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IoA 50

A Celebration of 50 years of the Institute of Astronomy, 

Sunday, 21 July 2024 - Friday, 26 July 2024

 

Join us for "IoA50: New Frontiers of Astronomy," a special celebration marking 50 years of pioneering advancements at the Institute of Astronomy.

This event promises an exciting blend of scientific discussions and public talks, all centred around the future of astronomy.

 

Confirmed Speakers

  • Alexandra Amon, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

  • Anke Ardern-Arentsen, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Matthew Bate, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

  • Mitchell Begelman, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA

  • Jane Birkby, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  • Amy Bonsor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Martin Bourne,  Institute of Astronomy & KICC, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Andrew Bunker, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  • Ryan Cooke, Durham University, Durham, UK

  • Alis Deason, Durham University, Durham, UK

  • Yohan Dubois, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

  • George Efstathiou, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Jan Eldridge, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Denis Erkal, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK

  • Andy Fabian, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Gary Ferland, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA

  • Steve Finkelstein, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

  • Andreu Font-Ribera, Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Barcelona, Spain

  • Carlos Frenk, Durham University, Durham, UK

  • Jim Fuller, California Institute of Technology, California, USA

  • Natascha M. Forster Schreiber, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany

  • Avishai Gilkis, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Michaël Gillon, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  • Zhanwen Han, Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China

  • Keith Hawkins, University of Texas, Austin, USA

  • Sasha Hinkley, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

  • Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

  • Vid Irsic, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Anders Johansen, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

  • Lisa Kaltenegger, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  • Erin Kara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA 

  • Chiaki Kobayashi, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

  • Léon Koopmans, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

  • Ofer Lahav, UCL, London, UK

  • Eloy de Lera Acedo, Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  • Douglas Lin, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

  • Manuela Magliocchetti, INAF-IAPS, Roma, Italy

  • Sera Markoff, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Farzana Meru, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

  • Chiara Mingarelli, Yale University, New Haven, USA

  • Daniel Molnar,  Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  • Carole Mundell, The European Space Agency (ESA), Spain

  • Thorsten Naab, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, München, Germany

  • Christoph Pfrommer, The Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), Potsdam, Germany

  • Raymond Pierrehumbert, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  • Andrew Pontzen, University College London & University of Durham, UK

  • John Regan, Maynooth University, Ireland

  • Chris Reynolds, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA

  • Emma Ryan-Weber, Swinburne, Melbourne, Australia

  • Jason Sanders, UCL, London, UK

  • Emmanuel Schaan, Stanford University, California, USA

  • Eva Schinnerer, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA 

  • Volker Springel, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany

  • James Stone, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

  • Sandro Tacchella, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Nial Tanvir, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

  • Stephen Taylor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

  • Neil Turok, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

  • Hannah Übler, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Licia Verde, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  • Risa Wechsler, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, California, USA

  • Vivienne Wild, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK

  • Ann Zabludoff, University of Arizona, Arizona, UK

Scientific Organising Committee

  • Matthew Bothwell 

  • Anthony Challinor 

  • Cathie Clarke

  • Anastasia Fialkov 

  • Nikku Madhusudhan 

  • Hiranya Peiris 

  • Max Pettini

  • Debora Sijacki 

  • Chris Tout (Chair of SOC)

  • Mark Wyatt

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