TAP Lectureships
The TAP Lectureship series features visiting theorists who are experts in one of six key TAP Initiative research areas: Computation and Data, Cosmology, Dynamics, Gravity, Planet Formation, and Plasma Physics. The TAP Initiatives are designed to enable interdisciplinary conversations among theorists, observers, and experimentalists on these topics.
Upcoming Lectureships
Fall 2025 Lectures
Joana Kramer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Computation & Data Initiative
Visit Dates: September 28 - October 2, 2025
Lecture: September 29th
Kuiper Space Sciences Building, Room 312, 3:30-4:30 pm
Title: Simulating Active Galactic Nuclei: From Relativistic Jets to Polarized Emission
Host: Chi-kwan Chan
Cristiano Longarini, Cambridge University
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: September 29 - October 10, 2025
Lecture/Colloquium: October 6th
Kuiper Space Sciences Building, Room 312, 3:30-4:30 pm
Title: The Role of Self-gravity and Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Discs
Cristiano Longarini's Schedule
Host: Kaitlin Kratter
David Minton, Purdue University
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: October 19 - October 24, 2025
Lecture/Colloquium: October 20th
Kuiper Space Sciences Building, Room 312, 3:30-4:30 pm
Title: TBA
Host: Erik Asphaug
Ravi Sheth, University of Pennsylvania
Cosmology Initiative
Visit Dates: December 2025 (specific dates TBA)
Lecture: Date TBA
Location/Time: TBA
Host: Eduardo Rozo
Dalya Baron, Stanford University
Computation & Data Initiative
Visit Dates: December 2025 (specific dates TBA)
Lecture: Date TBA
Location/Time: TBA
Host: Ann Zabludoff
Previous Lectureships
Spring 2025 Lectures
Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan
Plasma Physics Initiative
Visit Dates: March 3-6, 2025
Title: Extended MHD and Coupled Fluid-Kinetic Simulations of Planetary Magnetospheres: Applications to Mercury and Ganymede
Daniel Tamayo, Harvey Mudd College
Dynamics Initiative
Visit Dates: March 17-20, 2025
Title: Toward a Theory of How Chaos Drives Dynamical Instabilities and Shapes Compact Exoplanet Systems
Yixin Wang, University of Michigan
Computation & Data Initiative
Visit Dates: April 4 - 10, 2025
Talk Title: Representation Learning: A Casual Perspective
Fred Adams, University of Michigan
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: April 21 - 27, 2025
Talk Title: Revisiting the Core Accretion Paradigm for Giant Planet Formation: Analytic Framework for the Late Infall Stage and the Distribution of Planetary Masses
Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cosmology Initiative
Visit Dates: April 27-May 6
Title: Beyond the Observable: A Machine Learning perspective on modern Cosmology
Fall 2025 Lectures
Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Gravity Initiative
Visit Dates: October 7-11, 2024
Title: Inquiring Through Black Holes
Nicholas Wogan, NASA Ames Research Center
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: November 4-8, 2024
Title: The Photochemistry and Climate of Foreign Atmospheres: Implications for the Origin of Life on Early Earth and Understanding Exoplanets Observed by the James Webb Space Telescope
Anna Tenerani, University of Colorado, Boulder
Plasma Physics Initiative
Visit Dates: December 2-6, 2024
Title: Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration: What are we Learning from Parker Solar Probe?
Spring 2024 Lectures
Monica Valluri, University of Michigan
Dynamics Initiative
Visit Dates: May 14-24, 2024
Title: Some New Ways to Probe the Nature of Dark Matter with Tidal Streams
No Recording Available
George Wong, Institute for Advanced Study
Computation & Data Initiative
Visit Dates: April 15-26, 2024
Title: The Next Generation of Horizon-Scale Black Hole Accretion Science
Aaron Zimmerman, University of Texas at Austin
Gravity Initiative
Visit Dates: March 21-30, 2024
Title: Gravitational Waves and Searching for the Unexpected
Kedron Silsbee, University of Texas at El Paso
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: March 11-15, 2024
Title: Growth, Drift and Pile-up of Planetesimals in Binary Systems
No Recording Available
Neal Dalal, Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
Cosmology & Gravity Initiatives
Visit Dates: February 14-22, 2024
Title: AGN HBT OMG
No Recording Available
Fall 2023 Lectures
Thaddeus Komacek, University of Maryland
Planet Formation Initiative
Visit Dates: October 16 - 27, 2023
Title: Characterizing the Three-dimensional Nature of Hot Gas Giant Exoplanets in the Era of JWST
Jason Tenbarge, Princeton University
Plasma Physics Initiative
Visit Dates: September 25-29, 2023
Title: New Perspectives on Diagnosing Electron Energization in Magnetic Reconnection
| Name | Affiliation | Initiative | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Pessah | Niels Bohr Institute | Computation & Data | March 13-17, 2023 |
| Kazumasa Ohno | Unviersity of California Santa Cruz | Planet Formation | January 12-14, 2023 |