The Evolution of Interstellar Medium Across Cosmic Times
The interstellar medium plays a fundamental role in the life cycle of galaxies, acting as the reservoir from which stars and planetary systems form, and as the matter returned through stellar feedback processes. Tracing the evolution of the ISM from the early universe to the present day is essential to understanding galaxy formation, chemical enrichment, star formation histories, and the emergence of habitable environments.
Recent advances in both observations and numerical models – from JWST and ALMA to high-resolution simulations – now allow us to study the ISM across a wide range of epochs and environments. At the same time, the rapid development of artificial intelligence and machine learning is opening new avenues in numerical modeling, data analysis, and predictive simulations, enabling us to tackle the ISM’s complexity in unprecedented ways.
This Symposium aims to bring together experts in galactic and extragalactic ISM studies, star formation, astrochemistry, and cosmology to synthesize our current understanding and chart future directions.
The Symposium will take place at the five-star hotel Mediterranean Village Hotel & Spa.
Discussion topics
- Low-metallicity ISM
- Extreme ISM environments
- Feedback and the ISM lifecycle
- Gaseous Environments Across Cosmic Epochs
- Dusty Environments
- Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, and Turbulence in the ISM
- The ISM Across Cosmic Time: Observational Frontiers
- Numerical Models, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Confirmed Invited Speakers
- Alex Cameron (Oxford, UK & Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
- Emanuele Daddi (CEA, France)
- Christoph Federrath (Australian National University, Australia)
- Reinhard Genzel (MPE, Germany)
- Brett McGuire (MIT, USA)
- Kate Pattle (UCL, UK)
- Jerome Pety (IRAM, France)
- Julia Roman-Duval (STScI, USA)
- Jiayi Sun (University of Kentucky, USA)
- Linda Tacconi (MPE, Germany)
- Stefanie Walch-Gassner (Cologne, Germany)
Scientific Organizing Committee
- Thomas Bisbas (Zhejiang Lab, China; co-chair)
- Brandt Gaches (University of Duiburg-Essen, Germany; co-chair)
- Munan Gong (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
- Kathryn Grasha (Australian National University, Australia)
- Francois Lique (Universite de Rennes, France)
- Desika Narayanan (University of Florida, USA)
- Hsi-An Pan (Tamkang University, Taiwan)
Supported by Zhejiang Lab
Under the auspices of the Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy & Mechanics, School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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