Colloquium: Meredith Hughes (Wesleyan Univeristy)

Meredith Hughes

Colloquium: Meredith Hughes (Wesleyan Univeristy)

Sep 29, 2025 - 4:10 PM
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Speaker: Meredith Hughes (Wesleyan University)

Host: Jake Simon

Title: The Missing Link: Planet Formation from Millions to Billions of Years|

Bio: 
Prof. Meredith Hughes studies planet formation by observing the disks of gas and dust around young stars using radio
interferometers.  She holds a BA in astronomy and physics from Yale University and a PhD from Harvard University, and is the current chair of the
astronomy department at Wesleyan University.  Her talk will present first results from the ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures.