Upcoming Talks

Talks this week

The next generation of radio interferometers: DSA-2000 and ngVLA
Fabian Walter
Monday, 15. September, 15:00
AstroTechTalk
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Haus der Astronomie

Polaron physics from effective theories
Keisuke Fujii
Wednesday, 17. September, 14:15
Many-Body Theory
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil19

Direct observation of Coherent Backward Scattering and Coherent Forward Scattering peaks in a shaken Bose gas
Floriane Arrouas
Wednesday, 17. September, 16:30
CQD Colloquia
K1-3 (Goldbox), INF 226

Decomposing AGN and their host galaxy in optical spectra
Catarina Aydar (MPE)
Thursday, 18. September, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Black holes on the move: from star clusters to galactic nuclei
Stefano Torniamenti (MPIA)
Thursday, 18. September, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Causal sets and closeness of Lorentzian Geometries
Sumati Surya
Thursday, 18. September, 11:30
Quantum Gravity Seminar
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR60

is the Earth special?
Laura Kreidberg (MPIA) : Copernicus revisited
Friday, 19. September, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

September, 2025

Quasimaps of surfaces
Nicolo Piazzalunga
22 Sep 2025, 16:15
Physikalische Mathematik (RHIND)


TBD
Heidi Korhonen
26 Sep 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Source-Detector Framework for BEC Analogue Models of Gravity
Alberto Sartori
26 Sep 2025, 14:00
CQD Colloquia
KIP, INF 227, SR 2.404, Kirchhoff Institute for physics

October, 2025

On the angular anisotropy of the distribution function of radiating particles in relativistic jets
Vasily Beskin (LPI, MIPT)
2 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Benedetta Spina
2 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Searches for signatures of ultra-light axion dark matter in polarimetry data of the EPTA using Bayesian statistics
Polina Usynina (MPIFR)
9 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Lisa-Marie Zessner
9 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Particle physics: today and tomorrow
Prof. Dr. Mark Thomson
9 Oct 2025, 17:30
Physikalisches Kolloquium
INF 308, HS 1

TBD
Andrew Winter
10 Oct 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

WW polarisation
Chilufya Mwewa Kapya
14 Oct 2025, 17:00
Particle Colloquium
Physikalisches Institut INF 226, Konferenzraum 1-3 (Room 00.101 bis 00.103)

tba
Dr Konrad Viebahn
15 Oct 2025, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
K1-3 (Goldbox), INF 226

TBD
Ryan Leaman (U Vienna)
16 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Harry Bevins
16 Oct 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBD
Paola Pinilla
17 Oct 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Precision at the Extremes: Exploring the Standard Model with Trapped Exotic Ions
Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum
17 Oct 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Current and future instrumentation at the Calar Alto Observatory
Jens Helmling (CAHA)
20 Oct 2025, 15:00
AstroTechTalk
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Haus der Astronomie

Gobblin' mode: how to form stars, planets and black holes quickly
Daniel Price
21 Oct 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Tba.
Dr. Alexander Voitkiv
22 Oct 2025, 11:15
Bothe-Kolloqium
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Central Seminar Room, Zentraler Seminarraum, Library Building

Multiwavelength studies of intermediate-mass black holes and their host galaxies
Kirill Grishin (APC Laboratory, CNRS)
23 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBD
Marcelo Vergara (ARI)
23 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Noemi Anau Montel
23 Oct 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

Predicting the evolution, fate and nucleosynthesis of massive stars in 1 and 3D
Raphael Hirschi
23 Oct 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBD
Molly Wells
24 Oct 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Fiedler
24 Oct 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBD
Greg Green
28 Oct 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

tba
Dr Pascal Weckesser
29 Oct 2025, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
K1-3 (Goldbox), INF 226

Mean-field Transformer Models
Giuseppe Bruno
30 Oct 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR105

TBD
Daisaburo Kido
30 Oct 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Structure and porosity of the multiphase ISM : insights from nearby star-forming galaxies
Lise Ramambason
30 Oct 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

tba
Prof. Dr. Timo Weigand
31 Oct 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

November, 2025

Weighing the Universe with the Lightest Elements
Max Pettini
4 Nov 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Scaling laws, overparametrization and double descent in HEP
Matthias Vigl
6 Nov 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBD
Soumya Shreeram (MPE)
6 Nov 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Outer gas accretion regimes and the origin of S0 galaxies
Olga Sil'chenko (SAI)
6 Nov 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Just the Tip of the Iceberg - Using Extreme Gravitational-Wave Events to Probe the Astrophysics of Compact Object Mergers
Jakob Stegmann
6 Nov 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Andre Lukas
6 Nov 2025, 16:15
Teilchen-Tee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Gai? Zasowski
7 Nov 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner
7 Nov 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBA
Jennifer Brown
10 Nov 2025, 16:15
Physikalische Mathematik (RHIND)


Origin of supermassive black holes from dense star clusters: Implications for the Local Universe and for JWST
Dominik Schleicher
11 Nov 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Unbinned inclusive cross-section measurements with machine-learned systematic uncertainties
Daohan Wang
13 Nov 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBD
Stephane Werner (Durham University)
13 Nov 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

The power of asteroseismology: the internal structure of stars
Saskia Hekker
13 Nov 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Jaki Noronha-Hostler
13 Nov 2025, 14:00
Many body phenomena in proton and nuclear collisions
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil 12, SR106

TBA
Farzana Meru
14 Nov 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Thomas Klinger
14 Nov 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Goldstone bosons at finite temperature
Peter Lowdon
18 Nov 2025, 16:15
Cold Quantum Coffee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil16

From Data to Laws: Symbolic Regression and Differentiable Analytic Networks for (Astro)physics
Rodrigo Ibata
18 Nov 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBD
Rogelio Albarracin (MPIA)
20 Nov 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Yulei Zhang
20 Nov 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

Galaxy Clusters in a Cosmological Context
Daniel Wik
20 Nov 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBD
Juergen Blum
21 Nov 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Lauriane Chomaz
21 Nov 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Nucleosynthesis evidences of extremely massive stars in proto-globular clusters-like conditions from high redshift to the local universe
Corinne Charbonnel
25 Nov 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBD
TBD
27 Nov 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

Gas-phase oxygen and nitrogen abundances as diagnostics of galaxy evolution
Igor Zinchenko
27 Nov 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Patzer Colloquium
28 Nov 2025, 15:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Marta Volenteri
28 Nov 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

December, 2025

A new perspective on giant planet formation
Ravit Helled
2 Dec 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBD
Markus Ambrosch (VL University)
4 Dec 2025, 11:00
Galaxy Coffee
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, MPIA auditorium/Hörsaal - with hybrid option

TBA
Santiago Tanco
4 Dec 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

Escape of Lyman radiation through Windows and Walls
Silvia Almada Monter
4 Dec 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Thaddeus Komacek
5 Dec 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Julian Schmitt
5 Dec 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

TBD
Rob Fender
9 Dec 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

tba
Atac Imamoglu
10 Dec 2025, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
INF 226, K 1-3 (Goldbox), Physikalisches Institut

TBA
Florian List
11 Dec 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

Mergers all the way down: simulating the origin of globular clusters in starburst dwarf galaxies
Natalia Lahen
11 Dec 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Kiyoaki Doi
12 Dec 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Shahal Ilani
12 Dec 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

The impact of stellar feedback on galaxies
Stefanie Walch-Gassner
16 Dec 2025, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBA
Natalia Porqueres
18 Dec 2025, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBD
Eva Grebel
18 Dec 2025, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Sophia Stuber
19 Dec 2025, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

tba
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Widmer
19 Dec 2025, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

January, 2026

TBD
Ritali Ghosh
8 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

tba
Dr. Antoine Browaeys
9 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Exploring the Universe with high-energy gamma rays using H.E.S.S.
Lars Mohrmann
13 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBA
Eduardo Santos Escriche
15 Jan 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

TBD
Oleg Egorov
15 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

tba
Dr. Myriam Benisty
16 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

Exoplanets, cool stars, and their interactions
Katja Poppenhäger
20 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

tba
Sebastian Will
21 Jan 2026, 16:30
Zentrum für Quantendynamik Kolloquium
K1-3, INF 226

TBA
Satvik Mishra
22 Jan 2026, 11:00
Modern Numerics for Theoretical Physics
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12;SR105

Galactic Archeology, Near and (Sort of ) Far
Gail Zasowski
22 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Myriam Benisty (MPIA)
23 Jan 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes
Anna-Christina Eilers
27 Jan 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

Cold molecular gas (cloud) properties in nearby galaxies
Eric Liang
29 Jan 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

tba
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Bodenschatz
30 Jan 2026, 17:00
Physikalisches Kolloquium
KIP, INF 227, Hörsaal 1

February, 2026

eROSITA’s Legacy in Structure Formation and Evolution and Cosmology
Esra Bulbul
3 Feb 2026, 16:30
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

TBD
Caroline Bertemes
5 Feb 2026, 11:15
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

TBA
Isabella Prandoni
6 Feb 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

March, 2026

TBD
Rolf Kuiper
13 Mar 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

April, 2026

TBA
Matteo Brogi (Turin)
10 Apr 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Fundamental physics in the gravitational-wave eraFundamental physics in the gravitational-wave era
Vitor Cardoso
16 Apr 2026, 16:15
Teilchen-Tee
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Phil12, SR106

TBA
Coryn Bailer-Jones (MPIA)
24 Apr 2026, 11:00
Königstuhl Colloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)