MODEST-16 NYC

The American Museum of Natural History is going to host the MODEST-16 NYC meeting from September 6-9, 2016. MODEST-16 NYC is a conference on the interplay between gas and stars in dense stellar systems (star clusters, dwarf galaxies, UCDs, galactic nuclei) and related processes (such as star formation, galaxy formation/evolution, black hole growth/accretion/dynamics, etc.) with an emphasis on the development of theoretical models, in particular numerical techniques.

Local Organizing Committee for MODEST-16 NYC

Chair: Nathan Leigh (AMNH)
Nick Stone (Columbia University)
Andreas Kuepper (Columbia University)
Sarah Pearson (Columbia University)
Andrew Emerick (Columbia University)
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (AMNH)
Joshua Wall (Drexel University)
Administrator: Gwendolyn King, gking@amnh.org (AMNH)

Scientific Organizing Committee for MODEST-16 NYC

Nathan Leigh (AMNH)
Nick Stone (Columbia University)
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (AMNH)
Sarah Pearson (Columbia University)
Steve McMillan (Drexel University)
Greg Bryan (Columbia University)
David Merritt (Rochester Institute of Technology)
David Spergel (Simons Center for Computational Astrophysics/Princeton University)
Saavik Ford (CUNY)
Ralf Klessen (University of Heidelberg)
Alison Sills (McMaster University)
Stella Offner (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Conference Overview

Theme:	"Gas and Gravitational Dynamics" The interplay between gas and stars in dense stellar systems (star clusters, dwarf galaxies, UCDs, galactic nuclei) and related processes (such as star formation, galaxy formation/evolution, black hole growth/accretion/dynamics, etc.) with an emphasis on the development of theoretical models.
Location:	New York City
Date:	September 6 – September 9, 2016
Venue:	Hayden Planetarium Rose Center for Earth and Space American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 USA
Co-sponsors:	American Museum of Natural History New York Academy of Sciences
Registration:	Registration will be limited to 40 participants.