Archive | Announcements 2017 – 2015

2017

MERAC Funding & Travel Awards

The award, administered by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA), was received by Dr. Maria Nikolayevna Drozdovskaya. Her project «Roots of Life - Astrobiological Imprints in Cimet and Planet-Forming Material» was awarded the funding in the second call.

2017

CSH part of LUVOIR Mission Study

Prof. Dr. Kevin Heng is now part of the Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) of the Large Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) mission study led by NASA, with representation from European members.

2017/12/05

European Research Council Consolidator Grant

Prof. Dr. Kevin Heng has won an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant worth nearly 2 million euros. The University of Bern has two awardees, across all disciplines, in 2017.

2017/06/01

© Stellarium Gornergrat/A. Servonet

The Stellarium Gornergrat opens its doors to schools

The Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern has teamed up with partners to build and set up a facility on the Gornergrat, whose telescopes and instruments are primarily available for educational purposes and to the public. This gives schools access to professional equipment at what is probably the best star-gazing location in Switzerland.

2017

University of Bern International 2021 Ph.D Fellowship

Chloe Fisher has won one of the University of Bern International 2021 Ph.D Fellowships.

2017

Ambizione Fellowship

CSH Fellow Dr. Dan Bower has won the Ambizione Fellowship (2017). It is for a duration of 4 years and comes with a Ph.D student position.

2016

MERAC Funding & Travel Awards

The award, administered by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA), was received by Dr. Joao Manuel Mendoça. His project «THOR: A New and Flexible 3D Dynamical Model to Explore Planetary Atmospheres» was awarded the funding during the first call.

2016

Royal Society and Ernest Rutherford Fellowships

CSH SNF Professor Brice-Olivier Demory has won both the Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2016) and the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (2016) of the U.K.

2016

Harold Urey Award

CSH Steering Committee Member Prof. Dr. Klaus Mezger has won the 2016 Harold Urey Award from the European Association of Geochemistry.

2016

The Gruber Foundation Fellowship

CSH Fellow Dr. Maria Drozdovskaya (Leiden University) has won The Gruber Foundation (TGF) Fellowship (2016), which is administered by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), with the CSH as the host institution.

2016

Marie Heim-Voegtlin Prize

Dr. Zoë Lehmann, jointly appointed between the CSH and the Department of English, has won the 2016 Marie Heim-Voegtlin Prize of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

2016

Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship

Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory (University of Cambridge) has won the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Professorship with the CSH as the host institute.

2016/04/15

Bernoulli Fellowships Established

The Bernoulli Fellowships have been created by the CSH. These are 4-year joint positions shared between the CSH and its partner institutes or universities. Our inaugural partners in the Bernoulli Fellows are Oxford University and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) at Heidelberg.

2015

NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lecturership Award

Prof. Dr. Kevin Heng was selected for the 2015 NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lecturership Award, which is awarded, on an international basis, to scholars under the age of 45. It comes with a trophy and an invitation to deliver a series of prize lectures in Taiwan.

Delta Award Poster (PDF, 284KB)

2015

MERAC Funding & Travel Awards

The award, administered by the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA), was received by two of our members. In the first call, Dr. Daniel Kitzmann received funding for his project «The unstable CO2 feedback cycle on ocean planets». In the second call, Matej Malik's project «HELIOS: A new open-source radiative transfer code» received the award.