Department of Astronomy
Colloquia Schedule for Spring 2010

(most recent update: February 08, 2010)

Colloquia are on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated) at 3:30 pm in RLM 15.216B





Jan. 19th




Edo Berger, Harvard University Abstract
"Gamma-Ray Bursts: from Progenitors to Probes"

(host: Craig Wheeler)





Jan. 26th




Jay Boisseau, University of Texas at Austin Abstract
"TACC's Capabilities for Enabling World-Class Science"

(host: Sarah Dodson-Robinson)





Feb. 2nd




Erin Bonning, Yale University Abstract
"Multiwavelength Observations of Fermi Blazars"

(host: Greg Shields)





Feb. 9th





Ravit Helled, University of California, Los Angeles Abstract
"Metallicity of the Massive Protoplanets around HR 8799
if formed by Gravitational Instability"

(host: Sarah Dodson-Robinson)





Feb. 16th




Angela Speck, University of Missouri, Columbia Abstract
"Through the Looking Glass: A Re-analysis
of Silicate Dust Spectral Features"

(host: Harriet Dinerstein)





Feb. 23rd




John Johnson, California Institute of TechnologyAbstract
"title: TBA"

(host: Sarah Dodson-Robinson)




Feb. 24th
Wednesday





Andrew Blain, California Institute of TechnologyAbstract
"Discovering and Understanding the Most Luminous Galaxies"

(host: Milos Milosavljevic)




Mar. 2nd



Evgenya Shkolnik, Carnegie Institution Department of Terrestrial MagnetismAbstract
"Star-Planet Interactions: The Tidal and Magnetic Influence of Hot Jupiters"

(host: TBD)




Mar. 9th





No talk scheduled, to avoid conflict with the following Conference:
The First Stars and Galaxies: Challenges for the Next Decade (March 8-11).





Mar. 15-19




No talk scheduled, to avoid conflict with Spring Break (March 15-19).




Mar. 23rd




Suvi Gezari, Johns Hopkins UniversityAbstract
"title: TBA"

(host: Milos Milosavljevic)




Mar. 30th




Genevieve Graves, University of California, Berkeley Abstract
"Title: TBA"

(host: Karl Gebhardt)





Apr. 6th





Anders Johansen, Leiden Observatory Abstract
"From Pebble to Planetesimal"

(hosts: Milos Milosavljevic and Sarah Dodson-Robinson)





Apr. 13th



Beatrice M. Tinsley Visiting Professor in Astronomy
Adam Burrows, Princeton UniversityAbstract
"title: TBA"
(host: tbd)





Apr. 20th




Dara Norman, National Optical Astronomy ObservatoryAbstract
"title: TBA"

(host: tbd)




Apr. 27th




No talk scheduled (yet)...




May 4th





Emily Freeland, Texas A&M University Abstract
"Title: TBA"

(host: tbd)



Colloquia Schedules from Previous Semesters


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