Events

"Feedback Mechanisms and Diffuse Gas: What Can We Learn from Hydrodynamic Simulations?"

Skylar Grayson is a postdoctoral fellow at the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics. Her research focuses on understanding how feedback from active galactic nuclei impacts diffuse gas reservoirs around galaxies. . Beyond research, she is currently serving as the Outreach Coordinator for the WCA and does science communication on social media with her “Space According to Skylar” accounts.

David Dayi Li earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Western University before joining the University of Toronto (U of T) in 2020 to pursue a PhD in astrostatistics as a CANSSI Multidisciplinary Doctoral Trainee. David now holds an NSERC Canada Postdoctoral Research Award and is jointly appointed as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on developing computational and statistical methods for efficient Bayesian inference in complex astrophysical and cosmological problems.

A hundred years ago, astronomers believed the Milky Way to be the only galaxy in the Universe. In this month's KPL astronomy talk, Skylar Grayson will take us on an adventure through history, exploring how the discoveries of the early 20th century expanded our understanding of the scale of the Universe, and created the new scientific field of extragalactic astronomy. We'll learn about the cutting edge research happening in that field today, and the ways in which anyone can contribute to actual scientific research!