15 Apr
30 Sep

LMU Astrophysics Colloquium

Date:

Wednesdays at 11:00 am

15 April 2026 - 30 September 2026

Location:

Lecture hall of the University Observatory Scheinerstr. 1 81679 München

"Meet the speaker" at 10:00 for all students.

  • 15 Apr 2026: Staff meeting for PhD and non-permanent staff
    Host: Matthias Klein
  • 22 Apr 2026: Galaxy clusters, higher order statistics and parity violation
    Speaker: Dr. Jiamin Hou (LMU)
    Host: Joe Mohr
  • 20 May 2026: The Cosmic and Galactic Baryon Cycles
    Speaker: Dr. Celine Peroux (ESO)
    Host: Daniel Grün
  • 27 May 2026: TBA
    Speaker: Dr. Drew Jamieson (MPA)
    Host: Jiamin Hou
  • 3 Jun 2026: Exploring Relativistic and Parity-Odd Signatures in Large-Scale Structure
    Speaker: Dr. Pritha Paul (LMU)
    Host: Jiamin Hou
  • 10 Jun 2026: A Chemical Universe. Gas, metals and cosmic dust in local and distant galaxies
    Speaker: Dr. Analisa De Cia (ESO)
    Host: Kevin Heng
  • 17 Jun 2026: A Complete Survey of the Catastrophic Universe: Science with 10,000 Supernovae
    Speaker: Prof. Daniel Perley (Liverpool Uni, UK)
    Host: Daniel Grün
  • 24 Jun 2026: Rotation and ages of cool and warm stars
    Speaker: Dr. Sydney Barnes (AIP)
    Host: Barbara Ercolano
  • 15 Jul 2026: The Earth 2.0 Space Mission
    Speaker: Prof. Haitao Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
    Host: Kevin Heng
  • 22 Jul 2026: Characterisation of Young, Transiting Exoplanets
    Speaker: Dr. Oscar Barragan (Uni Warwick)
    Host: Louise Nielsen
  • 30 Sep 2026: The Universe at High Speed: the Digital Telescope
    Speaker: Prof. Don Pollacco (Uni Warwick)
    Host: Kevin Heng

Suggestions for speakers should be sent to the colloquium organizer Prof. Joseph Mohr.

Preview for Winter Semester 2026/27

  • 28 Oct 2026: The Pristine Nature of Cosmic Voids in the Next Era of Galaxy Surveys
    Speaker: Dr. Nico Schuster (CPPM Marseille)
    Host: Jochen Weller
  • 18 Nov 2026: From Quiescence to Activity: Galactic Nuclei as a Unified Cosmic Laboratory
    Speaker: Prof. Elisa Resconi (TUM)
    Host: Daniel Grün