Spring 2024
All Colloquia will be held
at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Building 3 Goett
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.
AT PRESENT, ALL VIDEOS OF
SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIA ARE OFFLINE FOR SERVER
UPGRADES.
Current
Schedule
Date
Speaker
Affiliation
Title
Video
Mar. 6
NO
COLLOQUIUM
Mar.
13
Bulent
Atalay
The University
of Virginia and
Mary Washington
University
(retired)
Beyond Genius: A Journey
Through the
Characteristics
and Legacies
of
Transformative
Minds
Mar.
20
Steven
Platnick
Goddard
Space Flight
Center
THE
WILLIAM NORDBERG
MEMORIAL LECTURE
Cloudy with a Chance of Retrievals: Remote
Sensing Cloud
Radiative
Properties
from Space
Mar. 27
BLDG.
8
Ning
Zeng
University
of Maryland
Wood Vault: Burying Biomass
to Fight
Climate Change
- a Simple
Idea that
Really Works
Apr. 3
Naoko
Kurahashi
Neilson
Drexel
University
Neutrino Astronomy, From Dream to Reality
Apr.
10
BLDG.
8
Geronimo
Villanueva
Michael Doyle
Smith
Goddard Space
Flight Center
THE JOHN C.
LINDSAY MEMORIAL
LECTURE
The Solar System Revealed by Remote
Sensing
Apr.
17
NO COLLOQUIUM
Apr.
24
BLDG.
8
Konstantin
Batygin
California
Institute of
Technology
Planet Nine from Outer Space: A Status Update
and New
Evidence
May 1
Thomas Hertog
KU Leuven,
Belgium
On the Origin of Time
May
8
Alvine
Kamaha
University
of California,
Los Angeles
The Quest to Find the
Invisible
Matter of the
Universe
May 15
Benjamin
Bond-Lamberty
Joint Global
Change Research
Institute
The Carbon
Cycle
May
22
Scott
Carney
Jason Miklian
Independent
Vortex:
The Bhola
Cyclone of
November 12,
1970
May 29
Thankful
Cromartie
Naval Research
Laboratory
Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsar
Timing:
Updates from
NANOGrav and
the IPTA
June
5
2:00
BLDG. 8
Sarah
Hart
Gresham
College
A Mathematical Journey
through
Literature
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
Shahid
Aslam
Demos
Kazanas
Floyd
Stecker
Some
Past Committee
Members
Mehdi
Benna
Rosemary
Killen
Dave
Thompson,
Chair
Pawan
Bhartia
Anand
Bhatia
Ruth
Lieberman
Compton
Tucker
Peter
Colarco
Jim Foster
Alexander
Marshak
Dot
Zukor
George
Huffman
Diego
Janches
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,
Fall2014,
Spring
2015, Fall 2015, Spring
2016, Fall 2016, Spring
2017, Fall 2017 Spring
2018, Fall 2018, Spring
2019, Fall 2019, Spring
2020, Fall 2020, Spring
2021, Fall 2021, Spring
2022, Fall 2022, Spring
2023, Fall 2023
Listing of Colloquium Speakers 1965-2022
(alphabetic by
name)
Current
Schedule
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Video |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mar. 6 |
NO COLLOQUIUM | |||
Mar.
13 |
Bulent
Atalay |
The University
of Virginia and
Mary Washington
University
(retired) |
Beyond Genius: A Journey
Through the
Characteristics
and Legacies
of
Transformative
Minds |
|
Mar.
20 |
Steven
Platnick |
Goddard
Space Flight
Center |
THE
WILLIAM NORDBERG
MEMORIAL LECTURE
Cloudy with a Chance of Retrievals: Remote Sensing Cloud Radiative Properties from Space |
|
Mar. 27 BLDG. 8 |
Ning
Zeng |
University
of Maryland |
Wood Vault: Burying Biomass
to Fight
Climate Change
- a Simple
Idea that
Really Works |
|
Apr. 3 |
Naoko
Kurahashi
Neilson |
Drexel
University |
Neutrino Astronomy, From Dream to Reality |
|
Apr.
10 BLDG. 8 |
Geronimo
Villanueva Michael Doyle Smith |
Goddard Space
Flight Center |
THE JOHN C.
LINDSAY MEMORIAL
LECTURE The Solar System Revealed by Remote Sensing |
|
Apr.
17 |
NO COLLOQUIUM |
|||
Apr.
24 BLDG. 8 |
Konstantin
Batygin |
California
Institute of
Technology |
Planet Nine from Outer Space: A Status Update
and New
Evidence |
|
May 1 |
Thomas Hertog |
KU Leuven,
Belgium |
On the Origin of Time |
|
May
8 |
Alvine
Kamaha |
University
of California,
Los Angeles |
The Quest to Find the
Invisible
Matter of the
Universe |
|
May 15 |
Benjamin
Bond-Lamberty |
Joint Global
Change Research
Institute |
The Carbon
Cycle |
|
May
22 |
Scott
Carney Jason Miklian |
Independent |
Vortex:
The Bhola
Cyclone of
November 12,
1970 |
|
May 29 |
Thankful
Cromartie |
Naval Research
Laboratory |
Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsar
Timing:
Updates from
NANOGrav and
the IPTA |
|
June
5 2:00 BLDG. 8 |
Sarah
Hart |
Gresham
College |
A Mathematical Journey
through
Literature |
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
Shahid
Aslam |
Demos
Kazanas |
Floyd
Stecker |
Some
Past Committee
Members |
|
Rosemary
Killen |
Dave
Thompson,
Chair |
Pawan Bhartia |
Anand
Bhatia |
Ruth
Lieberman |
Compton
Tucker |
Peter
Colarco |
Jim Foster |
Alexander
Marshak |
Dot
Zukor |
George
Huffman |
Diego
Janches |
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,
Fall2014,
Spring
2015, Fall 2015, Spring
2016, Fall 2016, Spring
2017, Fall 2017 Spring
2018, Fall 2018, Spring
2019, Fall 2019, Spring
2020, Fall 2020, Spring
2021, Fall 2021, Spring
2022, Fall 2022, Spring
2023, Fall 2023
Listing of Colloquium Speakers 1965-2022 (alphabetic by name)