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Dr. Dressler is an American emeritus staff astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science of Washington, D.C. whose primary professional interests are cosmology, birth and evolution of galaxies, astronomical instrumentation, and extragalactic astronomy. He was part of the Morph collaboration, which studied the evolution of spiral galaxies using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. He demonstrated that star formation was more common in galaxies 5 billion years ago than it is today, and that much of this star formation occurred in starbursts, in contrast to the more steady star formation seen today. He is also known worldwide for being the main contributor to the "Great Attractor" theory, a localized concentration of a large amount of mass in the intergalactic space that could be pulling our Milky Way. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and received the Public Service Medal from NASA for his fundamental contributions. 09:14 - beginning of the presentation 01:01:23 - beginning of the Q&A Spanish version: TBD The panel of the 'Golden Webinar' consisted of: • Alan Dressler – speaker • Patricio Gonzalez ([email protected]) – Interpreter • Thomas H. Puzia – Co-host, Faculty at the Institute of Astrophysics (IA) • Paula Ronco – Co-host, Postdoctoral Fellow at IA • Ricardo Acevedo – Q&A manager, Outreach Team IA • Demetra De Cicco – Postdoctoral Fellow at IA • Patricia Tissera – Faculty at IA • Gaspar Galaz – Faculty at IA • Felipe Barrientos – Director of IA • Tuila Ziliotto – Graduate student at IA • Demetra De Cicco – Postdoctoral Fellow at IA • Elizabeth Artur de la Villarmois – Postdoctoral Fellow at IA • Valentina Abril – Recent PhD from Aix-Marseille University and upcoming Postdoctoral Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute • Yara Jaffe – Professor of Astronomy at the Instituto de Física y Astronomía of the Universidad de Valparaíso • Rohan Rahatgaonkar – Research Intern at Gemini Observatory • Miguel Roth – Representative in Chile of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization • Maurizio Paolillo – Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Department of Physics Ettore Pancini of Università degli Studi Federico II • Tommaso Treu – Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles • Gustavo Bruzual – Astronomer at the National Autonomous University of Mexico The 'Golden Webinars in Astrophysics' series seeks to bring forefront research in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology to the public in the English and Spanish language. Full schedule of the Golden Webinars series: http://tiny.cc/GWA-schedule #goldenwebinars #IAPUC #AstroUC #science #knowledge #galaxies #jwst #hubble #hst #spacetelescope #astronomy #astrophysics #universe Follow us: ♥ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AstrofisicaUC ♥ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/astrouc_ia ♥ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AstroUC ♥ WEB: http://astro.uc.cl