Tim Lichtenberg, University of Groningen
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Refreshments served at 3:00 pm in the 3rd floor atrium
TAP Colloquium
Tim Lichtenberg, University of Groningen
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Bio: Tim works as Assistant Professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen, where he leads the Forming Worlds Lab. He investigates the formation and evolution of rocky planets in order to embed the birth and life cycle of terrestrial worlds in an integrated picture. Ultimately, he wants to understand the planetary environmental conditions that led to the origin of life on the early Earth, and how widespread such places are in our galaxy.
The research of the Forming Worlds Lab is embedded within the Alien Earths, AEThER, Large Interferometer for Exoplanets, and PRELIFE research collaborations, and supported by the Branco Weiss Foundation, the European Research Council (ERC StG ‘MagmaWorlds’), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, and the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen.