Theta Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa is pleased to present Guest Lecturer Virginia Trimble who will speak on "The Universe You Don’t See: Existence and Nature in Dark Matter." Sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Fellows, the lecture will take place on Wednesday, January 26, at 4:15 p.m. in the Scripps Humanities Auditorium, located between 10th and 11th streets on the Scripps College campus. Dr. Trimble’s lecture is free and open to the public.
Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine, and Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Maryland at College Park, Dr. Trimble’s special interests are late phases of stellar evolution; supernovae; white dwarfs, neutron stars; galactic evolution; and binary stars. Dr. Trimble has been Sloan Foundation Research Fellow; Phillips Lecturer (Haverford); Tinsley Visiting Professor (University of Texas at Austin), Sigma Xi National Lecturer; Outstanding Young Scientist of the Maryland Academy of Science; Luce Cosmology Lecturer (Mount Holyoke); Phi Bet Kappa Visiting Scholar; and Ralph M. Johnson Distinguished Lecturer. Author of Visit to a Small Universe, Virginia Trimble has also been recognized by a National Academy of Sciences award for her outstanding achievements in scientific reviewing. Currently, Dr. Trimble is a member of the American Astronomical Society (vice president 1997-2000), the European Physical Society, the International Astronomical Union (vice president 1994-2000), and the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation. Additionally, she serves on the editorial boards of The Scientist, Scientometrics, and Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy.