Joint Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Astrophysics Colloquium

Colloquiums are held on Tuesdays at 11:00 am and are organized by The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall and Princeton University in the Spring. Details on the current colloquiums can be found below. Coffee provided 10:30am to 11:00am before the start of the lecture. The Joint Astrophysics Colloquium is immediately followed by the Bahcall Lunch. 

For questions about a speaker's visit to The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall, please contact Alexander J. Dittmann, Biwei Dai, or Amanda Cenker.

For questions about a speaker's visit to Princeton University the Spring, please contact:  or Mami Akiyama

Videos of past talks at the IAS can be found on the IAS video server or on YouTube.

Colloquia Archives

Current Colloquium Schedule

Mar
17
2026

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

The Physics of Exoplanet Atmospheres: Microphysics, Photochemistry, and Dynamics
Diana Powell
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

With the advent of JWST, interpreting unprecedented observations of diverse exoplanet atmospheres requires a fundamental understanding of photochemistry, atmospheric dynamics, and aerosol microphysics. In this talk, I will demonstrate how modeling...

Mar
24
2026

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

Probing Dark Energy w/ Galaxy Clusters and Cosmic Shear
Eduardo Rozo
11:00am|Peyton Hall Auditorium

Growth structure probes have long been consider an indispensable tool for the study of dark energy. In this talk, I will present an analysis of the abundance of DES galaxy clusters to argue against the dynamical dark energy interpretation of the...