GothamFest (2021)

Dec 9, 2021, 9:00 AM → Dec 10, 2021, 5:30 PM America/New_York

Flatiron Institute (162 Fifth Ave)

GothamFest is an opportunity for astronomers throughout NYC - at CCA, CUNY, AMNH, Columbia, NYU and other institutions - to come together to welcome new members, celebrate our science and make connections. Everyone is invited to attend and share something they are thinking about in a poster (undergrads and postdocs) or short talk (more advanced researchers).

GothamFest 2021 will take place at the Flatiron Institute's Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium (IDA, 2nd Floor) on December 9th and 10th.

Thursday, December 9

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Check-In

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Session 1: Planets

Chair: Phil Armitage

Speakers: Ben Cassese, Statia Cook, Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi, Samuel Grunblatt, Aleksandra Kuznetsova, Natascha Manger, Joshua Tan, Johanna Vos, Lily Zhao

(order confirmed)

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session 2: Stars

Chair: Katie Breivik

Speakers: Ekaterina Ilin, Joel Zinn, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Mark Popinchalk, Jackie Faherty, Ruth Angus, David Kipping, Zachary Richards

(order confirmed)

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Session 3: Galaxies

Chair: Ulrich Steinwandel

Speakers: Ulrich Steinwandel, Ariyeh Maller, Chris Carr, Ruth Daly, Saavik Ford, Shy Genel, Festa Bucinca, Kung-Yi Su, Stephanie Tonnesen, Aaron Tran, Jingyao Zhu

(order confirmed)

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM High Tea & Posters

Presenters: Daniel Gallego, Mohammad Refat, Christian Singleton, Diana Solano-Oropeza, Owen Henry, Brandon Ho, Keisi Kacanja, Andreas Tsantilas

Friday, December 10

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Check-In

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session 1: Cosmology

Chair: Will Coulton

Speakers: Vasily Belokurov, Patrick C. Breysse, Kate Storey-Fisher, Suroor S Gandhi, Colin Hill, Shirley Ho, Aleksandra Kusiak, Hongwan Liu, Alina Sabyr, Zihui Wang

(order confirmed)

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Session 2: Compact Objects

Chair: Yajie Yuan

Speakers: Yuzhe Song, Austin McDowell, Ryan Golant, Katie Breivik, Christopher Tiede, Barry McKernan, Tyler A. Pritchard, Navin Sridhar, Yajie Yuan

(order confirmed)

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee & Posters

Presenters: Daniel Gallego, Mohammad Refat, Christian Singleton, Diana Solano-Oropeza, Owen Henry, Brandon Ho, Keisi Kacanja, Andreas Tsantilas

3:30 PM → 4:30 PM Session 3: Milky Way & Local Group

Chair: Nico Garavito Camargo

Speakers: Chiara Mingarelli, Jennifer Mead, Massimo Capasso, Yuxi (Lucy) Lu and Kathryn V Johnston

(order confirmed)

4:30 PM → 5:30 PM Reception