Astrophysics/Relativity Seminars | Physics and Astronomy

Fall Semester
Date	Speaker/Title/Abstract
10/13/26	Aparna Joshi Probing IMF–ISM Feedback with Spatially Resolved Galaxy Observations
9/22/26	Harold Diaz-Quiroz An investigation of star-forming galaxies in the low-z universe
9/15/26	Maria Sanchez Rincon (Caltech), Lachlan Hobart (University of Queensland), and Tanish Parida (Acton-Boxborough Regional High School) Undergraduate Summer Research Showcase
9/8/26	Gibson Bowling (Arizona State University) Physically Motivated Stellar Populations for Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn
9/1/26	Prof. Haojing Yan Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF)

Spring Semester
Date	Speaker/Title/Abstract
4/28/26	Bangzheng (Tom) Sun (Dissertation Defense) New Insights into Galaxy Evolution -- a Quartet of JWST Studies
4/21/26	Kishlay Singh (Comprehensive Exam) A Comparative Study of Methods for Calculating the Figures of Rotating Giant Planets
4/14/26	Vicki Kuhn AGNs, Black Holes, and Their Host Galaxies at Cosmic Noon
4/7/26	Dr. Lulu Zhang (University of Texas, San Antonio) Feedback Signatures and Implications for the Central Engine in AGN Revealed by JWST Spectroscopy
3/31/26	Prof. Sergei Kopeikin Gravitational Multipoles as Probes of Giant Planet Interiors
3/10/26	Harold Diaz-Quiroz GALEX + JWST: An investigation of star-forming galaxies in the low-z universe
3/6/26	Prof. Thomas Curtright (University of Miami) (Special Seminar) Do time delay effects explain galactic rotation curves?
3/3/26	Mason Huberty (University of Minnesota) Lyman-α as an Observational Probe of Reionization in the JWST Era: Challenges and Pathways Forward
2/24/26	Dazhi Zhou (University of British Columbia, Canada) SPT-selected protoclusters and the early emergence of the hot intracluster gas
2/10/26	Prof. Haojing Yan Prospect of detecting supernovae at high redshifts