Name: Nordic-Baltic Astronomy Days 2026
Start: 2026-05-26T08:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-05-29T13:00:00+03:00
Location: Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel

Fatemeh Abedini

Speaker at COSMOS-Web: Estimating Physical Parameters of Galaxies Using Self-Organizing Maps

Varpu Ahlberg (University of Turku)

Speaker at Signatures of concealed super-Eddington accretion

Buyanbileg Amarsanaa (University of Southern Denmark / SDU-Galaxy)

Speaker at Non-Monotonic Effects of Earth-Departure Inclincation in Low-Energy Lunar Transfer Optimisation using ESA MIDAS-SALTO for the Máni Mission

Irene Amateis (Uppsala University)

Speaker at Testing the reliability of magnetic field strength measurements for M dwarfs

Markus Ambrosch (Vilnius University)

Speaker at Unveiling binary populations of hot subdwarfs with Gaia spectra and machine learning

Michael Andersen (Niels Bohr Institute)

Speaker at BLAST, the Binocular Large Area Survey Telescope
Speaker at The design of BLAST

Miranda Kiran Husted Andersen (The Thecnical University of Denmark)

Speaker at Characterising the impact of the environment on starburst galaxies in over-dense environments

Markus Anetjärvi

Speaker at Schwarzschild Dynamical Models with Multiple Stellar Population Constraints

Pablo Araya Araya (Cosmic Dawn Center)

Speaker at Modeling Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies and Massive Quiescents

Sergio Armas (Nordic Optical Telescope - Aarhus Universitet)

Speaker at From Archive to Discovery: Enabling New Science with the NOT Data

Mari-Liis Aru (Imperial College London)

Speaker at Tracing the imprints of external irradiation on protoplanetary disks

María Benito Castaño

Speaker at Could the alpha-bimodality observed in the Milky Way be a natural consequence of inside-out disc growth driven by hierarchical accretion?

Jérôme Bétrisey (Uppsala University)

Speaker at Magnetic activity biases in asteroseismic inferences: challenges for stellar age diagnostics in the PLATO era

Shilpa Bijavara Seshashayana (Malmö University)

Speaker at From Carbon to Ytterbium: Infrared Chemistry of Open Clusters Across the Milky Way Disc

Vesa Björn (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Photometric modeling of the regolith in the Reiner Gamma and Mare Ingenii lunar swirls

Sofia Blomqvist (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Ruling out "twin star" equation of state

Anna Bobrikova (University of Turku)

Speaker at X-ray polarimetry of weakly magnetized neutron stars

Anastasiia Bocharova (University of Turku)

Speaker at The origin of X-ray polarization in the soft state of Cygnus X-1: hybrid Comptonization scenario

Giacomo Bortolini (Stockholm University)

Speaker at JWST/NIRCam Close-Up of the Gravitational Dance Between Two Dwarf Galaxies

Havva Bostan (University of Tartu)

Speaker at Infra-red Nebulae around Symbiotic Binaries

Jarle Brinchmann

Speaker at Overview of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), its Science and Future

Kirsty Butler (Chalmers University of Technology)

Speaker at The Diffuse Neutral Circum-Galactic Medium around High-z Dusty Galaxies

Jakub Cehula (Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu)

Speaker at Relativistic Outflows and r-Process Nucleosynthesis from Magnetar Giant Flares

Avinash Chaturvedi (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics)

Speaker at How stellar population gradients shape dynamical supermassive black hole masses in massive early-type galaxies

Vitalii Checha (Tartu Observatory)

Speaker at Photometric and spectroscopic variability of the BSG rhoLeo

Carlos De Breuck (ESO)

Speaker at Focus on ALMA

Liam de Búrca (University of Copenhagen)

Speaker at A Fast Framework for Robust Decomposition of Quasar Spectra

Joseph DeMartini (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Predictions for the Apophis 2029 Earth Close Approach from DEM Simulations

Alejandra Diaz Teodori

Speaker at Optical polarization of the neutron X-ray binary Sco X-1

Bela Dixit (Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto University)

Speaker at Metsähovi radio telescope Digital Backend for new triple-band receiver

Damien DORNIC (CPPM)

Speaker at KM3NeT: Status and Recent Results

Michele Doro (University of Padova)

Speaker at Precision High-Energy Astrophysics with CTAO: Status and Multi-Messenger Synergies with ESO

Rosemary Dorsey (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Debiasing The Legacy Survey of Space and Time for Solar System Objects

Lia Doubrawa (Universiy of Helsinki)

Speaker at eSCALE: Mapping galaxy groups at low redshift with S-PLUS and eROSITA surveys

Dainis Dravins (Lund Observatory, Lund University, Sweden)

Speaker at Searching for other Earths

Tõnis Eenmäe

Speaker at New and upgraded observing facilities at Tartu Observatory

Ilgmars Eglitis (University of Latvia, ESTF, Institute of Astronomy)

Speaker at Research in Baldone Observatory

Maret Einasto (Tartu Observatory, Tartu University)

Speaker at The challenge of the largest structures in the Universe

Helena Faustino Vieira (Stockholm University)

Speaker at FEAST: A NIRSpec/MOS survey of emerging young star clusters in NGC 628

Grigori Fedorets (FINCA)

Speaker at Observing the building blocks of the Solar System with the Nordic Optical Telescope

Sofia Forsblom (University of Turku)

Speaker at Energy-dependent polarization properties in X-ray pulsars probed by IXPE

Johan Fynbo (Niels Bohr Institute)

Speaker at The NOT Transient Explorer (NTE)

Anjasha Gangopadhyay (Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden)

Speaker at Characterisation of Type Ibn SNe using Zwicky Transient Facility data

Ivelin Georgiev (Stockholm University)

Speaker at Physical interpretation of the IGM parameters of the 21-cm power spectrum from cosmic reionization

Thijs Geurts

Speaker at SKAO: One Observatory, Two telescopes, Three sites

Mikael Granvik (University of Helsinki, Luleå University of Technology)

Speaker at Aurinkokunnan historia asteroidien ja komeettojen kertomana

Mikael Granvik (University of Helsinki, Finland / Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)

Speaker at Constraining the interior characteristics of near-Earth asteroids with telescopic surveys, population models, space missions, and laboratory experiments

Zuri Gray (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Extreme Negative Polarisation of New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Scott Hagen (IFPU / SISSA / INAF-OATs)

Speaker at Understanding the structure and variability of AGN

Jenni Häkkinen (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Stellar cores live long and prosper in cuspy dark matter halos

Tuomas Hämäläinen (FINCA & University of Turku)

Speaker at Kinematics and Globular Clusters of the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy VCC 1249

Andras Haris (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Starspots on eclipsing giant stars

Johanna Hartke (University of Turku)

Speaker at Zooming into relic galaxies with MUSE: the case of J1447-0149

Kelley Michelle Hess (Onsala Space Observatory/Chalmers University)

Speaker at From SKA data to you: the SKA Regional Center Network

David Hobbs

Speaker at The GaiaNIR mission and the hidden regions of our Galaxy

Roar Holmberg (Nordic Optical Telescope and Aarhus University)

Speaker at Measuring Solar Oscillations using High-Precision Temperature Variations from SONG Spectra

Talvikki Hovatta (University of Turku)

Speaker at Blazar magnetic fields from launch to termination

Christina Humina (University of Turku)

Speaker at Late-time evolution of the interacting stripped-envelope supernova 2017dio

Gaitee Hussain

Speaker at Overview of the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Science Programme

Britton Jeter (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO)

Speaker at 3C273 at the Highest Resolution

Peter Johansson (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Modelling the mergers and gravitational wave recoils of supermassive black holes

Emma Johtela (University of Turku)

Speaker at Variable and non-variable blazars at very high energies; comparison of fractional variability and SED peak properties

Zoe Rhiannon Jones (Tartu Observatory)

Speaker at Determining Cosmic Enviroments from Galaxy Properties

Synne Sigstad Jørgensen (University of Oslo)

Speaker at Scanning strategy optimization for next generation CMB experiments

Jenni Jormanainen (University of Turku)

Speaker at Describing the ultra fast very-high-energy gamma-ray flare of IC 310 with relativistic reconnection models

Mika Juvela

Speaker at Studies of star-forming filamentary clouds

Tuomas Kangas (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku)

Speaker at Constraints on circumstellar matter in hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae

Venla Kangas (University of Turku)

Speaker at Examining infrared echoes of recent optical tidal disruption events with NOT and WISE

Anni Kasikov (University of Tartu)

Speaker at Measuring Distances to Yellow Super‑ and Hypergiants in the Milky Way

Atte Keitaanranta (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at The effect of black hole seeding on the central and wandering black hole populations

Kelly Kelder (University of Tartu; University of Turku)

Speaker at Brightest group and cluster galaxies as indicators of relaxation

Hossam Khalil (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Tracing the hot gas budget at the outskirts of galaxy groups with eROSITA

Olavi Kiuru (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Strong-field quantum electrodynamics in magnetar magnetospheres

Wilma Kiviaho (Paris Observatory)

Speaker at Untangling Interstellar Extinction of Galactic Cepheids

Hans Kjeldsen (Instrument Centre for Danish Astrophysics, Aarhus University, Denmark)

Speaker at IDA: Opportunities in Danish Astrophysics
Speaker at Looking Inside Stars: Asteroseismology of Solar-Type Stars

Alice Knutas (Chalmers University of Technology)

Speaker at A new method for observationally constraining cosmic ray diffusion in nearby galaxies

Jess Kocher (Malmö University)

Speaker at Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters: A manual re-analysis of APOGEE spectra

Oleg Kochukhov

Speaker at Towards a unified observational view of cool-star magnetism

Meri Kolehmainen (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Modelling scattering matrices for asteroid regolith using machine learning

Karri Koljonen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Speaker at SpiderCat: A Catalogue of Compact Binary Millisecond Pulsars

Sabine König (Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory)

Speaker at The Nordic ARC node support for ALMA users

Mika Kontiainen (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)

Speaker at Dynamical Sculpting of Planet Populations in Crowded Environments

Heidi Korhonen

Speaker at Enabling Groundbreaking Science: Current and Future Instrumentation at ESO

Mai Korsbæk (Instrument Centre for Danish Astrophysics)

Speaker at IDA: Opportunities in Danish Astrophysics

Pouya Kouch (University of Turku)

Speaker at Are AGN jets emitting high-energy neutrinos?
Speaker at Welcome

Antoine Kouchner (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

Speaker at The Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) and the Astrophysics Centre for Multi-messenger studies in Europe (ACME)

Vadzim Krautsou (University of Turku)

Speaker at Probing the geometry of black hole binaries with X-ray polarimetry

Timo Kravtsov (University of Turku)

Speaker at Unveiling oxygen-rich supernova remnants

Siddharth Kumar (Chalmers university of technology)

Speaker at Local enhancement of dust grain alignment near embedded protostars

Teet Kuutma (Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu)

Speaker at Milky Way analogue galaxies in the J-PAS sky survey

Paula Kvist (University of Oulu)

Speaker at Evolutionary status of WZ Sge

Alexandra Lehtmets (University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory)

Speaker at Are Stars Eating Burning Marshmallows? Insights into Hot Jupiter Systems

Ari Leppälä (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Surface Characterization of Jovian Moons via Radiative Transfer–Coherent Backscattering Modeling

Anne Liljeström (Ursa Astronomical Association)

Speaker at The Stars Belong to Everyone! Communicating Astronomy in Finland

Manuel Linares

Speaker at Spider Pulsars and Neutron Star Astrophysics in Norway

Ville-Vertti Linho (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Waves in ultra-magnetized plasmas

Nora Lützgendorf

Speaker at ESA Science Highlights and Engagement Opportunities

Eric MacLennan (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)

Speaker at Compositional properties of near-Earth binary asteroid (163693) Atira from Nordic observatories

Jad Mansour (Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu)

Speaker at J-PAS&FLAMINGO: Tracing Cosmic Voids and Void Galaxies in the Gravitational Landscape of Photometric Surveys

Iikka Mäntynen (University of Turku)

Speaker at The undetectable fraction of core-collapse supernovae in luminous infrared galaxies

Julia Martikainen (Nordic Optical Telescope)

Speaker at An Overview of the Astronomical Facilities of the Canary Islands
Speaker at Observing capabilities of the NOT

Marius Maskoliūnas (Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Vilnius university)

Speaker at The EASST Network and BHTOM Platform for Coordinated Microlensing Studies

Max Mattero (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Simulating the evolution of high-redshift massive galaxies into quiescent z~2 red nuggets

Derek McKay (Aalto University)

Speaker at Metsähovi Compact Array - Finland's new radio interferometer

Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University)

Speaker at Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA

Šarūnas Mikolaitis (Vilnius University)

Speaker at The history of C, N, and O in the Galaxy

Nikki Miller (Uppsala University)

Speaker at Towards a homogeneous sample of M-dwarf properties and abundances for the PLATO mission

Veronika Mitrokhina (Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu)

Speaker at Detectability of deuterium in spectra of A-type stars

Karri Muinonen (University of Helsinki, Department of Physics)

Speaker at Scattering, absorption, and emission of light by the Mercury regolith

Alexander Mustill (Lund University)

Speaker at Evolved Planetary Systems

Kristers Nagainis (Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia)

Speaker at Modelling the thermal and kinetic Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effects in HalfDome simulations

Joonas Nättilä (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Pair Discharges and Radio Emission from Pulsar Magnetospheres

Rebecca Nguyen (University of Oslo)

Speaker at Detection of Ellerman Bombs in SST observations

Gustav Olander

Speaker at Dust and ice in CONs IC 860 & NGC 4418: Diagnostics with JWST

Erin O'Sullivan

Speaker at The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: from the Nordics to the South Pole

Georgios Filippos Paraschos (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO)

Speaker at Shocks, polarisation, and high-energy emission: Probing black hole jets from VLBI to IXPE

Alex Pedrini (Stockholm University)

Speaker at The emerging timescale of young star clusters in local galaxies

Hanna Pentikäinen (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Asteroid photometric and polarimetric phase curve modelling

Antti Penttilä (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Imaging simulation tool for small solar system objects

Anastasiia Plotnikova (Lund University)

Speaker at Metal-poor stars as witnesses for the first steps of the Milky Way assembly history

Timo Prusti

Speaker at Gaia Mission

Karlis Pukitis (University of Latvia)

Speaker at Near-infrared spectroscopic variability of post-AGB stars

Tapio Pursimo (nordic optical Telescope)

Speaker at Multi-messenger and multi-use of Nordic Optical Telescope

Uliana Pylypenko (Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA); University of Turku)

Speaker at Search for stellar remnant candidates using microlensing events from Gaia

Niko Pyykkinen (University of Turku)

Speaker at H-poor interaction in stripped-envelope supernovae: The three-peaked light curve of SN 2021efd

Gabor Racz (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Cosmological N-body simulations in trivial and non-trivial topological manifolds with StePS

Heleri Ramler (University of Tartu)

Speaker at Planet - Star correlations extended for 18 Hot Stars in the Ariel Mission Candidate Sample

Riku-Petteri Rautio (University of Oulu)

Speaker at Constraining the Ionization Mechanisms of Diffuse Gas in Low-SFR Galaxies

Marylyn Rosenqvist

Speaker at Characterizing the HD 110067 system of resonant exoplanets

Luc Rouppe van der Voort

Speaker at The Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo

Suman Sahu (University of Turku)

Speaker at A MUSE Investigation into the Birth and Death of Massive Stars in (Ultra-) Luminous Infrared Galaxies ((U)LIRGs)

Alexander Salganik (University of Turku)

Speaker at First detection of X-ray polarization from the long-period X-ray pulsar 4U 1954+319

Tuomo Salmi (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Pair Discharges in Millisecond-Pulsar and White-Dwarf Magnetospheres

Emelie Sandved (Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Astronomy and Space Physics)

Speaker at Twinkle twinkle little star, can I know how old you are?

Lauri Sassali

Speaker at The supernova efficiency to drive HI turbulence in nearby dwarf and spiral galaxies on the main sequence

Vladas Šatas (Vilnius University)

Speaker at High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Hot Subdwarfs with VUES: Benchmarking Gaia XP and LAMOST Classifications

Till Sawala (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at May the force be accurate: Towards better orbital models of galaxies

Stefan Schuldt (FINCA)

Speaker at From image position to extended image modeling in the era of JWST: next-generation strong lens mass models of galaxy clusters

Håvard Skåli (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo)

Speaker at Quasi-Normal Modes of Black Holes in EsGB Gravity

Claudia Skoglund (Stockholm University)

Speaker at Exploring Two Long-Lived Energetic Type II Supernovae Without Interaction Signatures

Azlizan Adhyaqsa Soemitro (Leibniz-Intitut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP))

Speaker at Age and metallicity dependency in measuring distances of early-type galaxies using planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) with VLT-MUSE

Maria Stone (University of Turku)

Speaker at Low-redshift quasar host galaxy star formation and morphology

Luis Suelves (Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu)

Speaker at Galaxy Unsupervised Learning classification combining UMAP and clustering algorithms

Joonas Suortti (Aalto University)

Speaker at Estimating the Magnetic Field Strengths in 25 AGN Jets Using Core-Shift Measurements

Daniel Tafoya (Onsala Space Observatory)

Speaker at Onsala Space Observatory as a Multi-Facility Hub for Radio Astronomy User Support and Data Analysis

Matas Tartėnas (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology)

Speaker at Cold gas feels the shove, not the heat: how the M-sigma relation emerges in multiphase bulges

Olena Torbaniuk (Space, Earth and Environment Department, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Speaker at Resolving a nuclear disk and molecular outflows in the compact obscured nucleus IRAS 17578-0400

Vito Tuhtan (Copenhagen University, DARK research center)

Speaker at Quasar Tomography: Mapping the physical structure of AGN

Mikko Tuomi (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Mapping stellar active regions based on photometry

Elo Tuominen (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Asteroid mass estimation based on mutual encounters in the Gaia era

Mikael Turkki (FINCA, University of Turku)

Speaker at Magnetic Field Structure of AGN Jet with ALMA Polarimetry

Arnolds Ubelis (National Science Platform FOTONIKA-LV at the University of Latvia)

Speaker at NSP FOTONIKA-LV - centre of excellence in photinics sciences and space research

Petri Väisänen (University of Turku)

Speaker at Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)
Speaker at Nordic Optical Telescope

Kostas Valeckas (Nordic Optical Telescope, Copenhagen University)

Speaker at Presenting PyLongslit – a new manual pipeline for long-slit spectroscopy

Mauri Valtonen (University of Turku)

Speaker at Sundman and the final parsec problem

Milda Valytė

Speaker at AGN-Driven Outflow Scaling Relations: Robust Mass-Outflow-Rate Measurements from Simulations

Ethan van Woerkom (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at The Escape Problem of Fast Radio Bursts: Strong Electromagnetic Waves and Fractals

Irene Varglund

Speaker at On the hunt for peaked source-like narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

Varun Varun (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Christian Vassallo (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku)

Speaker at Linking Core-Collapse Supernova Rates to Cosmic Star Formation

Marianne Vestergaard

Speaker at Now you see me, now you don't: A new angle on black hole accretion

Smaragda Vidali

Speaker at The C12/C13 ratio of cool giants as an evolutionary stage indicator

Roberta Vieliute (University of St Andrews)

Speaker at Echo Mapping of Accretion Flows around Supermassive Black Holes

Anne Virkki (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Polarimetric Radar Backscatter Roughness Metrics over the Lunar Surface

Carlos Viscasillas Vazquez (Vilnius University)

Speaker at Early Solar Photography at Vilnius Observatory: The Surviving Dallmeyer Photoheliograph Images

Carlos Viscasillas Vázquez (Vilnius University)

Speaker at Revisiting the [Y/Mg]–age relation with NLTE abundances and TESS asteroseismic ages

Joonas Viuho (NBI, NOT)

Speaker at La Palma Quantum Interferometer
Speaker at NOT - Back to the future

Jakobus Vorster (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Searching for accretion bursts from young stellar objects with the Metsähovi Compact Array

Veera Vuolteenaho (University of Oulu)

Speaker at System parameters and long-term evolution of the WZ Sge-type dwarf nova V627 Pegasi

Mikko Vuori (University of Helsinki)

Speaker at Deriving asteroid surface properties using light scattering simulations and laboratory measurements

Indrek Vurm (University of Tartu)

Speaker at Radiation Transport Simulations of Quasi-Periodic Eruptions from Star-Disk Collisions

Gregory Walsh (Niels Bohr Institute)

Speaker at Understanding Jet Formation through Changing-look Phenomena with VLBI

Joachim Wiegert (Uppsala university)

Speaker at Time dependent synthetic observables of 3D models of AGB stars and dusty winds

Folkert Wierda (Turku University)

Speaker at Long-term optical variability of blazars

Hua Xiao (University of Turku)

Speaker at Propeller effect in action: Unveiling quenched accretion in the transient X-ray pulsar 4U 0115+63

Sicheng Yu

Speaker at Characterization of White Dwarfs with Noisy Spectra