Dr. Laura Hayes National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA Solar flares and their effects of the Earth’s ionosphere Abstract: Solar flare activity is a powerful factor affecting the geophysical processes of planetary atmospheres. On Earth, the enhancement of… Read More

Dr. Bin Chen New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Solar Flare Energy Release: New Insights from Recent Radio Observations Abstract: Solar flares involve the catastrophic release of magnetic energy through magnetic reconnection. Solar flares are also highly efficient… Read More

Dr. Frank Eisenhauer Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany GRAVITY+: All Sky, High Contrast, Milli-Arcsecond Optical Interferometric Imaging and Spectroscopy Abstract: GRAVITY and the VLTI have transformed high angular resolution astronomy  with groundbreaking results on the Galactic Center, active galactic… Read More

Mr. Kim Pouilly Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, France Magnetospheric accretion in the intermediate-mass T Tauri star HQ Tau Abstract: Classical T Tauri stars (cTTs) are pre-main sequence stars surrounded by an accretion disk. They host a… Read More

Dr. Ágnes Kóspál Konkoly Observatory, Hungary Magnetic field and accretion in the young eruptive star EX Lupi Abstract: While the Sun is a quiet and well-balanced star nowadays, during its first few million years it possessed a strong… Read More

Dr. Joel Sánchez Bermúdez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Interferometric imaging with GRAVITY/VLTI Abstract: In Astronomy, interferometry is an observational technique that delivers us the major resolution possible to study physical processes at the smallest spatial scales… Read More

Dr. Faouzi Boussaha Observatoire de Paris, France Development of near-infrared and visible kinetic inductance detectors at Paris Observatory Abstract: Thanks to their unequalled performance, particularly in terms of sensitivity which can approach the quantum limit given by the… Read More

Dr. Claire Davies University of Exeter, UK Disc-hosting young stellar objects at high angular resolution Abstract: Directly observing the innermost astronomical units of the discs that surround stars as they form is crucial to our understanding of star… Read More

Prof. Cornelis Dullemond Universität Heidelberg, Germany Interpreting the ALMA continuum images of protoplanetary disks Abstract: In recent years a large number of high-resolution ALMA images of protoplanetary disks were published. It is striking how cleanly structured these disks… Read More