2024
KICP seminar: Aaron Tohuvavohu (University of Toronto)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Aaron Tohuvavohu (University of Toronto) “Seeing into the immediate post-merger environment of a neutron star collision”
A&A Colloquium: Nahum Arav (Virginia Tech)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Nahum Arav (Virginia Tech) “The Contribution of Quasar Absorption Outflows to AGN Feedback”
Astro Tuesday: Daniele Rogantini and Dan Hooper
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 501
Daniele Rogantini “A new golden age in X-ray astronomy” and Dan Hooper “A Big Picture View of the State of Dark Matter”
Special seminar: Anna Kofman (University of Pennsylvania)
10:00–11:00 am ERC 401
Anna Kofman (University of Pennsylvania) “The Largest Cryogenic Receiver Ever Built for Studying the Oldest Light in the Universe: An Overview of the Simons Observatory LATR”
Open Group Seminar: Francisco Ley (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 545
Francisco Ley (University of Wisconsin - Madison) “Secondary Whistler and Ion-cyclotron Instabilities driven by Mirror Modes in Galaxy Clusters”
KICP seminar: Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski (Flatiron Institute)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Cyril Creque-Sarbinowski (Flatiron Institute) “Cosmic Magnetic Shear of Blazars”
KICP Colloquium: Michael Niemack (Cornell University)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Michael Niemack (Cornell University) “New windows in the submillimeter sky with the CCAT Observatory”
AI+Science Series: Logan Ward (Argonne National Laboratory)
4:30–6:00 pm ERC 401
Logan Ward (Argonne National Laboratory) “Rethinking Computational Science with Artificial Intelligence”
PhD Thesis Defense: Fei Xu "Peeking Into the Future of Dark Matter Searches"
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 401
Fei Xu “Peeking Into the Future of Dark Matter Searches”
A&A Colloquium: Eliza Kempton (University of Maryland)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Eliza Kempton (University of Maryland) “Revealing the Atmospheres of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes with JWST”