Denis Erkal
Tuesday March 4, 2025
4pm
Marlar lounge & via zoom
Denis Erkal is a Reader/Associate Professor in the astrophysics research group at the University of Surrey and received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2013. He was also the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s award for Researcher of the Year in 2020.
Erkal’s work focuses on understanding on how the Milky Way was built by the accretion of many smaller systems. In particular, he is interested in tidal streams which form as globular clusters or dwarf galaxies that are disrupted by the tides of the Milky Way. These streams roughly follow orbits and are excellent tracers of the potential of our galaxy.