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Global Astrochemistry Lecture Series (GALS) Summer Semester 2025
“Astrochemistry: From the Big Bang to Life”
LECTURERS
  • Edwin Bergin, University of Michigan, USA
  • Dieter Braun, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
  • Macarena Garcia Marin, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
  • Robin Garrod, University of Virginia, USA
  • Wolf Geppert, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Inga Kamp, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Laura Kreidberg, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
  • Martin McCoustra, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
  • Stefanie Milam, NASA, USA
  • Tom Millar, Queen's University Belfast, UK
  • Alexey Potapov, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
  • Sean Raymond, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Will Rocha, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Martin Rubin, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Barbara Ryden, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Dima Semenov, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
  • Alexander Tielens, University of Maryland, USA and Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Catherine Walsh, University of Leeds, UK
COURSE PROGRAM

1. Basics of astrochemistry

Dima Semenov, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany

10.02.2025 at 16:00 CET

2. Big Bang and formation of the elements

Barbara Ryden, The Ohio State University, USA

13.02.2025 at 15:00 CET

3. Environmental conditions in space

Alexander Tielens, University of Maryland, USA and Leiden University, The Netherlands

17.02.2025 at 16:00 CET

4. Origin of planetary systems

Sean Raymond, University of Bordeaux, France

20.02.2025 at 15:00 CET

5. Astrochemical observations

Edwin Bergin, University of Michigan, USA

24.02.2025 at 16:00 CET

6. JWST: the history and technical side

Stefanie Milam, NASA, USA

27.02.2025 at 16:00 CET

7. Chemistry in the interstellar medium

Tom Millar, Queen's University Belfast, UK

04.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

8. ISM astrochemical modelling

Robin Garrod, University of Virginia, USA

06.03.2025 at 16:00 CET

9. Chemistry in (exo)planet atmospheres

Laura Kreidberg, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany

10.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

10. Chemistry in protoplanetary disks

Catherine Walsh, University of Leeds, UK

12.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

11. Laboratory astrochemistry. Gas-phase processes

Wolf Geppert, Stockholm University, Sweden

18.03.2025 at 16:00 CET

12. Laboratory astrochemistry. Solid-state processes

Martin McCoustra, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

21.03.2025 at 16:00 CET

13. Gas-phase observations with JWST

Inga Kamp, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

24.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

14. Solid-state observations with JWST

Will Rocha, Leiden University, The Netherlands

27.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

15. Composition of cometary ices and implications for our Solar System

Martin Rubin, University of Bern, Switzerland

31.03.2025 at 15:00 CET

16. Exogenous synthesis of biomolecule precursors

Alexey Potapov, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

03.04.2025 at 15:00 CET

17. The Origins of Biochemistry and Life

Dieter Braun, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

09.04.2025 at 15:00 CET

18. How to write a JWST proposal

Macarena Garcia Marin, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA

11.04.2025 at 15:00 CET

ORGANIZERS
Robin Garrod

University of Virginia, USA

Wolf Geppert

Stockholm University, Sweden

Martin McCoustra

Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

Alexey Potapov (Chair)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

REGISTRATION
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