It is a great honor to organize together with Marc Audard (Univ. Geneva) a scientific event on the first and the expected science results with JWST in the context of the 44th COSPAR science assembly in Athens. Almost 40 years since the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) completed the first, full-sky survey, a succession of infrared

NEMESIS aims to readjust the current classification scheme and its characteristic timescales so that it is concurrent with the most recent observational and theoretical constraints. To meet these goals NEMESIS will compile the largest, panchromatic dataset comprising of all young stellar objects in nearby star-forming regions, harnessing critical information that resides in data from space

After long negotiations, the FFG-funded project FORMES, is about to start at the Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna. Formation and early Evolution of Stars (FORMES) is an innovative project that will build and leverage on the large amount of space telescope data available in archives and combine them in the largest, to-date, panchromatic catalogue of Young

In our recently accepted publication we describe the content and basic properties collection of panchromatic datasets of 85 protostellar sources including T-Tauri sources, transitional disks and HAeBe protostars.  This possibly represents the largest and most complete collection of its kind.  Each dataset spans from the X-rays to cm wavelengths and includes continuum as well as spectral

We are excited to announce the “Star formation in the time domain” meeting which will be in the form of a special session during the 2019 European  Week of Astronomy and Space Science (24-28 June, 2019 in Lyon, France, https://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2019/. As hinted in the title this meeting focuses on time-variable phenomena during the star formation process. The goal

To understand the formation of stars and planets it is crucial to first determine the characteristic timescales that describe each stage of protostellar growth. Classification of major phases and durations of protostellar evolution first began more than 20 years ago, based on spectral energy distributions (SEDs) whose main component is dust emission from circumstellar accretion

From Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th of August 2018, a teacher training for secondary level teachers will be offered shortly before the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union. During this teacher training, four topics will be introduced in teaser talks by scientists and teachers will work on materials in several workshop sessions. I am

This August, Vienna will welcome more than 3000 astronomers from over 88 countries at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union. The conference includes also several events for the local community, free and open to the public. I am proud to participate in the organization of an event of such significance and volume;  my role