Upcoming Seminars and Lectures

ISAPP School 2026 - Pre-Registration Deadline (TUM PhD Students)

Deadline
  • Date: Apr 27, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
PhD students on a TUM contract are requested to pre-register for the ISAPP School 2026 (20–31 July 2026, Garching) via an internal spreadsheet by 28 April 2026. [more]

"Latest Results from the NIKA2 mm Camera"

MPE Seminar
  • Date: Apr 27, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Stefano Berta (IRAM, Grenoble)
  • Location: MPE
  • Room: X5/1.1.18b
Stefano Berta presents the latest science results from the NIKA2 dual-band continuum camera operating at the IRAM 30m telescope, covering topics from star-forming filaments and nearby galaxies to galaxy clusters and the high-redshift Universe. [more]

"Novel Forward and Inverse Approaches to Modelling the Observable Universe"

ORIGINS Guest Lecture
  • Date: Apr 29, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Chris Lovell (Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge)
  • Location: Universitäts-Sternwarte München (USM), Scheinerstraße 1, 81679 Munich, Germany
  • Room: 133 (1st floor, main building at Scheinerstr.1)
  • Host: ORIGINS Excellence Cluster
  • Contact: odele.straub@origins-cluster.de
Chris Lovell presents new forward and inverse approaches to simulating the observable Universe, combining zoom simulation frameworks, galaxy emission modelling, and deep learning methods to bridge cosmic-scale structure and individual galaxy evolution. The lecture is also accessible online. [more]

"When is a Quantum Computer Really Quantum?"

Wednesday Coffee Talk
  • Date: Apr 29, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Roberto Giuntini (Università di Cagliari)
  • Department of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy, Università di Cagliari
  • Room: Online (Zoom)
  • Host: TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS)
  • Contact: events@ias.tum.de
Roberto Giuntini examines how Bell- and Mermin-type inequalities from the foundations of physics can serve as practical benchmarking tools to detect genuinely quantum correlations in today's Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. The talk takes place online via Microsoft Teams. [more]

"White Dwarf Binaries: Accretion Physics, Gravitational Wave Sources, and Thermonuclear Supernovae"

SESTAS I
  • Date: Apr 29, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Boris Gänsicke (University of Warwick)
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: Lecture Hall E.0.11
  • Host: Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien
Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [more]

"3D Insights into SN1987A: ALMA Observations Compared to Hydrodynamical Explosion Simulations"

SESTAS II
  • Date: Apr 29, 2026
  • Time: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Michael Gabler (University of Valencia)
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: Lecture Hall E.0.11
  • Host: Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien
Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [more]

"How the Atmosphere Determines the Surface Temperature of a Planet"

Geoscience of Exoplanets Seminar
  • Date: Apr 30, 2026
  • Time: 02:15 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Bernhard Mayer (LMU)
  • Chair of Experimental Meteorology, Meteorological Institute
  • Location: LMU, Deptartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Theresienstraße 41C, 80333 München
  • Room: C307
  • Host: Munich Center for Geoastronomy, LMU
  • Contact: center.geoastronomy@lmu.de
Bernhard Mayer presents a lecture on how atmospheric composition and dynamics determine the surface temperature of a planet, using Earth and Venus as examples, as part of the Geoscience of Exoplanets Seminar Series. The session includes a 15-minute break at 15:00. [more]

Call for Proposals – ESO Science Workshops 2027

Deadline
  • Date: May 11, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
  • Contact: janderso@eso.org
Call for proposals for ESO science workshops 2027, focusing on scientific collaboration, hybrid participation, and diversity. [more]

"Von der Dunkelheit ins Licht – Die Geburt von Sternen und Planeten"

Café & Kosmos
  • Date: May 12, 2026
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Birgitta Müller (MPE)
  • Location: Wirtshaus zum Isartal, Brudermühlstraße 2, 81371 München
  • Host: MPE
  • Contact: cafe-kosmos@origins-cluster.de
Birgitta Müller erklärt, wie die Entstehung von Sternensystemen beobachtet und mit Spektrometrie deren chemische Entwicklung erforscht werden kann – von den ersten molekularen Bausteinen in dunklen Staub- und Gaswolken bis hin zu den Grundbausteinen des Lebens. Der Eintritt ist frei. [more]

Führung durch das Schloss

Führung durch das Schloss
  • Date: May 22, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: Jochen Essl
Der Leiter der Tagungsstätte, Jochen Essl, führt durch die Räume im Schloss und berichtet über die Geschichte des Hauses. Mehr Informationen unter www.vhs.de. Die Karten können nur über die VHS Oberland bezogen werden. [more]

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM
  • Speaker: Pascal Oesch, Richard Ellis, Benedetta Ciardi, Adriano Fontana, Alice Shapley, plus participants
  • International team of leading scientists in early galaxy formation and reionization, from institutions including University of Geneva, UCL, MPA, INAF Rome, and UCLA.
  • Location: MIAPbP
  • Room: MIAPbP
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapp.de
A four-week MIAPbP workshop in Garching on early galaxy formation, black holes, and reionization in the era of JWST, ALMA, SKA, and ELT.Registration is open; deadline September 7, 2025. Held June 1–26, 2026. [more]

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

ESO Workshop
  • Start: Jun 8, 2026
  • End: Jun 12, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: ESO Headquarters, Garching
  • Room: Main Conference Hall
  • Host: ESO
  • Contact: CMF2IMF@eso.org
The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function: From Core Mass Function to Stellar Mass Distribution [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

Let There Be Noise

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jun 24, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

Registration Deadline – MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop

Deadline
  • Date: Jun 29, 2026
  • Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
Registration deadline for the MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop (February 8 – March 5, 2027). [more]

"Primordial Cosmology: Novel Perspectives From Scattering Amplitudes, Holography and the Bootstrap"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Jun 29, 2026
  • End: Jul 24, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP), Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching bei München
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: workshop@munich-iapp.de
Workshop on the origin of structure in the universe, focusing on new theoretical perspectives in primordial cosmology. [more]

"Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes Conference 2026"

Conference
  • Start: Jun 29, 2026
  • End: Jul 3, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: Campus MIL, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Room: Main conference halls (on-site)
  • Host: Université de Montréal (UdeM), in collaboration with international partners
  • Contact: smbh2026@phys.umontreal.ca
Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes: Advancing the Frontiers of Astrophysics [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

Learning the Universe

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jul 1, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

"AGN Feedback Across All Scales and Time"

ESO Workshop
  • Start: Jul 6, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 10, 2026 04:00 PM
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: ESO Garching
Scientific workshop dedicated to the study of AGN feedback across different spatial scales, gas phases, and cosmic epochs. [more]
Portrait von Ludwig Biermann

A New Dawn of Science

Biermann Lectures
  • Date: Jul 8, 2026
  • Time: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Benjamin D. Wandelt, Johns Hopkins University
  • Location: MPA
  • Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11
All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

"Expanding Horizons: What Are the Astronomical Challenges of the 2040s"

Expanding Horizons
  • Start: Jul 13, 2026
  • End: Jul 17, 2026
  • Location: ESO Garching
  • Host: ESO – European Southern Observatory
  • Contact: ExpH_workshop@eso.org
A community-wide five-day workshop bringing together astronomers from a wide range of research backgrounds to identify the key scientific challenges of the 2040s and the transformational ground-based facilities required to address them. In-person participation is limited to 150 participants; remote participation is free of charge. [more]

"Geoastronomy and Origins of Life"

Exoplanets by the Lake IV
  • Start: Jul 19, 2026 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Jul 24, 2026 12:00 PM
  • Location: Hotel Seespitz Gästehaus
  • Host: janhvi.jaiswal@lmu.de
Focused summer school on geoastronomy and origins of life, featuring leading experts in planetary science and astrobiology. [more]

"The Low Energy Frontier – Dark Matter and Neutrinos in Theory and Experiments"

ISAPP School 2026
  • Start: Jul 20, 2026
  • End: Jul 31, 2026
  • Host: MPP & LMU
  • Contact: isapp@mpp.mpg.de
The ISAPP Summer School 2026 introduces PhD students and young researchers to the low-energy frontier of astroparticle physics, with a focus on dark matter and neutrinos from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The two-week programme at the Garching Research Campus combines lectures by international experts with interactive discussions, Q&A sessions, and hands-on sessions. [more]

"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM
  • Speaker: Sergio Simón-Díaz, Alceste Bonanos, Sylvia Ekström, Miguel A. Urbaneja, Ashley Barne
  • Location: MIAPbP, Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching
  • Host: Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP)
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
An interdisciplinary MIAPbP programme advancing research on massive stars from formation to final fate. [more]

Europlanet Science Congress 2026

Europlanet Science Congress 2026
  • Start: Sep 6, 2026
  • End: Sep 11, 2026
  • Location: The Hague, Netherlands
  • Host: Europlanet Science Congress
Annual planetary science conference featuring sessions on star and planet formation, exoplanets, and planetary science research. [more]

"Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Networks: From Cell Metabolism to Design Principles for Synthetic Life"

MIAPbP Workshop
  • Start: Sep 7, 2026
  • End: Sep 18, 2026
  • Speaker: Various Speakers
  • Location: MIAPbP, Munich, Germany
  • Room: MIAPbP Conference Hall
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: workshop@munich-iapp.de
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Networks: from Cell Metabolism to Design Principles for Synthetic Life [more]

"Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path Forward"

MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop
  • Start: Feb 8, 2027 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: Mar 5, 2027 05:00 PM
  • Host: MIAPbP
  • Contact: info@munich-iapbp.de
This workshop brings together theoretical and experimental experts to address key questions in neutrino astrophysics, including cosmic neutrino sources, multi-messenger synergies, and future detection strategies. [more]
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