University Scholar Series: Michael Kaufman

Authors

Michael Kaufman, San Jose State University

Files

Streaming Media

Description

H2O in Interstellar Space: How the Universe Conspires to Make Water Everywhere

On October 28, 2015, Dr. Michael Kaufman spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Andy Feinstein at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. His talk was titled “H₂O in Interstellar Space: How the Universe Conspires to Make Water, Water Everywhere.” Dr. Kaufman's astrophysics research focuses on the interactions and feedback between newly formed stars and the interstellar medium—the raw material from which stars form. He constructs computational models of the radiative transfer, dynamics and chemistry that occur in regions of active star formation, and uses these models to interpret observations with ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes. Dr. Kaufman is Professor and Chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Date of Event

Fall 10-28-2015

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

Comments

1 streaming video file (60 min.) : digital, sound, color. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Recommended Citation

Kaufman, Michael, "University Scholar Series: Michael Kaufman" (2015). University Scholar Series. 23.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/uss/23