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JPL Astrophysics Colloquia and Exoplanet Science Seminars
Sponsored by the Center for Long-Wavelength Astrophysics (CLWA)
and the Center for Exoplanet Science (CES)


Unless otherwise noted, Monday talks will start at noon and Thursday talks will start at 4:00 P.M., in 169-336. Refreshments will be available 10 minutes prior to the start time.
 
Previous Colloquia: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
 
 
2008 Schedule
Date Speaker Title
Mon Jan 14 Mark Swain
(JPL)
Detection and Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Thu Jan 24 Mark Marley
(NASA/ARC)
The Planetary Science of Exoplanets
Thu Jan 31 Douglas Lin
(UCSC)
Hot Earths around G and M Stars
Mon Feb 4 Amir Giveon
(JPL)
Coronagraph Wavefront Correction by Electric Field Conjugation
Thu Feb 7 No talk TBD
Mon Feb 11 Jonathan Lunine
(U. Arizona)
Delivery of Water to Exo-Earths: Insights from Our World
Thu Feb 14 John Asher Johnson
(U.C. Berkeley)
Exoplanets and Massive Stars
Thu Feb 21 Gary Melnick
(SAO)
TBD
Fri Feb 22 Center for Exoplanet Science (CES) Fair
    Charles Elachi
(JPL)
Planning for Exoplanet Missions
    Dan McCleese
(JPL)
TBD
    Greg Laughlin
(UCO/Lick Observ.)
Exoplanet Modeling
Mon Feb 25 Michael Werner
(JPL)
1547 Days of Spitzer Science
Thu Feb 28 Steve Beckwith
(UC)
Characterizing Earth-like Exoplanets with Space Telescopes
Thu Mar 6 Jerry Ostriker
(Princeton Univ.)
How are Galaxies Made?
Mon Mar 10 Drake Deming
(NASA/GSFC)
Light from Extrasolar Planets
Thu Mar 13 Jim Fienup
(U. Rochester)
TODAY'S TALK HAS BEEN CANCELED
Mon Mar 17 Beth Biller
(U. Hawaii)
TBD - SDI-related topic
(Note: This talk starts at 2:00 PM)
Wed Mar 19 Nestor Fernandez
(IAS)
Analyzing the Cosmic Infrared Background
(Note: This talk starts at 12:00 noon)
Thu Mar 20 Aki Roberge
(NASA/GSFC)
Gas and Dust in Debris Disks: Clues about the Late Stages of Planetary System Formation
Thu Mar 27 Christophe Sotin
(JPL)
Extrapolating Solid Earth Models to Terrestrial Exoplanets
Mon Mar 31 Steve Unwin
(JPL)
Space Astrometry: Planets and More
Thu Apr 3 Neal Turner
(JPL)
Exoplanet Origins in the Dead Zone of Protostellar Disks
Thu Apr 10 Steven Stahler
(U.C. Berkeley)
The Formation of Stellar Groups
Mon Apr 14 Antígona Segura
(UNAM)
Biosignatures on Habitable Planets: Lessons from Earth
Thu Apr 17 TBD TBD
Mon Apr 21 Dimitri Mawet
(JPL)
Phase Mask Coronography: Scientific Results and Perspectives
Thu Apr 24 Peter Plavchan
(Caltech)
Unveiling Disks around M Stars
Thu May 1 Ellyn Baines
(CHARA/GSU)
Visiting Exoplanets Using the CHARA Array
Thu May 8 TBD TBD
Mon May 12 Thayne Currie
(UCLA/CfA)
TBD
Thu May 15 Malcolm Fridlund
(ESA)
COROT
Thu May 22 Gene Serabyn
(JPL)
Keck Nuller and/or Palomar Science Results
Thu May 29 Mark McConnell
(U. New Hampshire)
The Coded Aperture Survey Telescope for Energetic Radiation (CASTER)
Mon Jun 2 Ming Zhao
(U. Michigan)
Closure Phase Studies Toward Direct Detection of Hot Jupiters
Thu Jun 5 Christian Marois
(LLNL)
Direct Exoplanet Detection with Ground-based Telescopes
Thu Jun 12 Ann Hornschemeier
(NASA/GSFC)
TBD
Thu Jun 19 Josh Grindley
(CfA)
TBD

Updated: 3/17/2008
 
 

 
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