Cosmic Dust
Welcome to our Wallenberg project site for project “The Origin and Fate of Dust in the Universe”. The project is a collaboration between astronomers and theoretical chemists at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University. The aim of the project is to further our understanding of cosmic dust particles, from their formation in stellar environments, their destruction and growth in the Galactic and high-redshift ISM to their interaction with radiation from Active Galactic Nuclei.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, V. Rubin et al.
News Items
9 Dec 2022:
Within our collaboration on Cosmic Dust, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, we are organizing a conference in Gothenburg (25th-29th September 2023) on dust, near and far.
This conference aims to bring together those working on theory, experiments and observations of dust formation, growth and destruction throughout the Universe. We will highlight state-of-the-art theoretical and laboratory research, as well as the latest observations from instruments such as the JWST and ALMA. With this we hope to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations that can provide answers to the many questions that remain related to astrophysical dust on all scales and all environments.
A website with be available soon with all the informations and the invited speakers.
SOC:
Thiebaut Schirmer (Chalmers, Sweden), Kirsten Knudsen (Chalmers, Sweden), Wouter Vlemmings (Chalmers, Sweden), Susanne Aalto (Chalmers, Sweden), Gunnar Nyman (Göteborg University, Sweden), Frederic Galliano (CEA, France), Liv Hornekaer (Aarhus University, Denmark), Karl Gordon (STSCI, USA), Dimitra Rigopoulou (Oxford, UK), Thiem Hoang (Kasi, South Korea), Ambra Nanni (NCBJ, Poland), Benoit Commercon (ENS Lyon, France), Herma Cuppen (Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands), Denis Burgarella (LAM, France), Nathalie Ysard (IAS, France)
LOC:
Thiébaut-Antoine Schirmer (Chalmers, Sweden), Kirsten K. Knudsen (Chalmers, Sweden), Wouter Vlemmings (Chalmers, Sweden), Susanne Aalto (Chalmers, Sweden), Gunnar B. Nyman (Gothenburg University, Sweden), David L. Gobrecht (Gothenburg University, Sweden), Rasoul Hashemi (Gothenburg University, Sweden), Duncan L. Bossion (Gothenburg University, Sweden),
6 Dec 2021:
Information concerning our dust workshop that will be held (online) from 15 to 17 December 2021 can be found here: https://cosmic-dust.se/dust-workshop/
If you’re interested in attending, please contact us.
8 Sep 2021:
[Now closed] Two postdoc positions within the project were available at Chalmers University of Technology.
03 Mar 2021:
[Now closed] Up to two postdoc positions within the project were available at Gothenburg University. Information can be found via the “open position” link.
28 Jan 2021:
[Now closed] Three postdoc positions within the project were available at Chalmers University of Technology. Information can be found via the “open position” link.
30 Sep 2020:
“On dusty roads through the Universe”, Chalmers press release on Wallenberg project award.
Cosmic Dust 