Astrophysics Colloquium
This monthly colloquium hosts talks by distinguished visiting senior colleagues.
Academic Year 2025/2026
| Speaker & affiliation | Seminar title | Date, time & place |
| Michele Maggiore - Université de Genève |
Fundamental Physics and Cosmology with the Einstein Telescope |
Friday, 03.10.2025, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Marcelle Soares-Santos - Universität Zürich |
Cosmology with galaxies and gravitational waves at UZH |
Friday, 07.11.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Gianfranco Bertone - Universiteit van Amsterdam |
Gravitational wave probes of dark matter |
Friday, 06.03.2026, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| James Binney - University of Oxford |
Understanding galaxies |
Friday, 20.03.2026, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Sascha Quanz - ETH Zürich | TBD | Friday, 08.05.2026, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
Academic Year 2024/2025
| Speaker & affiliation | Seminar title (+ link to talk abstract & live stream) | Date, time & place |
| Tom Quinn - University of Washington |
Planet Formation Near and Far |
Friday, 01.11.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Patrick Hennebelle - CEA Saclay |
What controls the star formation rate? |
Friday, 06.12.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Dragan Huterer - University of Michigan |
Cosmological results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument |
Friday, 09.05.2025, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
Academic Year 2023/2024
| Speaker & affiliation | Seminar title (+ link to talk abstract & live stream) | Date, time & place |
| Andrei Mesinger - Scuola Normale Superiore |
Status and future of 21-cm cosmology |
Friday, 06.10.2023, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Alexandre Refregier - ETH Zürich |
Forward modelling in cosmology |
Friday, 03.11.2023, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Thorsten Naab - Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik |
Galaxy simulations with resolved ISM: clustered star formation, globular cluster formation and IMBH growth |
Friday, 01.12.2023, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Martin Pessah - Niels Bohr Institutet |
Planet migration in dusty protoplanetary disks |
Friday, 01.03.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Nikku Madhusudhan - University of Cambridge |
The hycean paradigm in the search for life elsewhere |
Friday, 05.04.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |
| Stefanie Walch-Gassner - Universität zu Köln |
The energetics of molecular clouds: reassessing the role of gravity |
Friday, 03.05.2024, 10:45-11:45, Irchel Y36 K08 |