Adler Mix

Episode 4 - Smashing Atoms for a Living and the Particle Physics Energy Frontier - Herman B. White

suppport@adlerpodcast.com — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:50:08 -0500

Smashing Atoms for a Living and the Particle Physics Energy Frontier - Herman B. White - Fermi Lab
Presented at The Adler Planetarium on May 1, 2009
Dr. Herman B. White has been a particle physics scientist with Fermilab for the past 34 years. He completed undergraduate studies at Earlham College, graduate studies in Nuclear and Accelerator Physics at Michigan State University, and Elementary Particle Physics at Florida State University and Yale University. He was a Resident Research Associate in Nuclear Physics at Argonne National Laboratory, an Alfred P. Sloan travel fellow at the CERN Laboratory, and a University Fellow at Yale. His research has covered a range of topics in Particle and Nuclear Physics, as well as work with accelerators and particle beams. For many years, Dr. White has maintained involvement with many communication efforts to bring information, concerns, and focus about physics and physical science research to the U.S. Congress and governmental agencies in Washington and elsewhere, including service on advisory panels for the U.S. Department of Energy, The National Science Foundation, and The United States National Academies.

Episode 3 - The Galileo Wars - Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ

suppport@adlerpodcast.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:39:31 -0500

The Galileo Wars - Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ - Vatican Observatory
Presented at The Adler Planetarium on March 6, 2009
Br. Guy Concolmagno SJ obtained his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. Br. Guy was assigned to the Vatican in 1993 and presently is curator of the Vatican's meteorite collection, one of the largest in the world. An active astronomer, Br. Consolmagno is a member of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society and travels widely to speak to public groups about the excitement of space exploration.

Episode 2 - The Quest for Our Origins - B. Scott Gaudi

suppport@adlerpodcast.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:45:03 -0500

The Quest for Our Origins - B. Scott Gaudi
Presented at The Adler Planetarium on March 6, 2009
Dr. Scott Gaudi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy of the Ohio State Unversity in Columbus, Ohio. His research focuses on topics related to the search for extrasolar planets, and the study of the Kuiper Belt, as well as various topics in gravitational lensing.

Episode 1 - Sputnik - Dr. Sergi Khrushchev

suppport@adlerpodcast.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:24:45 -0600

Dr. Sergi Khrushchev with an introduction from Dr. Paul Knappenberger of the Adler Planetarium.