Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics Professor Michel Fich is the Canadian lead for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope. Ground has been broken at the site of the build in Chile. Read full article: Ground broken in Chile for alum-backed telescope | Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell Ar
WCA's Alex Krolewski is awarded an AMTD Fellowship!
Read more: https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/four-brilliant-researchers-join-waterloo-fellowships
The main donor, Fred Young, has agreed to have the CCAT-prime telescope after him. Read more:
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/breakthrough-telescope-chile-renamed-benefactor-alum
July 1 – December 31, 2022, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Professor Ghazal Geshnizjani and her co-organizers were recently awarded $250,000 CAD to run the program as well an additional $100,000 CAD to support the participation of women and underrepresented groups.
The Supernova Foundation, which WCA member, Prof. Ghazal Geshnizjani is part of the leading team and a founding member, is now accepting applications for both new mentees and mentors.
Astrophysicists release largest 3D map of the universe ever created
Astrophysicists have filled in 11 billion years in our picture of the universe with the release of a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional cosmic map ever created.
“This is one of the most substantial advances in cosmology in the last decade,” said University of Waterloo professor Will Percival, a lead researcher on the work.
A group of astronomers led by Dr Sesh Nadathur at the University of Portsmouth, and including WCA Director Will Percival, have spent the last 3 years studying large structures in the distribution of galaxies in the Universe to provide the most precise tests of dark energy and cosmic expansion yet.
WCA Professor Brian McNamara publishes, "The formation of dusty cold gas filaments from galaxy cluster simulations" in Nature Astronomy.
A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute led by postdoc Andrej Obuljen, have just announced the detection of galaxy assembly bias.
In alternate years, the CASCA Board has the honour to bestow the Executive Award for Outstanding Service “to an individual who has made sustained contributions in service that have strengthened the Canadian astronomical community and enhanced its impact regionally, nationally and/or internationally.” Dr. Michael Balogh, of the University of Waterloo, is the recipient of the 2020 Executive Award.