Join us for LIVE@Frost Science on Wednesday, February 8, as Professor Lisa Kewley, Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), presents Oxygen: Breathing the Universe. Professor Kewley oversees about 800 Harvard and Smithsonian staff in eight scientific divisions across CfA’s nine major scientific facilities and institutes, which include the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona, the Submillimeter Array in Hawaii, and the Chandra X-Ray Center in Massachusetts. She is a world leader in the theoretical modeling and observation of star-forming and active galaxies. Her foundational contributions include understanding the gas physics in star-forming galaxies, investigating galaxies containing actively accreting supermassive black holes, and tracing the star-formation and oxygen history of galaxies over the past 12 billion years.
The evening will begin with an introduction by Frost Science Trustee Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large.
Admission to LIVE@Frost Science is complimentary. Program will take place inside the Frost Planetarium.
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Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program starts promptly at 7:00 p.m. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Admission to the event does not include museum admission. Museum exhibitions close at 6:00 p.m. Onsite parking is available in the museum garage for $8 flat rate starting at 6:00 p.m. Member parking discount does not apply.
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Professor Lisa Kewley is Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). She is Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Director of the Harvard College Observatory, and Professor of Astrophysics at the Harvard Department of Astronomy. At the CfA, she is implementing an ambitious new vision for the next generation space and ground-based telescopes, petabyte-scale data handling, and nationwide education and outreach programs.
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