2025

8-12 June 2025 Meeting

246th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Anchorage, Alaska)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-246

2 June 2025 Seminar

Hybrid Space-Ground Observatories, John C Mather (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, former Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope)

All-Sky Near-Infrared Surveys with SPHEREx: Science, First Light, and More to Come!, Chi Nguyen (California Institute of Technology)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-june-2-2025

5 May 2025 Seminar

CIBER 4th Flight Fluctuation Analysis: Measurements of Near-IR Auto- and Cross-Power Spectra on Arcminute to Sub-Degree Scales, Richard Feder (UC Berkeley, LBNL)

Toward Detector Requirements for the Habitable Worlds Observatory's Coronagraphic Instruments, Christopher C. Stark (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-5-2025

7 April 2025 Seminar

An Update on the Leighton Chajnantor Telescope, Sunil Golwala (California Institute of Technology)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-april-7-2025

3 March 2025 Seminar

 CANCELLED

3 February 2025 Seminar

(Postponed – to be Rescheduled)

12 – 16 January 2025 AAS Meeting

245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (National Harbor, Maryland)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-245

6 January 2025 Seminar

(Rescheduled from 9 December 2024)

New Views of Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies with ~100,000 Star Clusters and As-sociations from PHANGS HST & JWST, Janice Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-january-62025

2024

4 November 2024 Seminar

The Infrared Milky Way: From the Two Micron Sky Survey to the Roman Galactic Plane Survey, Robert Benjamin (University of Wisconsin – Whitewater)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-04-2024

3 June 2024 Seminar

On the Physical Properties of a Flux-Limited Sample of ACT-Selected DSFGs: the Case for Multiplicity, Kirsten Hall (Harvard-Smithsonian | Center for Astrophysics)

G-CLEF: An Exoplanet Hunting & Characterization Spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope, Colby Jurgenson (Harvard-Smithsonian | Center for Astrophysics)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-june-03-2024

6 May 2024 Seminar

My Life (and a Bit More) in Infrared Astronomy, George Rieke (University of Arizona)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-62024

1 April 2024 Seminar

The proposed PRIMA Probe Mission, Jason Glenn (NASA GSFC)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-apr-01-2024

4 March 2024 Seminar

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper, Reinier Janssen (NASA JPL), Ian Lowe (University of Arizona), and Jessica Avva Zebrowski (University of Chicago)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-mar-04-2024

5 February 2024 Seminar

The Quantum Capacitance Detector – counting single photons in the far-infrared - Pierre Echternach (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Ex-MORA + COSMOS-Web: Gas, Dust, and Stars in Massive Dusty Galaxies at z > 3, Arianna Long (University of Texas Austin)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-feb-05-2024

7 – 11 January 2024 Meeting

243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (New Orleans, Louisiana)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-243/

2023

4 December 2023 Seminar

Far-Infrared Spectroscopy Space Telescope (FIRSST), Asantha Cooray (University of California – Irvine)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-dec-04-2023

6 November 2023 Seminar

Characterizing the Near-infrared Spectra of Flares from TRAPPIST-1 During JWST Transit Spectroscopy Observations, Ward Howard (University of Colorado Boulder | CASA)

An Exoplanet Hunting & Characterization Spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope, Colby Jurgenson (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-06-2023

2 October 2023 Seminar

Stable Mirrors for the Habitable Worlds Observatory , Matt East (L3Harris Technologies, Rochester NY)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-oct-02-2023

12 June 2023 Seminar

Searching for life and habitability in our Solar System, Dr. Geronimo Villanueva (NASA GSFC)

A Measurement of the Cosmic Optical Background from the Outer Solar System with New Horizons, Dr. Teresa Symons (UCI)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-jun-12-2023

1 May 2023 Seminar

Technology Developments for FIR Bolometric Detector Focal Plane Assemblies, Dr. Ari Brown (NASA GSFC)

Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Measurements of Primary Volatiles in Comets: A Unique Window into the Early Solar System, Younas Khan (U. Missouri Saint Louis)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-1-2023

3 April 2023 Seminar

Extending HgCdTe Spectral Response Beyond 16 Microns, Dr. Craig McMurtry (University of Rochester)

The Assembly and Dispersal of Molecular Clouds with the FEEDBACK Legacy Program , Dr. Lars Bonne (SOFIA/USRA)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-apr-03-2023

6 March 2023 Seminar

Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays at 25 Microns, Dr. Peter Day (JPL)

The Didymos Binary Asteroid System in the Infrared — Observations with JWST and the NASA IRTF, Dr. Cristina Thomas (Northern Arizona University)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-mar-06-2023

6 February 2023 Seminar

Dr. Chick Woodward (University of Minnesota), Dr. Phil Mauskopf (ASU)

(no additional details at this time)

8 – 12 January 2023 AAS Meeting

241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Seattle, Washington)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-241

2022

5 December 2022 Seminar

The Starburst-AGN-Shock Connection in Galaxy Mergers, Dr. Vivian U (UC Irvine)

Re-defining G in ultra-low temperature bolometers with phonon engineering, Dr. Jake Connors (NIST-Boulder)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-dec-05-2022

7 November 2022 Seminar

Phosphine in the Atmosphere of Venus – A Sensitive Upper Limit using SOFIA GREAT, Dr. Martin Cordiner (NASA GSFC, Catholic University of America)

AGN Feedback on the Star-Forming ISM in NGC 7469 with JWST, Dr. Thomas Lai (Caltech / IPAC)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-7-2022

3 October 2022 Seminar

Far-Infrared Kinetic Inductance Detectors at NIST-Boulder, Dr. Jason Austermann (NIST)

Efficient Star Formation in Dusty Galaxies, Dr. Jed McKinney (UT Austin)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-oct-03-2022

5 April 2022 Seminar

Early science from the CO Mapping Array Project, Patrick Breysse, NYU

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-apr-05-2022

Mar 30 – 31, 2022 APAC Meeting

Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/nasa-apac-meeting-mar-30-31-2022

March 30 – April 1, 2022 Workshop

Astro2020 and IR Astrophysics: Planning for the Next Decade

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-workshop-mar-30-apr-01-2022

1 March 2022 Seminar

Hunting asteroids in the infrared: NEOWISE and NEO Surveyor, Joseph Masiero, Caltech / IPAC

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-mar-01-2022

1 February 2022 Seminar

SOFIA Soaring Forward, Margaret Meixner, SOFIA / USRA

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-feb-01-2022

9 – 13 January 2022 AAS Meeting

239th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Cancelled)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-239-jan-2022

2021

7 December 2021 Seminar

Spitzer's Exoplanet Legacy: Population Trends from Phase Curve Observations, Erin May, JHU APL

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-dec-07-2021

Nov 17, 2021 Seminar

Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Array (AtLAST), Dr. Tony Mroczkowski (European Southern Observatory

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-17-2021

2 November 2021 Seminar

NRC Q-band/Band-5 receiver development for the ngVLA, Dr. Sara Salem Hesari, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics/National Research Council of Canada

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-02-2021

5 October 2021 Seminar

Probing Intra-Halo Light with Galaxy Stacking in CIBER Images, Yun-Ting Cheng, Caltech

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-oct-05-2021

22 June 2021 Seminar

Measurements of the Zodiacal Light Absolute Intensity through Fraunhofer Absorption Line Spectroscopy with CIBER, Phil Korngut, Caltech

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-jun-22-2021

25 May 2021 Seminar

Status of the Large Millimeter Telescope, Alex Pope & Min Yun, UMASS Amherst

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-25-2021

4 May 2021 Seminar

On-orbit performance of the Spitzer Space Telescope: Science Meets Engineering, Michael Werner, Spitzer Project Scientist, JPL

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-04-2021

2 March 2021 Seminar

Heating and Cooling in the Interstellar Medium of Dusty, Star-Forming Galaxies, Jed McKinney, University of Massachusetts

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-mar-02-2021

11 – 15 January 2021 AAS Meeting

237th American Astronomical Society Meeting (Virtual)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-237-jan-2021

2020

17 November 2020 Seminar

Towards an Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Array (AtLAST), Tony Mroczkowski, European Southern Observatory

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-nov-17-2020

19-21 October 2020 APAC Meeting

Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/apac-meeting-oct-19-21-2020

6 October 2020 Seminar

Measuring the Total Infrared Light in High Redshift Galaxy Clusters, Stacey Alberts, The University of Arizona

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-oct-06-2020

8 September 2020 Seminar

New Results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and New Prospects for Submillimeter Measurements of Polarized Dust, Prof. Mark Devlin (University of Pennsylvania)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-sep-08-2020

4 August 2020 Seminar

Magnificent Constructions: How Massive Galaxies Stop Forming Stars, Dr. Kevin Cooke (University of Kansas)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-aug-04-2020

July 27 – 29, 2020 Workshop

Building the 2020 – 2025 SOFIA Instrument Roadmap Workshop II

The SOFIA Science Center held the second of two virtual workshops to create a plan and timeline, or a “roadmap,” for SOFIA’s instrument development, upgrades, and capabilities over 2020–2025. The second workshop focused on concepts and feasibilities for instrument upgrades and new instruments that could address the science cases identified during the first workshop.

7 July 2020 Seminar

Galactic Feedback and the Rise of Metals Across Cosmic Time, Dr. Justin Spilker (NASA Hubble Fellow, University of Texas at Austin)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-july-07-2020

June 22 – 24, 2020 Workshop

Building the 2020 – 2025 SOFIA Instrument Roadmap Workshop I

The SOFIA Science Center held the first of two virtual workshops to create a plan and timeline, or a “roadmap,” for SOFIA’s instrument development, upgrades, and capabilities over 2020 – 2025. This first workshop focused on science cases for SOFIA, including: Requesting and evaluating the support from the community for a phased approach; A survey of science cases for new instruments/upgrades; Generating feedback on upgrade plans and options

23-24 June 2020 APAC Meeting

Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/apac-meeting-june-23-24-2020

2 June 2020 Seminar

SPHEREx: The All-Sky Spectral Survey Satellite, Prof. Jamie Bock (Caltech)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-jun-02-2020

5 May 2020 Seminar

CCAT-Prime: The Telescope, the Instruments, and the Science Drivers, Dr. Thomas Nikola (Cornell University)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-may-05-2020

31 March 2020 Seminar

A Molecular Inventory of the Orion Hot Core in Mid-Infrared with SOFIA/EXES, Dr. Sarah Nickerson (NASA Ames, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/ir-stig-seminar-mar-31-2020

4 – 8 January 2020 Meeting

235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Honolulu, Hawaii)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-235-jan-2020

2019

6 – 10 January 2019 Meeting

233rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Seattle, Washington)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-233-jan-2019

2018

231st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (National Harbor, Maryland)

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/cosmic-origins-at-aas-231-jan-2018