It is a great honor that the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern has accepted our proposal (prepared with Marc Audard, Univ. Geneva) to form a team in order to explore the best pathways to bring data science practices…
COSPAR 44th Scientific Assembly: Star Formation with Space-borne Infrared Facilities – the Era of JWST
It is a great honor to organize together with Marc Audard (Univ. Geneva) a scientific event on the first and the expected science results with JWST in the context of the 44th COSPAR science assembly in Athens. Almost 40 years…
Launching EU H2020/SPACE project NEMESIS
NEMESIS aims to readjust the current classification scheme and its characteristic timescales so that it is concurrent with the most recent observational and theoretical constraints. To meet these goals NEMESIS will compile the largest, panchromatic dataset comprising of all young…
Starting FFG-funded project FORMES
After long negotiations, the FFG-funded project FORMES, is about to start at the Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna. Formation and early Evolution of Stars (FORMES) is an innovative project that will build and leverage on the large amount of space…
A panchromatic view of protoplanetary disks
In our recently accepted publication we describe the content and basic properties collection of panchromatic datasets of 85 protostellar sources including T-Tauri sources, transitional disks and HAeBe protostars. This possibly represents the largest and most complete collection of its kind. Each…
Public talk: 400 years from the publication of Kepler’s Harmonices Mundi
Celebrating 400 years from the publication of Harmonices Mundi, in this public talk I will go beyond Kepler’s contribution to modern astronomy and the laws of planetary motion, I will instead present the development of ideas throughout this monumental work,…
EWASS 2019: Star-formation in the time domain
We are excited to announce the “Star formation in the time domain” meeting which will be in the form of a special session during the 2019 European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (24-28 June, 2019 in Lyon, France, https://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2019/. As hinted…
Kick-off for recently funded project PROTEUS
To understand the formation of stars and planets it is crucial to first determine the characteristic timescales that describe each stage of protostellar growth. Classification of major phases and durations of protostellar evolution first began more than 20 years ago,…
Teacher Training & Astronomy Education
From Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th of August 2018, a teacher training for secondary level teachers will be offered shortly before the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union. During this teacher training, four topics will be introduced in teaser…
XXX IAU GA hosted in Vienna
This August, Vienna will welcome more than 3000 astronomers from over 88 countries at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union. The conference includes also several events for the local community, free and open to the public. I am…