Book Your Seat Now, May 09, 2026, Online Public Talk
Mining the Cosmos: Sphingomonas desiccabilis and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in Space Microbial Metal Extraction
Speaker: Dr. Luca Tonietti, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Astrobiology and Cosmic Physics Laboratory, Parthenope University of Naples
Date & Time: May 09, 2026, Saturday, 8 PM IST
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See below for details about previous IARF public talks delivered by Scholars and Scientists from across the world
Quasars: Meet the Tantalizing Story Tellers
of our Cosmic History
Speaker: Prof. Chris Churchill, Professor of Astronomy at New Mexico State Unive
Date & Time: Jan 24, 2026 Saturday, 7:30 PM IST
Einstein vs Black Holes: The Early History of Black Holes
Speaker: Nirmalya Kajuri, IIT Mandi
Date & Time: Nov 23, 2025, Sunday, 8 PM IST
Understanding Our Interstellar Visitors
Speaker: Oem Trivedi, Harvard University
Date & Time: Sep 27, 2025, Saturday, 8 PM IST
Exploring the majority of the sky: the binary stars!
Speaker: Ravi Raja P
Date & Time: May 01, 2025 – 08:00 pm IST
Exoplanets Through a Scientific Novel Named “Rose Point“
Prof Mimoza Hafizi
Date & Time: October 16, 2021 – 08:00 pm IST
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Designing antennas for Deep Space Satellites
PRYA DARSHINI
Doctoral Research Scholar, NCSU in collaboration with NASA JPL
The Science of UFO Phenomenon
PUSHKAR GANESH VAIDYA
Head Scientist, Indian Astrobiology Research Foundation
Date & Time: August 29, 2021 – 08:00 pm IST
Leadership in Science: What’s in it for you?
Dr. Varsha Kelkar Mane
Associate Professor & Head of Department, Department of Biotechnology, University of Mumbai
Date & Time: July 10, 2021 – 08:00 pm IST
Looking for the First Stars with a Radio
Dr Deepthi Gorthi,
Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Date & Time: June 06, 2021 – 05:00 pm IST
Space Technolgy: Introduction to Shock and Vibration Analysis
Tom Irvine
NASA Engineering & Safety Center, Blue Origin
Date & Time: May 23, 2021 – 8:30 pm IST
Introduction to Space Medicine
Dr Ashok Narayanamoorthi
Astronaut & Space Medicine Scientist,
Date & Time: May 09, 2021 – 8:30 pm IST
Cosmic Nature of Light
Sandeep Warrier
Researcher, IARF, Mumbai
Date & Time: April 25, 2021 – 8:00 pm IST
See You at The Big Bang
Ananthalakshmi Balakrishnan
Researcher & Educator, IARF, Mumbai
Date & Time: April 18, 2021 – 7 pm IST
