Join us with Larry Gladney, PhD on Thursday, June 23 at 5:00pm (PDT) to explore why scientists can achieve visions with one observatory.
A new observatory is being constructed to conduct an unprecedented survey of space and time over half the sky and far back into the history of our Universe. The result of ten years of observations will be a digital movie that captures the dynamism of creation to address fundamental questions in four science areas: probing dark matter and dark energy; getting the most complete inventory of the solar system ever done; exploring the transient sky; and mapping the Milky Way.
In this talk, we will summarize why scientists think they can achieve such a bold vision with just one observatory, assess what questions can be answered, and show how a diverse, worldwide community of citizen scientists will join in the quest.
Larry Gladney, PhD
Larry Gladney is the FAS Phyllis A. Wallace Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development, Professor of Physics, and incoming FAS Dean of Science at Yale University. Dr. Gladney obtained his PhD in experimental particle physics from Stanford University in 1985. Prior to his appointment at Yale, he spent over three decades at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was most recently the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. There, he also served as Chair of the Faculty Senate, Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Associate Dean for Natural Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Gladney's research lies at the intersection of experimental particle physics and cosmology where we attempt to understand the origins of and fundamental connections between matter, energy, space, and time. Currently, he is engaged in explorations of the accelerated expansion of the Universe with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction.
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