Past Events

Past Events

Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers with Rachel Steinhorst

Rachel Steinhorst (Hosted by Liam Brodie) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics with Niccolo Bucciantini

Niccolo Bucciantini (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and University of Firenze will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A Treasure Trove of High-energy Astrophysics.
Compton 241

Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions with Jooyun Woo

Jooyun Woo (Hosted by Manel Errando) from Columbia University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Cosmic Tricks and Multiwavelength Treats: From Galactic PeVatrons to Solar Axions.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae with Navin Sridhar

Navin Sridhar (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Stanford University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Theoretical Insights into Black Hole Coronae.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe with Subhojit Roy

Subhojit Roy (Hosted by Bhupal Dev) from Argonne National Lab will be presenting at the Physics Theory seminar on Thermal Resummation, Dark Matter, and Baryogenesis: Higgs-Portal Windows into the Early Universe.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm

Searching for Circumbinary Planets and Initial Results from the Indian X-ray Polarimeter

Ekrem Esmer from WashU and Ketan Rikame (hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru, India will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar
Compton Hall 241

New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations with Maria Edvige Ravasio

Maria Edvige Ravasio (Hosted by Henric Krawczynski) from Radboud University will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on New Clues to an Old Mystery: GRB Emission Mechanisms and Hidden Populations.
Compton 241

Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator with Diana Hannikainen

Diana Hannikainen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Sky & Telescope will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Journey from Research Scientist to Science Communicator.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Brown Bag: Eric Hiatt

Constraints on the Early Mars Paleoclimate Through Observed Geomorphology and Groundwater Modeling
Rudolph Hall | Room 301

The Roman Survey for Gravitational Lenses Across Cosmic Time

Tansu Daylan, Washington University, will be presenting the ESE Seminar, "The Roman survey for gravitational lenses across cosmic time"
Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium room 0120

Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes with Peter Boorman

Peter Boorman (Hosted by Andrea Gokus) from Caltech will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences seminar on Piecing Together the Dining Habits of Supermassive Black Holes.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM

Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays with Fabrizio Rompineve

Fabrizio Rompineve (Hosted by Francesc Ferrer) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & IFAE will be presenting the Physics Theory seminar on Aspects of cosmological gravitational waves at Pulsar Timing Arrays.
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics with Nicolas Barrière

Nicolas Barrière from Cosine will be presenting the seminar on From NewAthena to Gamma-Ray Lenses: The Potential of Silicon Pore Optics.
Crow 206

Physics Theory Seminar with Wenzer Qin on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold

Wenzer Qin (Hosted by Chris Cappiello) will be presenting the seminar on CMB limits on decaying dark matter: going beyond the ionization threshold.
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Lia Hankla on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae

Lia Hankla (Hosted by Manel Errando) from University of Maryland will be presenting the seminar on Kinetic and Two-Temperature Physics of Black Hole Accretion Disks and Coronae.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

EEPS Colloquium: Catherine Johnson

The Enigmatic Innermost Planet:  A Magnetic Field Perspective
Rudolph Hall | Room 301

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Joseph Neilsen on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM

Joseph Neilsen (Hosted by Michael Nowak) from Villanova University will be presenting the seminar on Revealing the Most Extreme Accretion Disk Winds with XRISM.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Howard Isaacson on Ground-based Radial Velocity Surveys as the Foundation for Future Space Missions

Howard Isaacson (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) from UC Berkeley will be presenting the seminar on Ground-based Radial Velocity Surveys as the Foundation for Future Space Missions.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Mükremin Kılıç on A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges

Mükremin Kılıç (Hosted by Tansu Daylan) from University of Oklahoma will be presenting the seminar on A Revolution in Stellar Astrophysics, and the Remaining Challenges
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Rafael Luque on Towards a holistic understanding of sub-Neptunes

Rafael Luque (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from the University of Chicago will be presenting a seminar on Towards a holistic understanding of sub-Neptunes.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Weissman Lecture with Dr. Jack W. Szostak from University of Chicago at 4:30pm

Please join us for our annual Weismann Lecture Series featuring our guest speaker, Dr. Jack Szostak
Wrighton Hall 300

Physics Theory Seminar with Elena Pinetti on Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope

Elena Pinetti (Hosted by Anastasia Sokolenko) from Flatiron Institute will be presenting at the seminar on Hunting axions with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm Compton 241

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Melodie Kao on Comparative Magnetospheric Science: Bridging Planets to Low-Mass Stars

Melodie Kao (hosted by Tansu Daylan) from the Lowell Observatory will be presenting a seminar on Comparative Magnetospheric Science: Bridging Planets to Low-Mass Stars.
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Lanqing Yuan on Towards an ultimate search for light dark matter with XENONnT

Lanqing Yuan (Hosted by Karthik Ramanathan) from University of Chicago will be presenting the seminar on "Towards an ultimate search for light dark matter with XENONnT"
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 8:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Physics Theory Seminar with Gonzalo Herrera Moreno on New multi-messenger probes of dark matter and the cosmic neutrino background

Gonzalo Herrera Moreno (hosted by Takuya Okawa) from Virginia Tech will be presenting the seminar on New multi-messenger probes of dark matter and the cosmic neutrino background.
Compton 241 | Coffee: 2:45pm, Compton 241

Physics Theory Seminar with Abigail Lee on The J-region Asymptotic Giant Branch (JAGB) method: An Independent Measurement of the Hubble Constant using Carbon Stars as Standard Candles

Abigail Lee (Hosted by Anastasia Sokolenko) from University of Chicago will be presenting the seminar on The J-region Asymptotic Giant Branch (JAGB) method: An Independent Measurement of the Hubble Constant using Carbon Stars as Standard Candles.
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

Physics Theory Seminar with Aurora Ireland on Observable CMB Tensor Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions

Aurora Ireland (Hosted by Anastasia Sokolenko) from Stanford University on Observable CMB Tensor Modes from Cosmological Phase Transitions
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM

Space Sciences/Astrophysics Seminar with Aaron Pearlman on Fast Radio Bursts

Aaron Pearlman (Hosted by Yajie Yuan) from McGill University will be presenting the seminar on "Fast Radio Bursts: Illuminating their Origins in the Era of Wide-Field Radio Telescopes"
Compton Hall 241 | Coffee: 10:45 AM at Compton Hall 241

Physics Theory Seminar with John W Laiho on Dynamical Dark Energy from Lattice Quantum Gravity

John W Laiho (Hosted by Mark Alford) from Syracuse University will be presenting the seminar on "Dynamical Dark Energy from Lattice Quantum Gravity"
Compton 241 | COFFEE: 2:45PM