ESAC Seminars - 2015 Programme

    Date Title Abstract  Speaker Affiliation Room

    Thursday, 10:30h 17 December 2015

    The Juice Mission

    		 Print Abstract VIDEOS Nicolas Altobelli/Olivier Witasse ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain / ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands B3

    Friday, 10:30h 11 December 2015

    Galaxy evolution in clusters from the CLASH-VLT survey

    		 Print Abstract Andrea Biviano INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 10 December 2015

    Probing the clumpy winds of giant stars with high mass X-ray binaries

    		 Print Abstract Victoria Grinberg MIT Kavli Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 3 December 2015

    From X-rays to Far Infrared: A multiwavelength view of environmental effects on cluster galaxy evolution

    		 Print Abstract Ricardo Pérez ESAC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Friday, 10:30h 6 November 2015

    Cometary Observations: from Halley to Tchury

    		 Print Abstract Pierre Encrenaz LERMA - Observatoire de Paris, France B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 29 October 2015

    Studying compact objects with spectral decomposition methods

    		 Print Abstract Karri Koljonen NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 15 October 2015

    Is there a hope of discovering new physics in the Euclid era?

    		 Print Abstract Francisco Prada Instituto de Fisica Teorica, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 24 September 2015

    Gaia mission status

    		 Print Abstract Timo Prusti ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 17 September 2015

    Protoplanetary disk evolution in nearby star-forming regions

    		 Print Abstract Alvaro Ribas ESAC/ESA, Madrid, Spain B3

    Monday, 10:30h 14 September 2015

    eLISA: Gravitational wave observatory in space

    		 Print Abstract Stanislav Babak Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam-Golm, Germany B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 3 September 2015

    Infrared study of transitional disks in Ophiuchus with Herschel

    		 Print Abstract Isabel Rebollido ESAC/ESA, Madrid, Spain B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 27 August 2015

    Polarization properties during the rising phase of type-I bursts in LMXBs

    		 Print Abstract Long Ji Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 23 July 2015

    Tracking Planet Footprints in Dusty Disks

    		 Print Abstract Catherine Espaillat Boston University, MA, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 16 July 2015

    The GNSS worldwide context and the Galileo Program: Update

    		 Print Abstract Javier Ventura-Traveset ESA GNSS Science Advisory Group, ESAC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Friday, 10:30h 3 July 2015

    Toward Reliable Planet Occurrence Rates With Kepler

    		 Print Abstract Natalie Batalha Kepler Mission Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 11 June 2015

    Determining habitability at the icy moons: An orbital view of terrestrial analogues

    		 Print Abstract Damhnait Gleeson Centro de Astrobiología, INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Thursday, 14:30h 14 May 2015

    SPECIAL SEMINAR: A tropical disease crosses the tropic: Lessons from Ebola

    		 Print Abstract María Velasco Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain B3/B5

    Friday, 10:30h 8 May 2015

    Structural analysis of the Victoria quadrangle (H2) of Mercury based on NASA MESSENGER data

    		 Print Abstract Valentina Galluzzi Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" / Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" D2

    Thursday, 10:30h 7 May 2015

    Giant Planets around Giant Stars

    		 Print Abstract Artie Hatzes Thuringia State Observatory, Germany D1

    Thursday, 10:30h 16 April 2015

    Interpretation of Satellite Imagery for Decision Making within the Common Foreign and Security Policy - CFSP

    		 Print Abstract Enrique Coiras European Union Satellite Centre (EU SatCen), Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain B3

    Monday, 10:30h 13 April 2015

    		 Gas inside the 97 AU cavity around the transition disk Sz 91: ALMA + Herschel results Print Abstract Héctor Cánovas Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 9 April 2015

    		 Plasmas for Space Propulsion Print Abstract Eduardo Ahedo Grupo de Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III (UC3M), Madrid, Spain D2

    Thursday, 10:30h 26 March 2015

    		 Multi-wavelength study of the population of galaxies in intermediate-redshift clusters: the case of RXJ1557+4738 at z ~ 0.9 Print Abstract Irene Pintos-Castro Centro de Astrobiología, INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain / Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain B3

    Monday, 14:30h 23 March 2015

    		 Characterizing activity in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's inner coma with Rosetta-Alice Print Abstract Eric Schindhelm Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, US B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 12 March 2015

    		 SPECIAL SEMINAR: Experiences of a Dutch astronaut in space Print Abstract André Kuipers ESA astronaut D1/D2

    Thursday, 10:30h 26 February 2015

    		 White dwarf close encounters with SPH simulations Print Abstract Gabriela Aznar Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC) / Instituto de Estudios Espaciales de Cataluña (IEEC), Barcelona, Spain B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 12 February 2015

    		 Cassini-Huygens, 10 years of discoveries...and more to come! Print Abstract PPT Nicolas Altobelli ESAC/ESA, Madrid, Spain B3

    Thursday, 10:30h 5 February 2015

    		 Luminous Infrared Galaxies from a multiwavelength perspective Print Abstract Rubén Herrero-Illana Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC, Granada, Spain B3

    Wednesday, 10:30h 28 January 2015

    		 The Unimap map-maker: status and developments Print Abstract Lorenzo Piazzo Sapienza University, Rome, Italy B3