Conference Schedule

Sunday, July 8

18:30-19:00 Trolleys pick up at Conference Hotel, drop off at Reamer Center Circle
19:00-20:30 Reception
Peter Irving Wold Center Atrium, 2nd floor
Cash Bar, Hor D'Oeuvres
20:00-20:45 Trolleys pick up at Reamer Center Circle, drop off at Conference Hotel

Monday, July 9

8:15-8:45 Trolleys pick up at Conference Hotel, drop off at Reamer Center Circle
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup, Olin Rotunda
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Announcements

Session I: Overview of Groups and Clusters and Environmental Effects

Moderator: Mary Crone Odekon

9:15-10:00

Invited Talk
The Roles of Clusters and Groups in Galaxy Evolution
Ann Zabludoff, University of Arizona/Steward Observatory

10:00-10:15

Poster Summaries

Galaxy Evolution in Cluster Environments at Low-to-Intermediate Redshift
Ryan Cybulski, University of Massachusetts
PDF

The Gaseous Evolution of Galaxies in Groups
Kelley Hess, University of Cape Town

Total Neutral Hydrogen Contents of Hickson Compact Groups
Lyle Hoffman, Lafayette University
PDF

A Tidal Dwarf Galaxy in the Interacting Galaxy Group NGC 3166/9?
Karen Lee-Waddell, Royal Military College/Queen's University
PDF

The Environmental Dependence of E/S0 Disk (Re)Growth
Amanda Moffett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Do Active Galactic Nuclei Prefer Compact Group Galaxies?
Jubee Sohn, Seoul National University

Feedback in the Local Universe: The Relation between Star Formation and AGN Activity in Typical Elliptical Galaxies
Sravani Vaddi, Rochester Institute of Technology

Social Networks and the Structure of Galaxy Groups
Eric Wilcots & Ali Bramson, University of Wisconsin

The HI Content of the Ursa Major Region
Kathrin Wolfinger, Swinburne University of Technology
PDF

10:15-10:45 Refreshments and Posters, Olin Rotunda

10:45-11:30

Invited Talk
Evidence for Environmental Effects in Star-Forming Galaxies
Martha Haynes, Cornell University
PDF

11:30-11:50

The Effect of Environment on the Molecular Gas Content of Nearby Galaxies
Christine Wilson, McMaster University
PDF

12:00-1:00 Lunch, Wold Atrium

Session II: X-ray Properties of Groups and Clusters

Moderator: Martha Haynes

13:15-14:00

Invited Talk
Hot Gas and AGN Feedback in Nearby Groups and Clusters
Christine Jones, Center for Astrophysics
PDF

14:00-14:20

Intergalactic Gas in Groups of Galaxies: Implications for Dwarf Spheroidal Formation and The Missing Baryons Problem
Emily Freeland, Texas A&M University
PDF

14:20-14:35

CONFERENCE PHOTO

14:35-15:05

Refreshments and Posters, Olin Rotunda

15:05-15:25

Cool Core Properties of Galaxy Groups-Details on Feedback and Star Formation
Vijaysarathy Bharadwaj, Argelander Institut für Astronomie
PDF

15:25-15:45

Residual Cooling and Persistent Star Formation amid AGN Feedback in Abell 2597
Chris O'Dea, Rochester Institute of Technology
PDF

Session III: Compact and Loose Groups

Moderator: Aileen O'Donoghue

15:50-16:10

Environmental Effects in Compact and Loose Groups of Galaxies
Hernán Muriel, OAC-IATE
PDF

16:10-16:30

Molecular Gas and Star Formation in Hickson Compact Groups: Enhanced or Deficient?
Ute Lisenfeld, Universidad Granada
PDF

16:30-16:50

A UV-X-ray Census of AGN activity and Star Formation in Compact Groups
Panayiotis Tzanavaris, NASA/GSFC
PDF

16:50-17:30

Trolleys pick up at Reamer Circle, drop off at Conference Hotel

17:45-18:15

Trolleys pick up at Conference Hotel, drop off at Reamer Circle

18:00-20:30

Reception and Banquet, Upper Class Dining Room, 2nd floor, Reamer Campus Center
NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION FROM PRINTED PROGRAM
(Reamer is across the courtyard from the Olin building.)

20:15-21:00

Trolleys pick up at Reamer Circle, drop off at Conference Hotel

Tuesday, July 10

8:15-8:45

Trolleys pick up at Conference Hotels, drop off at Reamer Center Circle

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup, Olin Rotunda

Session IV: Simulations of Groups and Clusters

Moderator: Chris O'Dea

9:00-9:45

Invited Talk
What Simulations Can Tell Us about the Gas Content of Galaxies in Groups and Clusters
Greg Bryan, Columbia University
PDF

9:45-10:05

Quenching Star Formation on Cluster Infall
Michael Hudson, University of Waterloo

10:05-10:20

Poster Summaries

HI Content of Galaxies in the NGC 5846 Group Region
Halley Darling, Union College

The Local Cluster Survey
Rose Finn, Siena College

Membership & HI Deficiency of Zwicky Cluster 1400+0949
Steven Goldman, St. Lawrence University

The Herschel View of the Coma Cluster
Scot Hickinbottom, Astrophysics Research Institute
PNG

Environmental History of Galaxies in High Density Regions
Michaela Hirschmann, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste - INAF

A WISE/GALEX View of Red Sequence Galaxies
Jongwan Ko, Yonsei University Observatory

Dynamical Mass Estimates of Galaxy Group AWM3
Nathan Nichols, Hartwick College

The UAT Groups Project: The HI Mass Function for Galaxies in Groups
Mary Crone Odekon, Skidmore College
PDF

Orbital Dependence of Quenching Mechanisms
Kyle Oman, University of Waterloo
PDF

HI Deficiency Estimates in ALFALFA Galaxy Groups
Parker Troischt, Hartwick College

The ALFALFA H-alpha Survey
Angela Van Sistine, Indiana University

Star Formation in the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies
Lucas Viani, Union College

10:20-10:50

Refreshments and Posters, Olin Rotunda

10:50-11:10

Satellite Galaxy SFR Evolution in Groups/Clusters
Andrew Wetzel, Yale University
PDF

11:10-11:30

The Zurich Environmental Study (ZENS) of Galaxies in Groups along the Cosmic Web
Craig Rudick, ETH Zurich

11:30-11:50

The Galaxy Cluster Concentration-Mass Relation
Elena Rasia, University of Michigan
PDF

12:00-13:00

Lunch, Wold Atrium

Session V: Star Formation in Groups and Clusters

Moderator: Rose Finn

13:15-14:00

Invited Talk
Connecting Star Formation and Gas in Nearby Galaxies
Rob Kennicutt, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge PDF

14:00-14:20

The Role of the Cluster Environment on the Star Formation Cycle of Virgo Galaxies
Luca Cortese, ESO/Garching
PDF

14:20-14:40

A WISE View of the Abell 2199 Supercluster
Ho Seong Hwang, Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory
PDF

14:45-15:15

Refreshments and Posters, Olin Rotunda

15:15-15:35

Gas Accretion, Starvation, and Ram Pressure Stripping in the Virgo Cluster
Jeff Kenney, Yale University

15:35-15:55

The Link between Morphological Disturbance and Star Formation History: The Case of A901/902 with STAGES
Carlos Hoyos, University of Nottingham
PDF

16:00-16:20

Galaxy Transformation in the SuperGroup Environment of Abell 1882
Aparajita Sengupta, University of Alabama
PDF

16:20-16:40

Environmental Imprint on Galaxy Chemical Enrichment
Jorge Iglesias Páramo, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC
PDF

16:40-17:00

How Fossil are Fossil Groups?
Eric Wilcots, University of Wisconsin
PDF

17:00-17:45


Trolleys pick up at Reamer Circle, drop off at Conference Hotel
List of restaurants provided for Dinner

Wednesday, July 11

8:15-8:45

Trolleys pick up at Conference Hotels, drop off at Reamer Center Circle

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast and Poster Setup, Olin Rotunda

Session VI: Dwarf Galaxies in Groups and Clusters

Moderator: Lyle Hoffman

9:00-9:45

Invited Talk
Dwarf Galaxies in Nearby Groups and Clusters
Harry Ferguson, Space Telescope Science Institute
PDF

9:45-10:05

Dwarf Galaxies in Groups within 5Mpc: Resolved Stellar Populations
Lidia Makarova, Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS
PDF

10:05-10:25

Galaxy Multiplicity in Low-Mass Haloes: the Baryonic Content and Star Formation Properties of Dwarf Galaxy
Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, European Southern Observatory
PDF

10:25-10:40

Poster Summaries

The Missing ISM Mass Problem in Local Group Early-Type Dwarf Galaxies
Ilse De Looze, U. Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium

Close Companions to Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Support for Downsizing and Minor Mergers
Louise Edwards, Yale University

The Impact of Group Dynamics and Substructure on Galaxy Evolution
Annie Hou, McMaster University

Study of Groups of Dwarfs in the Nearby Universe
Dmitry Makarov, Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS
PDF

The Interplay of Gas and Stars in Dwarf Galaxies of Very Nearby Groups: the Showcase Example of ESO 347-G017
Ana Monreal-Ibero, presented by Jorge Iglesias-Paramo, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia

Variations in the Activities Traced in Mid- and Far-IR and HI Content in and around z=0.2 Clusters
Min Yun , University of Massachusetts

10:45-11:15

Refreshments and Posters, Olin Rotunda

Session VII: Connection to High Redshift Groups and Clusters

Moderator: Jeff Kenney

11:15-12:00

Invited Talk
High Redshift Groups and Clusters
Michael Balogh, University of Waterloo

12:00-13:00

Lunch, Wold Atrium

13:15-13:35

Star Formation and Cold Gas in Superclusters at z~0.2
Yara Jaffe, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova - INAF
PDF

13:35-13:55

Star Formation in Groups of Galaxies in the COSMOS Survey
Charles Liu, CUNY-CSI

13:55-14:15

Central Galaxies in the GEEC Groups
Laura Parker, McMaster University

14:15-14:35

2 Clusters in One Shot: Ha Derived Star Formation in Cluster Candidates at z~0.6 and 0.8 behind MG2016+112
Ulrike Kuchner, University of Vienna, Institute of Astrophysics

14:35-15:00

Conference Summary/Discussion
Eric Wilcots
University of Wisconsin

15:00

End of Conference

15:15-15:45


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