Speaker: Arindam Das (Hokkaido University) Title: Neutrinos: a Bridge Among the Energy, Intensity and Cosmic Frontiers Abstract: Neutrino oscillation and flavor mixings have proved the existence of tiny neutrino mass.

Speaker: David Cruz-Uribe (OFS, Math Department chair, University of Alabama) Title: Swipe Right for Mathematics:  an Overview of Research in the UA Math Department Mathematicians and physicists have had a

Speaker: Yanou Cui (UC, Riverside) Title: Probing the Dark Side of the Universe with Gravitational Waves Deep questions remain about our Universe: What is dark matter? What is the origin

Speaker: Igor Fedin (University of Alabama, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) Title: Enhanced Emission from the Bright Exciton and Locating the Dark Exciton in Asymmetrically Strained CdSe/CdxZn1–xSe Quantum Dots Colloidal

Speaker: Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil (University of Chicago) Title: The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: The New Frontier in Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Studies Abstract: The smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most

Speaker: Chris Ashall (University of Hawai'i) Title: The Variety of Thermonuclear Supernova Abstract: Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) mark the demise of white dwarfs (WD). These cosmic explosions release as

Speaker: David Nataf (Johns Hopkins University) Title: On the Milky Way’s Extinction Curve and Oldest Stellar Populations Abstract: The study of Galactic astronomy is being revolutionized by the plethora of

Speaker: Svea Hernandez (Space Telescope Science Institute) Title: Uncovering the History of Galaxies and Metals by Exploiting the Power of Nearby Laboratories Abstract: Precise metallicities and chemical abundances of the

Speaker: Chao-Chin Yang (UNLV) Title: From Pebbles to Planets: A Tale of Protoplanetary Disks and Planetsimal Formation Abstract: Even though thousands of extrasolar planetary systems have been detected, a comprehensive