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2024
Lauren, Casey, and Jared travel to New Zealand (Aotearoa) for Extreme Solar Systems V! Lauren and Casey give talks; Jared presents a poster. Alex Thomas advances to PhD candidacy! Lauren and Matthew travel to Toronto for the Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting in Toronto, Canada and Exoplanets 5 in Leiden, the Netherlands. Casey defends her thesis, becoming Dr. Casey Brinkman, PhD.
Congratulations, Dr. Brinkman!
Introducing Dr. Casey Lynn Brinkman, PhD, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Planets Made of Star Stuff: The Diversity of Earth-Sized Exoplanet Compositions in Relation to Their Host Stars"
Exoplanets 5, The Netherlands
Lauren and Matthew travel to Leiden, the Netherlands, to present their research.
Extreme Solar Systems, New Zealand
Mar. 2024 -- Lauren is on the Scientific Organizing Committee at Extreme Solar Systems V in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand). Pictured: approximately 500 conference attendees.
Casey Speaks at Extreme Solar Systems
Lauren, Casey, and Jared all presented their research at Extreme Solar Systems. Pictured: Casey's Talk.
2023
We ring in the New Year by conducting observations at the Keck telescope on the Big Island of Hawai`i. David Shaw participates remotely in the American Astronomical Society winter meeting, where he wins the Chambliss Award for an outstanding poster by a graduate student. The group continues to grow, with graduate student Jared Kolecki and undergraduate Matthew Doty joining in spring 2023. University of California, Los Angeles undergraduate Carlos Jurado does a summer REU. Lauren travels to Kyoto, Japan, to present a review chapter at the Protostars and Planets VII conference. Matthias wins second place in the University of Notre Dame's Postdoc Lighting Talk series. The Astroweiss group does a road trip to IU Bloomington for the annual Great Lakes Exoplanet Area Meeting.
Camp Astroweiss
Summer 2023 -- The Astroweiss group convenes for its second annual summer research camp. L to R: Lauren Weiss, Matthias He, Aaron Householder, Alex Thomas, Jared Kolecki, Carlos Jurado, Matthew Doty, David Shaw.
GLEAM
Halloween 2023 -- The Astroweiss group heads to Indiana University Bloomington for the annual Great Lakes Exoplanet Area Meeting. L to R, back row: Matthias He, Jared Kolecki, Joel Burke (Chilcote Group), Alex Thomas, Matthew Doty. Front row: Lauren the Space Witch.
Astroweiss group observes at Keck
Dec. 2022-Jan. 2023 -- Several members of the Astroweiss group ring in the New Year from the Big Island of Hawai`i, where they conduct telescope observations from Keck Headquarters at Waimea. Pictured: the group hikes to the beautiful Pololū Valley, L to R: Jerry Xuan (Caltech), Matthias He, Drew Langford, Aaron Householder, Lauren Weiss
David Shaw wins AAS Chambliss Award
Jan. 2023 -- David Shaw wins the Chambliss Award, the American Astronomical Society's Prize for an outstanding poster by a graduate student, at the January 2023 meeting. Pictured: David giving a talk on the same project at The Ohio State University, Fall 2022.
2022
The Astroweiss group at Notre Dame grows! Undergraduate Andrew (Drew) Langford joins the group in Fall 2021, with graduate students Coleman (Alex) Thomas and David Shaw joining in spring 2022. Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Matthias He joins the group in summer 2022. Yale undergraduate Aaron Householder participates in group research as part of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates.
Camp Astroweiss
Summer 2022 -- The Astroweiss group convenes for its second annual summer research camp. L to R: Andrew Langford, Matthias He, Alex Thomas, Lauren Weiss, Aaron Householder, Casey Brinkman, David Shaw.
2021
Lauren leaves Hawai`i to start a faculty position at the University of Notre Dame, but keeps her Hawai`i-based research group, composed of students Jingwen Zhang and Casey Brinkman and co-advisor Dan Huber, intact.
Aloha, Hawai`i
July 2021 -- Lauren leaves Hawai`i, but keeps her research group intact. L to R: Dan Huber, Jingwen Zhang, Lauren Weiss, Casey Brinkman.
Let's Go Irish
August 2021 -- Lauren joins the faculty at University Notre Dame.