The Science Center of Iowa is holding the second of two virtual “Cafe Scientifique” presentations on space and astronomy, featuring Iowa Scientists. This second one is on April 26, the day after the exciting Q&A with NASA Astronaut Clayton Anderson.
This opportunity is free, but requires pre-registration following HERE
Also on April 26th from 7:00-9:00PM, Dr. Keri Hoadley with the University of Iowa will discuss how the James Webb Space Telescope will help study molecular hydrogen in astrophysical systems at the Science Center of Iowa. For more information on this opportunity, please visit the link above as well.
Dr. Keri Hoadley is an expert in far-ultraviolet astrophysics. She studies a wide variety of astronomical topics, including the interstellar gas, star and planet formation, the nearly invisible gas surrounding all galaxies, and stellar collisions. She is also a leader in space ultraviolet spectrographs and telescopes, managing a variety of NASA suborbital missions (and currently spearheading the next flight of FIREBall-2) and being a core team member on future UV space missions (Aspera, Hyperion). She secured a prize postdoctoral fellowship at Caltech prior to her arrival at the University of Iowa for her leadership role on FIREBall-2. In 2021, she received NASA’s prestigious Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics for rising PIs among early career scientists.