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[bra_border_divider top=\’5\’ bottom=\’15\’] [one_half] Dr. Ernst de Mooij, DAA Characterizing exoplanet atmospheres requires very high-precision measurements. The decrease in flux during transit of a Jupiter-like planet around a Sun-like star is approximately 1%. The variations in transit-depth as a function of wavelengths due to the planet\’s atmosphere are only a few percent of the transit-depth.

[one_half] Thayne Curry, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, U of T Direct imaging is the new frontier in detecting and characterizing extrasolar planets. In this talk, Currie will discuss the noise sources limiting our ability to image planets and our attempts to overcome them using a novel suite of observing methods like angular differential imaging/roll

[one_half] Phil Hinz, University of Arizona The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) is a NASA-funded instrument, designed to carry out a survey of nearby stars for the existence of faint zodiacal dust disks. The survey is named the Hunt for Observable Signatures of Terrestrial planetary Systems (HOSTS). These observations will constrain the prevalence and brightness

  [one_half] Venkat Venkataramanan, Dir. Scientific Operations, IOS The Institute for Optical Sciences at University of Toronto was started in 2005 with the mission to create a world-class academic research centre in optics. We have since evolved as a vibrant interdisciplinary academic research and a unique entrepreneurship education centre. This talk will highlight our academic