We are pleased to welcome 134 participants from 33 institutions and
11 countries. We regret that due to logistical constraints, we cannot accept any more applications.
Confirmed Speakers
(C= Contributed talk, otherwise Invited talk)
David Alexander
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University of Durham
|
United Kingdom
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Jesus Falcon Barroso
|
European Space Agency
|
The Netherlands
|
Marc Balcells
|
Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias
|
Spain
|
Yuval Birnboim
|
Harvard Center for Astrophysics
|
USA
|
Andrew Blain
|
Caltech
|
USA
|
Tom Brown
|
Space Telescope Science Institute
|
USA
|
Andreas Burkert
|
University of Munich
|
Germany
|
Daniel Ceverino
|
The Hebrew University
|
Israel
|
Francoise Combes
|
Observatoire de Paris
|
France
|
Christopher Conselice
|
University of Nottingham
|
United Kingdom
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Thomas J. Cox
|
Harvard Center for Astrophysics
|
USA
|
Emanuele Daddi
|
CEA, Saclay
|
France
|
Romeel Dave
|
University of Arizona
|
USA
|
Avishai Dekel
|
The Hebrew University
|
Israel
|
Aaron Dutton
|
Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz
|
USA
|
Bruce Elmegreen
|
IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center
|
USA
|
David B. Fisher (C)
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Kelly Foyle
|
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Germany
|
Karl Gebhardt
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Fabio Governato
|
University of Washington
|
USA
|
Shy Genel (C)
|
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
|
Germany
|
Genevieve Graves
|
Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz
|
USA
|
Francois Hammer
|
Observatoire de Paris
|
France
|
Lei Hao (C)
|
UC Austin
|
USA
|
Philip Hopkins
|
UC Berkeley
|
USA
|
Shardha Jogee
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Mario Juric
|
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
|
USA
|
John Kormendy
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Andrey Kravtsov
|
University of Chicago
|
USA
|
Sadegh Khochfar
|
Oxford University/MPE
|
England/Germany
|
Carlos Lopez-Sanjuan (C)
|
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
|
Spain
|
Piero Madau
|
Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz
|
USA
|
Irina Marinova (C)
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Milos Milosavljevic
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Julio Navarro
|
University of Victoria
|
Canada
|
Kai Noeske
|
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
|
USA
|
Jesper Rasmussen (C)
|
Carnegie Observatories
|
USA
|
Naveen Reddy
|
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
|
USA
|
George Rhee
|
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
|
USA
|
Aday Robaina (C)
|
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Germany
|
David Schiminovich
|
Columbia University
|
USA
|
Kristen L. Shapiro
|
UC Berkeley
|
USA
|
Gregory Shields
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
Isaac Shlosman
|
JILA, Univ. of Colorado
|
USA
|
Rosalind Skelton (C)
|
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Germany
|
Kyle Stewart (C)
|
Univ. of California at Irvine
|
USA
|
Christy Tremonti
|
Univ. of Arizona/Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
USA/Germany
|
Tim Weinizirl (C)
|
UT Austin
|
USA
|
1
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Joshua Adams
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
2
|
Meghann Agarwal
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
3
|
David Alexander
|
Durham University
|
United Kingdom
|
4
|
Anwar AlMuhammad
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
5
|
Seth Anderson
|
UT Austin
|
Texas
|
6
|
Sarah Arabi-Katbi
|
UT Austin
|
Texas
|
7
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Marc Balcells
|
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
|
Spain
|
8
|
Fabio Barazza
|
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique EPFL
|
Switzerland
|
9
|
John Barentine
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
10
|
Raheem Bello
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
11
|
George Benedict
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
12
|
Tracy Bennett
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
13
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Yuval Birnboim
|
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
|
MA
|
14
|
Andrew Blain
|
Caltech
|
CA
|
15
|
Guillermo A. Blanc
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
16
|
Jason Bowen
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
17
|
Volker Bromm
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
18
|
Thomas Brown
|
Space Telescope Science Institute
|
MD
|
19
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Andreas Burkert
|
University of Munich
|
Germany
|
20
|
Joyce Byun
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
21
|
Daniel Ceverino
|
Hebrew University
|
Israel
|
22
|
Jo-hsin Chen
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
23
|
Francoise Combes
|
Observatoire de Paris
|
France
|
24
|
Christopher Conselice
|
Nottingham
|
United Kingdom
|
25
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Mark Cornell
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
26
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Thomas Cox
|
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
|
MA
|
27
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Emanuele Daddi
|
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique Saclay
|
France
|
28
|
Romeel Dave
|
University of Arizona
|
AZ
|
29
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Avishai Dekel
|
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
|
Israel
|
30
|
Nick Devereux
|
Embry-Riddle University
|
AZ
|
31
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Michael Dunham
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
32
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Aaron Dutton
|
UCO/Lick Observatory
|
CA
|
33
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Bruce Elmegreen
|
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
|
NY
|
34
|
Neal Evans
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
35
|
Ross Falcon
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
36
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Jesus Falcon-Barroso
|
European Space Agency
|
The Netherlands
|
37
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Mark Fardal
|
UMass Dept. of Astronomy
|
MA
|
38
|
David Fisher
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
39
|
Amy Forestell
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
40
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Kelly Foyle
|
Max -Planck Institut für Astronomie
|
BW
|
41
|
Melissa Frei
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
42
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Martin Gaskell
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
43
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Karl Gebhardt
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
44
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Shy Genel
|
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
|
Germany
|
45
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Jose Gomez
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
46
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Roberto Gonzalez
|
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
|
Chile
|
47
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Fabio Governato
|
University of Washington
|
WA
|
48
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Genevieve Graves
|
UCO/Lick Observatory
|
CA
|
49
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Joel Green
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
50
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Richard Griffin
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
51
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Amanda Guess
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
52
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Eric Hamill
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
53
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Francois Hammer
|
Observatoire de Paris
|
France
|
54
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Lei Hao
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
55
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Amanda Heiderman
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
56
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Edgar Hernandez
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
57
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Gary Hill
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
58
|
Miles Hill
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
59
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Philip Hopkins
|
UC Berkeley
|
CA
|
60
|
Gable Huggins
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
61
|
Dan Jaffe
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
62
|
John Jardel
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
63
|
Shardha Jogee
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
64
|
Jarrett Johnson
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
65
|
Mario Juric
|
Institute for Advanced Study Princeton
|
NJ
|
66
|
Sadegh Khochfar
|
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
|
Germany
|
67
|
Hyo Jeong Kim
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
68
|
Jun Koda
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
69
|
John Kormendy
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
70
|
Andrey Kravtsov
|
The University of Chicago
|
IL
|
71
|
Dillon Kuehner
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
72
|
Chelsea Lawson
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
73
|
Andy Liao
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
74
|
Chris Lindner
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
75
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Carlos Lopez-Sanjuan
|
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
|
Spain
|
76
|
Piero Madau
|
UCSC University of California Santa Cruz
|
CA
|
77
|
Jake Malone
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
78
|
Fernando Mancilla
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
79
|
Yi Mao
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
80
|
Irina Marinova
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
81
|
Jesus Martinez
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
82
|
Elizabeth Mata
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
83
|
Richard Matzner
|
UT Austin Physics
|
TX
|
84
|
Branyon May
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
85
|
Sharon Meidt
|
University of New Mexico
|
NM
|
86
|
Manuel Merello
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
87
|
George Miller
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
88
|
Milos Milosavljevic
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
89
|
Eric Mok
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
90
|
Ravi Morbia
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
91
|
Jeremy Murphy
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
92
|
Julio Navarro
|
University of Victoria
|
Canada
|
93
|
Kai Noeske
|
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
|
MA
|
94
|
Miranda Nordhaus
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
95
|
Oscar Pena
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
96
|
John Pounds
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
97
|
Chris Purcell
|
University of California at Irvine
|
CA
|
98
|
Erika Ramirez
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
99
|
Jesper Rasmussen
|
Carnegie Observatories
|
CA
|
100
|
Naveen Reddy
|
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
|
AZ
|
101
|
Carlos Rendon
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
102
|
George Rhee
|
UNLV Physics and Astronomy Department
|
NV
|
103
|
Tanja Rindler-Daller
|
University of Cologne
|
Germany
|
104
|
Aday Robaina
|
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
|
Germany
|
105
|
Myriam Rodrigues
|
Observatoire de Paris
|
France
|
106
|
Barry Rothberg
|
Naval Research Labs
|
DC
|
107
|
Chalence Safranek-Shrader
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
108
|
Sarah Salviander
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
109
|
John Scalo
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
110
|
Michael Scarine
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
111
|
David Schiminovich
|
Columbia University
|
NY
|
112
|
Aeran Shabi
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
113
|
Kristen Shapiro
|
University of California at Berkeley
|
CA
|
114
|
Paul Shapiro
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
115
|
Juntai Shen
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
116
|
Gregory Shields
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
117
|
Isaac Shlosman
|
University of Colorado JILA
|
CO
|
118
|
Manodeep Sinha
|
Vanderbilt University
|
TN
|
119
|
Rosalind Skelton
|
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Germany
|
120
|
Jamie Smith
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
121
|
Jacquelynn Sosa
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
122
|
Athena Stacy
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
123
|
Kyle Stewart
|
University of California at Irvine
|
CA
|
124
|
Christy Tremonti
|
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
|
Germany
|
125
|
Remco van den Bosch
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
126
|
Anne-Marie Weijmans
|
Leiden Observatory
|
Netherlands
|
127
|
Tim Weinzirl
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
128
|
Michael Williams
|
University of Oxford
|
United Kingdom
|
129
|
Beverley Wills
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
130
|
Don Winget
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
131
|
Marsha Wolf
|
University of Wisconsin
|
WI
|
132
|
Randi Worhatch
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
133
|
Peter Yoachim
|
UT Austin
|
TX
|
134
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Ilsang Yoon
|
University of Massachusetts Amherst
|
MA
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