BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08359b DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261007T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261007T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-emily-pass LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Emily Pass CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\"The Stellar Recipe for an Earth-like Planet\"\n\nEmily Pass i s an observational astronomer who studies exoplanets and\nsmall stars. Her research seeks to uncover how stellar diversity\nsculpts planet populatio ns\, with the ultimate goal of determining the\nstellar conditions necessa ry for habitable worlds. In recognition of\nthis work\, she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 for 2026. As a PhD\nstudent at Harvard University\, she was also a Peirce Fellow and NSERC\nPostgraduate Scholar\, and her the sis was awarded the 2024 Fireman\nPrize. She is currently a Juan Carlos To rres Postdoctoral Fellow at\nthe MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research\, but will\nsoon be moving to the Université de Montréal as an assistant\nprofessor. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08829b DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-luigi-gall o LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Luigi Gallo CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\"The ins and outs of black hole accretion\"\n\nDr. Luigi Gallo is a Professor and Chair of the Department of\nAstronomy and Physics at S aint Mary's University.  His research\ninterests include the study of hig h energy X-rays emitted from black\nholes and active galactic nuclei.  H e also plays an active role in\nthe definition and realization of future X -ray missions including\nHitomi and the recently launched XRISM X-ray obse rvatories led by JAXA\nand NASA. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08930f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-qinxun-li LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Qinxun Li CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Qinxun Li is a PhD candidate at University of Utah. His researc h\nfocuses on the measurement of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from\n large-scale structure surveys. He is actively involved with DESI\,\nespeci ally the galaxy/quasar clustering working group\, and co-leads\nthe BAO to pical group for the DR3 analysis. Beyond BAO\, he is also\ninterested in v arious cosmological and astrophysical topics\, including\ngalaxy-halo conn ection and gravitational lensing. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08a2d3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-david-li LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - David Li CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:David Dayi Li earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees f rom\nWestern University before joining the University of Toronto (U of T)\ nin 2020 to pursue a PhD in astrostatistics as a CANSSI\nMultidisciplinary Doctoral Trainee. David now holds an NSERC Canada\nPostdoctoral Research Award and is jointly appointed as a postdoctoral\nfellow in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and the\nWaterloo Centre for Astrophy sics at the University of Waterloo. His\nresearch focuses on developing co mputational and statistical methods\nfor efficient Bayesian inference in c omplex astrophysical and\ncosmological problems. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08b197 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260923T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260923T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-skylar-gra yson LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Skylar Grayson CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\"Feedback Mechanisms and Diffuse Gas: What Can We Learn from\n Hydrodynamic Simulations?\"\n\nSkylar Grayson is a postdoctoral fellow at the Waterloo Centre for\nAstrophysics. Her research focuses on understandi ng how feedback from\nactive galactic nuclei impacts diffuse gas reservoir s around\ngalaxies. . Beyond research\, she is currently serving as the O utreach\nCoordinator for the WCA and does science communication on social media\nwith her “Space According to Skylar” accounts. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08bfee DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T200000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-one -galaxy-trillions-history LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central)\, meeting rooms D+E 85 Queen St reet N Kitchener ON N2H 2H1 Canada SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public talk — From One Galaxy to Trillions: A History of\ nExtragalactic Astronomy (Skylar Grayson) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:A hundred years ago\, astronomers believed the Milky Way to be the only\ngalaxy in the Universe. In this month's KPL astronomy talk\, Sky lar\nGrayson will take us on an adventure through history\, exploring how\ nthe discoveries of the early 20th century expanded our understanding\nof the scale of the Universe\, and created the new scientific field of\nextra galactic astronomy. We'll learn about the cutting edge research\nhappening in that field today\, and the ways in which anyone can\ncontribute to act ual scientific research! DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08ce8b DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260722T200000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260722T220000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astronomy-tap-owen-lamm ert-and-liza-sazonova LOCATION:The Crazy Canuck Kitchener 141 Ontario Street North N2H 4Y5 Canada SUMMARY:Astronomy on Tap - Owen Lammert and Liza Sazonova CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:At Astronomy on Tap this month\, we'll be hearing all about t he James\nWebb Space Telescope -- Owen Lammert will talk about studying the\natmospheres of molten lava planets with JWST\, and Liza Sazonova wi ll\ntalk about \"little red dots\" and \"black hole stars\"\, some of the most\ndistant\, extreme objects in our Universe. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08dc93 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T200000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/wca-kpl-public-talk-how -measure-expanding-universe-ethan LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library (Central Library) Meeting room D+E 85 Que en St N Kitchener ON Canada SUMMARY:WCA-KPL Public Talk: How to Measure an Expanding Universe (Ethan\nS mith) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Universe is vast and ever expanding in its range\, so how d o we\nmeasure large cosmic distances accurately? In this month's KPL\nastr onomy talk\, Ethan Smith will discuss the cosmic distance ladder\,\nand ho w a series of overlapping methods and astronomical objects can\nbe used to measure cosmic distances from local stars to deep space. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08eb79 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-rachel-bez anson LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Rachel Bezanson CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Rachel Bezanson is Associate Professor at the University of\nPi ttsburgh. She is an observational astronomer interested in empirical\nstud ies of massive galaxies\, both today and in the early Universe. Her\nresea rch aims to disentangle and interpret the morphological\,\nstructural\, an d dynamical evolution of massive galaxies through cosmic\ntime. She is int erested in understanding how and when galaxies form\,\nhow star-forming ga laxies turn off - or “quench” - their\nstar-formation\, and the physic al processes that drive the evolution of\nearly galaxies into the bimodal and well-behaved galaxy populations\nobserved in the local Universe. DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6acfe1e08f9e0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260605T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260605T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/events/astroseminar-supranta-b oruah LOCATION:PHY - 308 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Astroseminar - Supranta Boruah CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\"Optimal weak lensing and galaxy clustering analysis with fiel d-level\ninference\"\n\nSupranta Boruah is a Center for Particle Cosmolog y\n[https://particlecosmo.sas.upenn.edu/] fellow at the University of\nPe nnsylvania. He works on developing statistical and machine learning\nmetho ds for cosmological analysis.  DTSTAMP:20261014T201112Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR