Events

Patrick is a graduate student at McGill University whose work is primarily focused on brightest cluster galaxies, cosmological simulations, and data-driven approaches to astronomy. He works in Tracy Webb's galaxy evolution group at McGill and Laurence Perreault-Levasseur's group at the University of Montreal, which focuses on applying techniques from statistics and machine learning to solve problems in astrophysics. He is also a member of The Three Hundred collaboration, which studies properties of over 300 simulated galaxy clusters and their environment. His current work involves bridging the gap between simulations and observations, as well as automating the identification of brightest cluster galaxies for upcoming large surveys.

Understanding how stars form is a vital aspect of many areas of astronomy. From one perspective, star formation is a crucial part of understanding how galaxies evolve – from another, star formation can help us determine where planets exist that have the potential to host life. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Dr. Ashley Bemis will discuss what we learn about star formation by looking at where stars are being born in nearby galaxies – and within our own Milky Way.

Ralph Pudritz (McMaster) will give the WCA's Astroseminar on November 13th.

Hailing from Algeria, I have a background in High Energy Physics,  in which I hold Master's from Sorbonne University in Paris. I spent four years at the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics where I did my PhD, 
working with James Taylor, on trying to leverage Galaxy Cluster structural properties for Cosmology. I am now an Analyst in Economics and Investment Research at the Alberta Investment Management Corporation 
(AIMCo).