EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
March 2026 Virtual Meeting
Monday,
March 9, 2026
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Note: ETGS members will receive an email with info for logging into the meeting.
March Presentation
TBD
By
Dr. Kirsten Larson, Space Telescope Science Institute
Abstract to be posted shortly.
Biography
Dr. Kirsten Larson is currently an
Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD
working with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Team on the James
Webb Space Telescope. She assisted with the commissioning of the new
instrument and is now the lead scientist of MIRI's Medium Resolution
Spectrograph (MRS). As the lead of MRS, she is responsible for
supporting science operations and continued calibrations of the
instrument.
Dr. Larson is an expert in star formation in nearby galaxies. Dr.
Larson is particularly interested in understanding the lifecycle of
star formation in both normal-type galaxies and extreme environments
present in galaxy interactions and mergers.
Greetings, and welcome to the March 9, 2026 ETGS
virtual meeting.
This meeting will be attended via Zoom and as a courtesy please mute your cell phone or the microphone in your laptop/tablet to minimize background noise and feedback echos. We will also make an effort to mute all participants - at least until the presentation is finished. Please use the chat feature to type any comments or questions you may have. We recommend that you send questions for the speaker to "everyone" so all participants can see the question. In the interest of time, we may hold the Q&A at the end of the presentation.
We will create a virtual attendance list. It is not always possible
to tell who is participating on-line, especially for those joining by phone,
so please email
etgs@live.com
to be listed on the attendance sheet. Let us know exactly how your
name should appear on the list. We will add a note explaining the
lack of signatures due to remote participation and have an ETGS officer sign as usual.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue with this online
format. As always, we welcome and appreciate your feedback and
suggestions for improvement.
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Tennessee and beyond. Please email us at
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if you would consider assisting in one of the following open
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President
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