School Notes
The educational materials from schools and workshops I attended during 2019–2020 are available below.
GROWTH Astronomy School 2020
The Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen (GROWTH) school provided graduate and advanced undergraduate students with training in observational techniques and tools for following up transient events at X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, infrared, and radio wavelengths.
Each session combined a short lecture with an interactive workshop. Students analyzed real data from the Keck Observatory, Palomar Observatory, the VLA, and telescopes in the GROWTH global network.
Multi-Messenger Astrophysics School Asiago 2020
The school covered recent developments in multi-messenger astrophysics, including the detection of gravitational waves with electromagnetic counterparts and the simultaneous observation of photons and a 300 TeV neutrino from an active galaxy.
These developments highlighted the need for coordinated observations across multiple wavelengths and experiments, particularly when using telescopes with limited fields of view.
Multi-Messenger Astrophysics School resources
First Light School 2019: Stars, Galaxies, and Black Holes in the Epoch of Reionization
This school introduced early-career astronomers to theoretical and observational developments in the astrophysics of the epoch of reionization (EoR). Topics taught by international experts included the first stars, the first galaxies, the first black holes, gravitational lensing, structure formation, and observational techniques for the early Universe.
