2022
Cole Meldorf Honors Thesis Presentation
1:00–1:30 pm ERC 576
Cole Meldorf “Three and Four Dimensional Geometric Analyses of Causal Regions During Inflation”
Supervisor: Prof. Craig Hogan
KICP seminar: Nicolas Fernandez (UIUC)
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Nicolas Fernandez (UIUC) “Freeze-in, glaciation, and UV sensitivity from light mediators”
KICP colloquium: Benjamin Safdi (Berkeley)
3:30–4:30 pm ERC 161
Benjamin Safdi (Berkeley) “Narrowing the search for axion dark matter”
Aaron Steiger Honors Thesis Presentation
1:30–2:00 pm ERC 576
Aaron Steiger “The Design, Characterization, and Pixel Architecture of Superconducting On-chip Fourier Transform Spectrometers”
Supervisor: Prof. Erik Shirokoff
Yunchong Zhang Honors Thesis Presentation
2:00–2:30 pm ERC 401
Yunchong Zhang “The Implication of Shock-Bubble Interaction to the Mach Number Discrepancy in Radio Relics”
Supervisors: Prof. Irina Zhuravleva and Dr. Congyao Zhang
Ben Levine Honors Thesis Presentation
1:30–2:00 pm ERC 401
Ben Levine “Brightest Cluster Galaxies in Strongly-Lensing Galaxy Clusters and Richness- and Redshift-Matched Samples”
Supervisor: Prof. Michael D. Gladders
Nick Corso Honors Thesis Presentation
2:00–2:30 pm ERC 401
Nick Corso “Comparing hadronic and leptonic emission from cosmic ray acceleration in supernova remnants”
Supervisor: Prof. Damiano Caprioli
Jared Siegel Honors Thesis Presentation
1:30–2:00 pm ERC 401
Jared Siegel “Constraining extrasolar planet masses with low-SNR Kepler TTV Data”
Supervisor: Prof. Leslie Rogers
PhD Thesis Defense: Gourav Khullar
12:00–1:00 pm ERC 401
Gourav Khullar “Stellar Mass Assembly in Galaxy Clusters and High-Redshift Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies”
Advisor: Prof. Michael D Gladders
Lecture Exhibition: Planetary Imagery and Theodora Allen’s Cosmic Garden I
6:00–7:00 pm Driehaus Museum
In this conversation, Adler Planetarium Curator and Director of Collections Pedro Raposo and University of Chicago Professor Emeritus of Astronomy & Astrophysics Richard Kron will explore the imagery of the cosmos as a source of fascination, influence, and exploration across art and science during a time of rapid expansion in scientific knowledge, where the representation of astronomical themes signaled ideas about modernity, progress, and the promise of the future.