Golden Webinars – Sandra M. Faber - “Galaxy Formation: What is Simple and What remains Outstanding“

The ’Golden Webinars in Astrophysics’ series seeks to bring forefront research in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology to the public. Our third speaker during the Golden Week of Webinars (8-12 June 2020) was Sandra Faber, who is an astronomer and professor emerita at the University of California Santa Cruz and University of California Observatories. Professor Faber works on galaxy evolution. She has made important discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them, for which the Faber–Jackson relation has been named partially after her. She was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii, and led the development of the DEIMOS instrument. In 2017 she received the Gruber Cosmology Prize for her groundbreaking studies of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of galaxies. The panel of the June 10th, 2020 ’Golden Webinar’ consisted of: • Sandra M. Faber – speaker • Patricio Gonzales – interpreter, @gma