ASTRO Colloquium with Renee Hložek

Event Date:
2026-11-23T16:00:00
2026-11-23T17:00:00
Event Location:
HENN 318
Speaker:
Renee Hložek, University of Toronto
Related Upcoming Events:
Astronomy Colloquia
Intended Audience:
Everyone
Local Contact:

Brett Gladdman (gladman@astro.ubc.ca)

All are welcome to this event!

Event Information:

Abstract:

[coming soon!]

Bio:

Prof. Renee Hložek is an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the Dunlap Institute in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto in Canada.

She is a member of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration and the Simons Observatory, which study the cosmic microwave background (or CMB) at a very sharp angular resolution to unlock the secrets of the early universe and the period of star formation. She uses this data to answer questions about the structure of the universe, its initial conditions and its eventual fate using data.

Hložek hails from South Africa, where she studied at the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town. She received her DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2011, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She was a Lyman Spitzer Jr. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University and the Spitzer-Cotsen Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows. She is also a TED Fellow.
 

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Add to Calendar 2026-11-23T16:00:00 2026-11-23T17:00:00 ASTRO Colloquium with Renee Hložek Event Information: Abstract: [coming soon!] Bio: Prof. Renee Hložek is an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the Dunlap Institute in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto in Canada. She is a member of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration and the Simons Observatory, which study the cosmic microwave background (or CMB) at a very sharp angular resolution to unlock the secrets of the early universe and the period of star formation. She uses this data to answer questions about the structure of the universe, its initial conditions and its eventual fate using data. Hložek hails from South Africa, where she studied at the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town. She received her DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2011, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She was a Lyman Spitzer Jr. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University and the Spitzer-Cotsen Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows. She is also a TED Fellow.  Learn More: See her faculty bio from the University of Toronto: https://www.astro.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/name/renee-hlozek/  Read more about her from her Rhodes Project boi: https://rhodesproject.com/renee-hlozek-profile  See her video from Story Collider, "The Universe doesn't care about you": https://www.storycollider.org/singles/2020/9/23/renee-hlozek-the-universe-doesnt-care-about-you      Event Location: HENN 318