May 19 - 21, 2025 • Caltech-IPAC

Program

Monday, May 19th 2025 - Hameetman Auditorium

  • 8:00 - 9:00: Registration
  • Chair: Brandon Hensley (JPL)
  • 9:00 am:  Welcome and meeting logistics: George Helou and Margaret Meixner
  • 9:10 am: The PRIMA FIR Probe
    • 9:10 am: PRIMA Overview: Jason Glenn (NASA GSFC)
    • 9:20 am: PRIMA Science and GO Book: Tiffany Kataria (JPL)
    • 9:40 am: FIRESS: Matt Bradford (JPL)
    • 9:55 am: PRIMAger: Laure Ciesla (CNRS/LAM)
    • 10:10 am: Panel Discussion

        10:30 am:  Coffee & Discussion (Cahill Lobby)

  • Chair: Klaus Pontoppidan (JPL)
  • 11:15 am: Protoplanetary Disks
    • 11:15 am: Jennifer Bergner (invited, University of Chicago)
    • 11:39 am: Rich Teague (invited/remote, MIT)
    • 12:03 pm: Catherine Espaillat (invited,  Boston University)
    • 12:27 pm: William Grimble (Vanderbilt University)

         12:45 pm: Lunch (Optional Boxed Lunch Order Pick-up: Cahill Lobby)

         2:00 pm: Coffee Break & Ask an expert (KS410)

  • Chair: Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech)
  • 3:00 pm: Time Domain
    • 3:00 pm: Anna Ho (invited, Cornell University)
    • 3:24 pm: Kishalay De (invited, Columbia University)
    • 3:48 pm: Jacob Jencson (invited, Caltech-IPAC)
    • 4:12pm: Sam Rose (Caltech)
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  • Chair: Tiffany Kataria (JPL)
  • 4:30 pm: Stars and Star Formation
    • 4:30 pm: Ryan Lau (invited, NOIRLab)
    • 4:54 pm: Rob Guthermuth (invited, UMASS)
    • 5:18 pm: Laura Fissel (invited, Queen's University)
    • 5:42 pm: Tom Steinmetz (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center)
  • 6:00 pm: End of the Day 

 

Tuesday, May 20th  2025 - Hameetman Auditorium

  • 8:00 - 9:00 am: Meet & Greet
  • Chair: JD Smith (University of Toledo)
  • 9:00 am: Dust and Galaxy Evolution
    • 9:00 am: Justin Spilker (invited, Texas A&M University)
    • 9:24 am: Jorge Zavala (invited, UMass)
    • 9:48 am: Laia Barrufet (invited, The University of Edimburgh)
    • 10:12 am: Tohru Nagao (Ehime University)

         10:30 am:  Coffee & Discussion (Cahill Lobby)

  • Chair: Ilse Cleeves (University of Virginia)
  • 11:15 am: Debris Disks and Solar System
    • 11:15 am: Christine Chen (invited, STScI)
    • 11:39 am: Joshua Lovell (invited,  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
    • 12:03 pmL Katherine De Kleer (invited, Caltech)
    • 12:27 pm: Wanggi Lim (Caltech-IPAC)

          12:45 pm:  Lunch (Optional Boxed Lunch Order Pick-up: Cahill Lobby)

  •  Chair: Johannes Staguhun (Johns Hopkins University)
  • 2:00 pm: ISM and Polarization
    • 2:00 pm: Mehrnoosh Tahani (invited, Standford University)
    • 2:24 pm: Raphael Skalidis (Caltech)
    • 2:42 pm: Andrew Saydjiari (Princeton University)
    • 3:00 pm: Dylan Pare' (Villanova University)
    • 3:18 pm: Dennis Lee (JPL)

          3:36  pm:  Coffee & Discussion (Cahill Lobby)

  • Chair: Alex Pope (UMass)
  • 4:15 pm: AGN and Star Formation
    • 4:15 pm: David Setton (invited, Princeton University)
    • 4:39 pm: Mariko Kubo (invited/remote, Kwansei Gakuin University)
    • 5:03pm: Yongming Liang (remote, NAOJ)
    • 5:21 pm: Andrey Vayner (Caltech-IPAC)
    • 5:39 pm: Varoujan Gorijan (JPL)
  • 6:00 pm: End of the Day

 

Wednesday, May 21st  2025 - Hameetman Auditorium & KS410

  • 8:00 - 9:00 am: Meet & Greet
  • Chair: Rachel Somerville (Rutgers University)
  • 9:00 am: Galaxies and Their ISM
    • 9:00 am: Elisabete da Cunha (invited/remote, ICRAR/UWA)
    • 9:24 am: Yun-Ting Cheng (Caltech)
    • 9:42 am: Monique Aller (Georgia Southern University)
    • 10:00 am: Nolan Habel (JPL)
    • 10:18 am: Paul Goldsmith (JPL)

       10:36 am:  Coffee & Discussion (Cahill Lobby)

  • Chair:Hanae Inami (Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center)
  • 11:15 am: Cosmic Ecosystems
    • 11:15 am: Ilse De Looze (invited/remote, University of Ghent)
    • 11:39 am: Vivian U (Caltech-IPAC)
    • 11:57 am: Tommy Wiklind (Catholic University of America)
    • 12:15 pm: Takuya Hashimoto (University of Tsukuba)
    • 12:33 pm: David Murphy (University of Central Lancashire)

        12:45 pm:  Lunch (Optional Boxed Lunch Order Pick-up: Cahill Lobby)

        2:00 pm:  Coffee Break and Ask an Expert (KS410)
 

  • Chair: Denis Burgarella (CNRS/LAM)
  • 3:00 pm: Future Perspectives - Panel Discussion (KS410)
    • 3:00 pm: Sunil Golwala (Caltech)
    • 3:18 pm: Jed McKinney (UT Austin)
    • 3:36 pm: Meredith MacGregor (Johns Hopkins University)
    • 3:54 pm: Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech)
  • 5:00 pm: End of the Meeting