{"687128":{"#nid":"687128","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School of Physics Spring Colloquium Series- Dr. Marco Ajello","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker: \u003C\/strong\u003EDr. Marco Ajello\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost: \u003C\/strong\u003EIgnacio Toaboda\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: \u003C\/strong\u003EYou can teach an old dog new tricks: 17 years of Fermi observations of the gamma-ray sky\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003EThe Fermi Large Area Telescope has monitored the GeV gamma-ray sky for over 17 years, delivering a wealth of discoveries that have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the Milky Way and other galaxies. In this talk, I will highlight recent results on the gamma-ray emission from galaxies and their nuclear regions, and I will present new constraints on dark matter annihilation derived from studies of Milky Way satellite galaxies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio: \u003C\/strong\u003EMarco Ajello is a professor in the department of Physics and Astronomy of Clemson University. His research focuses on the origins of cosmological backgrounds and the evolution of massive black holes at the center of galaxies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe obtained a bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 at the University of Palermo, Italy, followed by a master\u2019s degree in Physics at the University of Trieste, Italy and a Ph.D. in Physics in 2007 awarded by the Technical University of Munich, Germany. After postdoctoral research at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined the faculty at Clemson University in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong other awards, Marco Ajello received the South Carolina Governor\u2019s award for excellence in research and the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003EThe Fermi Large Area Telescope has monitored the GeV gamma-ray sky for over 17 years, delivering a wealth of discoveries that have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the Milky Way and other galaxies. In this talk, I will highlight recent results on the gamma-ray emission from galaxies and their nuclear regions, and I will present new constraints on dark matter annihilation derived from studies of Milky Way satellite galaxies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Marco Ajello(Clemson) You can teach an old dog new tricks: 17 years of Fermi observations of the gamma-ray sky"}],"uid":"36632","created_gmt":"2026-01-09 13:42:49","changed_gmt":"2026-01-12 14:36:47","author":"tkendall8","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-02-09T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-02-09T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-02-09T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-02-09 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-02-09 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-02-09 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Marcus Nanotechnology 1116-1118","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}