On Thursday, May 31 from 4pm to 6pm, McGill Astrophysics and UdeM will be jointly hosting a visit from Dr. Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy at Vassar College and Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union. We will be showcasing some of the research being done by astrophysics graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at McGill and UdeM through a series of short talks. The event will take place on May 31 from 4pm to 5pm in the Bell Room of the Rutherford Physics building. The research showcase will be followed by a wine and cheese reception at the McGill Space Institute (3550 University) from 5pm to 6pm.
Speakers:
"Multiplanet Systems as Laboratories for Planet Formation" - Dr. Lauren Weiss, Trottier Fellow, UdeM
"Finding fast radio bursts in real-time with CHIME" - Ziggy Pleunis, PhD candidate, McGill University
"A journey into the Perseus cluster of galaxies" - Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais:, PhD candidate, UdeM
"Measuring the expansion of the universe with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment" - Juan Mena-Parra, PhD candidate, McGill University
"Unlocking the Secrets of Cool White Dwarfs Using Ab Initio Calculations"- Simon Blouin, PhD candidate, UdeM
"Neutron Stars: Astrophysical Superfluids" - Vanessa Graber, Postdoctoral Fellow, McgGill University