#  ITC Luncheon: Finkbeiner, Shen, Soto, Lindberg 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 5, 2026** 

 12:30PM - 01:30PM EST 

 



 

In person for CfA members and [streaming on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzumzaFMv4).

**Doug Finkbeiner** (CfA): Title forthcoming

[**Xuejian Shen**](https://xuejianshen.github.io/personal-website/) (MIT): “The Cosmic Rush Hour: Rapid Formation of Massive, Bright, Disky Galaxies as signatures of Early Universe Physics”

[**Aylin García Soto**](http://aylingarciasoto.com/) (Dartmouth College): “Short-Term Variability in M Dwarfs and Its Connection to Exoplanet Detection”

**Christina Lindberg** (CfA): “Dust Mapping and Dust Mass Opacity Evolution in Nearby Galaxies”



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2025-26 ](/academic-year/2025-26)
- [ Luncheon ](/event-type/luncheon)
 
 

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