| 106 persons have registered for EPoS 2008. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Country | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Allen SAC |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge | USA | Star formation at 2 kpc and beyond: Sucesses and limitations of Spitzer |
| Richard Allison | University of Sheffield | UK | The dynamical evolution of fractal clusters |
| Philippe Andre | CEA/Saclay - Service d'Astrophysique | France | Probing the demography of core formation with Herschel surveys |
| Rhianne E. Attwood | Cardiff University | Wales | Simulating Prestellar Cores |
| Joao Alves | Calar Alto Observatory | Spain | The dark future of Star Formation |
| Aurore Bacmann Org,SAC |
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble | France | Kinematics of pre-stellar cores: fast infall |
| Javier Ballesteros | Centro de Radioastronomia y Astrofisica, UNAM | Mexico | On the gravitational content of molecular clouds and their cores |
| Robi Banerjee | ITA, University of Heidelberg | Germany | Molecular Cloud Formation out of the magnetized ISM |
| Shantanu Basu | The University of Western Ontario | Canada | Review: Magnetic Fields |
| Matthew Bate | University of Exeter | UK | Radiation hydrodynamical simulations of the earliest stages of low-mass star formation |
| Henrik Beuther LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie | Germany | Review: Massive Star Formation: Major Questions and Potential Answers |
| Tyler L. Bourke | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | The Initial Conditions for Star Formation in Clusters |
| Annabel Cartwright | Cardiff University | UK | Directionality in Star Clusters |
| Paola Caselli | University of Leeds | UK | Review: Chemistry: achievements and challenges |
| Cecilia Ceccarelli | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble | France | LM Cores Discussion Chair |
| Rolf Chini SAC |
Astronomisches Institut Bochum | Germany | M17 - a test bed for the formation of high-mass stars |
| Paul C. Clark | Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik | Germany | The thermodynamic evolution of GMCs and the formation of clusters |
| Benoit Commercon | CRAL ENS Lyon & SAP CEA Saclay | France | AMR Radiation hydrodynamics for protostellar collapse calculations |
| Richard Crutcher | University of Illinois | USA | Magnetic Fields and Star Formation: New Observational Tests and Analyses, and Surprising New Results |
| Timea Csengeri | CEA, Service d'Astrophysique | France | Deep investigation of high-mass star formation in the DR21(OH) clump - from large scales to small scales |
| Wolf Dapp | University of Western Ontario | Canada | New tests of the role of magnetic fields in star forming regions |
| Sami Dib | Service d'Astrophysique, CEA | France | From Cores to Stars: The role of Gravity |
| James Di Francesco | National Research Council of Canada | Canada | Wide-field H2D+ Observations of Starless Cores |
| Clare L. Dobbs | University of Exeter | UK | Revealing the formation and properties of GMCs through galaxy simulations |
| Michael M. Dunham | University of Texas at Austin | USA | Identifying the Low Luminosity Population of Embedded Protostars in the c2d Observations of Clouds and Cores |
| Melissa L. Enoch | UC Berkeley | USA | Characterizing the structure and evolution of deeply embedded protostars with mid-IR to millimeter observations |
| Cassandra L. Fallscheer | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Early evolution of massive protostellar objects and the search for disks |
| Davide Fedele | Universita' di Padova Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie |
Italy Germany |
The timescale of gas dispersion in protoplanetary disks |
| Rachel Friesen | University of Victoria | Canada | Clustered Low Mass Star Formation in the Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud |
| James P. Furness | Univeristy of Sheffield | UK | Observational Evidence for Massive Clusters in Compact and Ultracompact HII regions |
| Gilberto C. Gomez | CRyA, UNAM | Mexico | A simple model for the formation and collapse of molecular cloud cores |
| Alyssa A. Goodman | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge | USA | Ready-to-Eat?: What Early "Taste-Tests" Say about Modern Simulations of Star Formation |
| Fabian Heitsch | Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan | USA | New Approaches to Understanding the Formation of Molecular Clouds and Stars |
| Martin Hennemann LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Young massive cores in the ISOSS 170 um sample |
| Thomas Henning SAC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | The Earliest Stages of Massive Stars - The Search Continues |
| Aya Higuchi | Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan | A study of the physical relation between embedded clusters and their natal clumps using the Nobeyama 45m telescope |
| Tracey Hill | University of Exeter | UK | Mopra observations of cold cores |
| Masaaki Hiramatsu | Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica | Taiwan | AzTEC/ASTE Wide-Field Imaging of Southern Star Forming Regions at Lambda = 1.1 mm |
| Vera Hoffmeister | Astronomisches Institut Bochum | Germany | Triggered star formation in M17 |
| Joseph L. Hora | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Cygnus-X Region: Status and Results |
| Takashi Hosokawa | National Astronomical Observatory | Japan | Evolution of massive protostars growing under high accretion rates |
| David A. Hubber | Universitetet i Oslo | Norway | The dynamical fragmentation of prestellar cores |
| Izaskun Jimenez-Serra | University of Leeds | UK | Unveiling the main heating source in the Cepheus A HW2 star cluster |
| Doug Johnstone SAC |
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | Canada | Conference Summary Part I |
| Alberic Joos de ter Beerst | CRAL ENS Lyon | France | Protostellar collapse simulations: Comparison of three approximations of the grey RHD |
| Jes Jorgensen | Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Review: Early Phases of Disks |
| Jens Kauffmann | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics & Initiative for Innovative Computing at Harvard | USA | Star Formation of L1448 in 3D: Does only Gravity matter? |
| Eric R. Keto | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | Models of Starless Cores |
| Helen Kirk | University of Victoria / Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | Canada | Constraining the Environment of Star-Forming Regions: From Observations to Simulations and Back Again |
| Pamela Klaassen | McMaster University, Hamilton | Canada | Infall, Rotation and Outflow in Four Massive Star Forming Regions |
| Richard Klein SAC |
University of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
USA | The Effects of Feedback on the Formation of High Mass Stars |
| Ralf Klessen | Institut fuer theoretische Astrophysik Heidelberg | Germany | Review: Fragmentation |
| Kathleen Kraemer | US Air Force Research Laboratory | USA | The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Cygnus-X Region: the 24 micron Data |
| Kaitlin M. Kratter | University of Toronto | Canada | Protostellar disk formation and evolution: the influence of stellar mass and environment |
| Rolf Kuiper | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Modeling Disks in Massive Star Formation |
| Charlie Lada SAC |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | Review: Giant Molecular Clouds |
| Hendrik Linz LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Dissecting massive YSOs with MIR interferometry |
| Marco Lombardi | ESO / ST-ECF Garching | Germany | The three-dimensional structure of giant molecular clouds: current status and prospects with GAIA |
| Anaelle J. Maury | Service d'Astrophysique, CEA | France | Probing the early phases of clustered star formation: a millimeter study of a newly discovered protocluster in Serpens/Aquila Rift |
| S. Thomas Megeath | University of Toledo | USA | Review: The Formation and Early Evolution of Clusters and Associations |
| Farzana K. Meru | University of Exeter | UK | Radiation hydrodynamical calculations of the early evolution of massive accretion discs |
| Lawrence K. Morgan | St Mary's University | Canada | Varied Mechanisms for Star Formation in Bright-Rimmed Clouds |
| Frederique Motte | AIM/SAp, CEA Saclay | France | Properties of high-mass protostars and massive pre-stellar cores at the dawn of Herschel and ALMA |
| Telemachos Mouschovias | Departments of Physics and Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | USA | Recent Advances and Future Directions of the Role of Magnetic Fields in Protostar Formation: What Close Collaborations between Theorists and Observers Can Achieve in Dispelling Myths and Testing Theories |
| Phil Myers | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | Protostar Mass Due to Infall and Dispersal |
| Erick Nagel | Centro de Radioastronomia y Astrofisica | Mexico | Size estimation of disks around proto-stars, from boundary conditions in collapsing dense cores |
| Fumitaka Nakamura | Niigata University | Japan | Magnetically Regulated Star Formation in Low-Mass Star Forming Regions |
| Antonella Natta | Arcetri Observatory, Firenze | Italy | - |
| Markus Nielbock LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | A brief history of the large accretion disc in M 17 |
| Dieter Nuernberger | ESO Santiago & Paranal | Chile | High Mass Star Formation to the Extremes: NGC 3603 at High Angular Resolution from Infrared to Millimeter Wavelengths Star Formation in Low-Mass Star Forming Regions |
| David Nutter | Cardiff University | UK | The origins of stars: Spitzer, Harp, Scuba2 and beyond |
| Richard J. Parker | University of Sheffield | UK | The Dynamical Effect of Star Cluster Evolution on Binary Systems |
| Dawn E. Peterson | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | The Role of Environment in Star Formation: Isolated Clusters vs. Bright-Rimmed Clouds |
| Monika Petr-Gotzens | ESO-Garching | Germany | Brown dwarfs and candidate planetary mass objects in the Orion Trapezium Cluster |
| Jaime E. Pineda | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA | The COMPLETE study of dense cores with the GBT: pointed observations and maps |
| Ralph E. Pudritz | McMaster University Hamilton | Canada | The role of magnetic fields in star formation |
| German A. Racca | National Institute for Spatial Research (INPE) | Brazil | A 2MASS Analysis of the Stability of Southern Bok Globules |
| Sarah E. Ragan | University of Michigan | USA | Constraining Conditions of Cluster Formation: Paving the Way for the ALMA age |
| Javier Rodon | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | W3 IRS 5: A Trapezium in its making |
| Jonathan H. Rowles | University of Kent | UK | An All Sky Investigation of Giant Molecular Cloud Structure |
| Kazi L.J. Rygl | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie | Germany | Early phases of massive star formation in high extinction clouds |
| Takeshi Sakai | Nobeyama Radio Observatory | Japan | A Survey of Molecular Lines toward Massive Clumps Associated with Infrared Dark Clouds |
| Anuj P. Sarma | DePaul University, Chicago | USA | Magnetic Field Observations at High Angular Resolution in Star Forming Regions |
| Markus Schmalzl | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | CB17: A prestellar core at the verge of collapse |
| Frederic Schuller | Max Planck Institut fuer Radioastronomie | Germany | The APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL) |
| Dmitry Semenov LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | - |
| Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | Multiwavelength observations of young clusters |
| Michael D. Smith | University of Kent | UK | Deciphering protostellar outflows with molecular hydrogen |
| Dimitris Stamatelos | Cardiff University | Wales | Brown dwarf formation by fragmentation of early-phase massive discs |
| Juergen Steinacker Org,SAC,LOC |
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie | Germany | The Future of Cloud Core Modeling |
| Mario Tafalla | Observatorio Astronomico Nacional | Spain | Review: Low-Mass Cores |
| Jonathan C. Tan | University of Florida | USA | Constraints on Star Formation Theories from Studies of Infrared Dark Clouds |
| Konstantinos Tassis | The University of Chicago | USA | The Shocking Birth of Protostars |
| Susan Terebey | Cal State LA | USA | Insights into the VeLLO source L1521F IRS using 160 micron data from the Taurus Spitzer Legacy Survey |
| Leonardo Testi | ESO | Germany | Review: ALMA - status, capabilities, future possible developments, and outlook on (early phase) star formation research with this facility (preliminary title) |
| Thomas H. Troland | University of Kentucky | USA | Statistically significant observations of magnetic field strengths in molecular clouds |
| D. Johan van der Walt | Unit for Space Physics, North-West University | South Africa | Periodic masers in G9.62+0.20E: Seeing the Unseen |
| Tim A. van Kempen | Leiden Observatory | Netherlands | The identification and characterisation of embedded YSOs |
| Anton I. Vasyunin | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Germany | Study of stochastic effects in grain surface chemistry with Monte Carlo approach |
| Tatiana Vasyunina | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Germany | Millimeter mapping and MIR extinction maps for southern IRDCs |
| Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni | CRyA, UNAM | Mexico | Topology of the velocity and magnetic fields, and the star formation efficiency |
| Malcolm Walmsley SAC |
INAF- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri | Italy | Tracing the dense component in prestellar cores |
| Anthony P. Whitworth | Cardiff University | Wales | Star formation triggered by expanding HII regions |
| Dmitry Wiebe | Institute of Astronomy of the RAS | Russia | Toward truly initial conditions for chemistry in starless cores |
| Harold Yorke | JPL/Caltech | USA | Evolution of Accreting Protostars |
| Hans Zinnecker | Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam | Germany | The Multiplicity of Massive Stars |