Weekly Space Hangout -Sept 13, 2017: Dr. Claudia Lagos from ICRAR

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Hosts:

Fraser Cain (

universetoday.com

/

@fcain

) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (

pmsutter.com

/

@PaulMattSutter

) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (

KimberlyCartier.org

/

@AstroKimCartier

) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (

MorganRehnberg.com

/

@MorganRehnberg

ChartYourWorld.org

)

Special Guest:

This week's guest is Dr. Claudia Lagos (

@CDPLagos

). Claudia is the Research Assistant at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, in the University of Western Australia. Dr. Lagos is one of the core researchers for the

Cosmic Dawn Centre (DAWN)

. Her expertise is in modelling of physical processes in galaxies, such as gas accretion onto galaxies, star formation, stellar feedback, gas accretion onto black holes, among other similar mechanisms.

Their stories this week:

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the Trello WSH page

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.