Smadar Naoz

  • Professor / UCLA Department of Physics & Astronomy
  • http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~snaoz/

Dr. Smadar Naoz is a professor at the Department of Physics & Astronomy at UCLA and studies a broad range of topics, including cosmology and black holes. Before coming to UCLA, she was an Einstein Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Professor Naoz contributes to diversity, equity, and inclusion through various activities and is dedicated to mentorship, having mentored over 50 undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs over the years.

Sessions

  • Cosmic Collisions at the Hearts of Galaxies

    The centers of galaxies are among the most crowded places in the universe. There, millions of stars orbit a supermassive black hole, passing one another at extraordinary speeds. In this cosmic traffic jam, gravity can bring two or more stars together, send stars flying across the galaxy, or drive them into spectacular collisions. Some stars […]