2024
KICP Colloquium: Daniel McKinsey (University of California, Berkeley)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Daniel McKinsey (University of California, Berkeley) “Detecting light dark matter particles with the TESSERACT experiment”
Postdoc Jamboree
12:30–4:00 pm ERC 401
Join us for the traditional “Postdoc Jamboree”. This will be a perfect opportunity to get to know our amazing group of postdocs, a bit about their science and hobbies.
A&A Colloquium: Jason Wang (Northwestern University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Jason Wang (Northwestern University) “New Frontiers in Exoplanet Imaging and Pathways to Habitable Worlds”
Astro Tuesday: Congyao Zhang and George Filippatos
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Congyao Zhang “Galaxy Cluster Studies in the Era of High-resolution X-ray Spectroscopy” and George Filippatos “Attempting multi-messenger astrophysics from a balloon”
EFI Colloquium: Abigail Vieregg (UChicago)
3:30–4:30 pm MCP 201
Abigail Vieregg (UChicago) “The P5 Report, CMB-S4, and UChicago”
PhD Thesis Defense: Ti-Lin Chou
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 401
Ti-Lin Chou “IMPROVED MEASUREMENTS OF THE TEMPERATURE AND E-MODE POLARIZATION OF THE CMB FROM THE FULL 500-SQUARE-DEGREE SPTPOL DATASET”
KICP seminar: Jiamin Hou (University of Florida)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Jiamin Hou (University of Florida) “Probing Parity with Galaxy Distributions and Beyond”
KICP Colloquium: Jason Rhodes (JPL)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Jason Rhodes (JPL) ” ESA’s Euclid Dark Energy Mission”
Astro Tuesday: Damiano Caprioli
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Damiano Caprioli “Cosmic-ray-driven instabilities”
Open Group Seminar: Aymeric Galan (MPA)
4:00–5:00 pm ERC 401
Aymeric Galan (MPA) “Careful analysis of strong lensing cluster members using JWST/NIRCam”