Dr. Philip Charles is head of the Astrophysics Department at Oxford University, in the United Kingdom. He was involved in the discovery of the black-hole nature of V404 Cygnus. Much of his subsequent work has been devoted to obtaining as many accurate mass estimates of these black hole candidates as possible in order to perform the most detailed tests of physics in their neighborhood. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Carol Strong of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Her hobbies include snorkeling, aerobics and quilting.
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