UMBRELA Dialogue offers an opportunity to learn about the latest research and developments in the fields of black holes and active galaxies. These talks bring together scientists from various disciplines to foster meaningful discussions and inspire new collaborations. Our talks are held on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 PM. If you are interested in being part of our Dialogue, please fill out this form or contact us.
Date Speaker
09/22/2026 Ryan Hickox (Dartmouth College)
09/29/2026 Yuzo Ishikawa (MIT)
10/06/2026 Natasha Abrams (UC Berkeley)
10/13/2026 Chris Richardson (Elon University)
10/20/2026 Braden J. Draucek (Western Michigan University)
10/27/2026 Elias Kammoun (Caltech)
11/03/2026 Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño (Wake Forest University)
11/10/2026 Dominika Król (CfA)
11/17/2026 Peter Breiding (Binghamton University)
11/24/2026 Thanksgiving Break — No Talk
12/01/2026 TBD
04/28/2026 Kelcey Davis (University of Connecticut)
04/21/2026 Julia Sisk-Reynes (CfA)
04/14/2026 Ailing Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
04/07/2026 Fengwu Sun (CfA)
03/31/2026 Aditya Tamar (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)
03/24/2026 Julian Falcone (Georgia State University)
03/17/2026 Spring Break
03/10/2026 Chengcheng Xin (CfA)
03/03/2026 Garima Rajguru (Clemson University)
02/24/2026 Erini Lambrides (NASA Goddard)
02/17/2026 Piexin Zhu (CfA)
02/10/2026 Daniel Palumbo (CfA)
02/03/2026 Devesh Nandal (Swiss National Science Foundation/CfA)
01/27/2026 Nico Cappelluti (University of Miami)
01/20/2026 Bren Backhaus (University of Kansas)
12/02/2025 Jason Reeves (Tufts University)
11/18/2025 Alessandro Peca (Yale University)
11/04/2025 Allison Kirkpatrick (University of Kansas)
10/28/2025 Rodrigo Cardova (CfA)
10/21/2025 Edgar Vidal (Tufts University)
10/07/2025 Sasha Palvin (CfA)
09/30/2025 Kirsten Hall (CfA)
09/23/2025 Gerrit Schellenberger (CfA)
09/16/2025 Pepi Fabbiano (CfA)
04/30/2025 Michal Zajaček (Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
04/23/2025 Jaya Maithil (CfA)
04/16/2025 Dale Kocevski (Colby College)
04/09/2025 Olga Borodina (CfA)
04/02/2025 Marie Wingyee Lau (UC Riverside)
03/26/2025 Megan Masterson (MIT)
03/12/2025 Dominika Krol (CfA)
03/05/2025 Laurel White (MIT)
02/26/2025 Claire Hinrichs (Dartmouth College/CfA)
02/19/2025 Colin Burke (Yale University)
02/12/2025 Elias Kammoun (Caltech)
02/05/2025 Sara Issaoun (CfA)
01/29/2025 Andrea Sacchi (CfA)
01/22/2025 Hyerin Cho (CfA)
12/11/2024 John Wardle (Brandeis University)
11/20/2024 Gene Leung (MIT)
11/13/2024 Riccardo Arcodia (MIT)
11/06/2024 Christos Panagiotou (MIT)
10/30/2024 Minghao Yue (MIT)
10/23/2024 Alan Marscher (Boston University)
10/09/2024 Angelo Ricarte (CfA)
10/02/2024 Anna Sajina (Tufts University)
09/25/2024 Michael Johnson (CfA)