pH Lectures

The pH Lecture is an endowed lecture established by the Hertelendy family of California. Dr. Hertelendy is an alumni member of the Smithsonian's National Board and for several years he served at its official liaison to SAO. The family established the lecture to encourage and celebrate the Observatory's outstanding young scientists.

Click on the titles for abstracts and videos of the lectures (when available). Videos of lectures since July 2013 are available on the CfA Colloquium YouTube channel.

Speaker Title Video
Dr. Jenna Samra 29 October 2020 High-Altitude Instrumentation for Infrared Observations of the Solar Corona Video
Nia Imara 14 May 2020 TBA
Laura Kreidberg 01 March 2018 Exoplanet Atmosphere Characterization, Present and Future Video
Reinout van Weeren 27 April 2017 The Universe’s Largest Particle Accelerators Video
Ryan Allured 14 April 2016 Pushing the Boundaries of X-ray Astronomy and Optics Technology Video
Mercedes Lopez-Morales 10 September 2015 Breaking Through Exoplanetary Atmospheres Video
Smadar Naoz 08 May 2014 The Origin of Retrograde Hot Jupiters Video
Matthew Walker 02 May 2013 Galactic Dynamics and the Nature of Dark Matter Video
Karin Oberg 03 May 2012 The Astrochemical Origins of Prebiotic Molecules
Mukremin Kilic 28 April 2011 The Quest for Type Ia Supernova Progenitors Video
Sean Andrews 20 May 2010 Planet-forming Disks Around Young Stars
T. J. Cox 07 May 2009 Using Numerical Simulationsto Study the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies Video
Gaspar Bakos 01 May 2008 Fishing for planets with HATNet Video
Lisa Kaltenegger 17 May 2007 Spectral Fingerprints of Earth-like Exoplanets Video
Alexey Vikhlinin 11 May 2006 Following the dynamics of the Universe with galaxy cluster counts Video