NU's lakefill along Lake Michigan (Credit: Northwestern Now)
NU's Dearborn Observatory (Credit: Dearborn Observatory)
NU's Deering Library (Credit: Nick Francis of The Daily Northwestern)
NU's Harris Hall, the conference venue (Credit: Joshua Hoffman of The Daily Northwestern)
Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan (Credit: Noah Frick-Alofs of The Daily Northwestern)
MODEST-23, the 21st workshop on Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems, will take place at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2023. Scientific sessions will be in Harris Hall on NU's Evanston campus.
Northwestern University's astrophysics research center, CIERA, is developing top research and education programs in astronomy and astrophysics. CIERA seeks to be internationally recognized for its competitive innovation and scientific advances, building upon our unique interdisciplinary culture.
Located on the Southwest corner of Northwestern's Evanston campus, Harris Hall is equidistant between CIERA, the lakefill/beachfront of Lake Michigan (including the campus sailing center), and downtown Evanston, 5 minutes walk to the West, East, and South, respectively.
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
- • Elena González Prieto (Northwestern University; co-chair)
- • Newlin Weatherford (Northwestern University; co-chair)
- • Giacomo Fragione (Northwestern University)
- • Kyle Kremer (California Institute of Technology/Carnegie Observatories)
- • William Vercellone (Northwestern University; staff)
- • Madeline Wilson (Northwestern University; staff)
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
- • Giacomo Fragione (Northwestern University; chair)
- • Fabio Antonini (Cardiff University)
- • Holger Baumgardt (University of Queensland)
- • Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta (Sapienza University of Rome)
- • Francesco Ferraro (University of Bologna)
- • Mark Gieles (University of Barcelona)
- • Mirek Giersz (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center)
- • Natasha Ivanova (University of Alberta)
- • Pavel Kroupa (Charles University in Prague/University of Bonn)
- • Michela Mapelli (University of Padova)
- • Smadar Naoz (University of California Los Angeles)
- • Simon Portegies Zwart (Leiden University)
- • Frederic Rasio (Northwestern University)
- • Alison Sills (McMaster University)
- • Rainer Spurzem (University of Heidelberg/Peking University)
- • Enrico Vesperini (Indiana University Bloomington)