Physical Characteristics of Normal Galaxies at Z>2

Description and Aim

The aim of this meeting is to take advantage of recent observational advances, particularly with ALMA and various multi-object spectrographs, to construct a physically-relevant picture of how normal galaxies build up from early cosmic times. Particularly key to the enterprise will be leveraging insights gained from the improved physical characterization of galaxies (e.g., dust extinction, star formation rates, molecular gas masses, and stellar/dynamical masses) attained by piecing together exciting but incomplete information available from many new facilities.