Faculty Seminars

     

    This new seminar page displays seminars from all ESA Faculty Seminar series in one place.
     
    All seminars from 2021 onwards have been added into the new system.
    For now, details of older seminars can be found in their original inidividual archives.

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    Current selection: All Faculty Seminars for 2021



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    Date Title   Speaker Affiliation Series Room
    Thu 15:00
    16 Dec 2021     		New light on the stellar and nebular chemical abundances of high-redshift galaxies Print Abstract Ricardo Amorín Universidad de La Serena, Chile SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    14 Dec 2021     		Dune migration on Mars Sarah Boazman ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    07 Dec 2021     		The James Webb Space Telescope: the adventure is about to begin! Giovanna Giardino ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    02 Dec 2021     		The physical properties, acceleration mechanism and impact of AGN outflows from low to high redshift Print Abstract Giovanni Cresci INAF Arcetri, Italy SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    30 Nov 2021     		Gateways to seeing things we cannot see Anna Hoetjes ESA Art-Space Exchange Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    23 Nov 2021     		Exploring the high-redshift PBH-LCDM Universe Guenter Hasinger ESA-ESAC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    18 Nov 2021     		Planets in External Galaxies Print Abstract Rosanne Di Stefano Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory / Harvard University, USA SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    16 Nov 2021     		X-ray emission in intermediate-mass T-Tauri stars Maria Alejandra Diaz ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    04 Nov 2021     		The characterization of NuSTAR scattered light for galaxy cluster observations Print Abstract Ayşegül Tümer University of Utah, USA SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    02 Nov 2021     		Martian Valley Networks Sharon Diamant Leiden University Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    28 Oct 2021     		An ALMA view of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization Print Abstract Renske Smit Liverpool John Moores University, UK SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    26 Oct 2021     		1) Detecting Europa's water plumes is harder than previously thought 2) Protons in the innermost coma of comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko observed by Rosetta Rowan Dayton-Oxland, Lucie Scharré Leiden University Breakfast ESTEC
    Wed 15:00
    20 Oct 2021     		Women in Astrophysics Print Abstract Jocelyn Bell Burnell University of Oxford, UK SCI-S ESAC
    D1/D2
    Tue 09:45
    19 Oct 2021     		My Ø-scillation Experiments in Zero Gravity (and what they have to do with exoplanets) Maximilian Günther ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    14 Oct 2021     		Tales of stars and tidal tails: A story from our neighborhood seen by Gaia Print Abstract Tereza Jerabkova ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    12 Oct 2021     		The evolution of our understanding of Mars Eleni Bohacek ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    07 Oct 2021     		Exocomets and the gaseous component around main-sequence stars Print Abstract Isabel Rebollido Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    05 Oct 2021     		Soundings rockets to develop new instruments: the example of the FOXSI sounding rocket Sophie Musset ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Wed 15:00
    29 Sep 2021     		CHEOPS and exoplanets Print Abstract Didier Queloz ETH Zürich, Switzerland SCI-S ESAC
    D1/D2
    Tue 09:45
    28 Sep 2021     		A Research Fellow's journey through the Universe (and ESA) Sandor Kruk ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    23 Sep 2021     		On the puzzle of the origin of lithium rich K giant stars Print Abstract Ramiro de la Reza Observatório Nacional - MCTIC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil SCI-S ESAC
    D1/D2
    Tue 09:45
    21 Sep 2021     		Gaia and dust flux at L2: measurements and impact simulations Marie Liis Aru ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    16 Sep 2021     		Focus on the Extremes: Harnessing the Power of Hard X-ray Focusing Optics to Probe Events Ranging from Solar Microflares to Stellar Superflares Print Abstract Juliana Vievering Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Maryland, USA SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    14 Sep 2021     		A 76 day orbital period eclipsing binary detected with ASTEP South from Antarctica Nicolas Crouzet ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    07 Sep 2021     		What to do with the JUICE teams during the long cruise phase? Olivier Witasse ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    22 Jul 2021     		A multi-tracer view on the assembly of galaxy halos and intra-group light in nearby groups and clusters Print Abstract Johanna Hartke European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile SCI-S Virtual Only
    Thu 15:00
    08 Jul 2021     		Binaries, galaxies and gravitational waves Print Abstract Martyna Chruślińska Radboud University / IMAPP, Nijmegen, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    06 Jul 2021     		1) Star formation loud and quiet in the Magellanic Cloud 2) Re-evaluation of Solar Variations in Apollo 15 XRFS Data Stella Tsillia, Kas Veken Leiden University Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    01 Jul 2021     		Revealing the Source of Jupiter's X-ray Auroral Flares Print Abstract William Dunn MSSL, University College London, UK SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    29 Jun 2021     		1) Detecting and Measuring Galactic Bars with Deep Learning 2) Atmospheric characterisation of transiting hot Jupiters Gunnlaugur Helgi Stefánsson, Hritam Chakraborty Leiden University Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    24 Jun 2021     		Space-borne gravitational wave detectors -- an overview Print Abstract Oliver Jennrich ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    22 Jun 2021     		Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation (according to an ex-astrophysicist) Oliver Lomax ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    17 Jun 2021     		The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: was the most famous red supergiant star blinking at us? Print Abstract Miguel Montargès LESIA, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, France SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    15 Jun 2021     		X-raying the winds of massive stars using X-ray binaries Victoria Grinberg ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    10 Jun 2021     		The Importance of being Interpretable Print Abstract Michelle Ntampaka Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    08 Jun 2021     		Asteroidal YORP Effect Marie-Liis Aru ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    03 Jun 2021     		Gas-poor clusters: what kind of beasts are they? Print Abstract Stefano Andreon INAF-OA Brera, Milan, Italy SCI-S Virtual Only
    Wed 17:00
    02 Jun 2021     		Diagnostic of the Past History of the Milky Way with Gaia Teresa Antoja ICC, Universitat de Barcelona ESA@STScI STScI
    Tue 09:45
    01 Jun 2021     		Using Martian valley networks to understand the ancient environment and topography of Mars Rickbir Bahia ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    27 May 2021     		Beyond the fiery donut: the Event Horizon Telescope and black hole "engines" Print Abstract Sera Markoff API/GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Thu 15:00
    20 May 2021     		ESASky: a tool for all astronomers Print Abstract Deborah Baines Quasar Science Resources, ESAC, Madrid, Spain SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    18 May 2021     		CHEOPS Education and Outreach Activities (YGT summary) Oriel Marshall ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    11 May 2021     		The main principles of extra-atmospheric space law Sarah Joiret ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    06 May 2021     		Supercomputer insights into the messy physics of galaxy formation Print Abstract Volker Springel Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    04 May 2021     		May the brick be with you - Why building a space station is like playing with Lego Christoph Ruge University of Stuttgart Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    22 Apr 2021     		Near-Earth objects: space exploration and planetary defense Print Abstract Julia de León Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Palma, Spain SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    20 Apr 2021     		Martian Mutual Radio Occultation Jacob Parrott ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    15 Apr 2021     		Deciphering Mars chronicles by space missions Print Abstract Dmitri Titov ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    13 Apr 2021     		Science communication and education in the time of COVID-19 Sandor Kruk ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    08 Apr 2021     		Exploring the deep and variable X-ray sky with the catalogue from overlapping XMM-Newton observations Print Abstract Iris Traulsen Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, AIP, Potsdam, Germany SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    06 Apr 2021     		The measurement of Newton’s constant (from Westphal et al. 2020) Oliver Jennrich ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    30 Mar 2021     		News about the origin of the martian moons (from Bagheri et al. 2021) Olivier Witasse ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    25 Mar 2021     		The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Print Abstract Hakan Svedhem ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    23 Mar 2021     		Microscopic dissection of Nicolas’ star with the Gaia telescope Jos de Bruijne ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    16 Mar 2021     		Searching for gravitational lenses in the Hubble telescope archive Emily Omaya Garvin ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    11 Mar 2021     		Hierarchical models and asteroseismic rotation Print Abstract Oliver Hall ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    09 Mar 2021     		How to understand stars and supernovae by looking at... galaxy clusters Francois Mernier ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    04 Mar 2021     		Hubble Asteroid Hunter: exploring data archives with citizen science and deep learning Print Abstract Sandor Kruk ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    02 Mar 2021     		Mysterious X-ray flashes from the Moon Erik Kuulkers ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    25 Feb 2021     		Probing water-rock-organic chemistry interactions in the early terrestrial planets: why is Oxia Planum the right landing site for ExoMars 2022? Print Abstract Jorge Vago & Elliot Sefton-Nash ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    23 Feb 2021     		Can we learn what stellar surfaces look like from light curves from TESS & CHEOPS? Gaitee Hussain ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    18 Feb 2021     		How to Build a Big Galaxy Print Abstract Adam Muzzin York University, Toronto, Canada SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    09 Feb 2021     		Uncertainties on meteoroid orbital elements Sarah Joiret ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Thu 15:00
    04 Feb 2021     		X-ray reverberation mapping accreting black holes Print Abstract William Alston ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain SCI-S Virtual Only
    Tue 09:45
    02 Feb 2021     		Demonstrating redshift in the classroom Oriel Marshall ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    19 Jan 2021     		Two recent papers about dynamical masses of sub-stellar companions Daniel Michalik ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC
    Tue 09:45
    12 Jan 2021     		Exploring the atmospheric composition of gas giant exoplanets Ezequiel Gonzalez ESA-ESTEC Breakfast ESTEC


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