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      Staff

      Directors: Henning (Managing Director), Rix                         Diploma Students and Student Assistants (UH): Bestenleh-
                                                                          ner (until 31.5.), Conrad (until 31.1.), Fiedler (since 28.9.),
      Scientific Coordinator: Jäger                                       Hoff­mann (until 31.10.), Lendl (until 30.9.), Potrick (sin-
      Public Outreach: Staude (Head)                                      ce 1.3.), Raettig (until 30.4.), Schewtschenko (since 1.6.),
      Administration: Voss (Head)                                         Schmie­deke (since 17.8.), Schnupp (since 16.3.), Wyleza-
      Haus der Astronomie: Pössel                                         lek (since 1.4.)

      Scientists: Afonso, Bailer-Jones, Bell (until 31.7.), Balog         Diploma and Master Students (FH): Bideaux (since 1.9.),
      (since 1.8.), Bertram, Beuther, Borelli, Bouwman, Brandner,         Blanco (since 1.9.), Dittkrist (since 1.9.), Fischer (until
      Dannerbauer (until 30.9.), De Bonis, De Jong, Dullemond,            30.6.), Keilbach (until 28.2.), Pfannschmidt (until 28.2.)
      Dumas, Dziourkevich, Elias (until 30.9.), Feldt, Fendt,
      Fischer (1.12. until 31.12.), Fried, Gallazzi, Gässler,             Postdoctoral Stipend Holders: Arold (since 14.4.), Bik,
      Goldman (since 1.2.), Goto (since 1.4.), Gouliermis, Graser,        Blindert (until 31.5.), Boudreault (until 19.11.), Brauer (de-
      Gredel, Hennawi (since 15.6.), Hennemann (until 31.10.),            ceased on 20.9.), Cacciato (since 1.8.), Carson, Commercon
      Herbst, Hippler, Hofferbert (parental leave since 14.1.),           (since 15.10.), Decarli (since 1.11.), Fan, Fedele, Fontanot
      Inskip, Huisken, C. Jäger, K. Jäger, Jahnke, Jester (until          (until 30.4.), Goldman (until 31.1.), Goto (until 31.3.),
      31.5.), Joergens, Klaas, Klahr, Klement, Köhler, Krause,            Greve, Gustafsson (until 30.11.), Kainulainen (since 1.6.),
      Kürster, Launhardt, Leipski (since 1.9.), Lenzen, Linz, Liu,        Kang, Kim (until 30.6.), Kurk (until 30.6.), Labadie, Leroy
      Marien, Meisenheimer, Möller-Nilsson, F. Müller, Mundt,             (until 30.9.), Li (since 15.9.), Lyra (5.4. until 30.9.), Ma
      Nielbock, Pavlov, Peter, Pössel (since 1.1.), Pott (since           (19.3. until 31.7.), Macciò, Martin, Martinez-Sansigre
      1.6.), Rodriguez (since 1.10.), Röser (until 30.9.), Sandor,        (until 31.8.), Martinez-Delgado (since 1.12.), Matthews
      Sargent, Scheithauer, Schinnerer, Schreiber, Scorza (since          (until 31.3.), Maulbetsch (until 30.4.), Meidt (since 15.8.),
      1.6.), Semenov, Setiawan, Sicilia-Aguilar, K. Smith, Staude         Mordasini, More (1.8. until 31.10.), Morganson (since
      (until 31.12.), Steinacker (1.3. until 31.8.), Stilz, Trowitzsch,   15.8.), Mosoni (until 28.2.), Nicol (12.5. until 31.12.),
      Tsalmantza, van Boekel, van de Ven (since 15.8.), van den           Nilsson (until 31.3.), Ormel (since 1.11.2008), Pasetto
      Bosch (until 15.4.), Walter                                         (until 31.8.), Pasquali, Peng (9.5. until 9.7.), Ragan (since
                                                                          15.12.), Rodriguez (1.7. until 30.9.), Sandstrom (since
      PhD Students: Anguita (until 31.3.), Arold, Behera (until           15.9.), Skibba (until 31.7.), Stutz (since 1.8.), Thalmann,
      14.10.), Bergfors, Besel (since 1.12.2008), Bicanski (until         Tremonti (until 31.5.), van der Wel, Vasyunin (since 1.12.),
      28.2.), Birnstiel, Bocchi (until 20.2.), Boley (since 1.9.),        Wang Wei, Yang (since 12.8.), Zatloukal (until 28.2.),
      Boudreault (until 19.11.), Brasseur (since 1.9.), Burtscher,        Zhukovska, Zibetti
      Cacciato (until 31.7.), Cisternas, Csak, Crnojevic, Da
      Rio, De Rosa, Dettenrieder (until 31.8.), Dopke (sin-               Interns: Abel (since 1.9.), Brezinski (since 1.9.), Christmann
      ce 15.6.), Downing (since 15.6.), Ernst (until 31.7.),              (since 1.3.), Ehret, Franke (until 24.7.), Haude (2.2. until
      Fallscheer, Fang, Federrath, Flock, Follert, Foyle, Gan,            20.3.), Lechner (since 1.9.2008), Merx, Messer (1.3. until
      Geißler (until 30.9.), Gennaro, Golubov (since 1.8.),               31.8.), Neidig, Peterlick (5.8. until 30.9.), Roeske (1.3. until
      Grootes (since 1.10.), Holmes, Hormuth, Jäger (since                31.8.), Verellen (29.6. until 14.8.), Wipfler (since 1.9.2008),
      1.9.), Juhasz, Karim, Kern (since 1.5.), Koposov (until             J. Zimmermann (until 30.9.)
      30.11.), Kudryavtseva (since 1.4.), Kuiper, Lefa (since
      1.4.), Liu (since 1.11.), Lu (since 1.7.), Ludwig (sin-             Public Outreach: Staude (Head), Pössel, Quetz
      ce 1.10.), Meyer, Mignone (until 30.4.), More (until
      31.7.), Moster, Moyano, A. Müller (until 28.2.), Natale,            MPIA Observatories: Gredel
      Nicol (until 11.5.), Nikolov, Nugrohu, O'Sullivan (un-
      til 31.3.), Pedaletti (until 31.7.), Pitann, Porth, Raettig
      (since 1.5.), Robaina, Roccatagliata, Rochau, Rodon                 Technical Departments: Kürster
      (until 30.11.), Ruhland, Rodriguez, Schmalzl, K. B.                 Mechanics Design: Rohloff (Head), Baumeister (Deputy),
      Schmidt, T. Schmidt, Schruba, Schulze-Hartung (since                Blümchen, Ebert, Huber, Münch, Schönherr (since 1.6.)
      1.5.), Skelton, Steglich, Stumpf, Sturm, Tackenberg (since
      1.10.), Uribe, Uelzhöffer (since 1.12.), Valente, Van der           Precision Mechanics Workshop: Böhm (Head), W. Sauer
      Laan (since 1.3.), Vasyunin, Vasyunina, Wang, H., Weise,            (Deputy), Euler (until 31.8.), Heitz, Maurer, Meister,
      Zechmeister, Zeidler (since 1.3.), X. Zhang (since 1.11.),          Meixner, Stadler; trainees, interns, student assistants: Abel
      Zhao-Geisler, Zsom, Zub                                             (since 1.9.), Brezinski (since 1.9.), Christmann (since 1.3.),
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Ehret, Franke (until 24.7.), Merx, Neidig, Wipfler (since         14. – 17. Jan.; Amy Stutz, Univ. Arizona, 14. – 16. Jan.; Jon
1.9.2008)                                                         Braithwaite, Cita Toronto, 14. – 16. Jan.; Jouni Kainulainen,
                                                                  14. – 15. Jan.; Andrea Stolte, Univ. Köln, 21. – 23. Jan.;
Electronics: Wagner (Head); Mohr (Deputy); Adler, Alter,          Benjamin Hussmann, Univ. Köln, 21. – 23. Jan.; Adam
Bieler (since 1.10.), Ehret, Klein, Lehmitz, Mall, Mohr,          Bolton, IfA Hawaii, 25. – 28. Jan.; Yuko Kakazu, IOP Paris,
Ramos, Ridinger, Westermann (until 30.9.), Wrhel; trainees,       26. – 28. Jan.; Joseph Hennawi, UC Berkeley, 27. – 30. Jan.;
interns, student assistants: Bideaux (since 1.9.), Blanco (sin-   Eric Gawiser, Rutgers Univ., 1. – 3. Feb.; Maria Khramtsova,
ce 1.9.), Fastner (since 1.9.), Keilbach (until 28.2.), Messer    Urals State Univ., 2. – 20. Feb.; Domenico Tamburro,
(1.3. until 31.8.), Pfannschmidt (until 28.2.), Roeske (1.3.      München, 4. Feb.; Simon Huegelmeyer, Göttingen, 2. – 5.
until 31.8.)                                                      Feb.; Thomas Puzia, HIA Victoria, 3. – 8. Feb.; Natalia
                                                                  Noel, Univ. Edinburgh, 3. – 8. Feb.; Ingo Thies, Univ. Bonn,
Instrumentation-Software: Briegel (Head); Storz (Deputy),         4. – 5. Feb.; Pavel Kroupa, Univ. Bonn, 4. – 5. Feb.; Joe
Berwein, Borelli, Kittmann (Guest of the University of            Crocker, Oxford Univ., 8. – 10. Feb.; Sandra Savaglio,
Cologne), Leibold (until 30.6.), Möller-Nilsson, Neumann,         MPE, 8. – 9. Feb.; Eric Emsellem, Univ. Lyon, 9. – 10. Feb.;
Pavlov, Trowitzsch; trainees, interns, student assistants:        Brant Robertson, KICP Chicago, 9. – 11. Feb.; Rychard
Fischer (until 30.6.)                                             Bouwens, UC Santa Cruz, 10. – 12. Feb.; Klaus Dolag,
                                                                  MPA, 11. – 12. Feb.; Pamela Klaassen, Eso, 11. – 12. Feb.;
Engineering and Project Management: Marien (Head),                Mariska Kriek, Princeton Univ., 14. – 18. Feb.; Stelios
Bizenberger (Deputy), Bertram, Brix, De Bonis (Guest of           Kazantzdis, Ohio State Univ., 15. – 18. Feb.; Juan Carlo
the University of Cologne), Gässler, Graser, Laun, Meschke,       Munoz, AIP, 16. – 27. Feb.; Glenn van de Ven, Inst. For Adv.
Naranjo, Peter                                                    Studies, 16. – 19. Feb.; Juan Carlos Munoz, AIP Potsdam,
                                                                  16. – 27. Feb.; Jörg-Uwe Pott, Keck Observatory, 17. – 20.
Administrative and Technical Service Departments:                 Feb.; Jose A. Caballero, Univ. Madrid, 18. – 21. Feb.;
Administration: Voss (Head); Apfel, Anders, Baier,                Gwendolyn Meeus, AIP Potsdam, 24. – 26. Feb.; Evan
Beckmann, Heißler, Hölscher, Schleich, S. Schmidt,                Skillman, Univ. Minnesota, 28. – 4. Feb.; Roderik Overzier,
Scheerer (since 15.11.), Zähringer; trainees: Lechner, J.         MPA Garching, 2. – 7. March; Koen Maaskant, Univ.
Zimmermann (until 30.9.)                                          Amsterdam, 2. – 13. March; Roberto Decarli, Univ. di
                                                                  Como, 9. – 11. March; Dmitry Vibe, Russ. Acad. Sci., 9.
Library: Dueck                                                    March – 9. Apr.; Nikolai Voshchinnikov, St. Petersburg
                                                                  State Univ., 12. March – 9. Apr.; Ficut V. Dana, Univ.
Data Processing: Richter (Head), Piroth (Deputy), Hiller,         Hertfordshire, 16. – 21. March; Simone Weinmann, MPA
Bestenlehner (until 31.5.); Student Assistant: Schewtschenko      Garching, 23. – 27. March; Benjamin Hussmann, Univ.
(since 1.6.)                                                      Köln, 25. – 27. March; Andrea Stolte, Univ. Köln, 25. – 27.
                                                                  March; Zsolt Regaly, Konkoly Obs. HAS, 29. March – 9.
Photographic Lab: Anders                                          Apr.; Seyma Caliskan, Ankara Univ., 4. Apr. – 9. May.;
                                                                  Fuyan Bian, Steward Obs., 5. – 19. Apr.; Luciano Casarini,
Graphic Artwork: Quetz (Head), Meißner, Müllerthann               Univ. Milano, 14. Apr. – 5. May.; Christian Tapken, 16. – 18.
                                                                  Apr.; Raquel Salmeron, Mt. Stromlo Obs., 18. – 21. Apr.;
Secretaries: Bohm, Janssen-Bennynck, Koltes-Al-Zoubi              Neal Turner, CalTech, 18. Apr. – 4. May.; Bernd Husemann,
(maternity leave since 22.10.), Seifert, Witte-Nguy (since        AIP Potsdam, 200. – 25. Apr.; Jesus Maldonado, Univ.
14.9.)                                                            Madrid, 20. Apr. – 20. July; Joseph Hennawi, UC Berkeley,
                                                                  23. – 29. Apr.; Daniel Mortlock, London, 26. – 29. Apr.;
Technical Services and Cafeteria: Zergiebel (Head), F.            Olivier Schnurr, Univ. Sheffield, 27. – 29. Apr.; Rene
Witzel (Deputy), Behnke, Drescher, Jung, Lang, Nauss, B.          Andrae, ITA HD, 27. Apr. – 8. May.; Mitesh Matel, Imperial
Witzel, E. Zimmermann                                             College, 29. Apr. – 1. May.; Sylvain Veilleux, Univ.
                                                                  Maryland, 3. – 4. May.; Marco Spaans, Kapteyn Astr. Inst,
Former Staff Members Acting for the Institute: Christoph          4. – 8. May.; Anders Johansen, Sterrewacht Leiden, 4. – 7.
Leinert, Dietrich Lemke                                           May.; Carole Mundell, Liverpool JM Univ., 4. – 7. May.;
                                                                  Aaron Boley, Univ. Zürich, 4. – 5. May.; Zsolt Regaly,
Freelance Science Writer: Thomas Bührke                           Konkoly Obs., 4. May. – 30. June; Warrick Lawson, Univ.
                                                                  New South Wales, 5. – 9. May.; Johan Olofsson, Obs. Ujf
Guests: Y. Serena Kim, Univ. Arizona, 1. Sep. 2008 – 30.          Grenoble, 5. – 8. May.; David Delgado, IAC, 5. – 13. May.;
June; Xiaohui Fan, Steward Obs., 1. Sep. 2008 – 30. June ;        Chien Peng, NRC Herzberg Inst., 9. May. – 9. July; Dan
Bernhard Sturm, 1. Dec. 2008 – 31. Jan.; Francesco                McIntosh, Univ. Missouri-Kansas, 16. May. – 6. June; Alan
Pierfederici, NOAO/LSST, 4. – 31. Jan.; Markus Janson,            McConnachie, Herzberg Inst., 20. – 24. May.; Subhanjoy
Univ. Toronto, 6. – 8. Jan.; Steven Balbus, Ecole Norm. Sup.      Mohanty, IC London, 27. – 29. May.; John Bally, Univ.
Paris, 14. – 16. Jan.; Guillaume Laibe, Cral ENS Lyon,            Colorado, 29. May. – 3. June; Crystal Brasseur, ?, 1. – 2.
126   Staff / Calar Alto / Departments

      June; Estelle Bayet, Univ. Coll. London, 1. – 4. June; Mark     Dan Zucker, Macquarie Univ., 7. – 11. Sep.; Nikoletta
      Westmoquette, Univ. Coll. London, 1. – 4. June; Markus          Sipos, 8. Sep. – 7. Oct.; Ray Sharples, Univ. Durham, 10. –
      Janson, Univ. Toronto, 1. – 5. June; Yaroslav Pavlychenkov,     11. Sep.; Tom Shanks, Univ. Durham, 10. – 11. Sep.;
      Russ. Acad. Sci., 1. – 14. June; Andrey Zhilkin, Russ. Acad.    Andrew Walsh, James Cook Uni. Townsville, Australia,
      Sci., 1. – 14. June; Natalia Zhilkina, Chelyabinsk State        11. – 15. Sep.; Cesar E. Garcia Dabo, Eso, 11. Sep.; Stephen
      Univ., 1. – 14. June; Dylan Hatt, Haverford College, 1. June    Marsden, Anglo-Austr.Obs., 10. – 11. Sep.; Ramon Skibba,
      – 31. July; Chris Carilli, NRAO, 1. June – 15. Aug.; Claudia    Steward Obs., 14. – 19. Sep.; Andre Müller, MPIA/Eso, 29.
      Marka, AIU Jena, 2. – 13. June; Greg Rudnick, Univ.             Sep. – 2. Oct.; Gang Zhao, 30. Sep.; Michael Cooper,
      Kansas, 8. – 12. June; Peter Abraham, Konkoly Obs., 8. –        Steward Obs., 3. – 27. Oct.; Amir Asgharsharghi, 4. – 9.
      18. June; Sonya Mollinger, Harvard University, 8. June – 7.     Oct.; A. Martinez-Sansigre, Oxford Univ., 8. – 9. Oct.; B.
      Aug.; Blair Conn, Eso Santiago, 11. – 12. June; Caroline        Ramkumar, Univ. Düsseldorf, 9. Oct.; Brice Menard, Cita,
      D'Angelo, Eso Garching, 15. – 16. June; Réné Plume, Univ.       12. – 13. Oct.; Dan Weisz, Univ. Minnesota, 11. – 14. Oct.;
      Calgary, 15. June – 31. July; David Hogg, NYU, 15. June         Ranjan Gupta, IUCAA Pune, 18. – 21. Oct.; Sascha Quanz,
      – 15. Aug.; Ronin Wu, NYU, 16. June – 18. July; Dominik         ETH Zürich, 18. – 22. Oct.; Jesus F. Barroso, IAC, 25.
      Riechers, Caltech, 22. – 27. June; Paul Boley, Ural State       Oct.– 1. Nov.; Nikoletta Sipos, 26. Oct.– 2. Nov.; Olivier
      Univ., 22. June – 30. July; Uma Gorti, 23. – 26. June; Greg     Guillois, CEA-CNRS, 26. Oct.– 7. Nov.; Zsolt Regaly,
      Rudnick, Univ. Kansas, 28. June – 31. July; Phil Marshall,      Konkoly Univ., 28. Oct.– 15. Nov.; P.G. Prada Moroni,
      Univ. California, 29. June – 3. July; Alberto Bolatto, Univ.    Univ. Pisa, 2. – 7. Nov.; Emanuele Tognelli, Univ. Pisa,
      Maryland, 1. – 2. July; Ignacio Ferreras, King's College        2. – 7. Nov.; Ilaria Pascucci, STSI, 7. – 12. Nov.; Genevieve
      Lond, 1. – 14. July; Glenn van de Ven, IAS Princeton, 3. –      Graves, UC Berkeley, 8. – 12. Nov.; Konrad Tristram, MPI
      12. July; Yan-Mei Chen, MPA Garching, 3. – 29. July; Ravi       Bonn, 9. – 10. Nov.; Patrick Ruoff, Univ. Tübingen, 10. – 13.
      Sheth, Univ. Pennsylvania, 5. – 19. July; Mariangela            Nov.; Gabriel Brammer, Yale Univ., 13. – 17. Nov.; Ruud
      Bernardi, Univ. Pennsylvania, 5. – 19. July; Takaya Nozawa,     Visser, Leiden Obs., 15. – 17. Nov.; Nikoletta Sipos, 15.
      Univ. Hokkaida, 5. July – 1. Aug.; Benjamin Weiner, Univ.       Nov. – 18. Dec.; Stehen Hansen, Dark Cosm.Center, 16. –
      Arizona, 8. – 28. July; Bronson Wacker, Univ. Kansas, 10.       18. Nov.; Igor Zinchenko, Russ. Acad. Sci., 17. Nov. – 11.
      July – 1. Aug.; MacLow Mordecai-Mark, AMNH, NY, 11.             Dec.; Xiaohui Fan, Univ. Arizona, 20. – 24. Nov.; Mariko
      July – 22. Aug.; Steven Balbus, Ecole Norm. Sup., 12. July      Kato, Tokyo Inst. Techn., 21. Nov. – 5. Dec.; Zahorecz
      – 3. Aug.; Caroline Terquiem, Univ. Curie, Paris, 12. July      Sarolta, Elte Astron. Dept., 23. – 24. Nov.; Erika Verebelyi,
      – 3. Aug.; Dustin Lang, NY Univ., 14. July – 16. Aug.; Jo       Elte Astron. Dept., 23. – 24. Nov.; Gabor Marton, Elte
      Bovy, NY Univ., 19. July – 15. Aug.; Mauro Giavalisco,          Astron. Dept., 23. – 24. Nov.; Andrea Stolte, Univ. Köln,
      UMass, 19. July – 4. Aug.; Daniela Calzetti, UMass, 19.         23. – 27. Nov.; Benjamin Hussmann, Univ. Köln, 23. – 27.
      July – 4. Aug.; Mark Pitts, Honolulu, 19. July – 28. July;      Nov.; Nadia Kostogryz, NAO, 25. – 27. Nov.; Marco Spaans,
      Thomas Cox, 21. – 24. July; Warrick Lawson, Univ. New           Univ. Groningen, 25. – 28. Nov.; Markus Schöller, Eso, 26.
      S.Wales, 26. July – 6. Aug.; Anna Brylyakova, 27. July – 13.    Nov.; Simone Weinmann, MPI Astrophysik, 30. Nov. – 4.
      Aug.; Mark Swain, JPL, 27. July – 30. Aug.; Martin Zintl,       Dec.; Timo Anguita, PUC Chile, 30. Nov. – 4. Dec.; Regis
      LMU München, 29. – 30. July; Takashi Kozasa, Univ.              Lachaume, PUC Chile, 30. Nov. – 4. Dec.; Zsolt Regaly,
      Hokkaida, 29. July – 30. Aug.; Christian Wolf, 29. July – 5.    Konkoly Obs., 1. – 17. Dec.; Tim van Kempen, Cfa, 3. – 4.
      Aug.; Ralf Kissmann, Univ. Tübingen, 30. – 31. July; David      Dec.; Greg Herczeg, Caltech, 3. – 4. Dec.; Julio Navarro,
      Martinez-Delgado, IAC, 1. – 31. Aug.; Miriam Peterlick, 3.      Univ. Victoria, 4. Dec.; Warrick Lawson, Univ. New South
      Aug. – 30. Sep.; Julianne Dalcanton, Univ. Washington,          Wales, 4. – 11. Dec.; Ryan Quadri, Leiden Obs., 6. – 10.
      6. – 11. Aug.; Susana Iglesias-Groth, IAC, 6. – 27. Aug.;       Dec.; Rachel Somerville, STSI, 9. – 12. Dec.; Michael
      Rafael Rebolo, IAC, 6. – 27. Aug.; Pierre Cox, 9. – 11. Aug.;   Williams, Oxford Univ., 15. – 16. Dec.
      Emanuele Daddi, 10. – 11. Aug.; Peter Kurczynski, 12. – 14.
      Aug.; Emanuele Daddi, 10. – 11. Aug.; Gerrit van der Plas,      Due to our regular international meetings and workshops
      Univ. Amsterdam, 10. – 13. Aug.; Peter Kurczynski, 12. –        further guests came to the Institute, who are not listed here
      14. Aug.; Torsten Boeker, Esa/Estec, 15. – 30. Aug.; Ute        individually.
      Lisenfeld, IAA, 15. – 30. Aug.; Linda Watson, Ohio State
      Univ., 24. – 28. Aug.; Paul Martini, Ohio State Univ., 24. –
      28. Aug.; Jakob Walcher, Esa, 24. – 27. Aug.; Nadine            Calar Alto Observatory Almeria, Spain
      Neumeyer, Eso, 24. – 28. Aug.; Connie Rockosi, UCO/Lick
      Obs., 22. Aug. – 16. Sep.; Bradford Holden, 22. Aug. – 16.      Astronomy Coordination: Thiele (Deputy)
      Sep.; Riccardo Smareglia, Inaf-OATS Trieste, 24. Aug. – 4.      Telescope Technology and Data Processing: W. Müller
      Sep.; Cynthia Knight, Brigham Y. Univ., 25. Aug. – 3. Dec.;
      Xiangxiang Xue, 30. Aug. – 18. Sep.; Jose A. Caballero,
      Univ. Madrid, 1. – 3. Sep.; Daniel Zucker, Macquarie Univ.
      Sydney, 7. – 11. Sep.; Michael Gladders, Univ. Chicago,
      7. – 11. Sep.; Matt Bayliss, Univ. Chicago, 7. – 11. Sep.;
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Departments
Department: Planet and Star Formation                          Department: Galaxies and Cosmology
Director: Thomas Henning                                       Director: Hans-Walter Rix

Infrared Space Astronomy: Oliver Krause, Zoltan Balog,         Star Populations and Star Formation: Coryn Bailer-Jones,
Marc-André Besel, Stephan Birkmann, Jeroen Bouwman,            Thomas Herbst, Steve Boudreault, Christian Elting, Jelte de
Helmut Dannerbauer, Örs Hunor Detre, Ulrich Grözinger,         Jong, Kester Smith, Carola Tiede, Paraskevi Tsalmantza
Martin Hennemann, Ralph Hofferbert, Rory Holmes, Ulrich
Klaas, Hendrik Linz, Friedrich Müller, Markus Nielbock,        Structure and Dynamics of Galaxies: Hans-Walter Rix,
Jan Pitann, Silvia Scheithauer, Jürgen Schreiber, Amy Stutz    Glenn van de Ven, Kelly Foyle, Coryn Bailer-Jones, Rainer
                                                               Klement, Sergey Koposov, Nicolas Martin, David Martinez-
Star Formation: Thomas Henning, Aurora Aguilar Sicilia,        Delgado, Eric Morganson, Stefano Pasetto, Anna Pasquali,
Adrianus Bik, Paul Boley, Xuepeng Chen, Min Fang, Davide       Stefano Zibetti
Fedele, Markus Feldt, Mario Gennaro, Dimtrios Gouliermis,
Miwa Goto, Attila Juhasz, Jouni Kainulainen, Serena, Kim,      Star Formation and Interstellar Medium: Eva Schinnerer,
Huabai Li, Ralf Launhardt, Rainer Lenzen, Owen Matthews,       Fabian Walter, Roberto Decarli, Gisella de Rosa, Min
Laszlo Mosoni, André Müller, Christian Ormel, Diethard         Fang, Thomas Greve, Alexander Karim, Sharon Kurk,
Peter, Sarah Ragan, Veronica Roccatagliata, Boyke Rochau,      Adam Leroy, Alejo Martinez-Sansigre, Sharon Meidt, Mark
Markus Schmalzl, Tim Schulze-Hartung, Dmitri Semenov,          Sargent, Tessel van de Laan, Hsiang-Hsu Wang
Bernhard Sturm, Roy van Boekel, Antonin Vasyunin, Tatiana
Vasyunina, Wei Wang, Mathias Zechmeister, Svitlana             Observational Cosmology: Eric Bell, Joe Hennawi,
Zhukovska                                                      Hermann-Josef Röser Kris Blindert, Anna Galazzi,
                                                               Sebastian Jester, Marie-Helene Nicol, Christine Ruhland,
Brown Dwarfs / Exoplanets: Reinhard Mundt, Carolina            Kasper Borello Schmidt, Christina Tremonti, Arjen van
Bergfors, Boudreault, Steve, Wolfgang Brandner, Joseph         der Wel
Carson, Kerstin Geißler, Bertrand Goldman, Felix Hormuth,
Viki Joergens, Natalia Kudryavtseva, Victoria Rodriguez        Active Galactic Nuclei: Knud Jahnke, Klaus Meisenheimer,
Ledesma, Johny Setiawan, Christian Thalmann, Patrick Weise     Leonard Burtscher, Mauricio Cisternas, Fontanot, Katherine
                                                               Inskip, Chrisitan Leipski, Kim Nilsson
Theory (SP): Hubertus Klahr, Andrej Bicanski, Frithjof
Brauer, Bennoit Commercon, Frank Dettenrieder, Natalia         Modelling: Christian Fendt, Rachel Somerville, Frank van
Dziourkevitch, Mario Flock, Sebastian Kern, Rolf Kuiper,       den Bosch, Marcello Cacciato, Lucas Labadie, Andrea
Christoph Mordasini, Nathalie Raettig, Ana Uribe               Maccio, Surhud More, Benjamin Moster, Oliver Porth,
                                                               Ramin Skibba
Laboratory Astrophysics: Friedrich Huisken, Marco Arold,
Cornelia Jäger, Sergey Krasnokutskiy, Libo Ma, Gael Rouillé,   Instrumental Developments: Josef Fried, Thomas Herbst,
Torsten Schmidt, Mathias Steglich                              Jörg-Uwe Pott, Rory Holmes, Roman Follert, Eva Meyer,
                                                               Xianyu Zhang
Adaptive Optics: Wolfgang Brandner, Nicola Da Rio,
Joseph Carson, Fulvio De Bonis, Markus Feldt, Dimitrios        Emmy Noether Group “Evolution of Galaxies and
Gouliermis, Stefan Hippler, Felix Hormuth, Micaela Stumpf,     Cosmology”: Eric Bell, Anna Gallazzi, Xianzhong Zheng,
Christian Thalmann                                             Aday Robaina, Christine Ruhland, Rosalind Skelton

Frontiers of Interferometry in Germany (FrInGe): Thomas        Emmy Noether Group “Active Galactic Nuclei”: Knud
Henning, Uwe Graser, Ralf Launhardt, Jürgen Steinacker         Jahnke, Katherine Inskip, Mauricio Cisternas, Dading Hadi
                                                               Nugrohu
Emmy-Noether-Group: “The Formation of Massive Stars”:
Henrik Beuther, Cassandra Fallscheer, Javier Rodon, Jochen     MPG Junior Research Group “Formation of Galaxies and
Tackenberg, Yuan Wang                                          Large Scale Structure”: Frank van den Bosch, Marcello
                                                               Cacciato, Xi Kang, Surhud More, Ramin Skibba, Jianling
MPG Juneor Research Group: Cornelis Dullemond, Tilmann         Gan
Birnstiel, Mario Flock, Zsolt Sandor, Andras Zsom
                                                               MPG Minerva Group “Active Galactic Nuclei”: Eva
MPG Minerva Group: Cristina Afonso, Balasz Csak,               Schinnerer, Gael Dumas, Mark Sargent, Alejo Martinez
Maximiliano Moyano, Nikolai Nikolov, Kai Uelzhoeffer           Sansigre, Sebastian Haan, Alexander Karim
128   Teaching Activities / Service in Commitees

      Teaching Activities                                          Winter Term 2009/2010
                                                                   H. Beuter, Ch. Fendt: Introduction to Astronomy and
      Winter Term 2008/2009                                           Astrophysics I (Lecture)
      E. Bell: Observing the Big Bang (Lecture)                    H. Beuther, Ch. Fendt, L. Burtscher: Introduction to
      H. Beuther, Ch. Fendt: Outflows and Jets: Theory and            Astronomy and Astrophysics I (Exercises)
         Observations (Lecture)                                    Ch. Fendt, K. Meisenheimer: Workshop (IMPRS Seminar,
      Ch. Fendt: Current research topics in Astrophysics (IMPRS       with T. Lisker, ARI/ZAH
         Block seminar, with M. Camenzind, LSW/ZAH)                Th. Henning: Physics of Star Formation
      Ch. Fendt, H. Beuther, K. Meisenheimer, H.-W. Rix:              (Seminar)
         Current research topics in Astrophysics (IMPRS            F. Huisken: Clusters and Nanoparticles: Part I (Clusters)
         Advanced Seminar)                                            (Lecture, FSU Jena)
      Th. Henning: Physics of Star Formation (Advanced             K. Meisenheimer: Colloquium at MPIA and LSW (with S.
         Seminar)                                                     Wagner, LSW/ZAH)
      K. Meisenheimer: Sources of High Energy Radiation            K. Meisenheimer: Astrophysical sources of high energy
         (Advan­ced Seminar, with J. Kik, MPIK and S. Wagner,         radiation (Seminar, with S. Wagner, LSW/ZAH, J. Kirk,
         (LSW/ZAH)                                                    MPIK)
      K. Meisenheimer: Colloquium at MPIA and LSW (with M.         O. Porth: Introduction to Astronomy (Exercises)
         Camenzind, LSW/ZAH)                                       B. Rochau: Physical Practicals IIA (Practicals)
                                                                   H. W. Rix: Observing the Big Bang (Lecture)
      Summer Term 2009
      C. Bailer-Jones: Applications of Machine Learning in
         Astro­nomy (Lecture)                                      Service in Committees
      C. Bailer-Jones: Statistical Methods (Lecture)
      E. Bell, H. W. Rix: Galaxies (Lecture)                       Cristina Afonso: Member of the S-Tac at the MPIA; Mem-
      E. Bell, H. W. Rix: Exercises on Galaxies (Exercises)           ber of the Strategy Survey Working Group of Pan-
      H. Beuther: Star Formation (Lecture)                            Starrs1; Member of the scientific community and work-
      H. Beuther: Massive Star Formation (Seminar)                    ing group of the Plato Space Mission Concept
      C. Dullemond: Tutorial on Computational Fluid Dynamics       Coryn Bailer-Jones: Member of the PhD Advisory Com-
         (Exercises)                                                  mittee at the MPIA; Manager of the Subconsortium
      C. Dullemond: Computational Fluid Dynamics (Lec­ture)           “Astrophysical Parameters” in the Gaia Data Process-
      Ch. Fendt, H.-J. Röser: Introduction to Astronomy and           ing and Analysis Consortium; Member of the Gaia Data
         Astrophysics III (Seminar, with J. Heidt, LSW/ZAH)           Processing and Analysis Consortium Executive; Member
      Ch. Fendt, C. Dullemond: Current Research Topics in             of the Scientific Organizing Committee of Commission
         Astro­physics (IMPRS Seminar, with A. Quirrenbach,           45 (Stellar Classification) of the IAU
         LSW/ZAH)                                                  Henrik Beuther: Member of the Apex program committee;
      Ch. Fendt: Workshop (IMPRS Seminar, with A. Just, ARI/          Member of the Eso OPC; Member of the Iram program
         ZAH)                                                         committee
      Th. Henning: Physics of Star Formation (Lecture)             Wolfgang Brandner: Member of the Calar Alto Scientific
      F. Huisken: Clusters and Nanoparticles (Lecture, FSU            Advisory Committee (SAC); Member of the FP7 E-ELT
         Jena)                                                        Preparation Group (Eso); Member of the Metis Science
      F. Huisken: Laboratory Astrophysics (with H. Mutschke,          Team; Member of the PhD Advisory Committee at the
         Lecture, FSU Jena)                                           MPIA; Member of the selection committee of the Astro-
      H. Klahr: UK-Numerics (Block Lecture, with R. Banerjee.         nomical Col­loquium Heidelberg
         ITA/ZAH)                                                  Leonard Burtscher: Speaker of the PhDnet (PhD-Student
      N. Martin: The Local Group as a cosmological probe,             Net­work of the MPG), deputy speaker of the IMPRS-
         IMPRS block course (Guest Lecture)                           HD
      N. Martin: The structure of faint Local Group dwarf galax-   Cornelis P. Dullemond: Mitglied des PhD Advisory Com-
         ies, IMPRS summer school (Guest Lecture)                     mittee am MPIA
      K. Meisenheimer: Colloquium at MPIA and LSW (with S.         Christian Fendt: Member of the Graduation Committee of
         Wagner, M. Camenzind, LSW/ZAH)                               the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg
      K. Meisenheimer: Group Exercises on Experimental             Kelly Foyle: IMPRS representative
         Physics II (Exercises)                                    Wolfgang Gässler: Member of the LBT First Light AO re-
      R. Mundt: Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics III        view commitee; Member of the IAU Working Group on
         (Seminar)                                                    Optical Interferometry Data Standards
      H.-W. Rix: Galaxien (Block Lecture)                          Bertrand Goldman: Member of the Panic science team;
      B. Rochau: Physical Practicals IIA (Practicals)                 Member of the Pan-Starrs1 Spoc; Member of the Pan-
      H.-H. Wang: Computational Fluid Dynamics (Exercises)            Starrs1 KPAT committee
Service in Commitees / Further Activities   129

Roland Gredel: Member of the ELT Site Selection Advisory       Glenn van de Ven: Member of the PhD Advisory Commit-
   Committee; Member of the ELT Science and Engineer-            tee at the MPIA; Jury Member for the Scientific Ernst
   ing Committee; Head of the Dome C (Antarctica) site           Patzer Prize
   quality assessment; Head of the Opticon board; Member       Fabian Walter: Member of the JWST Miri European con-
   of the Opticon telescope directors forum                      sortium; Member of the Iram Program Committee;
Thomas Henning: Head of Lange Binocular Teles­co­pe              Member of the Pan-Starrs Science Council
   Beteiligungsgesellschaft; Member Representative of the
   LBT Board; Member of the Caha Executive Commit-
   tee; Member of the PS1 Board of Directors, Member of        Further Activities
   the Appointment Committee of the MPI for Solar System
   Research; Visiting Committee for Physics, University of     Girls’ Day, held at the Institute on April 23, was organized
   Innsbruck; Search Committee, Eso Director of Programs          by Cristina Afonso, Vianak Naranjo, Alexander Karim
   (Head); Eso Council (Vice President), Member of the            and Silvia Scheithauer. Klaus Jäger gave a talk on “The
   Sofia Science Council; Member of the Advisory Council          sky in the computer – virtual planetaria”.
   of the Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics, Freiburg,   On May 17, the MPIA threw open its doors and more than
   and of the Thüringen State Observatory, Tautenburg;            5000 visitors took up this invitation to visit the Institute
   Member of the Selection Committee of the Dutch Acad-           on top of the Königstuhl.
   emy Professorship Programme                                 The series of 8 lectures “Astronomy on Sunday Morning” in
Tom Herbst: Principal Investigator for Linc-Nirvana;              June–July was organized by Klaus Jäger, Markus Pössel,
   Member of the Science and Technical Committee (STC)            Axel M. Quetz and Jakob Staude.
   for the Large Binocular Telescope; Member of the Eso        The Institute’s Board of Trustees met on September 18.
   Science Strategy Working Group and Science and Tech-        On October 13, the first official groundbreaking ­ceremony
   nical Committee; Chairman of the E-ELT Science and             was held for the Haus der Astronomie (House of Astron-
   Engineering Committee; Head of the WP3 “Operations”            omy) on the grounds of the MPIA in the presence of Prof.
   for Micado; Member of the PhD Advisory Committee               Kurt Roth (Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of
   at the MPIA                                                    Heidel­berg), Man­fred Bernhardt (Architects Bernhardt +
Klaus Jäger: Board Member of the Astronomische Ge­sell­           Part­ner, Darmstadt), Beate Spiegel (Klaus Tschira Foun­
   schaft (PR officer) (since September 2009); Member of          dation), Prof. Her­bert Jäckle (Vice President of the Max
   the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Sum-        Planck Society) and Dr. Eckart Würzner (Mayor of Hei-
   mer Science School Heidelberg (ISH); Collaborator              delberg).
   of the Rat Deutscher Sternwarten (RDS) and the LBT-         The BOGy practicum for school pupils on Oct 26–27 was
   Beteiligungsgesellschaft (LBTB)                                organized by Leonard Burtscher, Klaus Jäger, Klaus
Knud Jahnke: Member of the Eso Panel, Periode 85                  Meisenheimer and Silvia Scheithauer. Klaus Jäger gave
Viki Joergens: Member of the PhD Advisory Committee at            a talk on “Galaxies and Terabytes–Optical Astronomy in
   the MPIA                                                       the Age of Modern Large Telescopes”.
Hubert Klahr: Referee of the Nasa Origins Review Panel,        Over the year, a total of 680 visitors in 32 groups were taken
   Member of the Appointment Committee at the MPIs for            on a tour of the Institute (Axel M. Quetz, Natalie Raet-
   Physics, for Extraterestrial Physics and for Solar Sys-        tig and others).
   tem Research, Member of the Phd Advisory Commitee           There were 19 press releases and staff gave many radio and
   at the MPIA, Member representative in the Section CPT          TV interviews (Klaus Jäger, Markus Pössel, Axel M.
   of the MPG                                                     Quetz, Jakob Staude and others).
Martin Kürster: Member of the Eso OPC Panels                   Cristina Afonso held the office of Equal Opportunities Com-
Ralf Launhardt: Member of the S-Tac at the MPIA; Jury             missioner at the MPIA and is the Equal Opportunities
   Member for the Scientific Ernst Patzer Prize (until May);      Commissioners’ representative of the CPT Section at the
   Project scientist at Espri                                     MPG.
Reinhard Mundt: MPIA representative in the German-Span-        Wolfgang Brandner taught 4 study units on the topic of the
   ish Carmenes team                                              “Solar System” during researchers’ day at Baldham pri-
Hans-Walter Rix: Member of the Scientific Advisory Coun-          mary school (June 26) and manned the stand “Adaptive
   cil of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam; Head of the        Optics and Astronomy” at the “Highlights of Physics”
   PS1 Science Consortium; Board Member of the LBT                event in Cologne (September 20–24).
   Beteiligungsgesellschaft; Member of the NirSpec Sci-        Leonard Burtscher manned the astronomy stand at the
   ence Team; Member of the BMBF Referees Committee               Frankfurt Book Fair (17 October).
   “Astrophysics and Astroparticle Physics”; Member of         Cornelis Dullemond organized the “Miniforschung” (Mini-
   DFG Fachkollegien; Member “at large” of the Astronet           research) for students in the lower semesters.
   Infrastructure Roadmap Working Group                        Thomas Henning was a panelist at the opening event for
Jakob Staude: Member of the National Selection Committee          the “International Year of Astronomy” on January 20 in
   for the Contest “Jugend forscht”                               Berlin.
130   Further Activities / Awards / Compatibility of Science, Work, and Family

      Tom Herbst undertook a research residency at the Herzberg             Awards
         Institute of Astrophysics in Victoria, British Columbia,
         Canada (September 1–December 22) to collaborate with               The Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society for out-
         the instrumentation teams of the Gemini Telescope, the                standing achievements by junior scientists was presented
         Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the Thirty                  to Dominik A. Riechers for pioneering work on the prop-
         Meter Telescope (TMT).                                                erties of molecular gas and mass distribution in those
      Stefan Hippler supervised Experiment F36 “Wave front                     galaxies which already had extremely massive black
         analysis” in the advanced practical training for physi-               holes when the universe was in its infancy.
         cists.                                                             This year’s prizes from the Wissenschaftliche Ernst-Patzer-
      Klaus Jäger arranged special guided tours of the Institute with          Stiftung (Scientific Ernst Patzer Foundation) were
         accompanying lectures for Heidelberg City Council, the                awarded to the doctoral student Min Fang for his publi-
         IMPRS, the Rhein-Neckar newspaper and others. He was a                cation “Star and protoplanetary disk properties in Orion’s
         guest on the talkshow “Zur Sache” (Brass Tacks) broadcast             suburbs”, the doctoral student Aday Robaina for his pub-
         by Rhein-Neckar television (December 18), put together a              lication “Less than 10 percent of star formation in z  0.6
         video / audio trailer for the MPIA, contributed to the edit-          massive galaxies is triggered by major interactions” and
         ing of the book “Unendliche Weiten – Weltraum erleben im              to the postdoc fellowship holder Adam Leroy for his
         Planetarium Mannheim” (a book on the infinite vastness                publication “The star formation efficiency in nearby gal-
         of space written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of               axies: Measuring where gas forms stars effectively”.
         Mannheim Planetarium), and was involved in the opening             Jörg-Uwe Pott was awarded a research grant of US $ 13 000
         event for the “International Year of Astronomy” on January            by Nasa for an observation project with the Keck tele­
         20 – 21 in Berlin, the exhibition “Himmlisches in Büchern”            s­cope.
         (The sky in books) in the library of Heidelberg University         Christoph Mordasini received a two-year Humboldt re-
         (with A. M. Quetz) and the “Science Express” science train            search fellowship for postdocs.
         of the MPG (with A. M. Quetz).                                     Kelly Foyle was presented with the “Best talk by students
      Alexander Karim was involved in the particle physics                     award” at the Casca Conference, Toronto, Canada, in
         show of the University of Bonn at the KIP, Heidelberg                 May.
         (December 4 – 6).                                                  Viki Joergens was awarded a Margarete-von-Wrangell fel-
      Ulrich Klaas was the Chairman of the Library Committee.                  lowship for postdoctoral lecturing qualification from the
      Reinhard Mundt was the Ombudsman of the MPIA.                            Federal State Ministry for Science, Research and the
      Jörg-Uwe Pott was the postdoc spokesman at the MPIA.                     Arts, Baden-Württemberg.
      Axel M. Quetz was involved in the editing and design of               Johny Setiawan was honored by the Embassy of the
         the 48th volume of the magazine “Sterne und Weltraum”                 Republic of Indonesia, Berlin.
         (Stars and Space).
      Boyke Rochau supervised two students at the Daad Rise
         (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) from             Compatibility of Science, Work,
         June 8 – August 7.
      Christine Ruhland and Markus Schmalzl were the student                and Family
         spokespersons at the MPIA.
      Eva Schinnerer was an evaluator at the (E)VLA/VLBA of                 The MPIA has been increasing its efforts to improve the
         the NRAO.                                                          compatibility of science, work, and family for a great
      Johny Setiawan was involved in supervising the “Jugend                many years. Scientific work, in particular, presents a
         forscht” (Young researchers) project undertaken by the             very special challenge when trying to make these issues
         State prize winners Julyan Petrasch and Lennart Schlieder          compatible. Since 2005, important steps have been intro-
         at the MPIA’s 70-cm King telescope (February 1 – 7).               duced at the MPIA to provide both outstanding research
      Jakob Staude was involved in the publication of the 48th vol-         conditions and important solutions to improve the work-
         ume of the magazine “Sterne und Weltraum”. Between                 life balance. The MPIA has so far put the following mea-
         October 2008 and March 2009 he organized and man-                  sures into practice: MPIA International Office to support
         aged the series of 14 lectures for the General Studies             staff in finding living accommodation, suitable childcare
         component at the University of Heidelberg entitled                 facilities and schools, and other administrative matters;
         “Galilei’s first look through the telescope and the conse-         allotted places at day nurseries in Heidelberg with long
         quences for today”.                                                opening hours for children under three years of age; baby
      Jürgen Steinacker has been a visiting professor at the                office and childcare room at the Institute; childcare at
         Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en             congresses; an external family service to advise staff on
         Astrophysique (Lerma) des Observatoire de Paris since              issues related to the improved compatibility of career and
         September.                                                         care of family members; flexible working hours and lo-
      Christian Thalmann instructed the members of the Naco                 cation; support of professional careers du­ring ‘time out’
         Large Program in data reduction (December).                        taken for family reasons; cooperation in the Dual Career
Compatibility of Science, Work, and Family / Cooperation with Industrial Companies   131

Network of the scientific establishments in Heidelberg,        The Max Planck Society with its 80 institutes was awar-
and cooperative ventures in the Heidelberg company             ded the “Beruf und Familie” (Career and family) certi-
networks in order to be involved in improving the frame-       ficate in June by the Ministry for Family Affairs. This
work conditions for science.                                   created a supra-institutional standard for the whole MPG
The services we provide for childcare, flexible working,       in the area of work-life balance.
the compatibility of work and care, and the service for        The MPIA has firmly integrated the issue of compatibi-
dual career couples are extremely important for science.       lity of science, work and family as an integral economic
A family-friendly staff policy can greatly improve the         component for science, and as a future-oriented staffing
daily working life of scientists and also of staff in other    concept in order to thereby continue to promote the com-
areas.                                                         petitiveness of the Institute on an international level.

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2m Theater- und Veranstaltungs­-         Auer Paul GmbH, Mannheim                    Cadmus Journal Services, Charlotte,
   ­tech­nik, Wülfrath                   Aufzug-Service M. Gramlich GmbH,              NC 28275-1903
3B Scientific GmbH, Hamburg                 Ketsch                                   CAMCenter GmbH, Nidderau
A & F Deutschland GmbH,                  Austerlitz Electronic GmbH,                 Camfil KG, Reinfeld
    Hannover                                Nürnberg                                 CANCOM NSG GmbH, Jettingen-
Aachener Quarz-Glas, Aachen              Autobus Oberbayern, Bad Wiessee               Scheppach
Acrylics, Niederfischbach                Autohaus Krauth GmbH&Co.KG,                 Carbon Vision GmbH,
ADCO GmbH, Aachen                           Meckesheim                                 Unterschleißheim
ADDITIVE GmbH, Friedrichsdorf            Avnet Abacus Dortmund,                      Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik,
adlus GmbH, Elchingen                       Holzwickede/Dortmund                       Oberkochen
Adolf Pfeiffer GmbH, Mannheim            AVNET EMG GmbH, Poing                       Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Jena
ADR S.A., Thomery                        B.E.S.T., Forst                             Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH,
Advanced Office Products GmbH,           B+S Express Transport GmbH,                   Oberkochen
    Bochum                                  Weinheim                                 CDS Copy und Digital Druck GmbH,
Agilent Technologie, Böblingen           Baader Planetarium GmbH,                      München
Air Liguide GmbH, Leipzig                   Mammendorf                               CGB-Carbon Grossbauteile,
Air Liquide Deutschland GmbH,            bacuplast GmbH, Remscheid                     Wallerstein
    Oberhausen                           Baier Digitaldruck, Heidelberg              Coating-Plast GmbH, Schriesheim
AktivShop im MBO Verlag GmbH,            Baker & Harrison, München                   Coda KG, Waldkirch
    Rheine                               Bastisch EDV Zubehör, Mannheim              Coherent Europe B.V., KL Utrecht
Alcatel, Wertheim                        BDK, Sonnenbühl                             Colordruck, Leimen
Allcom GmbH, Oldenburg                   Bechtle GmbH & Co.KG, Mannheim              Comarch Systemintegration GmbH,
Alternate Computer Versand, Linden       Bechtle ÖA Direkt, Neckarsulm                 München
AMERICA II EUROPE GmbH,                  Bernhardt Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH,               Compumess Elektronik GmbH,
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American Institute of Physics,           Bethge Joachim, Mauer                       Computacenter AG & Co oHG,
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ANDUS ELECTRONIC GMBH,                   Billettfabrikation+Druckerei, Ketsch        COMTRONIC GmbH, Wilhelmsfeld
    Berlin                               Binder Elektronik GmbH, Sinsheim            Conatex Didactic Lehrmittel GmbH,
Aqua Technik Gudat, Neulußheim           Bleher-Folientechnik, Heimerdingen            Neunkirchen
AquaDuna, Sternenfels                    Blitz Button+Wagner Werbung                 Conrad Electronic GmbH, Hirschau
Argenta Elektronik, Solingen                GmbH, Dielheim                           Conrad Electronic SE, Wernberg-
ARLT, Magstadt                           Börsig GmbH, Neckarsulm                       Köblitz
Arrow Central Europe GmbH,               BRADY GmbH, Egelsbach                       Contag GmbH, Berlin
    Dreieich                             Bundesanzeiger, Köln                        Container Weis, Leimen
Arte & More GmbH, Raunstein              Bürklin OHG, München                        Cornelsen Experimenta GmbH&Co,
asknet AG, Karlsruhe                     Bürma Büromarkt, Stuttgart                    Berlin
AstroMedia-Versand, Neustadt in          Büro-Mix GmbH, Mannheim                     CreaSo GmbH, Gilching
    Holstein                             Büro-Taxi GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort               CRYO Anlagenbau GmbH, Wilnsdorf
ASYS, Dornstadt                          Büromarkt Böttcher AG, Jena                 Cryophysics GmbH, Darmstadt
Atomic Softek, Hamilton, Ontario         Buster Altöl GmbH, Mannheim                 Cryovac Gesellschaft fuer, Troisdorf
ATP Messtechnik GmbH, Ettenheim          CADFEM GmbH, Grafing                        Cyberport GmbH, Dresden
132   Cooperation with Industrial Companies

      Cyclotron Computervertrieb e. K.,       European IT Storage Ltd., Filderstadt   Grulms Pneumatik GmbH, Grünstadt
         Wiesbaden                            Excel Technology Europe GmbH,           Gummispezialhaus Körner, Eppelheim
      D.H. Frank GmbH, Nußloch                   Darmstadt                            Güniker + Heck, Mannheim
      Dastex GmbH & Co. KG,                   Faber Industrietechnik GmbH,            Günter Jacobi GmbH, Griesheim
         Muggensturm                             Mannheim                             Gutekunst & Co. Federnfabrik,
      Data Translation GmbH, Bietigheim-      Farben Specht, Bammental                   Metzingen
         Bissingen                            Farnell GmbH, Oberhaching               Gutruf Werner, Meckesheim
      dataTec GmbH, Reutlingen                FAST ComTec Communication,              Haarländer GmbH, Roth
      DATOS-Computer GmbH, Wuppertal             Oberhaching                          Hach GmbH, Pfungstadt
      db electronic Daniel Böck GmbH,         Faulhaber GmbH & Co KG,                 Häcker GmbH, Weinsberg
         Ehringshausen                           Schönaich                            Häfele, Roland, Schriesheim
      DDC Elektronik GmbH, München            FEISOL Inc., Aachen                     Hagemeyer Deutschland GmbH &Co
      DELL-Computer GmbH, Frankfurt           Fels Fritz GmbH Fachspedition,             KG, Heidelberg
      DELTA-V GmbH, Wuppertal                    Heidelberg                           Hahn u. Kolb GmbH, Stuttgart
      DELTRIC GmbH, Frankfurt am Main         FILCON Electronic GmbH,                 Hailo-Werk GmbH & Co.KG, Haiger
      Deltronix Enterprises, Mission Viejo       Taufkirchen                          Hanhart Shop, Hamburg
      Denios AG, Bad Oeynhausen               FISBA Optik AG, St. Gallen              Harmonic Drive AG, Worms
      Der Dekoladen LTD, Mannheim             Fischer Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG,       Hauck GmbH, Heidelberg
      Deti GmbH, Meckesheim                      Lüdenscheid                          Haus des Blindenhandwerks,
      Deutsche Telekom AG, Darmstadt          Fleige-Optik, Holm-Wedel/Hamburg           Esslingen
      Dewit Industrial Sensor GmbH,           FLIR Systems, Frankfurt                 Hebmüller SRS Technik, Neuss
         Witten                               FlowCAD EDA-Software Vertrieb,          Hehr Rudolf, Heidelberg
      Dicronite U.T.E. Pohl GmbH, Iserlohn       Feldkirchen                          HELUKABEL GmbH, Hemmingen
      Digi-Key c/o US Bank Minneapolis,       FOLIT GmbH, Kornwestheim                Hera Laborsysteme GmbH, Blaufelden
         Enschede                             FOP Faseroptische Produkte GmbH,        Herose GmbH, Bad Oldesloe
      Distrelec Schuricht GmbH, Bremen           Crailsheim                           Heuser Friedrich GmbH, Heidelberg
      DMG Stuttgart Vertriebs+Service         fotoversand24.de, Schwerin              Hewlett-Packard Direkt GmbH,
         Gmb, Leonberg                        FPS-Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH,                Böblingen
      DMV, Halle-Queis                           Warngau                              Hilma-Römheld GmbH, Hilchenbach
      Dobritzsch, Maintal                     Friedrich Wolf GmbH, Heidelberg         Hilti Deutschland GmbH, Heidelberg
      DPS Vakuum, Großrinderfeld              Fritz Zugck, Leimen                     Hintze u. Kunick GmbH, Berlin
      DPV Elektronik Service GmbH,            FTU-Fortbildungszentrum für             HM Industrieservice GmbH, Kronau
         Eppingen                                Technik, Karlsruhe                   HMC H.Meyer & C0, Düsseldorf
      Dräger Safety AG & Co.KGaA,             Füssener Astro-Lehrmittel, Füssen       Hoffmann, Göppingen
         Lübeck                               G+H Schallschutz, Ludwigshafen          Hoffmann Nürnberg GmbH, Nürnberg
      Draht Mayr GmbH, Dielheim               Gaerner GmbH, Frankfurt                 Holz Zentrum Schwab GmbH,
      Drahtwaren-Driller, Freiburg            Ganter GmbH, Walldorf                      Hockenheim
      Drucker Druck, Bietigheim               Gartenwelt Bumb GmbH, Karlsruhe         Holzland, Tübingen
      DVS Dekont Vakuum Service GmbH,         GCE GmbH, Eppelheim                     Hommel Hercules-, Viernheim
         Erfurt                               Gebr. Kassel GmbH, Gondelsheim          Honsberg & Co.KG., Remscheid
      dynarep Electronic Vertriebs GmbH,      Geier Metall-u.Stahlhandel GmbH,        Horiba Jobin Yvon GmbH, Bensheim
         Gauting                                 Mannheim                             Horn, Stutensee
      EBJ, Ladenburg                          Geier Metall-u.Stahlhandel GmbH,        Hositrad Deutschland, Regensburg
      EDICO-Equipment GmbH, Nürnberg             Mannheim                             HOT Electronic GmbH, Taufkirchen
      Edmund Optics GmbH, Karlsruhe           Geiger Alois Söhne GmbH & Co.KG,        HP GmbH, Böblingen
      EKZ. Bibliotheksservice GmbH,              Sandhausen                           HSD Consult GmbH, Berlin
         Reutlingen                           Gerwah Präzision GmbH,                  Huba Control AG, Walddorfhäslach
      Elblinger Elektronik GmbH,                 Grosswallstadt                       Huber + Suhner GmbH, Taufkirchen
         Salzgitter                           Gimahhot GmbH, Hamburg                  Hummer + Rieß GmbH, Nürnberg
      Electronic Product Services Limited,    Glas Hlawatsch GmbH, St. Leon-Rot       HY-LINE Power Components Vertr.
         Düsseldorf                           Gleich GmbH, Kaltenkirchen                 GmbH, Unterhaching
      electronic sensor+resistor GmbH,        Glenair Electronic GmbH, Steinbach      IKEA, Walldorf
         Ottobrunn                            Göbel, Horst, Ludwigshafen              ILFA Feinstleitertechnik GmbH,
      Elektro-Steidl, Weinheim                Grating Solver Dev. Company, Allen         Hannover
      EMF 97 GmbH, Worms                      Großversandhaus-Bader, Pforzheim        Industriebedarf Oberhausen, Ketsch
      ERNI Electronics GmbH, Adelberg         Grothues Elektrotechnische Geräte G,    Ineltek GmbH, Heidenheim
      ERSA GmbH, Wertheim                        Leimen                               Ing.H. Tafelmaier, Rosenheim
Cooperation with Industrial Companies   133

Ingenieurbüro Lopez, Jena              Landefeld GmbH, Kassel-               MTM Power, Mellenbach
Ingenieurbüro M. Steinbach, Jena          Industriepark                      MTS Systemtechnik GmbH,
Ingenieurbüro Castlemacher,            Landig Deutschland, Bad Saulgau/         Mertingen
   Unterschleissheim                      Lampertsweiler                     Mundelsee Karlheinz, Nussloch
INNEO Solutions GmbH, Ellwangen        Lapp Kabel GmbH, Stuttgart            Mura, Metallbau, Viernheim
INOTEC electronics GmbH,               Laser-Zentrum-Hannover, Hannover      Murata Elektronik GmbH & Co,
   Lauffen a.N.                        Laub GmbH+Co, Elztal-Dallau              Nürnberg
inova Semiconductors GmbH,             Lemo Elektronik GmbH, München         Murrplastik-System-Technik,
   München                             Lenke Printware Großhandel, Jena         Oppenweiler
Integrate Computer, Frankfurt          Leuchten u.Leuchtmittel Seidler,      MWR/Christian Wirth, Rimbach
Intercon Spacetec, Augsburg               Hamburg                            Neolab Laborbedarf - Vertriebs
INVENT GmbH, Braunschweig              Leuchtmittel Markt, Forchheim            GmbH, Heidelberg
Inwerk GmbH, Meerbusch                 Liebert Mary Ann Inc.Publishers,      Neopost, Unterschleißheim
IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol              New Rochelle                       Netzsch-Gerätebau GmbH, Selb
ISOLOC Schwingungstechnik GmbH,        Linos Photonics GmbH, Göttingen       Netzwerkartikel.de, Oberhausen
   Stuttgart                           Lorenz Messtechnik GmbH, Altdorf      Neumann Druckerei, Heidelberg
item Industrietechnik, Ulm             LPKF CAD/CAM Systeme GmbH,            Newport Spectra-Physics GmbH,
Jacobi Eloxal GmbH, Altlussheim           Garbsen                               Darmstadt
Jacobi Kunststoffbeschichtung,         LTN Servotechnik GmbH, Otterfing      Nibler W. GmbH, Walldorf
   Altlussheim                         LZS Global Services,Inc., Fremont     Nies Elektronic GmbH, Frankfurt
Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme         M & L Montagetechnik Luck GmbH,       Nikonians EMEA Ltd.,
   GmbH, Jena                             Wasungen                              Donaueschingen
JUMO GmbH & Co. KG, Fulda              Maas International GmbH, Bruchsal     Nimax GmbH – Astroshop.de,
KA-WE GmbH, Schwetzingen               maastrek SELECTION, Hildesheim           Landsberg
Kai Ortlieb Buchbinderei, Eppelheim    Mädler GmbH, Stuttgart                Noesse Datentechnik, Leverkusen
KAISER + KRAFT, Stuttgart              Maico, Villingen-Schwenningen         NOVOTEK GmbH, Böblingen
KAKO Elektro GmbH, Nußloch             Malteser-Hilfsdienst e.V., Wiesloch   NU Horizons Electronics GmbH,
Karl Scholl GmbH, Heidelberg           Maschinenbau Pelzer, Jena                München
Katzer Printvision Gmbh, Sandhausen    Masterplatex, Berlin                  Oerlikon, Köln
Kaufmann, Horst W., Crailsheim-        Max Computer GmbH, Schönberg          officeb2b GmbH, Aystetten
   Wittau                              MAXIM GmbH, Planegg                   Olympus Deutschland, Hamburg
Keil An ARM Germany GmbH,              Mayer GmbH Omnibusbetrieb,            Omnilab GmbH, Berlin
   Grasbrunn                              Neckargemünd-Dilsberg              Opal Ass. GmbH, Insel Reichenau
Kerb-Konus-GmbH, Amberg                MDesign GmbH, Bochun                  OpenStorage, Wiesbaden
KFK Verzinkerei GmbH, Sinsheim         Mediaresort, Altena                   Optical Society of America,
Kistler Instrumente GmbH, Ostfildern   Meilhaus Electronic GmbH,                Washington DC
   2 (Nellingen-)                         Puchheim                           Optima Research Ltd., Stansted
Klar Heinrich GmbH, Wuppertal          Mekentosj.B.V-, RA Aalsmeer, The      OptoPolymer, München
Kniel GmbH, Karlsruhe                     Netherlands                        ORBITEAM SW-GmbH, Bonn
Kobold Messring GmbH, Hofheim/         Melitta Systemservice GmbH &          Otto Blumen GmbH, Mannheim
   Taunus                                 Co.KG, Minden-Dützen               OWIS GmbH, Staufen
KOCO MOTION GmbH, Dauchingen           Memec Express, Unterhaching           Panasonic, Holzkirchen
kofferxpress.de, Ehingen               Merz Johannes GmbH, Speyer            Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH, Mannheim
Kohlhammer W. Druckerei, Stuttgart     Metabowerke GmbH, Nürtingen           Pfeiffer & May, Heidelberg
Konica Minolta Businesss, Mannheim     Metallbau GLAWION GmbH,               Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, Asslar
Krause + Hagmann GmbH,                    Eberswalde                         Pfister Büro mit Maß und System,
   Heidelberg                          Metrofunkkabel-Union GmbH, Berlin        Leimen/St.Ilgen
Kroschke GmbH, Braunschweig            MGV Stromversorgung, München          Philipp Lahres GmbH, Weinheim
Kruse Sicherheitssysteme GmbH &        MicroStaXX GmbH, München              Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.,
   Co., Stelle                         MK Computer Electronic GmbH,             Blomberg
Kühne & Nagel (AG&CO.) KG,                Göppingen                          Photo-Center Kühnemann, Jena
   Mannheim                            Möller-Wedel Optical GmbH, Wedel      Physik Instrumente (PI), Karlsruhe
KVB, Chemnitz                             b. Hamburg                         Phytec Messtechnik, Mainz
L.+H. Hochstein GmbH + Co.,            Montronic GmbH & Co.Kg, Wentorf       Phytron-Elektronik GmbH,
   Heidelberg                             bei Hamburg                           Gröbenzell
L.Grandpair, Heidelberg                Mouser Electronics, Maisach-          Phywe Systeme GmbH & CO.KG,
Lampenwelt GmbH, Schlitz                  Gernlinden                            Göttingen
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      Pink GmbH, Wertheim                     Schaffland Detlef, Handelsvertretung,   Theile Büro-Systeme, Speyer
      Plambeck deko event, Tespe                 Leverkusen                           Thermodyne GmbH, Osnabrück
      Pneu-Therm Ltd., Newark,                Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Hamburg        Thorlabs GmbH, Dachau
         Nottinghamshire                      Scheffel elektronischer Vertrieb Gm,    ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH,
      POG – Präzisionsoptik Gera GmbH,           Ditzingen                               Mannheim
         Gera                                 Schenker Deutschland AG,                Tischer Gastro, Heidelberg
      Pollin Electronic GmbH, Pförring           Mannheim-Rheinau                     Topcart International GmbH,
      Polytec GmbH, Waldbronn                 Schmidt Mess- und Regeltechnik,            Erzhausen
      Precision Plus Vacuum Parts,               Spiesheim/Rhh.                       Torso-Verlag, Wertheim
         München / Kirchheim                  Schmitt Stefan, Wiesloch                Total Mineralöl GmbH, Fellbach-
      Pro Media Concept GmbH, Konstanz        Schneider Günther GmbH,                    Schmiden
      Pro-Com Datensysteme GmbH,                 Sandhausen                           Total Walther GmbH, Ratingen
         Eislingen                            Schreiber-Glas, Berlin                  Tower Electronic Components GmbH,
      PSS Projektions-Systeme-Schmitt         Schroff GmbH, Straubenhardt                Dossenheim
         e.K, Leimen                          Schulz H.u.G. Ingenieure, Heidelberg    tproneth GmbH & Co. KG, Puchheim
      R. & S. Keller GmbH, Wuppertal          SCHUPA Schumacher GmbH,                 transtec AG, Tübingen
      Radiall GmbH, Rödermark                    Walldorf                             Trinos Vakuum-Systeme, Göttingen
      Raiffeisen Lagerhaus EG                 Schuricht GmbH + Co KG, Bremen          Trumpf Laser GmbH, Leonberg
         Meckesheim, Bammental                SE Spezial-Electronic AG, Bückeburg     Typographus, Berlin
      Rapid Transportgeräte GmbH,             Seifert mtm Systems GmbH,               UHT Umschlag- und Hafentechnik
         Beckum/Westf.                           Ennepetal                               GmbH, Eberswalde
      Rasti GmbH, Haren                       servo Halbeck GmbH & Co.KG,             UKP GmbH, Mainz
      ratioform, Ladenburg                       Offenhausen                          United Electronic Industries, Inc.,
      RAZ R.A. Zimmermann KG,                 Ses – Société Européene de, Aix-En-        Walpole
         Dietzenbach                             Provence Cedex 3                     Vacom GmbH, Jena
      Recom Electronic GmbH, Dreieich         Sicon Socomec GmbH, Mannheim            Varian GmbH, Darmstadt
      Record Metall Folien GmbH,              Siemens Build.Technol.GmbH &            VAT Deutschland GmbH, Grasbrunn
         Mühlheim                                Co.OHG, Mannheim                     Vereinigte Baustoff u. Eisen GmbH,
      redcoon GmbH, Aschaffenburg             Sigmann Elektronik GmbH,                   Heidelberg
      Redlich-EDV, Jena                          Hüffenhardt                          Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel, Haan –
      REEG GmbH, Wiesloch                     Sky Blue Microsystems GmbH,                Gruiten
      Reichelt Elektronik, Sande                 München                              VWR International GmbH, Dresden
      Reifen Stoll, Wiesenbach                SLCR Lasertechnik GmbH, Düren           W.Niedergesess Holz, Sandhausen
      Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH,              Sphinx Computer Vertriebs GmbH,         Walter Bautz GmbH, Griesheim
         Mannheim                                Hemsbach                             Wamser Büro Service, Mannheim
      Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg        Sphinx GmbH, Laudenbach                 Watlow GmbH, Kronau
      Rieche- Elektronik, Hitzhusen           Spiess Elektro Markt GmbH,              Watterott electronic, Hausen
      Riekert & Sprenger, Wertheim               Rauenberg                            Wero-medical, Sandhausen
      Rinnert GmbH, Kaast                     Stempel Bauer, St. Leon-Rot             Westphalia, Hagen
      Rittal GmbH + Co.KG, Herborn            StoCretec, Kriftel                      WHD Wachdienst Heidelberg,
      RMG Metallfachhandel GmbH,              Stumpf Jochen Schreinerei, Nußloch         Heidelberg
         Ladenburg                            Sumitomo, Elk Grove Village             Wiesemann u. Theis GmbH,
      Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH, Bergkirchen     Sunrise Netztech Transfer, Bornheim        Wuppertal
      Roth Carl GmbH & Co.KG, Karlsruhe       SWS Edelstahl GmbH, Emmingen            Willi Stober GmbH & Co. KG,
      RS Components GmbH, Mörfelden-          Systerra Computer GmbH, Jena               Karlsruhe
         Walldorf                             T-E Klebetechnik, Hannover              Winger Elektronics GmbH & Co.KG,
      RUF Elektrohandel GmbH & Co.KG,         Tautz Druckluft+Sandstrahltechnik G,       Dessau-Roßlau
         Mannheim                                Mannheim                             Witzenmann Rhein-Ruhr GmbH,
      Rufenach Vertriebs-GmbH,                Team Arrow, Neckarsulm                     Xanten
         Heidelberg                           Technik Direkt, Würzburg                Wollschläger GmbH & Co. KG,
      Rutronik, Ispringen                     Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC,         Weinstadt-Endersbach
      Samtec Germany, Germering                  Thousand Oaks                        Würth Elektronik GmbH & CO.KG,
      Sanitär-Raess GmbH, Heidelberg          Telemeter Electronic GmbH,                 Künzelsau
      Sauter-Cumulus GmbH, Freiburg              Donauwörth                           XP Power GmbH, Bremen
      Scantec GMBH, Germering                 Telko GmbH Saalfeld, Saalfeld           Zemax Dev. Corp., Bellevue, WA
      Schäfer Fritz GmbH, Neunkirchen         Tetronik GmbH, Tanusstein-Wehen         Zimmermann Heizöl Total,
      Schäfer Shop GmbH, Mannheim             The MathWorks GmbH, Ismaning               Sandhausen
Conferences, Scientific, and Popular Talks   135

Conferences, Scientific, and Popular Talks
Conferences Organized                                        Miri Science Team Meeting, Washington, USA, 15. – 16.
                                                               June (Th. Henning)
Conferences Organized at the institute:                      AO for ELT, Paris, France, 22. – 27. June (SOC) (W. Gäss­
Internel Symposium, MPIA, 18. Feb. (K. Jahnke)                 ler)
Retreat “LBT Science Exploitation”, Castle Edesheim,         IMPRS Summer School: “Statistical Inferences from Astro­
   12. – 13. Feb. (K. Jäger)                                   physical Data”, Heidelberg, 11. – 14. Aug. (H.-W. Rix)
Workshop “Caha Legacy Survey”, MPIA, 24. Apr. (K.            Spinter meeting “The E-ELT – Status, Timeline, and
   Jäger, Joao Alves (Caha))                                   Instru­mentation”, Autumn Meeting of the AG, Potsdam,
Meeting of the LBT-Beteiligungsgesellschaft (LBTB),            22. – 25. Sep. (Th. Henning, R. Gredel)
   MPIA, 28. Apr. (Th. Henning, R. Gredel, K. Jäger)         Coordination Meeting of the Linc-Nirvana team and the
Stages Collaboration Meeting, MPIA, 19. – 20. May (K.          LBT team, Tucson and Mt. Graham, Arizona, USA,
   Jahnke)                                                     28. – 30. Oct. (M. Kürster)
LN Science Case Meeting, 24. June (E. Schinnerer)            PhDnet General Meeting, Jena, 28.-31. Oct. (L. Burtscher,
Argos Consortium Meeting, 30. – 31. July (W. Gässler)          with PhD students from Jena and other MPIs)
IMPRS Summer School: “Statistical Inferences from Astro­     Eso/MPG Meeting “From Circumstellar Disks to Planetary
   physical Data”, Heidelberg, 10. – 14. Aug. (H.-W. Rix,      Systems”, Garching, 2. – 6. Nov. (Th. Henning)
   Chr. Fendt, St. Wagner (ZAH/LSW))                         Conference “The Gaseous Evolution of Galaxies”, Ringberg
Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the MPIA, Heidelberg,      Castle, 15. – 18. Nov. (F. Walter)
   18. Sep. (K. Jäger, Th. Henning)                          Gaia DPAC CU8 Meeting No. 8, Nizza, 17.-18. Nov. (C.
Meeting of the Linc-Nirvana teams and LBT represen­            Bailer-Jones)
   tativs, MPIA, 21. – 22. Sep. (M. Kürster)
Meeting of the Linc-Nirvana Consortium, MPIA, 1. – 2
   Oct. (M. Kürster)                                         Conferences and Meetings Attended,
Retreat of the PSF group, Mayschoß, 14. – 16. Oct. (K.       Scientific Talks and Poster Contributions
   Dullemond, N. Dzyurkevich, M. Nielbock)
Meeting “Career and family” at the MPIA, 12. Nov. (I.        Cristina Afonso: Plato Space Mission Meeting, Aahrus,
   Apfel, K. Jäger)                                             Denmark, 2.–3. Apr., Rome, Italy, 5. May, Belfast,
Symposium “From Disks to Jets – from Stars to Quasars”          Ireland, 11. June; Pan-Starrs Consortium Meeting,
   on the occasion of the retirement of Max Camenzind and       Boston, 29. Aug.–2. Sep. (Talk); Jenam Conference,
   Hermann-Josef Röser, MPIA, 26. Nov. (K. Jäger, Chr.          Hertfordshire, 20.-23. Apr. (Poster)
   Fendt, K. Meisenheimer)                                   Zoltan Balog: Workshop “Herschel Data Reduction”,
                                                                Esa, Villa Franca, Spain, 14. – 16. Dec.; Herschel SDP
Other Conferences Organized:                                    Initial Results Symposium, Esa, Universidad Politécnica
Argos PDR, Garching, 16. – 17. Feb. (W. Gässler)                de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 17. – 18. Dec.
International Conference “Planet Formation”, Tübingen,       Carolina Bergfors: Conference “Planet formation and evolu-
   2. – 6. March (C. P. Dullemond)                              tion: The solar system and extrasolar planets”, Tübingen,
The Second Subaru International Conference, Hawaii, 8.-         2. – 6. March (Poster); Conference “Pathways towards
   13. March (Th. Henning)                                      habitable planets”, Barcelona, 14. – 18. Sep. (Poster)
IMPRS-Workshop Retreat, Brigach-Hirzwald, Schwarzwald,       Jürgen Berwein: Conference “Astronomical Data Analysis
   11. – 13. March (L. Burtscher, K. Foyle)                     Software and Systems 2009”, Sapporo, Japan, 4. – 8.
Ringberg Workshop “The Astrophysics of the Magneto­             Oct. (Poster)
   rotational Instability and Related Processes”, Ringberg   Tilman Birnstiel: Conference “Planet Formation and
   Castle, 14. – 18. Apr. (N. Dzyurkevich, H. Klahr, M.         Evolution”, Tübingen, 2. – 6. March (Poster); Conference
   Flock, S. Balbus)                                            “Planetesimal Formation”, Cambridge, 28. – 30. Sept.
Jenam/NAM Meeting, Hatfield, UK, 20. – 23. Apr. (Th.            (Poster); Conference “From Circumstellar Disks to
   Henning)                                                     Planetary Systems”, Garching, 3. – 6. Nov. (Poster)
Meeting of the Linc-Nirvana Consortium, Monte Porzio         Jeroen Bouwman: Miri European Consortium Meetings:
   Catone, Inaf, Rome, Italy, 7. – 8. May (M. Kürster)          Leuven, Belgium, 21. – 23. Jan., Leicester, UK, 28. – 30.
Arena Conference “An Astronomical Observatory at Con­           Apr., Copenhagen, Denmark, 8. – 10. Sep.; Herschel
   cordia for the Next Decade”, Rome, Italy, 11. – 15. May      Data Reduction Workshop, Esa, Villa Franca, Spain,
   (Th. Henning)                                                14. – 16. Dec.; Herschel SDP Initial Results Symposium,
6th MPIA Student workshop, Noorden, Netherlands, 25. –          Esa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain,
   31. May (Eva Meyer)                                          17. – 18. Dec.
Gaia DPAC CU8 Meeting No. 7, Toulouse, 8.-10. June (C.       Wolfgang Brandner: UK E-ELT Science Workshop “Exo-
   Bailer-Jones)                                                planets and Proto-stars with the European ELT”, Edin­
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