David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto
50 St George, Toronto Canada
Joined August 2010
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Congratulations to Professor Adam Hincks, PhD student Martine Lokken, and Professor J. Richard Bond for their work on detecting the elusive hot gas that populates the space between galaxies!
@UofTAstro @CITA_ICAT @DunlapInstitute @uStMikes
Astronomers at #UofT have spotted some of the most elusive stuff in our universe by taking a deep look at the cosmic web, the network of filaments & knots that trace the large-scale distribution of galaxies. utoronto.ca/news/u-t-astrono…
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Congratulations to Prof. Yanqin Wu, who been named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow in the Astronomy & Astrophysics category! gf.org/announcements/
@GuggFellows #guggenheimfellowship2022
A research team at @UofTAstro and @DunlapInstitute, lead by graduate student Yuan Qi Ni, as well as Profs Dae-Sik Moon and Maria Drout, has detected the earliest-known thermonuclear supernova explosion!
Learn more about this exciting discovery here: astro.utoronto.ca/earliest-d…
Congratulations to @CITA_ICAT Professor Norm Murray for being awarded the 2022 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysical Insights!
cita.utoronto.ca/norman-murr…
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Congratulations to Prof @GwenEadie for having been awarded the 2021 Polanyi Prize in Physics for her leadership and research in astrostatistics!
astro.utoronto.ca/dr-gwendol…
Congratulations to @UofTAstro and @DunlapInstitute PhD candidate Anna O'Grady (@AstrOGrady) for this excellent 15-minute documentary featuring her research on stars!
youtu.be/3VIbKTRUblQ
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Listen to Astronomy PhD candidate @emilydeibert's interview on Quirks & Quarks from this past weekend!
Discovered in 2016, Wasp-76b is a giant gas ball orbiting very close to its star
And the latest observations of Wasp 76b suggest that being very large and very hot is only a start for how strange this planet is.
cbc.ca/1.6203558
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Congratulations to @reneehlozek for winning the 2021 McLean Award!
We are so excited to announce that Dr. Renée Hložek is the winner of the 2021 McLean Award!
The award recognizes an emerging research leader at the University of Toronto.
You can read our story about it, here: dunlap.utoronto.ca/hlozek-mc…
(📸 Courtesy Renée Hložek)
ALT Renée Hložek photo.
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We would like to congratulate @UofT's Dr. Diana Valencia for winning the Paolo Farinella Prize for her contributions to our understanding the interiors of exoplanets!
You can read the full story here: bit.ly/3Bdgnzy
We are very excited to welcome renowned astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier (@thejunaverse) as new director of @CITA_ICAT! Welcome to the Toronto Astronomy community!
utoronto.ca/news/renowned-sc…
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Congratulations to Prof. Roberto Abraham (@roberto_abraham) for being one of four @uoft projects to receive support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (@InnovationCA) for the Dragonfly telescope!
utoronto.ca/news/nearly-2-mi…
Prof Renée Hlozek of the @DunlapInstitute and @UofTAstro is being featured by @UofT for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb. 11, we will be featuring seven amazing #UofTWomenInSTEM who are pushing boundaries & leading the way for #WomenInScience. #UofT
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Congratulations to @UofTAstro Prof. Jo Bovy (@jobovy) for being appointed a Canada Research Chair!
From theoretical quantum materials and investigations into the universe’s dark matter, to computational biology and early modern literature and culture, four researchers from across #UofTArtSci have been awarded Canada Research Chairs.
Learn more: bit.ly/3mktE16
ALT john Pictured left to right: Professors Jo Bovy, Hae-Young Kee, Alan Moses and John Rogers.
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PhD student @emilydeibert has won an A&S Doctoral Excellence Scholarship for her research into the atmospheres of exoplanets.
Learn more: bit.ly/3pFvSuT
ALT Emily Deibert recently won an Arts & Science Doctoral Excellence Scholarship.
Congrats to @TomasCassanelli and the entire CHIME team at @DunlapInstitute and @UofTAstro! The most recent data from this experiment shows that magnetars (neutron stars with very strong magnetic fields) are the cause of some FRBs (fast radio bursts)!
On this big CHIME news, a special shout out to @UofTAstro /@DunlapInstitute grad student @TomasCassanelli, who led the re-development of ARO’s 10-metre telescope. ARO worked in tandem with CHIME to become part of this massive discovery! Full story: bit.ly/38iDRaO @UofT
Every year we share a class picture of the largest Astronomy course in Canada, AST101. This year is a little different because we've moved online, but here's a map of our where our students are in the world courtesy @padlet!
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Congratulations to members of the @DunlapInstitute @CITA_ICAT and @uoftastro involved in the CHIME experiment for winning the 2020 Governor General’s Innovation Award!
innovation.gg.ca/winner/chim…
Congratulations to Prof. Maria Drout (@mrdrout) for being named the Canada Research Chair in Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics! Prof. Drout has a joint appointment at @DunlapInstitute and @uoftastro and studies the evolution and demise of massive stars.
Congratulations to Emily Deibert (@emilydeibert) on being recognized with the University of Toronto Alumni Association’s Graduate Award of Excellence for her work in public outreach and for her major discoveries about exoplanets!
alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-ex…