2023
A&A Colloquium: Leslie Rogers (UChicago)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Leslie Rogers (UChicago) “Deciphering the Nature, Origins, and Compositions of Exoplanets”
A&A talk: Konstantin Gerbig (Yale University)
10:00–11:00 am ERC 401
Konstantin Gerbig (Yale University) “New Perspectives on Planetesimal Formation through Diffusive Instabilities”
PhD Thesis Defense: Jisheng Zhang
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 401
PhD Thesis Defense: Jisheng Zhang “Thermal and Magnetic History of Rocky Exoplanets”
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1st Year Orientation 2023
Through September 25, 2023
Welcome incoming 1st year graduate students!
1st year graduate students: Sana Elgamal, Saba Razavi, Alex Thomas, Johnny Pitocco, Aidan Simpson, Daisy Bissonette, Qiao Xue, Mckenzie Ferrari, Chris Wirth, Ritvik Basant, Tanisha Jhaveri, Shrihan Agarwal
Open Group Seminar: Madeleine McKenzie (Australian National University)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 517
Madeleine McKenzie (Australian National University) “Nucleosynthesis at the isotopic level: how Mg isotope ratios challenge our view of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies”
Symposium: "Invisible Labor in Astronomy and Astrophysics"
Through September 16, 2023 UChicago Library
“Invisible Labor in Astronomy and Astrophysics” is an interdisciplinary symposium organized by the University of Chicago Library and the Capturing the Stars research group.
Open Group Seminar: Emma Dodd (University of Groningen)
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 517
Emma Dodd (University of Groningen) “Low mass stellar streams populating the local stellar halo”
Open Group Seminar: Roohi Dalal (Princeton University)
2:00–3:00 pm ERC 401
Roohi Dalal (Princeton University) “Cosmology and Systematics from Hyper Suprime-Cam Year 3 Data”
Open Group Seminar: Jenny Greene (Princeton University)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Jenny Greene (Princeton University) “The Red Universe UNCOVERed: Early Spectral results from JWST Treasury Survey UNCOVER”
Open Group Seminar: Veronika Vodeb (University of Nova Gorica)
3:00–4:00 pm ERC 445
Veronika Vodeb (University of Nova Gorica) “Detecting and characterizing pulsar haloes with the Cherenkov Telescope Array”