Mtg & Talk: My Science Spectrum by Dr. Emily Rice

The Warren Astronomical Society meets monthly on the third Thursday in Room 208 in the "E" building at Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI, 48088.

We do a bit of club business early on, then have a major presentation usually put together by one of our members.

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My Science Spectrum
How I Use Rainbows, Comedy, and Fashion to Explore the Universe
By Dr. Emily Rice
Brown dwarfs are literally cooler than the coolest stars, and they can help us understand one of the hottest fields in astrophysics: planets around other stars. Dr Emily will explain the fundamentals of brown dwarfs, how they eluded us for so long, and what the most current scientific studies are telling us. She'll also share how her space-related creative projects, Astronomy on Tap & STARtorialist, have changed the way she thinks about science. After this presentation, maybe you will see, wear, and share science differently, too.
About the Speaker
Dr. Emily Rice is an astronomer, professor, and creative science communicator in New York City. She is an associate professor at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York (CUNY), faculty in the physics Ph.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center, and resident research associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). She studies low mass stars, brown dwarfs (sometimes called “failed” stars), and directly-imaged exoplanets by analyzing their spectra and modeling their atmospheres. Her research group, Brown Dwarfs in New York City (BDNYC) has received funding from NASA and the NSF, and she is a co-author on over 40 refereed publications. She earned her Ph.D. at UCLA in Astronomy & Astrophysics and undergraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Physics & Astronomy and German. In addition to her research, she co-authored a suite of labs for introductory college-level astronomy courses called Astronomy Labs: A Concept Oriented Approach, available through Pearson. She frequently gives public presentations, including at the Hayden Planetarium at AMNH, and makes media appearances, organizes and hosts Astronomy on Tap events at bars in NYC, and designs astronomy-inspired fashion for the STARtorialist shop.

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If you would like to present a short talk (5-15 minutes) or a long talk (40-60 minutes) at a future meeting, please email Jonathan Kade at firstvp@warrenastro.org.

The views expressed in presentations are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent, and should not be attributed to, the Warren Astronomical Society.