the A&A colloquium on 5/20 at 3:30pm in ERC 161 and via Zoom.
Brinson Lecture - Roger Blandford
6:00–7:00 pm Adler Planetarium
Roger Blandford will give the 2026 Brinson Lecture at the Adler Planetarium on Tuesday, May 19th at 6pm. Tickets are sold out, but you can watch live using the link within the event description!
Honors Thesis Presentation: Ha Do
1:00–1:30 pm ERC 401
I zinc therefore I am: Zn as a tracer of r-process nucleosynthesis sites in Reticulum II
Advisor: Alex Ji
KICP Seminar - Erin Healy
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Erin Healy (UChicago) will give the KICP Seminar at 11am on 5/14 in ERC 401 and via Zoom.
A&A Colloquium - Jonathan J. Fortney
3:30–5:00 pm ERC 161
Jonathan J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz) will give the A&A colloquium on 5/13 at 3:30pm in ERC 161 and via Zoom.
KICP Seminar - Vivienne Baldassare
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Vivienne Baldassare (Washington State) will give the KICP Seminar at 11am in ERC 401 and via Zoom.