The Evolution of the Earth
Society Meeting
Thursday, 11th January 2018 (19:45 - 22:00)
Venue: swmcmeet
Albert's talk will lead us through the changes that Earth has undergone from its formation until now, and compares it to NASA's search for earth-like planets.
Speaker: Albert Zijlstra
Professor in Astrophysics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Previous appointments
1997-2004 Lecturer/Reader, UMIST, Manchester
1992-1997 Fellow/international staff member, European Southern Observatory
1991 Senior Research Fellow, South Africa Astronomical Observatory
1987-1989 PhD student, University of Groningen
1985-1989 PhD student National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA
Affiliations
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Research interests
Late stages of stellar evolution: mass loss, circumstellar matter; AGB stars; Planetary nebulae; Nearby galaxies
Techniques: Observational astronomy: infrared, optical, radio.
Facilities: VLT, VLTI, Spitzer Space Telescope, VLA
Outputs: 219 refereed journal papers, 465 outputs in total (as of Jan 2013)
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