2018 Geek2Geek - January

Colliding Neutron Stars: Is Fact Stranger than Fiction?

Join us for Geek2Geek as we explore the cosmos from Huntsville ... gamma-ray bursts, gravitational waves, and more. Huntsville played a role in the discovery of gravitational waves, which secured the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for Weiss, Barish and Thorne, three of the founders of LIGO.

Geek2Geek is a lightning-round after-hours tech talks with craft beer/wine/food and a twist. Presenters have only 5 minutes and 15 slides (inspired by the Pecha Kucha format – 20 seconds per slide) to present their topics.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Tyson Littenberg, Astrophysicist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and member of the LIGO Science Collaboration
• Dr. Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge, Principal Investigator, Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Dr. Michael Briggs, Assistant Director, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), UAH​
• Dr. Adam Goldstein, Astrophysicist, USRA at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Dr. Peter Veres, Postdoctoral Fellow, UAH
• Ms. Rachel Hamburg, Graduate Research Assistant, UAH