Presenting Our 2026 Speakers…Dr. Shami Chatterjee

Meet our 2026 Symposium speaker, Dr. Shami Chatterjee! Join us for an exciting exploration into fast radio bursts and the mysterious flashes lighting up the distant universe — and discover how they’re helping us uncover the hidden matter between galaxies. 🌌✨

📅 6th March, 6:30-10:30PM

📍 MC102 (Mechanical Engineering Building, 5 King’s College Road)

Speaker Biography: Shami Chatterjee is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University. His research focuses on neutron stars in their many forms, the use of these objects to detect low-frequency gravitational waves, and the study of fast radio bursts — powerful millisecond-duration flashes of radio waves originating from billions of light-years away. His work has appeared on the cover of Nature and has been featured in major outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Professor Chatterjee has been at Cornell University since 2009 and continues to investigate some of the most energetic and enigmatic phenomena in the universe.