Events

Astronomy on Tap is a series of monthly events that take place in bars and pubs in more than 50 cities worldwide. They are aimed at the general public and consist of accessible, engaging presentations on space and science, designed to share astronomy in a fun, relaxed, informal environment.

Connor Stone is currently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Université de Montréal with an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and a CITA National Fellowship after receiving his Ph.D from Queen's University in 2022. He is a University of Waterloo alumnus, class of 2016.

Mohammad Zhoolideh Haghighi is an assistant professor at the K. N. Tossi University of Technology. He studies different aspects of galaxy groups and galaxy clusters, including their dynamical relaxation and their hydrodynamics. Mohammad also takes advantage of machine learning techniques in astronomy for object detection, image processing, and automating telescopes in observatories. 

Marco Bonici is a postdoc at the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Waterloo. Originally from Genova, in 2017 he completed his Bachelors and Masters degree at Università degli Studi di Genova in Theoretical Physics. He completed his PhD in Physics and Astrophysics in 2021 at University of Genova, under the supervision of Dr. Carmelita Carbone.

Hanyu Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow at the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics. He completed his Ph.D in physics at Kansas State University under the supervision of Dr. Lado Samushia. Hanyu is actively involved in the DESI collaboration, contributing to various projects, working groups, and co-leading the Galaxy-Halo Connection topical group.

Renee Hlozek is an Associate Professor at the Dunlap Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UofT. She was born in Pretoria, South Africa where she completed her undergraduate degree. She completed her DPhil at Oxford University in 2011 as a South African Rhodes Scholar.

The WCA-KPL Astronomy Talk series takes place on the last Wednesday of each month, and is jointly organized by the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics and KPL.

Ryan Cloutier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University. Ryan completed his PhD at the University of Toronto before taking up a postdoctoral fellowship and a Banting Fellowship at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian.

Astroseminar Series - Lara Phillips - HYBRID

Astronomy on Tap at the Crazy Canuck Kitchener