ORIGINS Visitor Program

ORIGINS Cluster members can apply for financial support to invite scientific visitors. The guests should be of interest for multiple research units and/or connectors and should give at least one scientific talk.  

Applications for short-term visitors can be submitted anytime. Provided that your application has been submitted at least three working days before the next meeting of the Research Board (meeting dates), your application will be discussed and evaluated at that meeting.

Applications for long-term visitors will be accepted after the deadline depending on the remaining budget.

To apply, please fill out the respective web form: Visitor application (short- and long-term guests)

If you have any question concerning the scientific visitor program, please contact Alice Smith-Gicklhorn.

Scientific Visitors 2025

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Hiromasa Takaura Kyoto University Martin Beneke (TUM) 11. Feb - 07. Apr 2025
Prof. Benny Trakhtenbrot Tel Aviv University Andrea Merloni (MPE) 10. Mar - 10. Jun 2025
Dr. Kira Podolsky MIT Job Boekhoven (TUM) 02. May - 01. Aug 2025
Prof. Jure Zupan Univ. of Cincinnati Andreas Weiler (TUM) 01. Jun - 31. Jul 2025
Dr. Barbara Balmaverde INAF Observatory of Turin Mara Salvato (MPE) 15. Jul - 31. Juli 2025

Scientific Visitors 2024

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Saskia Demulder Ben Gurion University Veronica Errasti Diez (ORIGINS) 26. Feb - 08. Mar 2024
Prof. Xiaojun Yao University of Washington Nora Brambilla (TUM) 14. Mar - 28. Mar 2024
Prof. Eric Baaten Ohio State University Nora Brambilla (TUM) 14. Apr - 04. May 2024
Prof. Jean-Paul Blaizot CEA-Saclay Nora Brambilla (TUM) 5. May - 18. May 2024
Dr. Marco Padovani INAF Arcetri, Florence Tommaso Grassi (MPE) 02. May - 25. May 2024
Dr. Chun-Hao To Ohio State University Sebastian Bocquet (LMU) 06. May - 17. May 2024
Prof. Srubabati Goswami Physics Research Laboratory Ahmedabad Alejandro Ibarra (TUM) 23. Jun - 16. Jul 2024
Dr. Isaac Vidana INFN Catania, Sicily Laura Fabbietti (TUM) 23. Jun - 24. Jul 2024
Prof. Stephen Mojzsis CSFK, Budapest Kevin Heng (LMU) 30. Jun - 19. Jul 2024
Prof. Jordi Gast Rifá CUNEF Universidad Madrid Veronica Errasti Diez (ORIGINS) 01. Jul - 17. Jul 2024
Prof. Roberto Assef Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile Mara Salvato (MPE) 30. Sep - 11. Oct, 2024
Prof. Florent Renaud Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg/CNRS Andreas Burkert (LMU) 09. Oct - 18. Oct 2024
Dr. Vittorio Ghirardini INAF - Bologna Esra Bulbul (MPE) 28. Oct - 01. Nov 2024
Prof. Jean-Paul Blaizot CEA-Saclay Nora Brambilla (TUM) 17. Nov - 01. Dec 2024

Scientific Visitors 2023

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Jiamin Hou University of Florida Ariel Sanchez (MPE) 25. Feb. - 25. Apr. 2023
Prof. Paolo Gambino University of Torino, Italy Martin Beneke (TUM) 01. Mar. - 31. May 2023
Dr. Souradeep Bhattacharya IUCAA, India Ortwin Gerhard (MPE) 11. Apr. - 22. Apr. 2023
Dr. Alejandro Jimenez Cano Tartu University, Estonia Veronica Errasti Diez (ORIGINS) 10. Apr. – 21. Apr. 2023
Dr. Francisco Jose Maldonado Torralba Tartu University, Estonia Veronica Errasti Diez (ORIGINS) 10. Apr. – 21. Apr. 2023
Dr. Adria Delhom I Latorre Louisiana State University, USA Veronica Errasti Diez (ORIGINS) 10. Apr. – 21. Apr. 2023
Prof. Edward Taylor Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Daniel Gruen (LMU) 29 May - 30 Jun. 2023
Dr. Robert Szafron Brookhaven National Laboratory Martin Beneke (TUM) 17. Aug - 31. Aug. 2023
Prof. Anja von der Linden Stony Brook University Esra Bulbul (MPE) 01. Sep. - 30. Nov. 2023
Mr. Shung-Sheng Li Leiden University Daniel Gruen (LMU) 04. Oct. - 7. Oct. 2023
Prof. Eric Braaten Ohio State University Nora Brambilla (TUM) 08. Oct. - 04. Nov. 2023
Dr. Surajit Paul University of Pune, India Joseph Mohr (LMU) 15. Oct. - 14. Nov. 2023
Dr. Tae-hyeon Shin Stony Brook University Sebastian Bocquet (LMU) 02. Nov. - 01. Dec. 2023
Dr. Laila Linke University of Innsbruck Stella Seitz (LMU) 06. Dec - 08. Dec 2023

Scientific Visitors 2022

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Andrea Chiavassa Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France Rolf Kudritzki (LMU) 10. Jan. - 09. April 2022
Prof. Alexey Petrov Wayne State University, Detroit, USA Martin Beneke (TUM) 16. Feb - 14. May 2022
Prof. Tracy Webb McGill University, Montreal, Canada Esra Bulbul (MPE) 01. April - 30. June 2022
Dr. Samuel J. Witte GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam Georg Raffelt (MPP) 25. April - 24. June 2022
Dr. Natalia Porqueres Imperial College London Daniel Gruen (LMU) 02. May - 16. May 2022
Dr. Juan Cruz Martinez University of Milan Stella Seitz (LMU) 18. May - 20. May 2022
Prof. Anja von der Linden Stony Brook University, USA Daniel Gruen (LMU) 16. June - 15. July 2022
Prof. Pavel Kroupa Universität Bonn Andreas Burkert (LMU) 03. July - 06. July 2022
Prof. Duncan Forbes Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Andreas Burkert (LMU) 04. July - 10. July 2022
Dr. Antonis Georgakakis National Observatory Athens Johannes Buchner (MPE, ODSL Fellow) 04. July - 25. July 2022
Dr. Sotiria Fotopoulou Bristol University Mara Salvato (MPE) 15. Sept - 14. Oct 2022
Prof. Anthony Gonzalez University of Florida, USA Stella Seitz (USM/LMU) 03. Oct - 10. Oct 2022
Dr. Mireira Montes STScI, Baltimore, USA Stella Seitz (USM/LMU) 03. Oct - 10. Oct. 2022
Dr. Daniel Johnson MIT, Cambridge, USA Thomas Kuhr (LMU) 10. Oct - 12. Oct 2022
Prof. Subhabrata Majumdar Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai Joseph Mohr (LMU) 06. Nov - 04. Dec 2022
Mr. Alex Gough Newcastle University Stella Seitz (LMU) 14. - 18. Nov 2022
Prof. Michael Strickland Kent State University, USA Nora Brambilla (TUM) 15. Nov - 10. Dec 2022

Scientific Visitors 2021

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Stéphane Blondin Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Marseille, France Bruno Leibundgut (ESO) 01. Mar. - 31. May 2021
Dr. Suh-Urk Chung Brookhaven National Laboratory Boris Grube (TUM) postponed to Spring 2022

Scientific Visitors 2020

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Marcella Brusa INAF Bologna, Italy Mara Salvato (MPE) 02. - 13. Feb. 2020
Andreas Gärtner University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Elisa Resconi (TUM) 07.- 13. Feb. 2020
Dr. Lionel Siess Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgien Achim Weiss (MPA) 04. - 18. Mar. 2020
Dr. Martin Jung University of Turin, Italy Danny van Dyk (TUM) 06. - 17. Jul. 2020
Dr. Marzia Bordone University of Siegen, Germany Danny van Dyk (TUM) 07. - 17. Jul. 2020
Paolo Giommi ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Rome, Italy Elisa Resconi (TUM) 01. Aug. - 30. Sept. 2020
Dr. Richard Anderson Geneva Observatory, Switzerland Rolf Kudritzki (LMU) 01. Sept. - 30. Nov. 2020
Prof. Simon Eidelmann Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia Stephan Paul (TUM) postponed
Prof. Dr. Avishai Dekel Hebrew University, Israel Andreas Burkert (LMU) postponed

Scientific Visitors 2019

Name Institution Host Duration of stay
Dr. Daniele Vivolo Universita degli Studi della Campnia "Luigi Vanvitelli" Elisa Resconi (TUM) 15. Okt. 2019 - 15. Jan 2020
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Nilles University of Bonn, Germany Patrick Vaudrevange (TUM) 1.-31.Dez 2019
Dr. Horst Huxold University of Düsseldorf Erwin Gutsmiedl (TUM) 06. Okt - 18. Okt 2019
Dr. Ralf Engels Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich Erwin Gutsmiedl (TUM) 07. Okt - 11. Okt 2019
Dr. Andreii Maltsev Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia Dr. Jan Friedrich 22.9.2019 - 9.10.2019
Prof. Dr. Douglas Lin University of Santa Cruz, USA Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert 28.9.2019 - 1.10.2019
Dr. Benedikt Hegner Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA Prof.Dr. Thomas Kuhr 8.9.2019 - 20.9.2019
Dr. Evan Johnson Ohio State University, USA Prof. Dr. Nora Brambilla 1.9.2019 - 30.9.2019
Dr. Costas Papadopoulos Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics NCSR Demokritos, Griechenland Prof. Dr. Martin Beneke 5.8.2019 - 11.8.2019
Dr. Sampath Mukherjee   Dr. Stefan Hilbert 1.7.2019 - 6.7.2019
Dr. Miguel Angel Escobedo Espinosa University of Santiago de Compostela, Spanien Prof. Dr. Nora Brambilla 30.6.2019 - 6.7.2019
Dr. Matthew Ho Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Dr. Stella Seitz 12.6.2019 - 19.6.2019
Prof. Dr. Keiichi Wada Kagoshima University, Japan Dr. Marc Schartmann 8.6.2019 - 15.7.2019
Prof. Dr. Mike Norman University of California, San Diego, USA Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert 18.3.2019 - 24.3.2019
Dr. Salvatore Quai University of Bologna, Italy Paola Popesso (TUM) 16.-28. Februar 2019