Department of Astronomy

FLorida Astronomy Seminar Hour (FLASH), Spring 2008

This schedule also lists thesis defenses, quals, and other special talks)

Fridays, 12pm, in Bryant Room 7 unless otherwise noted

Note for Graduate Students: Each week the first talk is associated with Frontiers in Research (AST 6935) and the second with Journal Club (AST 6936).

• January 11
  No Talks
• January 18
  Rafael Guzman - The GTC-CONSOLIDER Program: New Opportunities for UF
  Conor Mancone - The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. VI: Discovery and Analysis of a Double Einstein Ring (Journal Article)
• January 25
  Maria-Cruz Galvez-Ortiz - FF UMa, a Tricky System
  Anthony Gonzalez & Rafael Guzman - News from the GTC
• February 1
  Vicki Sarajedini (Journal Article)
  David Vollbach (Journal Article)
• February 8
  Matt Payne - The potential for Earth-mass planet formation around brown dwarfs
• February 15
  Chris Packham - AGN & IR Instrumentation
• February 22
  Knicole Colon - Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing
  Bo Gustafson
• February 29
  Anthony Gonzalez - Galaxies and Clusters Near and Far
• March 7
  No Talks
• March 14
  Spring Break -- No Talks
• March 21
  Dimitri Veras - What's Hidden in the Flames of Resonance?
• March 28 No Talks
• March 31**
  Qualifying Exam: Miguel Charcos (1pm in conference room)
• April 4
  Dan Li - Systematic effects in measurement of black hole masses by emission-line reverberation of active galactic nuclei: Eddington ratio and inclination, Collin et al. (2006)
  Suvrath Mahadevan - OH Suppression in the NIR : A Review and Future Prospects
• April 8**
  Qualifying Exam: Ashley Espy (12:30pm in Pugh Hall conference room (room 210))
• April 11
  Ji Wang (11:45am) - Direct imaging of Extroplanet
  
• April 14**
  Thesis Defense: Valerie Mikles (1:30pm in conference room)
• April 18
  Izaskun San Roman - Newly Cataloged Star Clusters in M31
  Daniel Capellupo
• April 18**
  Thesis Defense: Ana Matkovic (1:15pm in conference room)
• April 21 (conference room, 12:20pm)
  Mark Keremedjiev
  Soung-Chul Yang - RR Lyrae Variable in The Local Group Dwarf Galaxies
• May 2
  Cristina Ramos Almeida - Characterization of AGN and Their Hosts in the Extended Groth Strip: A Multiwavelength Analysis