Stellar Evolution and Black Holes with Dr. Niel Brandt

Dr. Brandt: https://personal.psu.edu/wnb3/

Dr. Niel Brandt is the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, and Professor of Physics at The Pennsylvania State University. 

Dr. Brandt is joining us today to speak specifically about his outreach through summer teacher workshops as well as his primary research interests which include: 

The growth of supermassive black holes over cosmic time
Black-hole vs. galaxy connections
Deep cosmological multi-wavelength surveys
Supermassive black-hole winds and feedback into galaxies
Sample-based studies of active galactic nuclei
Extreme active galactic nuclei as tools
X-ray astronomy and high-energy astrophysics
Deep, wide, and fast cosmic surveys


This summer’s workshop, “The Lives and Deaths of Stars” will be held on July 17-21st at The Pennsylvania State University. https://sites.psu.edu/psiwa/

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