Visiting Experts & Talks
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PD. Dr. habil. Melanie Kaliwoda
LMU, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences
July 9th, 2026, 14:15-16:00
Series:Â Geoscience of Exoplanets SeminarÂ
Lunar and other Meteorites as Key Geochemical Archives: Insights from Raman Spectroscopy and Comparative Analytical Methods

PD. Dr. habil. Melanie Kaliwoda
LMU, Munich
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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Mayer
LMU, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences
April 30th, 2026, 14:15-16:00
Series:Â Geoscience of Exoplanets SeminarÂ
How the atmosphere determines the surface temperature of a planet

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Mayer
LMU, Munich
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Dr. Daniel Bower
LMU, Mathematisches Institut
April 23rd, 2026, 12:15
Series:Â Geoscience of Exoplanets SeminarÂ
The First Breath of Rocky Worlds: How Magma Oceans Create Planetary Atmospheres
Zoom Link Ι further details Ι Special Lunch Talk

Dr. Daniel Bower
ETH Zürich
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Dr. Meng Tian (JC)
LMU, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences
April 16th, 2026, 14:15 - 16:00
Series:Â Geoscience of Exoplanets SeminarÂ
Introduction to course and Journal Club: Glein (2024) | The Geochemical Potential for Metabolic Processes on the Sub-Neptune Exoplanet K2-18b

Dr. Meng Tian
LMU, Munich
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Dr. Sam Poppe
LMU, Geosciences Building
February 5th, 2026
VIPS on the Moon and Mars – Planning planetary missions to explore volcanic and igneous plumbing systems

Sam Poppe
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Jonas Biren
LMU, Geosciences Building
January 29th, 2026
Building a high-temperature spectral library to interpret Lava Worlds

Dr. Jonas Biren
Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell Univ.
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Dr. Meng Tian (JC)
LMU, Geosciences Building
January 22nd, 2026
Experiments reveal extreme water generation during planet formation I Miozzi et al. Ι 2025
Substantial water retained early in Earth’s
deep mantle I Lu et al. Ι 2025

Dr. Meng Tian
IPGP, France
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Prof. Claudia Trepmann
LMU, Geosciences Building
January 15th, 2026
Impact geology and the significance of impact cratering on the evolution of planets

Prof. Claudia Trepmann
LMU Munich
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Hugh O’Neill
ISTO, UMR 7327
Host
Institution affiliation: Monash University
Website: http://english.gig.cas.cn/

Hugh O'Neill
Monash University
2025
Dr. Henri Samuel
LMU, Geosciences Building
June 18th, 2025
Dynamics of volatile outgassing & atmosphere formation in planetary magma oceans

Dr. Henri Samuel
IPGP, France