Title:  Innovation & technology for Astronomy's next ultraviolet telescopes

Abstract: The next several decades hold the promise to revolutionize our understanding of the universe and our place in it. To make important strides in all fields of astrophysics, particularly in how we form things, though, we must take a careful look at what we need to observe how objects - from galaxies to stars and the planets that orbit them - come together in the first place. Ultraviolet (UV) light plays a unique role in all these processes, and I will highlight projects my group is involved with (FIREBall-2, Hyperion) looking to observe critical tracers of atoms and molecules that emit and absorb light in the UV to understand how galaxies, stars, and planets form. I'll also talk about key programs in technology and innovation that my group focuses on that will make these next-generation UV telescopes a reality.

This will be in-person only in Room 3