{"id":310,"date":"2018-08-07T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:40:51","slug":"seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/events\/seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To see a list of previous semesters\u2019 seminars, please visit our<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/events\/previous-seminars\/\" title=\"Past Astrophysics Colloquia\">Previous Seminars<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>page.<\/p>\n<p>All seminars are held from 3:30-4:30 PM at 725 Commonwealth Ave Room 502.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" style=\"border-color: ##1f2c82; background-color: #ffffff;\" width=\"1106\" height=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Title\/Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Speaker<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Affiliation<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9\/10\/2026<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/09\/9.10-Oppenheim.jpg\">Rocks Falling from the Sky: Meteors, Fireballs, and the Occasional Catastrophe<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Meers Oppenheim<\/td>\n<td>Boston University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9\/17\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/09\/9.17-Thiemann.pdf\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Ultraviolet Occultations: An Essential Technique for Bridging the Thermospheric Gap<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Ed Thiemann<\/td>\n<td>University of Colorado LASP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9\/24\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/09\/9.24-Drake.pdf\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Space and Astrophysical Systems<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Jim Drake<\/td>\n<td>University of Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/1\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/09\/10.1-Huang.pdf\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">New Physics of Alfven Waves Discovered by Parker Solar Probe<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Zesen Huang<\/td>\n<td>UCLA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/8\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/09\/10.8-Khuller.pdf\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Evolution of Dusty Ice on Mars: \u00a0Present-day Liquid Water and the Search for Life on Mars<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Aditya Khuller<\/td>\n<td>University of Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/15\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/10\/10.15-Chakrabarti.pdf\">Optical Studies of the Upper Atmosphere During the 2027 Total Solar Eclipse<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Supriya Chakrabarti<\/td>\n<td>University of Massachusetts Lowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/22\/2026<\/td>\n<td><strong>NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/29\/2026<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/csp\/files\/2026\/10\/10.29-Fu.pdf\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">New Surprises in the History of the Geodynamo<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Roger Fu<\/td>\n<td>Harvard University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/5\/2026<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Imaging the Dynamic Heliosphere Surrounding Our Solar System Using Energetic Neutral Atoms<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Eric Zirstein<\/td>\n<td>University of Alabama Huntsville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">AI and Scientific Computing: Algorithmic Alloys for Modeling and Control of Fluid Flows<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Petros Koumoutsakos<\/td>\n<td>Harvard University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/19\/2026<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Modeling Synthetic Aurora to Understand the Real Magnetosphere<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Kareem A. 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