SCHEDULE SUMMER 2017/FALL 2017
SUMMER 2017
JUNE:
- Invited speaker: Antonio Porras Valverde
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Introducing coding camp. Also, general view of large structure formation
JULY:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Laura Perez. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. Faculty appointee at Universidad de Chile
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Growth of protoplanetary disks, how do spiral arms form in young stars? Also, scientific journey from Chile to the U.S. to Germany to Chile!
FALL 2017
AUGUST:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Nicole Cabrera Salazar (Astrophysicist graduate from Georgia Tech)
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Being a scientist as a woman of color in the U.S.
SEPTEMBER:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Laura Mayorga. Post-doc at Harvard Center for Astrophysics.
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Extrasolar planets, habitability. Detecting exomoons
OCTOBER:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Santiago Casas
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Academic path: from bachelor's in Costa Rica to PhD in Germany
NOVEMBER:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Phil Duxbury Chairperson and Professor of Condensed Matter physics. Michigan State University
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: His academic path, his research, graduate school at Michigan State, SOAR telescope, plans with LSST
DECEMBER:
- Invited speaker: Dr. Paola Pinilla. NASA Hubble Fellow
- Topic of conversation/Discussion: Comparing numerical simulations of disks around young stars with observations using ALMA, VLT data. Also, how to inspire more women to do science
