Outline of the school

The XXXV Canary Islands Winter School is addressed to advanced MSc students, PhD students and early career postdocs interested in understanding the physics of galaxy formation through the lens of the baryonic cycle, with either an observational or theoretical background. All lectures on a wide selection of topics will be given by renowned specialists in the different fields:

 

Review talks

  • Shirley Ho (Flatiron CCA)
  • Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres Rodríguez  (IAC)

Public Lectures

  • Pablo Pérez González (CAB)
  • Cristina Ramos Almeida (IAC)

School Lectures

  • Michaela Hirschmann (EPFL)
  • Daniel Anglés-Alcázar (University of Connecticut)
  • Peter Behroozi (University of Arizona)
  • Mariska Kriek (Leiden Observatory)
  • Xavier Prochaska  (UCSC)
  • Glenn van de Ven (University of Vienna)
  • Cristina Ramos Almeida (IAC)
  • Cristopher Conselice (University of Manchester)
 
In addition, these lectures will be complemented by a series of hands-on sessions.

The Winter School will take place in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) from Tuesday, October 8th to Thursday, October 17th 2024. The lectures (in English) will take place during the working days and will all be 45-mins long + 15-mins of discussion. The majority of them will take place during the morning and the early afternoon. The hands-on sessions will take place during the afternoons of the second week. Links to the material used by the lecturers, as well as videos of the lectures, will be made available on the website of the school. Visits to the Teide Observatory in Tenerife will be scheduled as part of the activities. A visit to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma will be offered optionally on Friday October 18th.

 

Those interested in attending the school should apply following the instructions provided in the application page by Friday June 7th 2024. Selected candidates will be informed by late June / early July  2024.