Date

Speaker

Title

Jan 16

Harriet Dinerstein

University of Texas at Austin

Organizational meeting.

Jan 23

No talk scheduled. Instead, please attend the Tuesday, 22 January Colloquium presentation by Anna Frebel.

Jan 30

Anita Cochran

University of Texas at Austin

"Update on the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope: When Can We Use It?"

Feb 6

Gerald Handler

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland

"Asteroseismology of Massive Pulsators" (Dr. Handler is the Tinsley Visiting Scholar for the Stellar Group)

Feb 13

Molly White

Head Librarian, PMA Library

"The Open-Access Journal Trend: What Does it Mean for Astronomers?" (Come prepared for a discussion; bring anecdotes and questions!)

Feb 20

Kepler Oliveira

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

"White Dwarf Stars: Powerful Tools for Physics and Astronomy"

Feb 27

James J. Hermes

University of Texas at Austin

"From Fluffy to Crystallized: The Lowest- and Highest-Mass Pulsating White Dwarf Stars"

Mar 6

Julie Hollek

University of Texas at Austin

"ROBOSPECT: An Automated Equivalent Width Measurement Package"

Mar 13

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

Mar 20

Daniel Jaffe

University of Texas at Austin

"Update on IGRINS"

Mar 27

Sam Harrold

University of Texas at Austin

"How Amateur Astronomy is Helping my PhD Research"

Apr 3

John Lacy

University of Texas at Austin

"Fun with Non-LTE Radiative Transfer"

Apr 10

David Yong

Australian National University

"Chemical Abundances in the Most Metal-Poor Stars, and High Precision Abundances in Globular Clusters"

Apr 17

Michel Breger

University of Texas at Austin

"KEPLER and Stellar Seismology"

Apr 24

Barbara Castanheira

University of Texas at Austin

"White Dwarfs in HETDEX: Preparation for the Survey"

May 1

Thomas Gomez

University of Texas at Austin

"Spectroscopic Line Broadening in White Dwarf Atmospheres"