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Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Bullock conducts cosmological research and directs the multicampus UC Southern California Center for Galaxy Evolution. The question driving his research is not a why but a what, as he attempts to define the characteristics of one of the most elusive and mysterious things in the universe.
His research interests include dark matter, galaxy formation, the Milky Way, Stellar Halos, and The ELVIS project.
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The Local Group and the tiny galaxies that surround the Milky Way provide unique and detailed data sets for testing ideas in cosmology and galaxy formation. In this talk I will discuss how numerical simulations coupled with local "near-field" observations are informing our understanding of dark matter, the formation of the first galaxies, and the physical processes that act at the threshold of galaxy formation.
Light refreshments will be provided at 3:30pm in PHY 308.
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.