Colloquia

The Astronomy Department has regular, weekly colloquia during the fall and spring terms by distinguished scientists and scholars covering essentially all aspects of current astronomy, astrophysics, and space sciences - observations, theory, simulations, instrumentation, and history of astronomy. 

The colloquia are held every Thursday afternoon 4-5 pm in room 105 of the Space Sciences Building and are preceded at 3:45 pm by tea, coffee, and cookies. The public is welcome. 

Feb. 23

Christian Reichardt, Univ. of California-Berkeley

4:00 PM
SSB 105

  CMB Perspectives on an Evolving Universe from the South Pole Telescope

Mar. 1

Dominik Riechers, Caltech

4:00 PM
SSB 105

Fueling Cosmic Star Formation: The Molecular Gas Mass Density of the Universe

Mar. 8

Philip Marcus, Univ. of California-Berkeley

4:00 PM
SSB 105

Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks

Mar. 12

2011-2012 Salpeter Lecturer, Eliot Quataert, UC Berkeley

4:00 PM
Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Searching for the Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources -- Eliot Quataert

Mar. 13

2011-2012 Salpeter Lecturer, Eliot Quataert, UC Berkeley

5:00 PM
Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Black Holes:  The Science Behind the Science Fiction -- Eliot Quataert

Mar. 15

2011-2012 Salpeter Lecturer - Eliot Quataert, UC Berkeley

4:00 PM
SSB 105

The Physics of Galaxy Cluster Plasmas -- Eliot Quataert

Mar. 29

Terry Herter, Cornell University

4:00 PM
SSB 105

Sofia Results

Apr. 5

Daniel Proga, Princeton Univ & UNLV

4:00 PM
SSB 105

AGN Feedback via Radiation and Radiation-Driven Outflows

Apr. 12

2011-2012 Thomas Gold Lecturer - Maria Zuber, MIT

4:00 PM
SSB 105

TBA

Apr. 19

David Merritt, RIT

4:00 PM
SSB 105

Evolution of Massive BHs in AGNs

Apr. 26

Theodore Gull, Goddard Space Flight Center

4:00 PM
SSB 105

Eta Carinae: a Demanding Mistress

May. 3

Maura McLaughlin, University of West Virginia

4:00 PM
SSB 105

An International Pulsar Timing Array for Gravitational Wave Detection