Extreme Physics in Space

Name: Extreme Physics in Space
Start: 2026-10-27T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-28T17:00:00+01:00
Location: van der Valk Nijmegen Lent

27 Oct 2026, 09:00 → 28 Oct 2026, 17:00 Europe/Amsterdam

van der Valk Nijmegen Lent

Description

The Department of Astrophysics at Radboud University celebrates its 25th anniversary with a scientific symposium "Extreme Physics in Space".

The event takes place at Van der Valk Hotel Nijmegen Lent
Hertog Eduardplein 4
6663AN Nijmegen

Participants

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Tuesday 27 October
- Tue 27 Oct
- Wed 28 Oct
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  coffee 30m
- 10:30 → 10:35
  
  Welcome 5m
  
  Speaker: Jörg Hörandel (Radboud University Nijmegen dep. Astrophysics)
- 10:35 → 11:05
  
  25 years Department of Astrophysics at Radboud University 30m
  
  Speakers: Jan Kuijpers, Paul Groot
- 11:05 → 11:20
  
  NOVA and Radboud Astrophysics 15m
  
  Speaker: Leon Koopmans
- 11:20 → 11:35
  
  break 15m
- 11:35 → 11:50
  
  Astron and Radboud Astrophysics 15m
  
  Speaker: Geoffrey Bower
- 11:50 → 12:05
  
  SRON and Radboud Astrophysics 15m
  
  Speaker: Michael Wise
- 12:05 → 12:25
  
  Spectroscopic and Reactivity Studies of Prebiotic Molecules 20m
  
  Speaker: Sandra Brünken
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 13:50
  
  Radboud Radio Lab and instrumentation program 20m
  
  Speaker: Steven Bloemen
- 13:50 → 14:35
  
  Einstein telescope 45m
  
  Speaker: Stan Bentvelsen
- 14:35 → 15:00
  
  break 25m
- 15:00 → 15:15
  
  The Department of Astrophysics 15m
  
  Speaker: Jörg Hörandel (Radboud University Nijmegen dep. Astrophysics)
- 15:15 → 15:55
  
  Black holes 40m
  
  Speaker: Fiona Harrison
- 15:55 → 16:25
  
  ESO science programe 30m
  
  Speaker: Fabrice Scheid
- 16:25 → 16:35
  
  break 10m
- 16:35 → 17:05
  
  Science highlights of the Department of Astrophysics 30m
  
  Speaker: Conny Aerts
- 17:05 → 17:15
  
  Radio neutrino detection in Greenland 10m
  
  Speaker: Katharine Mulrey
- 17:15 → 17:25
  
  Binary evolution and gravitational waves 10m
  
  Speaker: Lieke van Son
- 17:30 → 18:25
  
  borrel 55m
- 18:30 → 20:30
  
  dinner 2h
Wednesday 28 October
- Tue 27 Oct
- Wed 28 Oct
- 09:00 → 09:40
  
  Solar physics and the Solar Explorer 40m
  
  Speaker: Antonio Vecchio
- 09:40 → 10:25
  
  Two Decades Radio Detection of Cosmic Particles 45m
  
  Speaker: Jörg Hörandel (Radboud University Nijmegen dep. Astrophysics)
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  break 30m
- 11:00 → 11:15
  
  work after RU PhD 15m
  
  Speaker: Anna Nelles
- 11:15 → 11:20
  
  work after RU PhD 5m
  
  Speaker: Thomas Kupfer
- 11:20 → 11:35
  
  work after RU PhD 15m
  
  Speaker: Svea Hernandez
- 11:35 → 11:55
  
  work after RU PhD 20m
  
  Speaker: Rasmus Voss
- 11:55 → 12:10
  
  work after RU PhD 15m
  
  Speaker: Marc van der Sluys
- 12:10 → 12:15
  
  work after RU PhD 5m
  
  Speaker: Kristhell Lopez
- 12:15 → 12:20
  
  work after RU PhD 5m
  
  Speaker: Niall Deacon
- 12:20 → 12:25
  
  work after RU PhD 5m
  
  Speaker: José Versteeg
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 14:00
  
  Making images and videos from black holes 30m
  
  Speaker: Heino Falcke
- 14:00 → 14:20
  
  Outreach at the Department of Astrophysics 20m
  
  Speaker: Amanda Schut
- 14:20 → 14:35
  
  break 15m
- 14:35 → 15:00
  
  Ways to kill a star 25m
  
  Speaker: Andrew Levan
- 15:00 → 15:25
  
  Reverse engineering accreting black holes 25m
  
  Speaker: Monika Moscibrodzka
- 15:25 → 15:30
  
  Final remarks 5m
  
  Speaker: Gijs Nelemans