On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Physics Associate Professor Robert Fisher will discuss his research on supernovae.

The talk begins at 4 p.m. at UMass Dartmouth’s Claire T. Carney Library Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Foundation Grand Reading Room. The ARNIE (Art, Research, Nexus, Innovation, Education) Talk titled “The Once and Future Universe: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmos with Exploding Stars” will offer a glimpse inside the world of scientific computing and the cosmos.

Supernovae are extremely bright stellar explosions that have been seen in the Milky Way galaxy throughout human history and helped spark the scientific revolution.

The explosion of supernovae spread heavy elements through the galaxy, with some of them incorporated into the formation of the Earth to become the calcium in our bones, iron in our blood, silicon of computer technology, and gold in jewelry.

Dr. Fisher completed his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley in 2002. Since joining the physics faculty at UMass Dartmouth in 2008, he has published 15 peer-reviewed articles in some of his field's top journals and won numerous grants in support of his research.