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.
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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"
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John Cowan
Univ. of Oklahoma
LAD Laboratory Astrophysics Prize Talk
"Jim Truran's Contributions to Nuclear and Laboratory Astrophysics"
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Sandra Cruz-Pol
NSF/U. Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
“An Introduction to the RF Spectrum Regulations”
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Jo Dunkley
Princeton Univ.
"The Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Simons Observatory: The mm-wave Sky from Chile"
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Natalie Hell
LLNL
"Atomic Physics Measurements at the Livermore Electron Beam Ion Traps and Their Application to X-ray Astrophysics"
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Sarah Hörst
Johns Hopkins Univ.
LAD Early Career Award
"Planets in a Bottle: Exploring Planetary Atmospheres in the Lab"
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Jacqueline K. Faherty
American Museum of Natural History
"Our Dynamic Solar Neighborhood"
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Lisa Kaltenegger
Cornell Univ.
Photo courtesy of Cornell Univ.
Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture
"Searching for Habitable Worlds: Challenges, Opportunities & Adventures"
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James Lowenthal
Smith College
"Satellite Mega-Constellations and the Night Sky: OIR Visibility, Impacts, and Policy"
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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"
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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"
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Christina Tremonti
Univ. of Wisconsin
"Gone With the Galactic Wind: How Feedback from Massive Stars and Supernovae Shapes Galaxy Evolution"