Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental SystemsGEOSPACE seminar series
The GEOSPACE scientific seminar series features internationally recognised scientists, including faculty from the University of Luxembourg and invited experts from external institutions. The lectures will explore the complex space weather, atmospheric, and geophysical processes, and how they impact critical infrastructure, both in space and on the Earth. The seminar is organized by SpaSys within the frames of the GEOSPACE project led by Dr. Olga Khabarova and Prof. Andreas Hein.
Seminar description
The GEOSPACE seminar series is held weekly on Thursdays at 3:00 pm in a hybrid format, combining both online and on-site participation. Topics will include the physical processes driving space weather events, solar-terrestrial couplings, geomagnetic storms, atmospheric and ionospheric disturbances, and other phenomena that affect technological systems. The series will also focus on the resilience of infrastructure, from satellite networks to power grids, in response to these environmental impacts.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the physical mechanisms at play and their implications for science, technology, and system resilience. This seminar is open to researchers and students at all levels, across disciplines.
Links to join the upcoming events and records of past seminars can be found below.
If you have any results or findings you would like to share in future seminars, or if you would like to volunteer to give a lecture on a subject of your interest, please contact Dr. Olga Khabarova to enquire about becoming a speaker.
Upcoming Events
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19th February 2026Variations of geophysical fields as precursors of dangerous geodynamic events
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Prof. Lev V. Eppelbaum, Dept. of Geophysics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel -
26th February 2026Space weather challenges for defence operations in the Arctic
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Michaela Brchnelová, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Military Sciences, Netherlands Defence Academy, Den Helder, Netherlands -
5th March 2026
TBD
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00TBD -
12th March 2026Space Weather Analyst – decision aid system for space weather impacts
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Alec Engell, Technical Director at NextGen Federal Systems, USA -
19th March 2026
TBD
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00TBD
Past Seminars
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20th January 2026From bolide impacts to satellite risk: using the Earth’s atmosphere to probe the meteoroid environment.
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Dr. Simon Anghel, Laboratoire Temps Espace, Paris Observatory, France -
29th January 2026Recent Discoveries Close to the Sun from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spacecraft
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Prof. Leon Ofman, the Catholic University of America, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA -
5th February 2026Economic impacts of severe space weather
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Prof. Calogero Nicosia, Associate Director at Fidelity International, adjunct lecturer at the University of Luxembourg -
12th February 2026Magnetic reconnection in realistically turbulent astrophysical media
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust15:00 – 16:00Prof. Alexandre Lazarian, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA