Below I list all my scientific presentations I have given since 2010.
2026
Invited talk, Conference "Galaxies across Cosmic Time" (Paso Robles)
Getting to the Core of Core Dynamics
Invited talk, Conference "Galaxy & Dark Matter Halos across Cosmic Time" (Seeon, Germany)
Not all Cores are Equal: on the dynamics of CDM and SIDM halos
Colloquium, The Ohio State University
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
2025
Invited Talk, Yale University
Not all Cores are Equal: on the dynamics of CDM and SIDM halos
Invited Talk, Workshop "Galaxy Formation 2025" (Santa Cruz)
Core Dynamics: a test bed for the nature of dark matter
Invited Talk, Workshop "Small Scale Structure of the Universe and SIDM", (Valencia)
Core Dynamics: a proving ground for dark matter self-interactions
Invited Talk, Simons Symposium "Multi-Scale Physics" (Schloss Elmau, Germany)
The Multi-Scale Physics of Structure Formation in the Dark Sector
2024
Colloquium, Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh
Getting to the Core of Core Dynamics
Colloquium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Getting to the Core of Core Dynamics
Invited Talk, Workshop "Interconnections between Plasmas and Gravitating Systems", (KITP)
Getting to the Core of Core Dynamics
Invited Talk, Workshop "Dark Matter Theory, Simulation and Analysis", (KITP)
New Insights into the S8 Tension from Satellite Kinematics
Invited Talk, 55th Annual meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy, (Toronto)
Getting to the Core of Core Dynamics
Colloquium, University of Maryland
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
2023
Seminar, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dynamical Friction, Core Stalling & Dynamical Buoyancy
Invited Talk, Simons Symposium "Illuminating Dark Matter" (Schloss Elmau, Germany)
Prospects of using Substructure to Constrain the Nature of Dark Matter
Invited Talk, Conference "Fiat Lux" (Castel Gandolfo, Italy)
New Insights into Galaxy-Halo Connection from Satellite Galaxies
Invited Talk, 54th Annual meeting of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy, Lansing
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
Colloquium, Indiana University Bloomington
Stress Testing the LCDM Paradigm on Non-Linear Scales
2022
11/29 Colloquium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
10/11 Colloquium, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Studies
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
09/13 Invited Talk, Conference “What Matter(s) around Galaxies” (Italy)
Thermal Instabilities and Shattering in the WHIM
08/19 Invited Talk, Workshop “Galaxy Formation and Evolution” (Santa Cruz, CA)
Dynamical Friction, Core Stalling & Dynamical Buoyancy
04/25 Invited Talk, DDA 53rd Annual Meeting of Division on Dynamical Astronomy (CCA, NYC)
Dynamical Friction, Core Stalling & Dynamical Buoyancy
03/10 Colloquium, Yale University
Galacto-Seismology with Phase-Spirals
03/04 Seminar, University of Victoria, Canada
Dynamical Friction, Core Stalling & Dynamical Buoyancy
03/02 Colloquium, University of Victoria, Canada
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
2020
10/29 Colloquium, UC Merced
Constraining Cosmology with Satellite Kinematics
2019
08/09 Invited Talk, Santa Cruz Galaxy Formation conference
Constraining Cosmology with Satellite Kinematics
04/08 Colloquium (`Physics Club’), Yale Physics Department
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
01/10 Colloquium, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
01/09 Seminar, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Dark Matter Substructure: Cosmological Treasure Trove or a Pandora’s box
01/08 Seminar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Dark Matter Substructure: Cosmological Treasure Trove or a Pandora’s box
01/07 Colloquium, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
New Insights into Cosmology from Non-Linear Scales
2018
12/18 Colloquium, The University of Texas at Austin
The Galaxy-Halo Connection: New Insights from Satellite Kinematics
11/03 Invited Talk, 26th Biennial Meeting of Philosophy of Science Association
Numerical Artefacts in Numerical Simulations of Dark Matter Structure
09/28 Colloquium: Tufts University, Massachusetts
Dark Matter Substructure: Cosmological Treasure Trove or a Pandora’s box?
06/27 Invited Talk, Conference “Halo Substructure”, IFT, Madrid
The Tidal Disruption of Dark Matter Substructure: Fact or Fiction?
06/07 Seminar, Workshop “Small-Scale Structure of Cold(?) Dark Matter, KITP
The Galaxy-Halo Connection
06/01 Seminar, Workshop “Small-Scale Structure of Cold(?) Dark Matter”, KITP
The Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
03/12 Invited Talk, Conference “SnowCluster 2018”, Snowbird, Utah
The Tidal Disruption of Dark Matter Substructure; Fact or Fiction?
2017
12/12 Invited Talk, Workshop “Galaxy Evolution in Groups & Clusters, Ringberg, Germany
The Tidal Evolution of Satellite Galaxies
11/03 Invited Talk, Regional Galaxy Formation Meeting, CCA, New York City
The Tidal Disruption of Dark Matter Substructure: Fact or Fiction?
10/31 Colloquium: CIERA, Northwestern University
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
10/27 Colloquium: St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
07/11 Seminar: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), Santa Barbara
The Role of Environment in Galaxy Quenching
05/19 Conference: “Quantifying the Galaxy-Halo Connection”, KITP
What can we learn from Small-Scale Clustering?
03/27 Workshop: “Beyond WIMPs: from Theory to Detection”, Stony Brook
Simulations of Structure Formation: Status and Challenges
03/21 Colloquium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dark Matter Substructure: Cosmological Treasure Trove or a Pandora’s Box
02/11 Conference ”Methodology and Epistemology in Cosmology”, UC Irvine
Numerical Simulations in Cosmology
2016
12/13 Colloquium, Institute for Advanced Study & Princeton University
Dark Matter Substructure: Cosmological Treasure Trove or a Pandora’s Box
10/21 Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
Dark Matter Substructure and the Clustering Crisis
10/17 Colloquium, Munich Excellence Cluster, Munich
Dark Matter Substructure and the Clustering Crisis
04/05 Workshop ”Dark Matter on the Smallest Scales”, Leiden
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
03/14 SnowPac Conference, Snowbird Utah
Can we use Small-Scale Clustering to Constrain Cosmology?
03/11 HEAP Seminar, University of Utah
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
03/10 Colloquium, University of Utah
Coming of Age in the Dark Sector
03/04 YODA presentation; Yale Astronomy Department
On the Tidal Evolution of Dark Matter Substructure
02/11 Colloquium, VanderBilt University, Nashville
Substructure in the Dark Sector
2015
11/18 Conference ”Census, Evolution, Physics”, Yale University
Assembly Bias: New Insights Regarding Galaxy Evolution
10/08 Colloquium, Yale University
Substructure in the Dark Sector
09/30 Colloquium, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Substructure in the Dark Sector
09/25 Invited Talk, Workshop, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
The 1-Halo Term
09/11 Colloquium, NYU, New York City
Substructure of Dark Matter Halos Revisited
08/18 Santa Cruz Galaxy Formation Workshop, UCSC, Santa Cruz
Substructure in the Dark Sector
04/30 Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden
Quenching of Central and Satellite Galaxies: Lessons learned from SDSS
03/26 ITC Luncheon Seminar, Harvard University
On the Origin of Galaxy Alignments
03/26 Colloquium, Harvard University (ITC)
Coming of Age in the Dark Sector
02/27 Colloquium, University of California, Riverside
Shedding Light on the Dark
2014
11/24 Workshop ”HOD Modeling”, Ohio State University
Rambling in the Dark Sector
09/09 Black Board Presentation, Aspen Center for Physics
Various issues regarding the 1-halo term in the Halo Model
08/08 Colloquium, MPIA Heidelberg
Structure Growth in the Dark Sector
07/25 Oxford, IAU Symp. 311
Conference Summary
07/24 Oxford, IAU Symp. 311
New Insights in the Stellar Mass Assembly of Galaxies
07/14 Conference ”Quenching and Quiescense”, MPIA Heidelberg
Quenching & Quiescence of Galaxies; an Introduction
06/03 Colloquium, University of Belgrade
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
03/28 Carnegie Cognitive Astrophysics Symposium, Pasadena
The Emergence of Complexity in the Dark Sector
02/02 Conference ”Unveiling the Formation of Massive Galaxies”, Aspen, CO
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
2013
10/02 Colloquium, Columbia University
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
09/27 Colloquium, Carnegie Mellon University
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
08/15 Conference ”Structure and Formation of Disk Galaxies”, Arkansas
The Galaxy-Dark Matter Connection in the Context of Disk Galaxies
08/01 ACP Seminar Series, IPMU, Tokyo
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
07/26 Workshop ”Small Scale Structure”, IPMU, Tokyo
Summary Talk
07/09 Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium, Heidelberg
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
07/03 Conference ”Large Scale Structure”, Ascona
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
06/28 Conference ”The Physical Link between Galaxies and Halos”, Garching
Scaling Relations for Disk Galaxies and their Interpretation
04/26 Conference ”What Regulates Galaxy Evolution”, Lorentz Center Leiden
Conference Summary
2012
07/05 Conference ”Galaxies: Insight Out”, Leiden Observatory
Conference Summary
07/04 Conference ”Galaxies: Insight Out”, Leiden Observatory
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
05/25 Workshop ”Ecosystems of Galaxies”, USTC, Hefei
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
05/17 Workshop ”Ecosystems of Galaxies”, USTC, Hefei
Cosmology with Gravitational Lensing
04/18 Seminar, UC Santa Barbara
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
03/29 Seminar, KITP, Santa Barbara
Dark Halo Response and the Stellar IMF
01/23 Colloquium, Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
01/18 Colloquium, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
01/10 Seminar, Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem
Dark Halo Response and the Stellar IMF
2011
12/23 Conference ”Cosmological Streaming, Inflows and Outflows”, Jerusalem
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
11/23 Colloquium, Tel Aviv University
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
11/06 Seminar, Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem
Disk Assembly and the Black Hole Mass – Sigma Relation
10/27 Colloquium, CfA Harvard, Cambridge
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
10/26 Seminar, CfA Harvard, Cambridge
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
10/19 Yale Galaxy Lunch Seminar
On the Assembly of Galaxies in Dark Matter Halos
10/14 Seminar, KICP, University of Chicago
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
09/16 Lunch Talk, UMass, Amherst
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
09/13 YCAA Seminar, Yale
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
08/13 Santa Cruz Galaxy Formation Workshop, UC Santa Cruz
Cosmic Velocity and Tidal Fields from Groups in SDSS
07/21 Santa Fe Cosmology Workshop, Santa Fe
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
2010
09/29 Yale Galaxy Lunch Seminar
On the Origin of the Cosmic Star Formation History
09/21 Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park
Shedding Light on the Dark
09/07 JENAM Conference ”Environment and the Formation of Galaxies”, Lisbon
Summary Talk
05/27 Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle
Shedding Light on the Dark
04/23 Seminar, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City
The Galaxy-Dark Matter Connection
03/27 SnowPAC Conference, Snowbird, Utah
Constraining Cosmology with Clustering & Lensing
03/18 Undergraduate Seminar Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
The Cosmic MicroWave Background
01/21 BOWTIE Seminar Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Satellite Kinematics