Prof. Mary Putman
Columbia University in the city of New York
July 30th, 2024 – 3:00 pm–5:00 pm – ARRC Auditorium, 26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington, 6151, WA
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The Transfer of Baryons in the Local Universe
As galaxies evolve, they transfer their baryons into different forms and between fellow galaxies. This talk will follow gaseous baryons from a dwarf galaxy to a galaxy like the Milky Way. Through the combination of new observations and comparison to simulations, we can consider the fate of gas in a galaxy halo and how it can eventually become star formation fuel.
Speaker Biography:
Professor Mary Putman is an astronomer with the Astronomy & Astrophysics department at Columbia University in the city of New York. Professor Putman received her B.S. in Astronomy and Physics from University of Wisconsin – Madison and her Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the Australian National University (Mt. Stromlo Observatory). She has received a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Cottrell Scholarship, an NSF CAREER Award, and a Clare Boothe Luce Professorship.