Seminars & Events
Astronomy & Astrophysics hosts several weekly events and partners with Physics and CASS on weekly seminar and event series. This page lists all weekly events, including Astrophysics Colloquium, Journal Club, PhD Defenses, and Special Seminars.
Colloquium and Journal Club are in-person with remote attendance allowed through Zoom (using a UCSD account).
Spring quarter Colloquium (Wednesday 3-4pm) Zoom link.
Spring quarter Journal Club (Friday 12-1pm) Zoom link.
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DATE (YY-MM-DD) |
EVENT | SPEAKER(S) | TITLE | LOCATION |
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x-2023-08-17 Thurs, 11am |
Ph.D. Defense | Caleb Choban | Modeling Interstellar Dust Evolution in Cosmological Galaxy Simulations |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-09-29 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club | Asst Prof. Christopher Theissen (UCSD) | Journal Club Orientation |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-03 Tues, 12-1pm |
IGPP/SIO Planetary Seminar | Dr. Anna Gulcher- Caltech/ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Unveiling Venus through Geodynamics modeling of Mantle Dynamics, Tectonics, and Volcanism |
Munk Conference Room Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-04 Weds, 3-4 pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium | Prof. Alison Coil | Meet-and-greet |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-06 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club | Sanchit Sabhlok | Circumgalactic Environments around Radio-loud Quasars |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-10 Tues, 12-1pm |
IGPP/SIO Planetary Seminar | Prof. Lars Stixrude (UCLA) | Molten Rock at Extreme Conditions and the Magma Ocean |
Munk Conference Room Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-11 Weds, 3-4 pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium | Prof. Jorge Moreno- Pomona College | The intriguing lives of galaxies lacking dark matter |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-13 Friday, 12 - 1pm |
Journal Club |
Bryan Bryzki - UC Berkeley Grad, UCSD Visiting Scholar Yue Samuel Lu |
Detecing ISM Scintillation in Narrowband Signals: A New Filter for Radio SETI Three Radial Zones in the Structure and Dynamics of Massive High-z Cosmic-Web Filaments |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-18 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium | Dr. Devontae C. Baxter (UC San Diego) | When Galaxies Go Quiet: Elucidating the Drivers of Environmental Quenching Across Cosmic Time |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-20 Fri, 12 - 1 pm |
Journal Club |
Thomas Wong Prof. Alison Coil |
Multi-messenger Constraint on the Hubble Constant with Tidal Disruption Events The Origin of Odd Radio Circles |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-25 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Justin Myles (UC Berkeley) |
Synergies Between Imaging and Spectroscopic Surveys for Cosmology |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-27 Fri, 12 - 1pm |
Journal Club |
Dr. Marie Wingyee Lau (UC Riverside) |
[OIII]5007 Emissions in "Extremely Red Quasars" (ERQs) Are Compact |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-10-30 Mon, 2:10pm-3pm |
Physics - Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Dr. Anupam Ray (UC Berkeley) |
Detecting Rare Species of Dark Matter with Large-Volume Neutrino Detectors |
Mayer Room 4th Floor Mayer Hall
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x-2023-10-31 Tues, 12 - 1 pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Will Newton (Texas A&M) |
Consistent inference of neutron star bulk and crust properties and nuclear observables |
Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-01 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Marshall Perrin (Space Telescope Science Institute) |
JWST from design to launch to science |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-03 Fri, 12 - 1pm |
Journal club | Dr. Molly Peeples & Dr. Marshal Perrin | Career Paths in Astronomy |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-08 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Molly Peeples (Space Telescope Science Institute) |
Galaxies and Their Gas: Insights from the FOGGIE (Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies In Enzo) Simulations |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-13 Mon, 2:10pm - 3:10pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmolgy Seminar |
Dr. Ariel (Ari) Cukieman (Caltech) |
SPHEREx: An All-Sky Spectral Survey |
Mayer Hall 4th Floor |
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x-2023-11-14 Tue, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Benjamin Wallisch (Stockholm University & UT Austin) |
Free-Streaming Neutrinos in the Early Universe |
Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-15 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Jessie Christiansen (NExScl/Caltech) |
Summiting K2: The Emerging Picture of Planet Populations |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-17 Fri, 12 - 1pm |
Journal Club |
Casey Carlile Shasha Arani |
TBD Dark Matter in Compact Objects |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-20 Mon, 2:10pm - 3:10pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Prof. Haibo Yu (UC Riverside) |
Exploring the Signatures of Strong Dark Matter Self-Interactions |
Mayer Hall 4th Floor Zoom link |
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x-2023-11-29 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. J.B. Ruffio (UC San Diego) |
Probing exoplanet formation from novel high-resolution spectroscopy techniques |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-01 Fri, 11:45am-12pm |
NASA COI (Before Journal Club) |
Jennifer Ford |
NASA COI Policies |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-01 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Dr. Jonay González Hernández (IAC) |
ESPRESSO and the quest of Exo-Earths orbiting nearby stars |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-04 Mon, 2:10 - 3:10pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Anne- Katherine Burns (UC Irvine) |
PRyMordial: The first minutes of the universe, computed in seconds |
MAYER HALL Fourth Floor |
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x-2023-12-06 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Prof. Jamie Holder (University of Delaware) |
Studying the Extreme Universe with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-08 Fri, 12-1 pm |
Journal Club |
Dr. Anna Suliga Jayke Nguyen |
TBD Direct Imaging in the Mid-IR |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-11 Mon, 2 - 3pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Mrunal Korwar (Kentucky/Berkeley) |
QCD-Collapsed Domain Walls: QCD Phase Transition and Gravitational Wave Spectroscopy |
MAYER HALL 4322 Zoom link |
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x-2023-12-13 Weds, 3 - 4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Saavidra Perera |
"Seeing" through the Atmosphere |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-08 --- 2024-01-12 |
AAS week |
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No talks |
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x-2024-01-16 Tues, 12-1 pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Prof. Joachim Kopp (CERN) |
Neutrinos from Neutron Stars |
Online Series Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-18 Thurs, 4-5 pm |
Physics Colloquium -
Harry Suhl Distinguished Lecture |
Prof. Andrea Ghez (UCLA, Nobel Laureate) |
Our Galactic Center: A Unique Laboratory for the Physics & Astrophysics of Black Holes |
Garren Auditorium |
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x-2024-01-19 Fri, 12-1 pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Megan Mansfield (NASA Sagan Fellow, Univ of Arizona) |
Studying hot Jupiters in the era of JWST and the ELTs |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-24 Weds, 3-4 pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Ekta Patel (NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah) |
New Insights on Local Group Dynamics in the Era of Precision Astrometry |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-26 Fri, 12-1 pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Max Gronke (Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute) |
Physical processes of turbulent, multiphase gas |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-29 Mon, 2:10pm-3:10pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Elena Pinetti (Fermilab) |
Probing dark matter with cosmic voids |
Fourth Floor, MAYER HALL Zoom link |
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x-2024-01-31 Weds, 3-4 pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Griffin Hosseinzadeh (Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona) |
Probing the Extremes of Stellar Evolution in the Decade of 20 Million Transients |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-02 Fri, 12-1pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Kyle Kremer (NASA Einstein Fellow, Caltech) |
Globular Clusters: Astronomical factories of gravitational-wave and electromagnetic transients |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-07 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Caroline Morley (Assistant Professor, UT Austin) |
Icy Planets, Windswept Worlds: Into a New Era of Exoplanet Characterization with JWST |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-09 Fri, 12-1pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Ethan Nadler (Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Observatories and USC) |
Revealing Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation with Small-Scale Structure | SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-12 Mon, 12-1pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Prof. Bhaskar Dutta (Texas A&M University) |
Light Dark Sector: Inelastic Exploration |
Online Zoom link |
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x-2024-02-14 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Taeho Ryu (MPA fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) |
Tidal disruption events: unresolved problems, challenges, and future prospects. | SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-16 Fri, 12-1pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Samantha Trumbo (51 Pegasi b Fellow, Cornell University) |
Revealing Europa’s Subsurface Ocean through Earth-based Spectroscopy | SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-21 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Emma Beasor (Bok Fellow, University of Arizona) |
Connecting massive stars, supernovae and compact remnants |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-02-23 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
None |
NA |
NA |
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x-2024-02-26 Mon, 2-3pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Robert Brandenburger (McGill University) |
Searching for Cosmic Strings in New Observational Windows |
4th Floor, MAYER HALL Zoom link |
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x-2024-02-27 Tues, 12-1pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Prof. Salvatore Vitale (MIT) |
Gravitational-wave astrophysics: the next generation |
4th Floor, SERF common space Zoom link |
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x-2024-02-28 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Professor Jessica Werk (University of Washington, UCSD Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professor) |
The Multi-scale, Multiphase Physics of the Circumgalactic Medium |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-03-01 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
None |
NA |
NA |
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x-2024-03-06 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Assistant Professor, Eve Lee (McGill University) |
Theories of Planet Formation |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-03-08 Fri, 12-1pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Associate Professor, Björn Benneke (University of Montreal) |
From hot Jupiters to temperate exo-Earths: a new era of exoplanet characterization with JWST and ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-03-12 Tues, 12-1pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Professor Anne Green (University of Nottingham, UK) |
Primordial Black Holes as a dark matter candidate |
Online Zoom link |
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x-2024-03-13 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Professor, Miguel Chávez Dagostino (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica) |
Future Studies of Circumstellar Disks with the Large Millimeter Telescope |
SERF 383 Host: Melis |
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x-2024-03-15 Fri, 12-1pm |
Special Astrophysics Colloquium |
Reader in Astrophysics, Daniel Perley (Liverpool John Moores University) |
A Complete Survey of the Catastrophic Universe |
SERF 383 |
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x- 2024-03-18 -- 2024-03-29 |
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Finals Week & Spring Break |
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x-2024-04-01 Mon, 2-3pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Lisa Randall (Harvard University) |
Cool, but not super cool holographic RS phase transition |
Mayer Hall 4322 |
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x-2024-04-03 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Faculty Member, Aida Wofford (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) |
Recent developments in the world of massive-star populations |
SERF 383 Host: Sandstrom |
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x-2024-04-05 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Anaya Valluvan |
Inflight calibration routines for the COSI Satellite Mission |
SERF 383 |
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x-2024-04-10 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Mike Connolly, Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University (Vice Chair, Chancellor's Community Advisory Board) |
The Cosmlogy of the Kumeyaay |
SERF 383 Host: Burgasser |
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x-2024-04-12 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Ilyse Clark |
N13: The First Ever Low Metallicity PDR Benchmark
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SERF 383 |
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x-2024-04-15 Mon, 2-3pm |
Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar |
Open Discussion |
DESI results: JWST-enabled Hubble Parameter Determination: Does Dark Energy evolve in time? Is it bye-bye "Hubble Tension"? |
Mayer Hall 4330 |
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x-2024-04-19 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Lindsey Hands |
The PAH metallicity relationship in JWST Photometry |
SERF 383 |
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2024-04-22 Mon, 10-11am |
Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar |
Dr. Kerrie Wilkins-Yel (Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston) |
Combatting the ‘Mental Health Crisis’ in STEM: Towards an Intersectional Understanding of the State of Graduate Students’ Mental Health and its Impact on STEM Degree Completion |
Kavli Auditorium (Tata Hall) |
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2024-04-23 Tues, 4-5pm |
N3AS Seminar |
Prof. Jeremy Holt (Texas A&M) |
Microscopic calculations of neutrino scattering and absorption in warm dense nuclear matter |
Zoom link |
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2024-04-24 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Floor Broekgaarden (Simons Society Fellow, Columbia & Flatiron Institute) |
Gravitational Wave Paleontology: a New Frontier to Explore the Formation, Lives, and Deaths of Massive Stars Across Cosmic Time |
SERF 383 Host: Wright |
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2024-04-26 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Preethi Karpoor Alyssa Johnson |
No Dearth for Earths: Unveiling the Earth+super Earth occurrence rate in M Dwarfs via Magnitude-Limited Samples TBD |
SERF 383 |
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2024-05-01 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Brittany Miles (President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona) |
TBD |
SERF 383 Host: Theissen |
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2024-05-03 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Hannah Koziol Beck Dacus |
TBD TBD |
SERF 383 |
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2024-05-06 Mon, 2-3pm |
Astroparticle Seminar |
Professor, Rajendra P. Gupta (University of Ottawa, Canada) |
Are Dark Matter and Dark Energy Manifestations of Covarying Coupling Constants? |
MAYER ROOM |
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2024-05-08 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Professor, Elena Pierpaoli (University of Southern California) |
TBD |
SERF 383 Host: TBC |
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2024-05-15 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Jiayi Sun (NASA Hubble Fellow, Princeton University) |
TBD |
SERF 383 Host: Sandstrom |
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2024-05-22 Weds, 3-4pm |
Astrophysics Colloquium |
Dr. Paul Sutter (Chief Scientist, Center of Science and Industry) |
TBD |
SERF 383 Host: Coil |
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2024-05-30 Thurs, 10am - 12pm |
Thesis Defense |
Yu-Hsuan "Eltha" Teng |
TBD |
SERF 383 Advisor: Sandstrom |
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2024-05-31 Fri, 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Assistant Professor, Chris Mendillo (U Mass Lowell) |
TBD |
SERF 383 |
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2024-06-06 Thurs, 11:30 am - 1:30pm |
Thesis Defense |
Ryan Rickards Vaught |
TBD |
SERF 383 |
AY2023-24 Seminars
Past seminar events from Academic Year (AY) 2023-2024.
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DATE (YY-MM-DD) |
EVENT | SPEAKER(S) | TITLE | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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x-2023-06-13 Tuesday 1-2pm |
Thesis Defense |
Joe Siebert |
Integration and Validation of the Simons Observatory Small Aperture Telescope |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-20 Thursday 4-5pm |
Physics Colloquium |
Luca Giomi (Professor, Universiteit Leiden) |
Multiscale liquid crystal order in biological tissues |
Liebow Auditorium, BSB |
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x-2023-04-07 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Shelley Wright Alyssa Johnson |
Panoramic SETI The Atacama Cosmology Telescope & Cosmic Birefringence |
SERF 383 |
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x-2023-04-12 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Imke de Pater (Prof. Astronomy, UC Berkeley) |
ERS observations of the Jovian System as a demonstration of JWST’s capabilities for Solar System science |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-14 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Mingyun Cao Eric Michelsen |
How does stochastic magnetic field affect ballooning mode?
--- a slab model demonstrating toroidicity effect
Is the Poynting Vector Real? A Case Study into the Nature of Science, and How I Almost Became a YouTube Celebrity |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-19 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Sean Pike (Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego) |
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SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-21 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Fredy Ramirez Lindsey Hands |
Staircase Resiliency in a Fluctuating Cellular Array AGN, ISM, and PAH: what James Webb can tell us about feedback in NGC 7469 |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-26 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Guido Roberts-Borsani (Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego) |
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SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-04-27 Thursday 4-5 pm |
Physics Colloquium |
Alex Kusenko (Professor, UCLA) |
Black holes from the Big Bang |
Liebow Auditorium, BSB |
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x-2023-04-28 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
James Wiley Eltha Teng |
Liger development for W. M. Keck Observatory The physics of CO-to-H2 conversion factor variations in nearby galaxy centers |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-03 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Nia Imara (Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz)
|
A Star is Born |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-04 Thurs 12:30 - 2pm |
ARMS-BSP Symposium |
Nia Imara (Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz) |
Society of Physics Students Advocating for and Representing Minority Students (ARMS) group and the Black Studies Project (BSP) Symposium |
pre-register at this link. |
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x-2023-05-05 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Hannah Koziol Casey Carlile |
Studying star formation in the galactic center: CMZoom survey results AGN Outflows |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-04 Thursday 4-5pm |
Physics Colloquium |
Fabian Walter (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg) |
Constraining the Cosmic Baryon Cycle with ALMA |
Liebow Auditorium, BSB |
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x-2023-05-10 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Ana Lobo (Postdocotral Scholar, UC Irvine) |
From Tatooine to Endor: the Climate of M-dwarf Planets |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-12 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Ilyse Clark Beck Dacus |
PDRs4All: Past, Present, and Future Fantastic Planets and Where to Find Them: Guiding Direct Imaging Searches Using Astrometry |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-12 Friday 4-5pm |
James R. Arnold Lecture (hosted by Dept Chemistry) |
Prof. Meenakshi Wadhwa (Arizona State University) |
From Asteroids to Mars: Recent Adventures in Solar System Exploration via Sample Return Missions |
Natural Science Building Auditorium (reception to follow) |
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x-2023-05-19 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Preethi Karpoor Emma Softich |
Dwarf Stars, Tiny Worlds: Exploring Small Transiting Exoplanets with Roman Space Telescope Born to be Wide: the distribution of wide binaries in the field and soft binaries in clusters |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-24 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Robyn Sanderson (Assistant Professor, Univ. of Penn) |
Dynamical Tests of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Theories in the Milky Way |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-05-31 Weds 12-1ppm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Mukol Sholapurkar (Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego) |
Backgrounds in low-threshold direct detection experiments |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-06-02 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Sarah Blunt (Caltech) |
The Orbits of Young Giant Exoplanets as Formation Clues |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-06-07 Weds 12-1pm |
Astrophysics Seminar |
Yi Yang (Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley) |
The Shape of Cosmic Explosions |
SERF 383 Zoom link |
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x-2023-06-09 Friday 12-1pm |
Journal Club |
Malina Desai Natalie Lam |
Discovering Ultracool Dwarfs in Deep Surveys using Machine Learning Methods Extent and Kinematics of AGN-driven Outflow in F05189-2524 |
SERF 383 Zoom link |