ALCON 2026 Speakers List
Featured Speakers
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Dr. Rebecca Williams
Planetary Geologist / Deputy Principal Investigator Mars Curiosity Mastcam and MARDI cameras / Senior scientist - Planetary Science Institute
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Dr. Shane Larson
Research professor of physics at Northwestern University / Associate Director of CIERA
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Pranvera Hyseni
Ph.D. candidate in Planetary Astronomy at University of California Santa Cruz /
Founder: Astronomy Outreach Kosovo /
Celestron Ambassador
General Session Speakers
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Scott Harrington
Contributing editor; Sky & Telescope Magazine
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Jericho Kuehl
2025 National Astronomical League Horkheimer D’Auria Youth Service Award Winner
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Dr. Wes Ryle
Astronomer at The Cincinnati Observatory
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Dr. Nick Abel
Professor of Physics at University of Cincinnati-Clermont
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John E. Ventre
Astronomy Historian and Author /
CAS Honorary Lifetime Member -

Dusty Segretto
Expert in Acquiring and Photographing Micrometeorites
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Dr. Jeremy Huber
Cincinnati State Physics/Astrophysics Instructor
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Emmy Bursk
Post-baccalaureate student/researcher
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Eimee Donbar
Co-Op Coordinator at Cincinnati State
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Catherine Heile
Mechnical Engineering Student at
Northern Kentucky Universtiy -

Terry Endres
UC - Clermont Astronomy Instructor /
CAS 1st VP -

Jeff Rodriguez
CAS Science Team /
CAS Moeller Observatory Team
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Matthew Garrod
CAS Science Team /
CAS Moeller Observatory Team -

John Blasing
CAS 2nd VP / Radio Astronomy Team /
CAS Moeller Observatory Team -

Dieter Moeller
CEO RH Aero /
Founder of The Moeller Observatory
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Bryan Simpson
CAS President /
CAS Moeller Observatory Team