2022
PhD Thesis Defense: Huanqing Chen
11:00 am–12:00 pm ERC 401
Huanqing Chen “Probing Cosmic Reionization with Quasar Proximity Zones”
PhD Advisor: Nick Gnedin
Tristan Bachmann Honors Thesis Presentation
10:30–11:00 am ERC 576
Tristan Bachmann “Effective Dissipation in Collisionless Gravitating Systems”
Supervisor: Prof. Robert Rosner
Will Cerny Honors Thesis Presentation
2:00–2:30 pm ERC 576
Will Cerny “A Guided Search for Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Satellites of the Milky Way Along RR Lyrae Sightlines”
Supervisor: Prof. Alex Drlica-Wagner
Viraj Manwadkar Honors Thesis Presentation
1:30–2:00 pm ERC 576
Viraj Manwadkar “Modeling the Chemical Abundances of Dwarf Galaxies”
Supervisor: Prof. Andrey Kravtsov
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