Program
Monday, June 22, 2026
11:00 - 11:15: Welcome & logistics Henrik Beuther & Silvia Scheithauer
Session: Early phases of star formation (Chair: Henrik Beuther)
11:15 - 12:00 van Dishoeck, Ewine Intro and Protostellar systems with JWST
12:00 - 12:45 Megeath, Tom Surveying Low-mass Star Formation in the Infrared: from HOPS to HEFE
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:15 Gieser, Caroline A song of ice and fire: Linking ice and gas-phase chemistry in the high-mass hot core IRAS 18089
14:15 - 14:45 Bhandare, Asmita Go with the Flow: Probing the Dynamics of Streamlined Infall During Protostellar Disc Formation
14:45 - 15:15 Stecklum, Bringfried Disentangling Variability in YSOs: Shadows, Binaries, and Accretion Bursts
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break
Session: Early phases of star formation (Chair: Henrik Beuther)
15:45 - 16:15 Xu , Fengwei A Forming Quadruple Massive Stellar System
16:15 - 16:45 Puravanakara, Manoj Probing the Earliest Phases of Star Formation with JWST: Results from the IPA and HEFE Programs
16:45 - 17:15 Kuiper, Rolf Modeling Star and Planet Formation
17:15 - 17:45 McCaughrean, Mark. Mysterious extended absorption features in the Orion Nebula discovered with JWST
17:45 - 18:15 Zhang, Qizhou Fragmenting Clumps and Forming Clusters: High-Resolution Views of Massive Star Birth
~18:30 Bus departure
Tuesday
08:35 Bus departure start bus stop Peterskirche hillside. (map); further public bus information (details)
Session: Planet formation (Chair: Hendrik Linz)
09:00 - 09:30 Johansen, Anders Planetesimal formation in protoplanetary discs
09:30 - 10:00 Testi, Leonardo From dust to pebbles and planets: dust evolution during star and planet formation
10:00 - 10:30 Birnstiel, Til New Paradigms in Planet Formation
10:30 - 11:00 Mordasini, Christoph Confronting planet formation theory and observations via planetary population synthesis
10:40 - 11:30 Coffee break
Session: Planet formation (Chair: Hendrik Linz)
11:30 - 12:00 Klahr, Hubert Planetesimal formation and pebble accretion at MPIA: Past and Future
12:00 - 13:20 Stapper, Lucas A census of Herbig disk masses
12:20 - 12:40 Winter, Andrew Getting Herbig-ger: Lessons from the Herbig lifetime problem
12:40 - 13:00 Zallio, Luigi Bulk properties of protoplanetary disks using ALMA visibilities. New constraints on PMS evolutionary tracks and stellar ages.
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch
Session: Planet formation (Chair: Roy van Boekel)
14:00 - 14:30 Doi, Kiyoaki Dust Properties of the HD 163296 Disk from High-Resolution Multi-Wavelength Observations Including ALMA Band 9 (0.45 mm)
14:30 - 14:50 Ábrahám, Péter Optical-infrared variability as a new tool to explore inner disk structure and dynamics around young stars
14:50 - 15:10 Ramirez-Tannus, MC Planet formation in extreme environments
15:10 - 15:30 Lienert, Julia Do MHD winds change the composition of the inner disc?
15:30 - 15:50 Kaufmann, Nicolas Disk Population Synthesis of structured disks with external photoevaporation
15:50 - 16: 20 Coffee break
Session: Planet formation (Chair: Roy van Boekel)
16:20 - 16:40 Penzlin, Anna 3-body hydrodynamics, Planets in circumbinary discs
16:40 - 17:00 Kóspál, Ágnes Accretion variability and multiplicity in Sun-like young stars
17:00 - 17:20 Bitsch, Bertram Constraining planet formation via atmospheric abundances
17:20 - 17:40 Savvidou, Sofia A giant solution to the disk mass budget problem of planet formation
17:40 - 18:00 Burn, Remo The Journey of Carbon from the ISM to Planets and Disks
~18:15 Bus departure
Wednesday
08:35 Bus departure start bus stop Peterskirche hillside (map); further public bus information (details)
Session: Planet formation (Chair: Giulia Perotti)
09:00 - 09:20 Kamp, Inga JWSTs view on the inner rocky planet forming region
09:20 - 09:40 Somigliana, Alice JWST reveals disc diversity, ice features, and extended H2 emission in the binary system HK Tau
09:40 - 10:00 Pinilla, Paola Observational constraints on evolution of dust disc properties in Upper Scorpius
10:00 - 10:20 Gasman, Danny Using CO2 isotopologues to trace inner disk enhancement due to drifting ices
10:20 - 10:40 Varga, Jozsef MINDS survey of silicates in T Tauri disks
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
Session: Instrumentation - ground and space (Chair: Giulia Perotti)
11:10 - 11:30 Krause, Oliver Roman and PRIMA: MPIA's next space missions
11:30 - 11:50 Chauvin, Gael Imaging New Worlds: SPHERE, SPHERE+, and the PCS Pathway to the ELT
11:50 - 12:10 Scheithauer, Silvia METIS - one of the first instruments for the ELT
12:10 - 12:30 Feldt, Markus Novel Types of Wavefront Sensors for the ELT Planetary Camera and Spectrograph (PCS)
Honorary colloquium for Prof. Dr. Thomas Henning
12:30 - 13:00 Jäger C., Suhasaria T. Origins of Life lab visit
13:00 - 13:30 Krause, Oliver Infrared space lab visit
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Scheithauer, Silvia METIS integration hall visit
15:00 - 15:30 Kreidberg, Laura Laudatory address for Thomas Henning
15:30 - 16:00 Rix, Hans-Walter Thomas Henning’s contributions to MPIA
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:15 Henning, Thomas Perspectives of Planet and Star Formation
17:15 - 18:00 Benisty, Myriam. Future of PFE department at MPIA
~18:15 Bus departure
Thursday
08:35 Bus departure start bus stop Peterskirche hillside (map); further public bus information (details)
Session: Kinematics, astrochemistry & laboratory (Chair: Mario Flock)
09:00 - 09:20 Teague, Richard The Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks
09:20 - 09:40 Izquierdo, Andres Beyond Keplerian Rotation: Molecular-Line Tomography of Planet-Forming Discs
09:40 - 10:00 Walsh, Catherine Chemical complexity in planet-forming disks: insights from ALMA and future prospects
10:00 - 10:20 Paneque-Carreño, T. Limits on turbulence from multi-molecular ALMA observations
10:20 - 10:40 Semenov, Dmitry PRODIGE project: Physics and chemistry of T Tau disks in Taurus
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
Session: Kinematics, astrochemistry & laboratory (Chair: Mario Flock)
11:10 - 11:30 Leemker, Margot A fish out of water: unique observations of water in planet-forming disks
11:30 - 11:50 Suhasaria, Tushar Exploring Prebiotic Chemistry in Cosmic Ice Analogues through Laboratory Studies
11:50 - 12:10 Trapp, Oliver From Molecules to Life
12:10 - 12:30 Chen, Yuan Systematic quantification of weak COM ice bands in protostars with JWST
12:30 - 12:50 Schlemmer, Stephan Missing Ions in Laboratory and in Space
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch
Session: Exoplanets & debris disks (Chair: Fengwei Xu)
13:50 - 14:20 Pudritz, Ralph Planetary Properties and the Fingerprints of Formation
14:20 - 14:50 Zhu, Zhaohuan Circumplanetary Disk Formation
14:50 - 15:20 Marleau, Gabriel-D. Accreting exoplanets: high-spectral-resolution observations and theory
15:20 - 15:40 Bayo, Amelia Young isolated planetary mass objects: then and now
15:40 - 16:00 Thomas Henning 25 years of Planet and Star Formation at MPIA
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
Session: Exoplanets & debris disks (Chair: Fengwei Xu)
16:30 - 17:00 Fedele, Davide Searching for protoplanets with VLT/ERIS
17:00 - 17:30 Apai, Daniel Toward a Thousand Earths: The Nautilus Space Observatory
17:30 - 18:00 Launhardt, Ralf RVSPY: How the lessons learned paved the road to success
~18:15 Bus departure
Friday
08:35 Bus departure start bus station Peterskirche hillside (map); further public bus information (details)
Session: Exoplanets & debris disks (Chair: Caroline Gieser)
09:00 - 09:30 Mancini, Luigi Unveiling the Diverse Architectures and Evolutionary Pathways of Neptune-sized Planets: Results from GAPS and HONEI
09:30 - 10:00 Quirrenbach, Andreas Terrestrial planets orbiting low-mass stars
10:00 - 10:30 Reiners, Ansgar Opening up the near-infrared for rocky planet discoveries and ground based atmospheres: science with CARMENES
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
Session: Exoplanets & debris disks (Chair: Caroline Gieser)
11:00 - 11:30 Marino, Sebastian The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS)
11:30 - 12:00 Roccatagliata, V. Planet-disk interaction in solar system analogs: looking for planets and substructures in debris disk systems.
12:00 - 12:30 Olofsson, Johan A look back on warm debris disks
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Session: Exoplanets & debris disks (Chair: Caroline Gieser)
13:30 - 14:00 Sanchez, Mariana Planet formation around M dwarfs
14:00 - 14:30 Samland, Matthias Debris Disk in the Era of JWST: collisions, dust, gas, and comets
14:30 - 15:00 Pascucci, Ilaria Big stars, small worlds, and lasting lessons
15:00 - 15:10 Henning, Thomas. Closing remarks
15:48 Public bus departure to station Friedrich-Ebert Platz