09:30 - 09:45
Welcome, organization and purpose of the workshop
Tobias Buck (IWR, Heidelberg University)
Schedule
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Day 1
April 27, 2026
Session 1 (Chair Dominika Wylezalek, ZAH, Heidelberg University)
09:45 - 10:45Applying for an ERC grant with Heidelberg University
Lisa Fromm (ZUV, Heidelberg University)
Coffee Break and Workshop Photo 10:45 - 11:1511:15 - 11:45Stellar modeling for asteroseismology: possibilities and perils
Lynn Buchele (ISTA, Vienna)
11:45 - 12:15Hints of massive triple-star evolution in the latest gravitational-wave data
Jakob Stegmann (MPA, Garching)
12:15 - 12:45Hunting for black holes
Johanna Mueller-Horn (MPIA & Heidelberg University)
Lunch Break 12:45 - 14:00Session 2 (Chair Tobias Buck, IWR, Heidelberg University)
14:00 - 15:00Applying for an Emmy Noether grant with Heidelberg University
Yvonne Pachmayer (Heidelberg University)
15:00 - 15:30TBD
Nicolas Kurtovic (MPIA)
15:30 - 16:00Multiplicity within planetary systems: The role of planet migration in the stability of multiple planetary systems
Philippine Griveaud (MPIA)
16:00 - 16:30Accelerating astrophysical simulations with machine learning
Lorenzo Branca (IWR, Heidelberg University)
Coffee Break 16:30 - 17:0017:00 - 17:30From stars to mergers – on common envelope transients and double neutron stars
Aldana Grichener (University of Arizona, zoom)
17:30 - 18:00Observing intermediate-mass black holes with gravitational waves: recent results using LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations and challenges for the future
Sophie Bini (Caltech, zoom)
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Day 2
April 28, 2026
Session 3 (Chair Cecilia Sgalletta, ZAH, Heidelberg University)
09:00 - 09:30Our proposal for a collaborative research center
Michela Mapelli (ZAH & IWR, Heidelberg University)
09:30 - 10:00Standard siren cosmology: current status and prospects for the Einstein Telescope
Ulyana Dupletsa (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
10:00 - 10:30The Puzzling Formation of Black Hole Systems Revealed by GAIA
Aleksandra Olejak (MPA Garching)
Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:0011:00 - 11:30Feedback from massive binaries in star formation simulations
Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier (MPA Garching)
11:30 - 12:00Eddington-limit induced mass ejections and their implications for massive star populations
Daniel Pauli (KU Leuven)
12:00 - 12:30Understanding binary black hole formation with grids of detailed binary evolution models
Max Briel (Observatory of Geneva)
12:30 - 13:00Discussion: Future of multiple systems research
Lunch 13:00 - 14:3014:30 - 18:00Individual discussions with Heidelberg researchers