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April 30, 2025
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Professor
Harney Science Center G30
Expertise: Cosmology,
Cultural astronomy,
Dark sky advocacy,
Impacts of satellite constellations,
STEM partnerships with indigenous communities, indigenous knowledge
Aparna Venkatesan is an astronomer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of San Francisco. She works on studies of the first stars and quasars in the universe, and on numerous cultural astronomy and space policy projects. She also serves as past co-Chair of the American Astronomical Society's Committee to Protect Astronomy and the Space Environment (COMPASSE). Dr. Venkatesan has been recognized internationally for her research and leadership, featured widely in the media,…
Associate Professor
McLaren Conference Center 110
Expertise: Metrics to detect gerrymandering,
Analyzing redistricting protocols,
Isoperimetric inequalities on graphs
Ellen Veomett is a mathematician and computer scientist whose research has involved metric geometry, graph coloring, and graph isoperimetric inequalities. Recently, her research has focused on mathematical and computational techniques to address gerrymandering, and the geometry of redistricting. She and her collaborators designed the GEO metric, which has garnered national attention in analyzing redistricting maps created since the 2020 census. Dr. Veomett is committed to supporting students…
