List of Talks (1995 - 2006)

Note that this list is incomplete for talks given before 2000.

Contributed talks and poster presentations on conferences are not listed.

• Invitation to IAU Symposium No. 237, "Triggered Star Formation in a turbulent ISM'', IAU General Assembly Prague

• Invitation to Colloquium, MPI für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau

• Kosmische Strahlung - Gefährliche Strahlung aus dem Kosmos?, Public Talk at ``Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Astronomie'', Wien, Austria

• Kosmische Strahlung - Gefährliche Strahlung aus dem Kosmos?, Public Talk at Lange Nacht der Forschung, Institut für Astronomie Wien

• Transport of Gas and Particles in Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium, Invited Talk, Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• Evolution of the Local Bubble - The Smoking Gun and the OVI Test, Seminar Talk, Vienna, Austria

• Physics of the Interstellar Medium, Conference Talk at ``International Year of Physics - Physics since Einstein'', 69th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, 4 - 9 March 2005, Berlin, Germany

• Warum ist die Nacht nicht rabenschwarz? (Why is the Night not pitchdark?), Public Lecture at ``Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Astronomie'', Wien, Austria

• Modelling the ISM - Evolution of large and small scale structures, Invited Talk, Conference on ``The Magnetized Plasma in Galaxy Evolution'', Jagiellonian University Cracow (Poland)

• Large and Small Scale Structure of the ISM: What can we learn from HD and MHD simulations?, Invited Talk, Workshop on ``Cosmic Ray Dynamics: from turbulent to Galactic-scale magnetic fields'', NORDITA, Copenhagen (Denmark)

• The LISM: Progress Report on Observations and Modelling, Invited Talk, 35th Scientific Assembly, Paris (France)

• Warum ist die Nacht nicht rabenschwarz? (Why is the Night not pitchdark?), Public Lecture at ``Science Week Austria'', Museumsquartier Wien

• The Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium, Invited Talk, Annual Meeting of the Austrian Astronomical Society (ÖGAA), Wien (Austria)

• Galactic and Extragalactic Bubbles, Keynote Lecture, XXXIXth Rencontres de Moriond, ``The Young Local Universe'', La Thuile (Italy)

• The Local Bubble: 3D Modelling versus Observations, Talk at the Annual Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Kiel (Germany)

• Galaxies and their Environment - FSP Project Proposals, Talk in preparation of an Austrian Research Center, University of Wien

• Starburst Galaxies - X-ray Laboratories for Outflows, Heidelberg Astronomy Colloquium, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg: Colloquium Talk

• Joint Evolution of the Local and Loop I Superbubbles - what can high resolution simulations tell us?, Talk at the Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft ``The Sun and Planetary Systems - Paradigms for the Universe'', Freiburg (Breisgau)

• XMM-Newton observations of the Local Bubble and the Galactic Halo, Talk at the Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft ``The Sun and Planetary Systems - Paradigms for the Universe'', Freiburg (Breisgau)

• Non-equilibrium ionization models to interpret X-ray spectra from starburst galaxy halos, Talk at the German-Japanese Workshop ``X-rays from galaxies to AGN'', Garching

• The Local Bubble: Problems and Prospects, as Co-Chairman of the Panel Session (jointly with Don Cox ) ``The Local Bubble'' at the international conference ``How does the Galaxy work?'', Granada (Spain): Invited Talk

• Galactic superbubbles or why is the night-sky not pitch dark?, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel: Colloquium Talk

• Starburst Galaxies - Gone with the Wind, Astronomisches Kolloquium, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck (Austria): Colloquium Talk

• Gas dynamical Processes in Dark Matter Halos, DFG-Rundgespräch, Bad Honnef (Project Talk)

• Superbubbles: Local Bubble and Loop I, Kloster Seeon: (Invited Talk)

• Observations and Modelling of Starburst Driven Galactic Winds, Pátzcuaro (Mexico): Invited Talk: Review

• Self-Consistent Dynamical and Thermal Modelling of the ISM, JENAM 2002, Porto (Portugal): Invited Talk: Review

• Galactic Halos - Observations versus Theory, Astronomisches Institut Univesität Würzburg: Colloquium Talk

• The LISM - State, Origin and Evolution of the Local Bubble and the Local Clouds, European Geophysical Society Meeting, Nizza (France): Invited Talk: Review

• Investigating Galactic Halos with XEUS, International Workshop ''XEUS - Studying the evolution of the hot universe'', MPE, Garching (Short presentation)

• Overview of ISM Research, MPE Garching: Seminar Talk

• New Results on the origin of the Local Bubble, ESO-Workshop on Gould Belt and other star forming regions, ESO: (Invited Talk)

• X-ray Plasma Diagnostics: Spectral Analysis and NEI Models of Galactic Halos, JENAM 2001, Munich: Invited Talk

• New Results on the origin of the Local Bubble, JENAM 2001, Munich: (Invited Talk)

• The LIC inside the Local Bubble, ''The interstellar environment of the heliosphere'', Festkolloquium in honour of COSPAR Executive Secretary Prof. S. Grzdzielski, Paris (France): Invited Talk: Review

• Disentangling the X-ray spectrum of the starburst galaxy NGC 253 by self-consistent dynamical and thermal modelling of outflows, Workshop on ``Gaseous Galactic Halos 2000'', Bochum: Invited Talk

• Spectroscopy of outflows in X-rays, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton (USA), Tuesday-Lunch Seminar (organized by John Bahcall)

• X-ray plasma diagnostics: Spectral analysis and Modelling of the Starburst Galaxy NGC 253, University of Massachussetts, Amherst (USA): Colloquium Talk

• Plasma diagnostics of the starburst galaxy NGC 253, American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA): Colloquium Talk

• X-ray plasma diagnostics: Spectral analysis and Modelling of the Starburst Galaxy NGC 253, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton (USA): Colloquium Talk

• Modelling the Local Interstellar Medium, Conference on ``Science with MINISAT 01'', Madrid (Spain): Invited Talk: Review

• Galactic Fountains and Galactic Winds, Conference on ``Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics'', Évora (Portugal): Invited Talk: Review

• Das lokale und globale Interstellare Medium, Bonn, (Invited Talk: Review) for interview on C4-Professorship at Astronomisches Institut der Universität Bonn

• The Local ISM - New Ideas and Results, MPE Konzil, Pertisau (Austria): Invited Talk: Review

• Introductory Lecture: The Local and General Interstellar Medium, Lyman-Spitzer-Colloquium (IAU Colloq. No. 166) on ``The Local Bubble and Beyond'', Garching: Invited Talk: Review

• The Local Bubble, Golden Jubilee Conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Study (DIAS), Dublin (Ireland): Invited Talk: Review

• The Local Bubble - A Progress Report, MPE Garching, Talk given at Fachbeirat-Meeting

• The Local Bubble - New Ideas and Results, SFB 328 Workshop on ``Dynamics and Evolution of galaxies and galactic nuclei'', Heidelberg: Invited Talk

• Non-equilibrium Plasmas in the Interstellar Medium of Spiral Galaxies, SFB-Seminar, Bochum: Invited Talk

• Diffuse Soft X-ray Emission from Spiral Galaxies, MPE Garching: Colloquium Talk

• Non-equilibrium Plasmas in Galactic Halos, WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef: Invited Talk: Review

• Origin of the Soft X-ray Background Radiation, MPI für Kernphysik Heidelberg: Colloquium Talk

• Physical Properties of the Local Bubble, ``The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium'', First ISSI Workshop, Bern (Switzerland): Invited Talk: Review

• Progress Report on the LISM, Co-Chair (mit P.C. Frisch, Chicago) of LISM Working Group, First ISSI Workshop, Bern (Switzerland): Rapporteur Talk