Ravi Kopparapu, assistant research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland, will give a talk titled "The Search for Potential Habitable Worlds in Our Galaxy" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 16 June 2016, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series.
Kopparapu received his Ph.D. in physics from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 2006. His research interests include extrasolar planets, habitability, atmospheric modeling and characterization, and planetary transit analysis.
Coffee, tea, and a continental breakfast will be served before the lecture at 10:30 a.m.