Daniel Schmid, David Fischer and Martin Volwerk present to you: The “IWF Christmas Quiz” including Glühwein and collection for a good cause (Steirer helfen Steirern).

Prof. Sara Seager from the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, USA, will tell us about the challenge to find signs of life beyond Earth using atmospheric biosignature gases.

Prof. Martin Ferus from the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague, Czech Republic, will report on laboratory experiments to simulate complex chemical processes during asteroid impacts by high-energy lasers.

A special event for the Graz YRP students for showcasing their research and networking

Dr. Silvia Spezzano, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, will talk about her research on the chemistry in the processes of star and planet formation.

Raphael Steinhöfler from the IWF magnetometer group will be presenting his Master's thesis on radiation effects on high-precision magnetometers.

Dr. Boris Segret, Chief Technical Officer for scientific nanosatellites at the Observatoire de Paris | PSL, Meudon, France, will talk about astrometry on-board of a CubeSat with angle-based correlation.

Dr. Kyoung-Joo Hwang from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, USA, will talk about Kelvin-Helmholtz wave simulations at the boundary layers between a stellar wind and a magnetized planet.

Zsolt Regály from Konkoly Observatory (Budapest, Hungary) will show us hydrodynamical simulations of planet-disk interactions.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wurz, Director of the Physics Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland, will talk about Mercury's surface-bound exophere as probed by BepiColombo.

Jayshil Patel (Stockholm University) will given an overview about observations of the most studied close-in rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e.

Ximena C. Abrevaya from the Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics (IAFE) at the Universidad de Buenos Aires will talk about interdisciplinary studies in astrobiology.

Jasmina Blecic (NYU Abu Dhabi) will talk about a novel 3D exoplanet atmosphere retrieval algorithm.

Martin Volwerk (IWF Graz, Weltraumplasmaphysik) will talk about the ongoing research on Jupiter's moons with focus on results from Galileo and JUNO as well as an outlook for JUICE and Europa Clipper.

Emiliya Yordanova (Institute for Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden) will talk about the different components of the solar wind, and how we can measure and model its turbulent properties.

Tim Lichtenberg (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, NL) will discuss the evolution of young rocky exoplanets and their observable atmospheric signatures.

Sven Kiefer (PhD Student, IWF Graz) will talk about his ongoing work of implementing clouds in 3D climate models for extrasolar planets

Lorenz Roth (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden) will report on the magnetospheric environment of Jupiter and its moon Io, Io's volcanic activity, and its feedback on the plasma.

Dr. Veerle Sterken (Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, CH) will talk about the role of cosmic dust in the heliosphere

Peter Banzer (Institute of Physics, Optics of Nano and Quantum Materials, University of Graz, Austria) uses nano-structured materials for light detector development

Dr. Will Rocha (Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden University, NL) will report on latest JWST detections of interstellar ices, their meaning for comets and planet formation, and on new laboratory water ice opacities relevant for JUICE.

Prof. Inga Kamp (Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, NL) will show us the latest JWST observations of planet-forming disks and discuss their constraints for planet formation.

Maximilian Scherzer will present his PhD thesis on novel circuit designs for Fluxgate magnetometers.

Dr. Günter Kargl will give an introduction into the IWF laboratory facilities.

Dr. Helmut Lammer will give an overview about Mercury's exosphere

Mario Damasso (INAF Torino, Italy) will speak about precise mass and age-determination methods applied to exoplanet hosting stars.

Dr. Amit Reza will give examples on machine learning applications

Luca Sorriso-Valvo (CNR, Bari, Italy) will review the multi-scale dynamics of space plasmas driven by turbulence.