Music of the Spheres: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz - SOLD OUT

Speaker: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He is also the Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen. After studying at the University of Cambridge, he was the John Bahcall Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Since joining the UCSC faculty in 2007, Ramirez-Ruiz has won a number of national awards for his research, including a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Edward A. Bouchet Award, the Kavli  and Racliffe Fellowships. He has authored or co-authored about two hundred  research papers, two dozen  in Science and Nature.  He has lectured, broadcast and written widely on science and is a highly decorated teacher and  research  adviser. As the director of  the Lamat Institute at UCSC,   Ramirez-Ruiz  works  vigorously  to support the promotion and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM.

Musical Performer: Charged Particles

General tickets on sale at 12:00 noon, April 18th