Colloquia Schedule Spring 2015
Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B
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Tinsley Visiting Scholar: Planetary Group "Habitability of Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs" University of Washington host: Mike Endl |
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"The Elusive and Ionized Gas Surrounding the Magellanic System" Texas Christian University host: Cyndi Froning |
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"Probing the Nature of Accretion and Planet Formation in Protoplanetary Disks: Connecting Theory with ALMA Observations" Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) host: Neal Evans |
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"The Large Reservoirs of Gas Around Galaxies" UCO/Lick Observatory host: Volker Bromm |
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Special Colloquium: "Insights into Galaxy Formation from z=15 to the Present Day" Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) host: John Kormendy |
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"Towards a Complete Theory of Lyman-Alpha Transfer in and around Galaxies" University of Oslo: Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics host: Steve Finkelstein |
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Special Colloquium: "Three Problems in Trying to Form Galaxies (and how ISM Physics can Save Us)" Haverford College host: Chris Sneden |
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"The Local Universe as a Cosmology Laboratory" University of Maryland host: Volker Bromm |
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Special Colloquium: "New Tools for Galactic Archaeology from the Milky Way" Johns Hopkins University host: Adam Kraus |
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"Massive Galaxy Growth since Cosmic Noon" Max Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik host: Chris Sneden |
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Tinsley Visiting Professor "David vs. Goliath: Exploiting the Black Hole Mass Scale to Better Constrain Accretion Physics" University of Amsterdam host: Pawan Kumar |
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Spring Break: March 16 - 20: no Colloquium being held this week. |
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"MOSFIRE: the Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infrared Exploration at Keck Observatory" University of California, Los Angeles host: Gregory Mace |
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Tinsley Visiting Scholar: Stars Group "SPHERE: the New High-contrast Imager for the ESO-VLT" INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy host: Chris Sneden |
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No talk scheduled. |
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"Star-Formation Driven Molecular Superwinds as Understood from the Two Nearest Starburst Galaxies (and a Small Survey)" Ohio State University host: Neal Evans |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "Chemical Analyses of Metal-Poor Stars: A New Approach" University of Texas at Austin | |
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"Tracking Planet Footprints in Dusty Disks" Boston University host: Adam Kraus |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "Connecting the Dots: Tracking Galaxy Evolution at 3 <= z <= 7 using Fixed Cumulative Number Density in SPH Simulations" University of Texas at Austin | |
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Tinsley Visiting Scholar: Extragalactic Group "Early Galaxies: Alive, Dead, Transitioning and/or Active" Max Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik host: Shardha Jogee |
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PhD Defense "Innovative Technologies for - and Observational Studies of - Star and Planet Formation" University of Texas at Austin |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "External Inverse-Compton Emission from Jetted Tidal Disruption Events" University of Texas at Austin |
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PhD Defense "On the Nature of Emission from Relativistic Jets" University of Texas at Austin |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "The Structure of Class 0 Protostars: BHR71 in Herschel View" University of Texas at Austin |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "Do Metal-Polluted Stars of the ZZ Ceti Instability Strip Have a Distinct Asteroseismic Signature?" University of Texas at Austin |
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Qualifying Exam/2nd-Year Defense "Peering Inside Galaxies in the First Two Billion Years" University of Texas at Austin |
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"Signatures of Neutron Star Mergers" Columbia University host: Pawan Kumar |
Visitors to the Department of Astronomy can find detailed information and maps on our Visiting Austin Page.
Please report omissions/corrections to: G. Orris at argus@astro.as.utexas.edu.
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