ALCON 2026 Speakers List

Featured Speakers

  • Dr Rebecca William portrait

    Dr. Rebecca Williams

    Planetary Geologist / Deputy Principal Investigator Mars Curiosity Mastcam and MARDI cameras / Senior scientist - Planetary Science Institute

  • Dr. Shane Larson

    Research professor of physics at Northwestern University / Associate Director of CIERA

  • Pranvera Hyseni in desert with telescope

    Pranvera Hyseni

    Ph.D. candidate in Planetary Astronomy at University of California Santa Cruz /
    Founder: Astronomy Outreach Kosovo /
    Celestron Ambassador

General Session Speakers

  • Scott Harrington

    Scott Harrington

    Contributing editor; Sky & Telescope Magazine

  • Jericho Kuehl

    Jericho Kuehl

    2025 National Astronomical League Horkheimer D’Auria Youth Service Award Winner

  • Dr. Wes Ryle

    Dr. Wes Ryle

    Astronomer at The Cincinnati Observatory

  • Dr. Nick Abel

    Dr. Nick Abel

    Professor of Physics at University of Cincinnati-Clermont

  • John E. Ventre

    John E. Ventre

    Astronomy Historian and Author /
    CAS Honorary Lifetime Member

  • Dusty Segretto

    Dusty Segretto

    Expert in Acquiring and Photographing Micrometeorites

  • Jeremy Huber

    Dr. Jeremy Huber

    Cincinnati State Physics/Astrophysics Instructor

  • Emmy Bursk

    Post-baccalaureate student/researcher

  • Eimee Donbar

    Eimee Donbar

    Co-Op Coordinator at Cincinnati State

  • Catherine Heile

    Catherine Heile

    Mechnical Engineering Student at
    Northern Kentucky Universtiy

  • Terry Endres

    UC - Clermont Astronomy Instructor /
    CAS 1st VP

  • Jeff Rodriguez

    Jeff Rodriguez

    CAS Science Team /
    CAS Moeller Observatory Team

  • Matthew Garrod

    Matthew Garrod

    CAS Science Team /
    CAS Moeller Observatory Team

  • John Blasing

    John Blasing

    CAS 2nd VP / Radio Astronomy Team /
    CAS Moeller Observatory Team

  • Dieter Moeller

    Dieter Moeller

    CEO RH Aero /
    Founder of The Moeller Observatory

  • Bryan Simpson

    CAS President /
    CAS Moeller Observatory Team