Science workshop: Retreat of the NAOJ Division of Science

Last week I was lucky to participate in the retreat (or japanese “Gasshuku”) of the NAOJ Division of Science (DoS) and Center for Computational Astrophysics (CfCA). As JSPS fellow working with assistant professor Dr. Harada, I am part of the Division of Science. With a stunning view on Mt. Fuji, we gathered for three days …

New Science Position: JSPS Fellow at NAOJ, Tokyo

I just started my new position as JSPS fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Tokyo! I’m excited to share my research with the local astronomers and learn from their expertise in chemical modeling. I will continue my work and deepen my understanding of the astrochemical conditions in M51 together with my …

Science workshop: The ALMA of the future

A few weeks ago, the ALMA 2040 workshop discussed the future of the Atacama Large Millimeter and submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescopes. This interferometer is located at ~5000m in the Chilenean desert and is one of the major instruments for observing molecular emission lines. With the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nearly completed, ESO …

Science talk: The puzzling extragalactic dense gas view

Last week I was honoured to present my work at the workshop: “Puzzles of Star Formation II”, which took place in the famous Ringberg castle in Germany. It was a fantastic opportunity to explore synergies between my research focusing on the astrochemistry in the nearby Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and the recent findings from and within …

Science update: My SWAN survey paper is published

My fourth first-author publication is now published in the A&A volume 696! This paper is the second part of a series dedicated to the “Surveying the Whirlpool galaxy at Arcseconds with NOEMA” (SWAN) survey, for which I have led the data reduction, QA and part of the science organisation. One of the figures I created …

Science updates: Press release on my recent publication/ Pressemitteilung für meine Publikation

— English — Zooming into the dense swirls in the Whirlpool galaxy in my newest publication that now is available online! This publication is accompanied by a German press release by MPIA which you can find here. A great thanks to the head of the press team of MPIA, Markus Nielbock! The paper presents the …

MPIA Open day – Don’t miss my talk (14. October 2023)

The MPIA Open day finally takes place this saturday after several years of delay. There will be a dedicated series of talks (you can find the schedule here), including my (German) talk at 10:30 on star formation in nearby galaxies. Der MPIA Tag der offenen Türe findet diesen Samstag (14. Oktober) nach einigen Jahren endlich …