Chisa Hotta
University of Tokyo
Friday, May 23, 2025
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1201
In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Lammim Ahad will discuss some of the important work done by women who contributed significantly to astronomy and astrophysics, but whose contributions were often underappreciated or unrecognized at the time.
Paul Corkum
Joint Attosecond Science Lab
University of Ottawa and National Research Council of Canada
Friday, June 13, 2025
10:00 a.m.
In-person: STC 0020
In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Dustin Lang will discuss the technology behind this innovative experiment, and how these advances have allowed cosmologists to make insights that change our view of the Universe.
Dr. Fatemeh Lalegani Dezaki
Toronto Metropolitan University
Friday, August 1, 2025
1:30 p.m.
In-person: QNC 1201
Explore the night sky with astronomers from the Faculty of Science and Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The Perseids meteor shower will be at its most spectacular, so let's gather to learn something and then enjoy the view!
This event has been cancelled due to weather, apologies for any inconvenience.
Abhay Pasupathy
Columbia University
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
2:00 p.m.
In-person: QNC 1201
The first three minutes after the Big Bang shaped the entire history of our Universe. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Encieh Erfani will take us on a journey back to these formative moments, exploring how matter, light, and the building blocks of today’s cosmos first emerged, all in just 180 seconds of cosmic history.
On October 4–5, 2025, this two-day hackathon will bring together a diverse community of technologists, scientists, engineers, designers, and storytellers in the Waterloo region to build innovative projects and prototypes that address real-world problems using NASA’s open data.
Marcos Rigol
Pennsylvania State University
Monday, October 20, 2025
2:30 p.m.
In-person: QNC 0101