236th meeting
Program Highlights
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236th
meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Virtually Anywhere
1
–
3 June 2020
The virtual meeting will offer a rich assortment of prize and invited talks by distinguished astronomers.

Paola Caselli
Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
LAD Plenary Speaker
"The Crucial Interplay of Laboratory Experiments, Observations and Theory to Unveil our Astrochemical Origins"

John Cowan
Univ. of Oklahoma
LAD Laboratory Astrophysics Prize Talk
"Jim Truran's Contributions to Nuclear and Laboratory Astrophysics"

Sandra Cruz-Pol
NSF/U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
“An Introduction to the RF Spectrum Regulations”

Jo Dunkley
Princeton Univ.
"The Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Simons Observatory: The mm-wave Sky from Chile"

Natalie Hell
LLNL
"Atomic Physics Measurements at the Livermore Electron Beam Ion Traps and Their Application to X-ray Astrophysics"

Sarah Hörst
Johns Hopkins Univ.
LAD Early Career Award
"Planets in a Bottle: Exploring Planetary Atmospheres in the Lab"

Jacqueline K. Faherty
American Museum of Natural History
"Our Dynamic Solar Neighborhood"

Lisa Kaltenegger
Cornell Univ.
Photo courtesy of Cornell Univ.
Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture
"Searching for Habitable Worlds: Challenges, Opportunities & Adventures"

James Lowenthal
Smith College
"Satellite Mega-Constellations and the Night Sky: OIR Visibility, Impacts, and Policy"

Elisabeth Mills
Univ. of Kansas
"Journey to the Center of the Galaxy: Following the Gas to Understand the Past and Future Activity of Galaxy Nuclei"

Dara Norman
NSF's NOIR Lab
"The Inclusion Revolution"
Kazunari Shibata
Kyoto Univ.
SPD Hale Prize
"From Jets to Superflares: Extraordinary Activity of Magnetized Plasmas in the Universe"

Christina Tremonti
Univ. of Wisconsin
"Gone With the Galactic Wind: How Feedback from Massive Stars and Supernovae Shapes Galaxy Evolution"