Welcome to the HGSFP Summer School 2024

Following our yearly tradition, we are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of the HGSFP Summer School, which will take place from 9 to 15 June 2024 in the beautiful town of Molveno, located in the heart of the Italian Alps.

The HGSFP Summer School is organised by and for HGSFP students to enable Ph.D. students from different research areas to get to know each other and share their scientific interests. The school includes lecture courses on selected topics from all branches of the HGSFP, special lectures, and poster sessions where participants can share and discuss their research activities with other students. The programme will also include social activities to allow participants to spend time together and enjoy the Molveno area.

Accommodation and travel costs will be fully covered by the HGSFP.

Registration and list of lectures

The number of applications usually exceeds the number of places available. The selection process is not on a first-come, first-served basis. After the deadline, you will receive an email with information about the outcome of your application. First-time participants will be given priority, but people who have participated in the past are also encouraged to apply!

Registration is now closed!

Registration

Lecture 1

Nicola Gentile Fusillo
Università degli studi di Trieste
White dwarfs: learning from the oldest stars in the Galaxy
 
Sanam Vardag
Institute for Environmental Physics, Heidelberg Center for the Environment
Studying the carbon cycle and anthropogenic disturbances
 

Lecture 2

Björn-Malte Schäfer
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg University
Causality and Dimensionality in Physics
 
Lauriane Chomaz
Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg University
Experiments with ultracold quantum gases of neutral atoms, the case of magnetic lanthanides
 

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Lucie Tajcmanova
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Heidelberg University
Beneath Our Feet: From rock microstructures to advanced modelling of solid Earth processes
 
Arne Nägel
Institut für Informatik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Scalable HPC solvers for partial differential equations and applications in soil physics and biology
 

Special talks

Andrea Brunello
University of Trento / University of Bologna
Storytelling science to outreach, inspire, teach and understand science
 
Elisa Frasnelli
University of Trento
The left and the right brain: Lateralization from physics to neuroscience
 

Social Activities

There is a lot of time over the week and here you can find some ideas on how to fill it. The region of Molveno offers a plethora of leisure activities.

Further activities and places around the area:

The organizing team

Alex Golovin (Landessternwarte Königstuhl)

Maurice Morgenthaler (Physikalisches Institut)

Maksym Gachkivskyi (Institute for Environmental Physics)

Miguel Ruiz Díaz (Physikalisches Institut)

Ya Zhao (Physikalisches Institut)

Gopal Chandra Santra (Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at summerschool@physik.uni-heidelberg.de!