Jan. 14

No talk scheduled.

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Jan. 21

"The Connection between Star Formation and the Cold Interstellar Medium in Nearby Galaxies"

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Karin Sandstrom

University of Arizona

host: Shardha Jogee

Jan. 28

"The Unusual Eclipser of the Young Star J1407: Moon-forming Circumplanetary Disk?"

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Eric Mamajek

University of Rochester

host: TBA

Feb. 4

"A Calibration of the Stellar-mass Fundamental Plane at z = 0.4 using the Micro-lensing Induced Flux Ratio Anomalies of Macro-lensed Quasars"

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Paul L. Schechter

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

host: Pawan Kumar

Feb. 11

Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Interstellar Matter Group

"Volatiles in Protoplanetary Disks"

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Klaus Pontoppidan

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

host: Neal Evans

Feb. 18

DeVaucouleurs Medalist: COLLOQUIUM

"Connecting Gas to Stars in Galaxies"

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Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr.

University of Cambridge, UK

host: Neal Evans

Feb. 19
CPE 2.208
4:00 PM

DeVaucouleurs Medalist: PUBLIC LECTURE

"The Hidden Universe Revealed"

Half of the starlight in the Universe is hidden from visible telescopes, having been quenched by fine clouds of dust particles in interstellar space. This missing energy reappears in the infrared and terahertz regions of the spectrum, and can only be studied fully from space-borne observatories. Now thanks to a series of international space observatories this hidden Universe has been fully revealed. The observations reveal new classes of objects and phenomena, including the discovery of the most luminous and active star-forming galaxies in the Universe. These objects provide glimpses into the early history of galaxies like our own, and new insights into the star and galaxy formation processes that shaped the Hubble sequence.

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Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr.

University of Cambridge, UK

host: Neal Evans

Feb. 25

"The Seeds of Massive Galaxies"

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Sadegh Khochfar

University of Edinburgh

host: Shardha Jogee

Mar. 4

"Our Galactic Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*: The Ideal Testbed for Theories of Accretion and Black Hole Life Cycles"

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Sera Markoff

University of Amsterdam

host: Pawan Kumar

Mar. 11

Spring Break: 10-14 March: No talk scheduled.

Mar. 18

"Rest-frame Optical Spectra: A Window into Galaxy Formation at z~2"

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Alice E. Shapley

University of California, Los Angeles

host: Steve Finkelstein

Mar. 25

Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Stars Group

"Hunting the First Generations of Stars and Galaxies"

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Anna Frebel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

host: Fritz Benedict

Apr. 1

"Shadows of Their Future Selves: Accretion and Obscuration in Young Stellar Objects"

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Kevin R. Covey

Lowell Observatory

host: Adam Kraus

Apr. 8

"Head in the Clouds: Decoding the Spectral Features Produced by Brown Dwarf and Exoplanent Atmospheres"

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Kelle Cruz

Hunter College/AMNH

host: Adam Kraus

Apr. 15
1 PM

PhD Defense Presentation

"Measuring Dark Matter Profiles Non-Parametrically in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies"

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John Jardel

University of Texas at Austin

Apr. 15

"Hunting the First Galaxies with Gravitational Lensing"

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Dan A. Coe

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

host: Steve Finkelstein

Apr. 22

Tinsley Visiting Professor

"Adventures in Cosmic Star Formation"

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Mark E. Dickinson

National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)

host: TBA

Apr. 23
Wed
3 PM

Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Exgal Group

"MaNGA: Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory An IFU Survey of 10,000 Galaxies"

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Kevin A. Bundy

University of Tokyo, IPMU

host: Niv Drory

Apr. 25
Fri
2 PM

Tinsley Visiting Scholar, Planets Group

"Extrasolar Planets with Small Telescopes"

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Gaspar Bakos

Princeton University

host: Mike Endl

Apr. 29

No talk scheduled.

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May 6

"Stark Broadening of Hydrogen Spectral Lines in Plasmas: Advanced Theories, Benchmark Experiments, Astrophysical Applications"

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Eugene Oks

Auburn University

host: Don Winget