Mid- and far-infrared observations of the environment around embedded protostars reveal a plethora of high excitation molecular and atomic emission lines. In this paper recently accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics we present spectro-imaging observations of the HH211 system with Herschel/PACS that record emission from major molecular (CO, H2O and OH) and atomic coolants […]

Star formation in the era of Herschel and ALMA: paving the way to JWST The birth of Sun-like stars is a complex process where several physical processes are involved but whose respective roles are not yet clear. On the one hand, the young stellar object accretes matter from a collapsing envelope. The gravitational energy released

I am excited to give an invited talk on the Antikythera mechanism at the Vienna Amateur Astronomers club (Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft for Astronomie). The topic of the presentation combines in a unique way astronomy with  history and archeology, which are some of my major fields of interest. Ancient civilization is mainly related to and studied through arts and

Ancient civilization is mainly related to and studied through arts and literature; technology is however an equally important aspect reflected in the degree of abstraction and complexity of antique devices. In this talk I will present a short overview of the technology developed in ancient Greece and will focus on the most complex ancient astronomical

Our open access review on the evolution and chemistry of protoplanetary disks is online at the site of Springer Link. \”The Gas Disk: Evolution and Chemistry\” has been the result of collective effort with a number of collaborators from the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Vienna. It is a   great reward to see that just

I am proud to co-organize with excellent colleagues for the second consecutive year a symposium on astrophysical jets and outflows within the framework of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS), held this year in Prague, Czech Republic between 26-30 of June 2017. For more information and registration you can directly visit the EWASS

A new lecture focusing in the formation and role of solids in diverse astrophysical environments will be available in the fall of 2016. The wide spectrum of topics that will be covered, lectures will be given by specialists in different fields: Julia Walter-Roszjár, Thomas Posch, Josef Hron, Walter Nowotny, Stefan Wallner and myself. The series

The star-formation feedback onto the parent cloud is conventionally examined through the study of molecular outflows. Little is however known on the effect that atomic ejecta, tracing fast shocks, can have on the global cloud properties. In this study we employ Herschel/PACS [OI] and [CII] spectral line maps of the NGC 1333 star-forming region to assess the

Our project JetPro* has been awarded full funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) in the framework of the 12th Austrian Space Applications Programme (ASAP). In the following years we will have the opportunity to study the influence of protostellar ejecta during the star-formation process on determining the final mass of forming stars but also shape their

I am happy to co-organize a 3-day symposium in the framework of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science that this year will be held in Athens, Greece. The meeting will take place between 4 and 8 of July and our symposium, focusing on the dynamics of star formation from small to large scales