SCI-S Seminars - 2023 Programme

 

From 2021 onwards, the ESAC Seminars and ESTEC Open/Internal Seminars joined together to form a single SCI-S Seminar series

Thursdays 15:00h (1 hour)[CET/CEST for winter/summer respectively]

 

If you have any question please contact the SCI-S Seminar Organising Committee.

 

Upcoming seminars

Date

Title

Abstract 

Speaker

Affiliation

Room

Thursday 15:00h

1 June 2023

Surveying populations of X-ray sources in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies with NuSTAR

Print Abstract Arash Bodaghee Georgia College & State University (GCSU), GA, USA ESAC Room D2/ Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

8 June 2023

The impact of stellar contamination on rocky exoplanet atmosphere characterization: science & tools Print Abstract Lionel Garcia University of Liege, Belgium ESTEC room Df121/ Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

15 June 2023

BepiColombo's third Mercury flyby: What will MCAM see? Print Abstract Jack Wright, Valentina Galluzzi, Kay Wohlfarth ESA/ESAC (Spain), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, (Italy), Technical University of Dortmund, (Germany) Virtual Seminar

Thursday 17:00h

15 June 2023

2023 ESA Distinguished Lecture / Why doesn't the Universe have more stars? Print Abstract Aurora Simionescu SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands STScI Bahcall Auditorium/ Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 14:00h

22 June 2023

Testing the standard model for solar flares with Solar Orbiter Print Abstract Miho Janvier ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands ESTEC Room TBD / Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

28 September 2023

A portal to TRAPPIST-1. Photosynthesis under a small red sun? Print Abstract Michael Gillon University of Liege, Belgium ESTEC room Df121/ Hybrid Seminar

 

PAST seminars

Date

Title

Abstract 

Speaker

Affiliation

Room

Wednesday 15:00h

25 May 2023

The furthest quasars in the X-rays (and their environment) Print Abstract Fabio Vito INAF-OAS, Bologna, Italy ESAC Room D2 / Hybrid Seminar

Wednesday 15:00h

17 May 2023

The TESS Observatory: Recent Science Highlights and Ongoing Extended Mission Print Abstract George Ricker MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Cambridge, MA, USA ESTEC Room Ca005 / Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

11 May 2023

Interactions of exoplanets with their host stars - new observational prospects Print Abstract Katja Poppenhäger AIP, Potsdam, Germany Virtual Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

27 April 2023

Tangled and twisted: a journey through the magnetic field complexity in astrophysical objects Print Abstract Daniele Viganò Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, IEEC-CSIC), Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain) Virtual seminar

Thursday 15:00h

30 March 2023

Understanding Europa's icy surface through spectrophotometry Print Abstract Ines Belgacem ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain ESAC CAB Library / Hybrid seminar

Thursday 15:00h

16 March 2023

Mars' ionosphere: from our current knowledge to the future of Mars exploration Print Abstract Beatriz Sánchez-Cano University of Leicester, UK ESTEC Ba030 / Hybrid seminar

Monday 15:00h

13 March 2023

The JUICE mission: overview, science, challenges, everything you want to know one month before launch Print Abstract Manuela Baroni & Olivier Witasse ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands ESTEC Newton 1 & 2 / Hybrid  Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

9 March 2023

SEIS on Mars: First legacy after 4 years of seismic monitoring of Mars Print Abstract Philippe Longnonné Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France Virtual Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

2 March 2023

Studying Low-Mass Stars in the Era of Surveys: Data, Models and Surprises Print Abstract Marcel Agüeros Columbia University, New York, NY, USA / Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Bordeaux, France Room D2 / ESAC Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

23 February 2023

Constraining the mass of massive neutron stars with multi-messenger astrophysics Print Abstract Kaye Jiale Li Mullard Space Science Laboratory / University College London, UK Room D2 / ESAC Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

16 February 2023

The importance of Phobos Sample Return to understand Mars and its Moons: Leveraging Hayabusa 2 for MMX and beyond Print Abstract Tomohiro Usui Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, JAXA, Japan Room D1 / ESAC Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

9 February 2023

First results from JADES: Breaking the redshift barrier with JWST Print Abstract Emma Curtis-Lake University of Hertsfordshire, UK Virtual Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

2 February 2023

The interplay between internal and external processes in disk galaxies: formation and evolution of thick disks Print Abstract Francesca Pinna Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany Room Ba030 / ESTEC Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

26 January 2023

Previewing Roman's Survey of Stellar Halos using the FOGGIE Simulation Print Abstract Anna Wright Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA STScI Boardroom / Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

19 January 2023

Orbital Decay in M82 X-2 Print Abstract Matteo Bachetti Cagliari Astronomical Observatory, Italy Room A24 / ESAC Hybrid Seminar

Thursday 15:00h

12 January 2023

Déjà Vu? The 7th Outburst of the Recurrent Nova RS Oph in Soft X-rays Print Abstract Jan-Uwe Ness ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain Room D2 / ESAC Hybrid Seminar


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