Friday Lunch Seminars 2024-2025

The Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Friday Lunch Seminar (APSFLS): A community-building opportunity

APSFLS is a seminar advertised to the Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department members and related research organizations. The seminar series aims to provide an opportunity for scientists (especially junior) to speak about their scientific work, as well as an opportunity for members of our community to informally socialize, network, and build collaborative relationships.  While the lunch seminar's primary focus is scientific research, we welcome discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics related to conducting work in our scientific field if the speaker wishes.

When: Fridays from 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm. Free pizza available at 12:00 pm

Location: Foothills Room (JILA 10th Floor) & hybrid

Please fill out this form if you would like to present such a talk at CU in the 2023-2024 academic year or to nominate someone else to be invited as a speaker. We particularly encourage nominations for speakers from historically excluded groups. 

Talks are primarily held in-person, but there is an option to speak via Zoom. For in-person presenters, travel funds may be available upon request.

Contact information: James (james.crowley@colorado.edu) and Tatsuya (tatsuya.akiba@colorado.edu), Dr. Joseph Simon (post-doc): joseph.simon-1@colorado.edu, and David Brain (professor): david.brain@lasp.colorado.edu

Missed a talk? Check out the recordings at APS Friday Lunch Seminar's Youtube page.

APS Friday Lunch Seminar

Our Speakers

Parker Hinton

Jan 24, CU Boulder

Behzad Tahmasebzadeh

Feb 7, University of Michigan 

Alejandro Erostegui

Feb 14, ICE-CSIC (Barcelona)

Will Golay

Feb 28, Harvard CFA

William Lamb

Sept 6, Vanderbilt University 

Christian Jespersen

Sept 27, Princeton University 

Olivia Cooper

October 4, UT Austin

Ivey Davis

October 11, CalTech

Renata Frelikh

October 25, Imperial College London 

Kaushik Satapathy

Nov 1, Georgia Tech

Benji Metha

Nov 8, University of Melbourne

Arcelia Ruiz

Nov 15, UC Santa Cruz

Nicholas Scarsdale

Dec 6, UC Santa Cruz