Meeting by Zoom
Agenda:
7:00 - 7:30 General Meeting & Announcements 7:30 - 7:45 Refreshments 7:45 - Public Presentation
Speaker: Raúl Carballo-Rubio
Researcher- Florida Space Institute
Topic: Known Knowns, Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns in Black Hole Physics
About the Speaker:
Raúl Carballo-Rubio, born in Spain, is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Space Institute (University of Central Florida). He studied Physics at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Seville. He completed his PhD at the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Granada under the supervision of Profs. Carlos Barceló and Luis J. Garay, experts in classical and quantum gravity.
Since finishing his PhD in 2016, he has been a postdoctoral researcher, first at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), then at SISSA (Italy), and later at FSI. He has published more than 40 papers analyzing diverse aspects of gravity as a quantum interaction, from structural conditions that guarantee its emergence at low energies to possible observational implications for cosmology and black hole physics.
Abstract:
Our knowledge of black holes is advancing at a rapid pace like never before. The speed at which new results are communicated makes more difficult to assess their relation to the other pieces that comprise our notion of black holes, as well as their overall relevance. This talk will revise recent developments in black hole physics from this perspective, traveling from well-established grounds to unknown waters that may be full of wonders.
Location to be determined - may be online via Zoom - check back for update
Join us for an exciting and interesting evening at the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium (Santa Fe College)!
Speaker: James Albury
Planetarium Director and host of the YouTube Series "The Sky Above Us"
Topic: Fall Stars
James C. Albury grew up in Miami, FL where he started volunteering at the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium at the of age 14. He began by helping with ushering, but by age 15, he began working part-time as a console operator for the planetarium. Albury enjoyed astronomy and the planetarium environment so much, that he stayed with the Miami Science Museum until age 22 when he moved away to college.
In 1988, Albury relocated to Gainesville, FL to pursue a degree in Astronomy from the University of Florida. He graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and pursued post-baccalaureate studies in astronomy shortly thereafter.
Careers in astronomy being what they were, Albury worked from 1993 - 2007 for UF's Office of Academic Technology and then as a manager with Lifestyle Family Fitness in Jacksonville, FL from 2007 - 2009. In 2009, Albury was able to professionally return to his first love (Astronomy) when he became the director of the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College. He has The Sky Above Us – with James Albury http://www.theskyaboveus.org 2 produced numerous planetarium shows in the 11 years that he has been the planetarium’s director.
Albury was also a co-host with Dean Regas of the internationally syndicated PBS show “Star Gazers” (the world’s only weekly television program on naked-eye astronomy). Albury and Regas hosted the show together from October 2011 to November 2019. In February 2020, Albury launched his own astronomy series on YouTube titled “The Sky Above Us”. Each episode gives viewers a sneak-peak at the celestial events, planets and constellations that are visible in the sky during the coming weeks. (http://www.theskyaboveus.org)
Between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020, Albury served as President of the Southeastern Planetarium Association (SEPA); a professional organization for the support of planetaria and staff in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and all U.S. Territories off the southeastern coast of the U.S. He currently serves on the SEPA Executive Council as Past-president (2021-2022) and advises the current President and Vice-president. (http://www.sepadomes.org)
Albury has spoken around the country and internationally on various astronomical topics, including the challenges and opportunities for public interest in astronomy and astronomical outreach.
Lastly, Albury has a very supportive family in his wife Kandra and three children Drea, Myra and Bryce; without whom none of this would be possible.
Agenda: 7:00 - 7:30 General Meeting & Announcements 7:30 - 7:45 Refreshments 7:45 - Presentation
Speaker: Imre Bartos
Assistant Professor of Physics Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics (IHEPA)
Topic: Understanding Gravitational Waves
Topic: Winter Stars
