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SIPS 2026 takes place from November 17-20, 2025 at the Dusit Thani Mactan Resort in Cebu, Philippines

 
 



Featuring Many Nobel Laureates and Other Distinguished Guests

FRYE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

on Astrophysics for Sustainable Development


Bio | CV | Publications
This major symposium is in honor of the distinguished work and lifetime achievements of Dr. Brenda Frye, a very well-known professional with deep impact in astrophysics for sustainable development.

Dr. Brenda Frye is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (tenured in June, 2020). She currently has a one-year sabbatical appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Before taking on these positions, she was a Tenure-track Professor of Physics & Astronomy at the University of San Francisco in California, and Lecturer in the School of Physics at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland.

Before that she took on the following postdoctoral positions: the National Science Foundation Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Princton Council on Sciences & Technology Fellowhip both held at Princeton University, and Research Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She completed her Ph. D. in Astrophysics at the University of California, also at Berkeley.

She earned dual B. S. degrees in physics and astronomy at the University of Arizona, where she also won the awards of Outstanding Senior in the Department of Astronomy, and Outstanding Senior in the College of Science, all under the direction of her undergraduate thesis advisor, Professor Jill Bechtold.

Dr. Frye is interested in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. She is making a concerted effort to understand how massive structures of galaxies form and evolve over time. This research is relevant to know, for example, how a galaxy such as the Milky Way came to be, our own massive home. She is investigating the physics driving the assembly of these massive structures of galaxies, and controlling the buildup of their stellar mass.

There are many different approaches to explore this fundamental problem of astrophysics. The approach that Dr. Frye has chosen is gravitational lensing. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters, high spatial resolution studies of the predessesors of galaxy clusters or protoclusters, and studies of the cluster galaxy members and the images of the objects in the background that are lensed, or giant arcs.

Dr. Frye enjoys teaching Astronomy and Astrophysics courses at the university. These courses range from introductory astronomy for the nonmajor to astrophysics majors courses and a course on the structure and dynamics of galaxies at the level of the Ph. D. student.

She also is keen to travel, is an avid runnner in the Tucson Parkrun events, and has three very active and inquisitive children.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
A round table discussion open to everyone interested will be organized during the symposium. This will allow high level representatives of various industries, technologies, and academic disciplines to discuss and debate freely, without reservations, all topics of this symposium and identify possible research and development pathways towards a future industry with increased sustainability.

You are cordially invited to actively participate in this symposium by submitting and presenting a paper, or by attending the round table. We look forward to meeting you at this world class symposium.

Click here to see the detailed scope and topics.
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Click here to submit an abstract and choose Frye International Symposium (Intl. Symp. on Astrophysics for Sustainable Development) in the list: https://www.flogen.org/sips2026/abstract_submission.php?p=35#content_top
Click here to see the General Author Invitation: https://www.flogen.org/sips2026/invitations/Astrophysics_General_Author_Invitation.html
Click here to see the Social Media Text: https://www.flogen.org/sips2026/socialmediatext/Astrophysics_Social_Media_Text.html
Click here to see other resources for this symposium: https://www.flogen.org/sips2026/symresources.php?sym=84

CHAIRS

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Dr. Florian Kongoli
CEO/President
FLOGEN Technologies
Canada, [Bio]