Date

Speaker

Title

Jan 18

Risa Wechsler

Stanford University

Astronomy Colloquium (special day/time): "Probing the Physics of the Dark Universe with Galaxies"

Jan 25

Joel Green

University of Texas at Austin

"The Evolution of Protostars: the Herschel View Through a CO Window"

Feb 1

No talk scheduled.

Feb 8

Paul Robertson

University of Texas at Austin

"Surviving the Plage: Sorting out stellar activity to find small planets" (note: Plage: a bright region in the chromosphere of a sun)

Feb 15

No talk scheduled.

Feb 22

Jack Dobinson

University of Bristol, UK

"The Central Holes of Wide Transitional Disks: Investigating Planetary Clearing"
abstract

Mar 1

Mike Pavel

University of Texas at Austin

"Large and Intermediate Scale Magnetic Fields in the ISM"

Mar 8

Mike Endl

University of Texas at Austin

"News from NASA's Kepler Mission"

Mar 15

No talk scheduled. Spring Break: 11-15 March.

Mar 22

Augusto Carballido

University of Texas at Austin

"Scalings in Protoplanetary Disk MRI Turbulence"

Mar 29

Kevin Gullikson

University of Texas at Austin

"A Search for Disk-Born Stellar Companions: Scaled-up Planet Formation?"

Apr 5

Erik Brugamyer

University of Texas at Austin

"Detailed Chemical Abundances of Giant-Planet-Host Stars: Methods and Tools"

Apr 5

Michael Gully-Santiago

University of Texas at Austin

"Advanced Technologies for Mapping Trace Gases in Earth's Atmosphere"

Apr 12

Nalin Vutisalchavakul

University of Texas at Austin

"Star Formation and Molecular Gas Distribution of the Galactic Plane at l = 25deg"

Apr 19

Stefano Meschiari

University of Texas at Austin

"Assembling Circumbinary Planets: Still an Unsolved Problem? (Bonus free app!)"

Apr 26

No talk scheduled, due to conflict with Nealfest (24-26 April 2013).

May 3

Isa Oliveira

University of Texas at Austin

"Title: TBA"