Speaker: Dr Matt Redman, Lecturer at the Centre for Astronomy NUI Galway
Date: April 5th 2010 (Bank Holiday Monday)
Venue: Westwood House Hotel 8pm
Title: "The Birth Of Stars"
Dr Matt Redman is a Lecturer at the Dept of Experimental Physics at NUI Galway where he has worked since 2003. Currently his teaching responsibilities include Star & Planet Formation, Molecular Astrophysics, Astrochemistry and Supernova remnants. His most recent research is in the areas of in relation to finding initial conditions of star and planet formation. Specifically, is it possible to identify an individual molecular cloud that is on the verge of collapsing to form a star and possibly a planetary system.
Ronan Newman
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