Fall-Winter 2016-17
The Fall-Winter 2016-17 series has
concluded. The current schedule is HERE.
IMPORTANT:
All Colloquia will be held at 3:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays in the Building 8 Hinners
auditorium, except as noted.
If you would like to attend and do not have a NASA
badge, please contact the Scientific Colloquium at
(301) 286-8168, more than 72 hours beforehand. Use the
same contact information to be added to our mailing
list. Access to Goddard Space Flight Center
is limited to those holding Goddard badges or
official visitors. You can become an official
visitor by finding a badged Goddard employee to
escort you. The Scientific Colloquium
Committee cannot promise to provide escorts.
PLEASE
NOTE: TALKS IN THE GODDARD SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIUM
SERIES REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE
SPEAKERS. THEY ARE NOT OFFICIAL GODDARD OR
NASA POLICIES.
The Goddard
Library has made streaming video
available for many of our colloquia -- click on
the V in the column to the right of the
topic. NOT ALL BROWSERS WORK FOR ALL
VIDEOS. IF YOUR FAVORITE DOES NOT WORK,
TRY A DIFFERENT ONE. Some videos are also
available for Fall
2015, Spring
2015, Fall
2014, Spring
2014, Fall
2013, Spring
2013, Fall
2012, Spring
2012, Fall
2011, Spring 2011,
Fall
2010, Spring
2010, Fall
2009, Spring
2009, Fall
2008, Spring
2008, Fall
2007, Spring
2007, Fall
2006, Spring
2006, Fall
2005, Spring
2005, Fall
2004,
Spring
2004, Fall
2003, Spring
2003, Fall
2002,
Spring
2002, Fall
2001, Spring
2001, and Fall
2000.
Current Schedule
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Video |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sept. 7 |
Rick Sternbach |
International
Association of Astronomical
Artists |
Star
Trek and NASA: 50 Years of
Inventing the Future Together CO-SPONSORED WITH THE ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM |
V |
Sept. 14 |
No Colloquium |
|||
Sept. 21 |
Adam Szabo | Goddard Space Flight Center |
The Two Faces of a Spacecraft: Both Earth and Space Science Observations by the DSCOVR Spacecraft | V |
Sept. 28 | Avi Mandell |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
Exoplanets
as Planets: Bridging the Gap
Between Observations and
Modeling of Exoplanet
Atmospheres |
V |
Oct. 5 |
Raymond St. Leger |
University of Maryland | Insect
Pathogens: A Model for Human
Interventions |
V |
Oct. 12 |
Kevin Trenberth |
National Center for Atmospheric Research | Implications
of Earth's Energy Imbalance
for Surface Fluxes and
Especially Ocean Heat
Transport |
V |
Oct. 19 |
Paul Falkowski |
Rutgers University |
Light to Life |
V |
Oct. 26 |
No Colloquium |
|
|
|
Nov. 2 |
Joan Maloof |
Salisbury University |
Nature's
Temples: The Complex World of
Old-Growth Forests |
V |
Nov. 9 |
Kara Hoffman |
University of Maryland |
HIgh-Energy
Astrophysical Neutrinos
|
V |
Nov. 16 |
Tracy Mincer |
Woods Hole Research Center |
The Unnatural History of Plastic Marine Debris | V |
Nov. 23 | No Colloquium |
|
|
|
Nov. 30 |
Richard Kelley |
Goddard Space
Flight Center |
THE JOHN C. LINDSAY MEMORIAL
LECTURE The Perseus Cluster of Galaxies and the Future of High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy |
V |
Dec. 6 3:45 NOTE SPECIAL DAY AND TIME |
David Spergel |
Princeton
University |
WFIRST: A Powerful Tool for a Diverse Astrophysics Program | V |
Dec. 14 |
Jennifer Mather |
University of
Lethbridge |
Non-Terrestrial
Intelligence: Octopuses |
V |
Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4 |
No Colloquia |
|
|
|
Jan. 11 |
Vladimir Airapetian |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
The
Young Restless Sun and the
Origin of Life on Earth BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM |
V |
Jan. 18 |
Fred Espenak |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
The
Great American Total Eclipse
of 2017 BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM |
V |
Jan. 25 |
Joseph Sucher |
University of Maryland | The
Romance of Physics BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM |
V |
Feb. 1 |
Emily Levesque |
University of Washington |
Host
Environments and
Progenitor Evolution of
Long-Duration Gamma-Ray
Bursts BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM |
V |
Other Information
- Suggestions or comments about the Goddard Scientific Colloquium? Leave a message at (301) 286-8168.
- How speakers are selected for the Goddard Scientific Colloquium
- Scientific Colloquium Committee Charter
- Winners of the John C. Lindsay Memorial Award
- Winners
of the William Nordberg
Memorial Award
Other Colloquia at Goddard
Scientific Colloquium
Committee
Richard Barry |
George Huffman | Floyd Stecker | Some Past Committee
Members |
|
Demos Kazanas | Dave Thompson, Chair | Pawan Bhartia |
Peter Colarco |
Hans Krimm | Melissa Trainer |
Conor Nixon |
David Davis |
Alexander Marshak | |
Richard Ray |
Jim Foster | Robert Michell | Ed Sittler |
Previous Schedules: Fall 1998, Spring
1999,Fall
1999, Spring 2000,
Fall
2000, Spring 2001,
Fall
2001,
Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring
2003, Fall
2003,
Spring
2004, Fall
2004, Spring 2005,
Fall 2005,
Spring
2006, Fall 2006,
Spring
2007, Fall 2007,
Spring
2008, Fall 2008
Spring
2009 Fall
2009 Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring
2011 Fall
2011 Spring
2012, Fall
2012, Spring
2013, Fall
2013, Spring2014,
Fall
2014, Spring
2015, Fall
2015, Spring
2016
Listing of Colloquium Speakers 1965-2014 (alphabetic by name)