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Attend this virtual talk to learn more about the James Webb Space Telescope from Dr. Thomas Greene, an astrophysicist in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center. The Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful and most complex space telescope ever built and launched into space. It was launched in December 2021 and recently sent back jaw-dropping photos of galaxies further than anything humankind has explored before, including the sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. You can learn more about the Webb Space Telescope and see the photos on the NASA website.

Speaker bio: Thomas Greene is an astrophysicist in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center. He conducts observational studies of exoplanets and young stars and develops astronomical technologies and instrumentation. Dr. Greene is a co-investigator on the NIRCam and MIRI science instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope and serves on the JWST Users Committee. While at NASA Ames he has served as the Director of the Ames Center for Exoplanet Studies, Project Scientist of the SOFIA mission, and Chief of the Astrophysics Branch. Before joining NASA, he worked at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center on NASA astrophysics missions. Prior to that, Dr. Greene was on the faculty of the University of Hawaii where he was a support astronomer and later Director of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Arizona. Dr. Greene currently co-chairs the US National Academies of Sciences' Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) and is a NASA representative on the W .M. Keck Observatory Science Steering Committee.

Register via Zoom: https://santaclaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DGomzFDKRqK2iPbIVeBJ0g