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MODEST-18 Hosted by CIERA in Santorini, Greece

MODEST-18, the 18th workshop on Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems, took place on the island of Santorini, Greece, June 25 – 29. Scientific sessions were held at the Petros Nomikos Conference Centre located in the capital city of Firá. About 100 international participants attended, presenting 65 talks and 35 posters.

CIERA’s Fred Rasio and UCLA’s Andrea Ghez led the scientific organizing committee, and Vicky Kalogera, a native of Greece, led the local organizing committee. CIERA researchers Katie Breivik, Kyle Kremer, Newlin Weatherford, Claire Ye, and Mike Zevin, along with CIERA alums Sourav Chatterjee and Carl Rodriguez all presented research.

Visit the MODEST-18 website.