The final WVUniverse talk of 2025 will be held on December 12th and will feature Graham Doskoch, a graduate student in the West Virginia University (WVU) Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology.
With a deep dive into the history of radio astronomy, Doskoch will discuss how the space shuttles changed the course of study in the field of radio astronomy.
Graham is currently as graduate student working toward his PhD in astronomy, under advisor Prof. Maura McLaughlin. He works on pulsar timing as part of the NANOGrav collaboration. He is currently studying a collection of less-well understood neutron stars called rotating radio transients, or RRATs, which erratically emit individual pulses.
"A Hole over Hobart: How the Space Shuttle help pushed the limits of Radio Astronomy" is free and open to all ages.
WVUniverse talks are general audience, outreach talks that explore
different fields of astronomy like cosmology, instrumentation,
astrobiology, planetary science and more.
After each talk, a fun Kahoot quiz is offered and the lucky winner walks away with a prize.
"A Hole over Hobart: How the Space Shuttle help pushed the limits of Radio Astronomy" is free and open to all ages. All are welcome.
December 12, 2025
6:30 PM EST
G09 White Hall
135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV 26505
Questions? Email us at: GWAC@mail.wvu.edu