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Seminars

The CASS Astrophysics Seminar features world-class astrophysicists from around the world speaking on current topics of research. Presentations are aimed at the graduate and post-graduate level, but are open to the general public. CASS seminars take place on Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in 280 SERF, unless otherwise noted. The organizers are Prof. Adam Burgasser and Dr. Alexei Kritsuk.


Contents


Upcoming Seminars

Winter 2012

Special Astro Seminar: Friday 12-1pm in SERF 280
Date Speaker Title
2/17/2012 Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano
Assistant Professor of Physics
MIT
"From Millikelvin to Megakelvin: Using cold detectors to study the hot X-ray universe"


Special Astro Seminar: Tuesday 12-1pm in SERF 280
Date Speaker Title
2/21/2012 Ruth Murray-Clay
Research Scientist
Harvard/CfA
TBD


Date Speaker Title
2/22/2012 Simon Glover
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institut fur Theoretische Astrophysik
"Molecule formation in the turbulent ISM: Insights from numerical models"


Date Speaker Title
2/29/2012 Jessica Lu
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
U. Hawaii
"Star formation in extreme environments"


Date Speaker Title
3/7/2012 Vardha Bennert
Asst. Professor
CalPoly San Luis Obispo
"The Black-Hole Mass Scaling Relations of Active Galaxies: From the Local Universe out to a Lookback Time of 10 Gyrs"


Date Speaker Title
3/14/2012 Dave Tsang
Sherman Fairchild Fellow
Caltech
"Resonant Shattering of Neutron Star Crusts"


Special Astro Seminar: Friday 12-1pm in SERF 280
Date Speaker Title
3/16/2012 Katrien Kolenberg
Postdoctoral Researcher
Harvard CfA
TBD


Date Speaker Title
3/21/2012 Andrey Kravtsov
Assoc. Professor of Physics
U. Chicago
TBD




Date Speaker Title
4/4/2012 Chris Fassnacht
Assoc. Professor
UC Davis
TBD