Special Seminars / Spring 2012

Talks are held on Thursdays at 4:15 pm in Pupin. Note that ALL talks must be a maximum of 30 minutes long (even if there is only one speaker). Hosts should inform speakers of this requirement.

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Date

Name

Institution

Title

Abstract

Host

January 19		Claire Lackner/ Jing Wang		Princeton University / MPA Garching		Astrophysically Motivated Bulge Disk Decompositions in SDSS / New Observational Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Galactic Disks through Gas Accretion and Bar-Driven Inflows		Abstract		Jacqueline/David S.
Feb 2nd		Jeremy Tinker		NYU				Abstract		Kathryn
February 16		John ZuHone		GSFC		TBA				Matt Turk
March 7th		Kim Coble		Chicago State University		Note: this talk and discussion will take 1 hour/ South Africa 2011: Report from the International Conference on Women in Physics		Abstract		Kathryn
March 22nd		Nitya Kallivayalil		Yale				Abstract		Kathryn
April 19		Art Wolfe		UCSD		TBA		Abstract		Mary
April 26
May 3
May 10		Joel Green		U Texas		TBA		TBA		Josh P