Speaker: Jenna Samuel (UT Austin) Title: Simulating our Intergalactic Neighborhood and Beyond Abstract: Low-mass or dwarf galaxies far outnumber the more massive Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31) within our intergalactic neighborhood, the Local Group (LG). These low-mass galaxies are  some of the most dark matter-dominated systems known, making them excellent astrophysical objects for small-scale

Speaker: Jaehan Bae (University of Florida) Title: Witnessing the formation of giant planets and their moons Abstract: With over 5,000 exoplanets discovered, it is clear that planet formation is a robust and widespread process. However, the astonishing diversity between observed exoplanetary systems suggests that environmental factors - the physical conditions present during birth of the