List of Participants

  Name Institution Country Contribution Title
1 Aerts, Conny Institute for Astronomy, Leuven University BELGIUM Core overshoot and nonrigid interior rotation of massive stars: current status 
2 Anilmis, Nurdan University of Delaware USA Pulsational Seeding of Structure in a Line-Driven Stellar Wind 
3 Arthur, Jane CRyA-UNAM MEXICO The evolution of the circumstellar and interstellar medium around massive stars 
4 Austin, Matthew UCL UK Wind and Photospheric Variability in late B supergants 
5 Barbosa, Cassio IP&D - UNIVAP Brazil W51 IRS2: A Compact HII Region in Detail 
6 Beck, Sara Tel Aviv University ISRAEL Winds of Embedded O Star Clusters 
7 Bibby, Joanne University of Sheffield England Distance to SGR 1806-20 cluster from Gemini/GNIRS Spectroscopy 
8 Bisbas, Thomas Cardiff University, U.K. United Kingdom SPH simulations of star formation triggered by expanding HII regions 
9 Bjorkman, Jon University of Toledo USA NLTE Hydrostatic Equilibrium Solutions for Viscous Keplerian Disks 
10 Bjorkman, Karen University of Toledo USA Probing Variable Circumstellar Disks with Contemporaneous Optical and IR Spectroscopy 
11 Blomme, Ronny Royal Observatory of Belgium Belgium Modeling ultraviolet wind line variability in massive hot stars 
12 Boesgaard, Ann Inst. for Astron., Univ. of Hawaii U.S.A. The Nucleosynthetic Products of the First Massive Stars 
13 Bonanos, Alceste Carnegie Institution of Washington (DTM) UNITED STATES A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe 
14 Bouret, Jean-Claude Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille France Clumping and rotation in Zeta-Puppis 
15 Bresolin, Fabio Institute for Astronomy USA Massive stars in nuclei and arms of spirals 
16 Bromm, Volker University of Texas U.S.A. The First Stars 
17 Brooks, Kate CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility Australia The Carina Nebula: A Laboratory for Feedback and Triggered Star Formation 
18 Burbidge, Geoffrey UCSD / CASS USA N/A 
19 Burrows, Adam University of Arizona UNITED STATES Theories of the Explosive Death of Massive Stars 
20 Calura, Francesco INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste ITALY Type Ib/c and II SN rates and the Hubble Sequence 
21 Cantiello, Matteo Utrecht University The Netherlands Can envelope convection zones in hot stars cause wind clumping? 
22 Castro Rodriguez, Norberto Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias SPAIN Massive blue stars in NGC55 
23 Chardonnet, Pascal Université de Savoie France End of Massive Stars and GRBs 
24 Charlton, Jane Penn State UNITED STATES Massive Stars in Hickson Compact Groups as a Tracer of the Early Universe 
25 Chene, Andre-Nicolas HIA - CGO Canada First Estimation of the Rotation Rates of Wolf-Rayet Stars 
26 Chita, Sabina Astronomical Institute Utrecht University NETHERLANDS Circumstellar medium around massive stars 
27 Choi, Minho KASI Korea N/A
28 Chu, You-Hua University of Illinois UNITED STATES Bubbles and super-bubbles: Theory and observation 
29 Church Joggerst, Candace UC Santa Cruz United States 2- and 3- dimensional simulations of mixing in Type II supernove 
30 Clark, Laurie UH Institute for Astronomy/NRAO USA N/A
31 Cohen, David Swarthmore College UNITED STATES X-ray Emission from O stars 
32 Conti, Peter Jila, University of Colorado UNITED STATES UCHII REGIONS AND NEWLY BORN O-TYPE STARS 
33 Cooke, Jeff UC Irvine USA Detecting z>2 Type IIn Supernovae 
34 Cooper, Jackie Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University AUSTRALIA Filament Formation and X-ray Emission in Starburst Winds 
35 Corcoran, Michael CRESST/USRA/GSFC USA Shock Variations in Eta Carinae 
36 Cranmer, Steven Harvard-Smithsonian CfA USA Propagating Waves in Hot-Star Winds: Leakage of Long-Period Pulsations 
37 Crowther, Paul University of Sheffield UK Properties of Wolf-Rayet stars 
38 Crowther, Paul University of Sheffield N/A Empirical calibration of mid-IR fine structure lines based on O stars 
39 Cure, Michel Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile Chile Rotating radiation driven winds of massive stars 
40 Damineli, Augusto IAGUSP BRAZIL A multispectral view of the periodic events in eta Carinae 
41 Davidson, Kris University of Minnesota USA Eta Car: The central counter-paradigm for very massive stars 
42 Davies, Ben Rochester Institute of Technology USA The Massive Galactic Red Supergiant Clusters 
43 De Becker, Michael IAGL, University of Liège Belgium Colliding-wind binaries as non-thermal X-ray emitters: an observational investigation from XMM-Newton to next generation X-ray observatories. 
44 de Koter, Alex University of Amsterdam The Netherlands The metallicity dependence of the mass-loss of early-type massive stars 
45 de la Chevrotière, Antoine Université de Montréal Canada Magnetic fields in Wolf-Rayet Stars 
46 de Mink, Selma Utrecht University, The Netherlands Netherlands Rotational mixing in very close OB star binaries 
47 Della Valle, Massimo INAF-Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory Italy A very faint core-collapse SN in M85 
48 Dessart, Luc Steward Observatory UNITED STATES Simulations of magnetically-driven supernova explosions 
49 Dessauges, Miroslava Geneva Observatory Switzerland Probing the ISM and stellar environments of GRB host galaxies 
50 D'Odorico, Sandro ESO GERMANY Studying Massive Stars with Instrumentation at the E-ELT 
51 Dopita, Michael RSAA, The Australian National University Australia Massive star feedback: Starbursts and superwinds 
52 Drissen, Laurent Université Laval CANADA Kinematics of small starbursts: NGC 2363 and NGC 5253 
53 Eenens, Philippe Guanajuato, Mexico Mexico The Massive Star Newsletter 
54 Ekstrom, Sylvia Geneva Observatory SWITZERLAND Can very massive stars avoid Pair-Instability Supernovae ? 
55 Eldridge, John Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK United Kingdom The effect of massive binaries on stellar populations and supernova progenitors. 
56 Esteban, Cesar Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Spain The nitrogen-rich compact HII region M 1-78 
57 Evans, Chris Royal Observatory Edinburgh SCOTLAND Spectroscopy of Resolved Stellar Populations with the E-ELT 
58 Fahed, Remi Universite de Montreal Canada Photometric variability of WC9 stars 
59 Fesen, Robert Dartmouth USA A High-Resolution Study of SN Ejecta and Circumstellar Mass Loss Interactions 
60 Figer, Donald Figer United States Young massive clusters 
61 Frohlich, Carla EFI / U Chicago USA Detailed nucleosynthesis yields from the explosions of massive stars 
62 Fullerton, Alexander STScI UNITED STATES N/A
63 Fynbo, Johan Dark Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen University Denmark Gamma-Ray Bursts as probes of high-z galaxies 
64 Gaensler, Bryan The University of Sydney Australia Magnetars and Their Massive Star Progenitors 
65 Gall, Christa Dark Cosmology Centre / Niels Bohr Institute DENMARK Modelling dust formation of Supernovae ejecta 
66 Gallagher III, John University of Wisconsin-Madison USA Massive Stars, Super Star Clusters and Feedback in Starbursts 
67 Garcia Garcia, Miriam Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias SPAIN Weak Winds in Orion? 
68 Gayley, Kenneth University of Iowa USA Analytical Wide and Thin Colliding-Wind Bow-Shock Asymptotics 
69 Godart, Mélanie University of Liege Belgium Unveiling the internal structure of massive supergiants with asteroseismology 
70 Graefener, Goetz University of Potsdam GERMANY Comprehensive Analysis of the WN-stars in the LMC 
71 Graefener, Goetz University of Potsdam GERMANY Wolf-Rayet wind models from hydrodynamic model atmospheres 
72 Grebel, Eva University of Heidelberg Germany Massive Stars in Dwarf and Irregular Galaxies 
73 Groh, Jose Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomie Germany Time-dependent effects in the wind of Luminous Blue Variables 
74 Gull, Theodore NASA/GSFC UNITED STATES Ejecta of Eta Carinae: Clues to Mass Ejection 
75 Hadfield, Lucy RIT USA VLT surveys of the Wolf-Rayet stars in M83 and NGC1313 
76 Hanson, Margaret University of Cincinnati USA One Hundred 30 Dors: Is the Milky Way different or are we somehow missing them? 
77 Hargrave, Peter Cardiff University UK BLAST observations of the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant 
78 Hattori, Takashi Subaru Telescope, NAOJ USA Circum-nuclear Activity in NGC 7469 as Revealed by Integral Field Spectroscopy with Subaru-Kyoto3DII 
79 Hénault-Brunet, Vincent Université de Montréal Canada Time-resolved FUSE observations of the mysterious WR46 
80 Herrero, Artemio Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias SPAIN A Spectroscopic Study of G61.48+0.09 
81 Hill, Grant W. M. Keck Observatory USA Is WR 104 Really a Face-on Colliding-Wind Binary? 
82 Hillier, Desmond University of Pittsburgh USA What Do We Really Know About O Star Winds? 
83 Hirschi, Raphael Keele Uni, UK United Kingdom Stellar evolution at low metallicity 
84 Hoffman, Jennifer University of Denver UNITED STATES The Circumstellar Structure and Massive Progenitors of Interacting Supernovae 
85 Howarth, Ian UCL UK The magnetic O star HD191612 
86 Hubrig, Swetlana ESO Chile A study of the peculiar B0 star theta Carinae. 
87 Humphreys, Roberta University of Minnesota USA The Evolutionary State of the Cool Hypergiants 
88 Hunter, Deidre Lowell Observatory USA Star formation in the outer disks of dwarf galaxies 
89 Hunter, Ian Queen's University of Belfast UNITED KINGDOM Rotational mixing in rapidly rotating massive stars 
90 Iping, Rosina NASA's GSFC & CUA USA Phase Resolved FUV Spectra of Massive Binaries 
91 Josselin, Eric GRAAL - Montpellier Univeristy France The wind properties of O-type stars constrained with millimeter observations 
92 Kalogera, Vicky Northwestern University USA Black Hole Formation: Progenitors and Kicks 
93 Kashlinsky, Alexander (Sasha) Goddard Space Flight Center UNITED STATES Imprint of first stars era in the cosmic infrared backround fluctuations 
94 Kiminki, Daniel University of Wyoming United States New Massive Stars in Cyg OB2 
95 Kobulnicky, Chip University of Wyoming UNITED STATES On The Binary Characteristics of Massive Stars 
96 Koenigsberger, Gloria UNAM Mexico Energy Dissipation Variations and Periastron Passage Events  
97 Kotak, Rubina Queen's University Belfast N. Ireland Core-collapse supernovae as dust producers in the early universe 
98 Kouveliotou, Chryssa Kouveliotou USA N/A
99 Kruip, Chael Sterrewacht Leiden HOLLAND Radiative transport using SimpleX 
100 Kudritzki, Rolf Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii United States Extragalactic Stellar Astronomy with the Brightest Stars in the Universe 
101 Lang, Cornelia University of Iowa USA High Resolution Observations of Obscured LBV Nebulae 
102 Langer, Norbert Utrecht University Netherlands Close binary evolution 
103 Law, Casey University of Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Evidence for a Mass Outflow from our Galactic Center 
104 Law, Casey University of Amsterdam NETHERLANDS The LOFAR Transients Key Project 
105 Leitherer, Claus STScI USA Conference Summary 
106 Leutenegger, Maurice GSFC USA Resonance scattering in the X-ray emission line Doppler profiles of Zeta Pup 
107 Levesque, Emily Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii USA The Coolest Stars in the Clouds: Late-Type Red Supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds 
108 Liermann, Adriane Potsdam University GERMANY The Quintuplet Cluster 
109 Lopez Solano, Cesar Sieltec Canarias S.L. SPAIN N/A 
110 Luehrs, Siegfried Former University of Muenster Germany N/A
111 Madura, Thomas University of Delaware USA Hydrodynamic Modeling of UV Line Profiles in the Eta Carinae System: The Search for Eta Car’s Missing Companion 
112 Maeder, Andre Geneva Observatory SWITZERLAND Massive stars as cosmic engines though the ages 
113 Maíz Apellániz, Jesús IAA-CSIC Spain Accurate distances to nearby massive stars with the new reduction of the Hipparcos raw data 
114 Malesani, Daniele Dark Cosmology Centre Denmark N/A
115 Marchenko, Sergey Western Kentucky University USA Galaxy-wide census of massive dust-producing stars 
116 Marco, Amparo University of Alicante (Spain) Spain The open cluster Pismis 11 and its hypergiant 
117 Martayan, Christophe Royal Observatory of Belgium Belgium, GEPI-Observatoire de Paris France Belgium Be stars and the stellar evolution 
118 Martins, Fabrice GRAAL Montpellier France Massive stars in the Galactic Center 
119 Massey, Philip Lowell Observatory UNITED STATES The Physical Properties of Red Supergiants 
120 Matteucci, Francesca Department of Astronomy, University of Trieste Italy Role of massive stars in the chemical evolution of galaxies 
121 Messineo, Maria Rochester Institute of Technology UNITED STATES A systematic search for stellar clusters in the Galactic plane. 
122 Meynet, Georges Geneva Observatory Switzerland Developments in physics of massive stars 
123 Milisavljevic, Dan Dartmouth USA SNR 4449-1: A Very Young SN Remnant from a Massive Progenitor Star 
124 Modjaz, Maryam UC Berkeley USA Metallicities at the Sites of Nearby SN Ic and Implications for the SN-GRB Connection 
125 Moffat, Anthony Université de Montréal Canada Massive Binaries 
126 Moffat, Anthony Université de Montréal Canada BRIght Target Explorer Constellation 
127 Moll, Sarah University of Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM The Massive Star Content of NGC 1140 
128 Montes, Gabriela Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC Spain Disentangling the Radio Emission Nature in Wolf Rayet Stars  
129 Morris, Pat Caltech UNITED STATES Spitzer and ISO Observations for Studying the Mass Loss Histories and Wind-Wind Interactions of Massive Stars with CS Nebulae 
130 Murphy, Jeremiah Steward Observatory, U.A. US N/A
131 Najarro, Francisco DAMIR, IEM-CSIC Spain Metallicity studies of massive stars in the infrarred: Unveiling the obscured clusters of our Galaxy 
132 Naze, Yael Institut d'Astrophysique et de Geophysique BELGIUM The multi-wavelength picture of the open cluster Westerlund 2 and the very massive binary WR 20a 
133 Nazé, Yaël Nazé Belgium The mysterious Of?p class and the magnetic O-star Theta1 Ori C 
134 Negueruela, Ignacio Universidad de Alicante Spain Westerlund 1 as a template for massive star evolution 
135 Nieva, Maria Bamberg Observatory, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany Systematic Uncertainties in OB Star Analysis 
136 Nomoto, Ken'ichi University of Tokyo Japan The Connection between Gamma-Ray Bursts and Extremely Metal-Poor Stars as Nucleosynthetic Probes of the Early Universe 
137 Nuernberger, Dieter ESO Santiago + Paranal Chile Formation of high mass stars in violent cluster environments 
138 Oey, Sally University of Michigan UNITED STATES Radiative feedback in starburst galaxies 
139 Okazaki, Atsuo Hokkai-Gakuen University Japan 3D SPH simulations of colliding winds in eta Carinae 
140 Oksala, Mary University of Delaware United States A Magnetosynthesis Model for Massive Stars 
141 Onifer, Andrew Los Alamos National Laboratory USA Pulsation-Initiated Mass Loss in LBV Stars: A Parameter Study 
142 Owocki, Stanley University of Delaware USA LBVs & Mass Loss near the Eddington Limit 
143 Parkin, Elliot University of Leeds United Kingdom A 3D geometric model of the colliding winds in Eta Carinae. 
144 Petit, Véronique Université Laval CANADA On the X-ray emission and the incidence of magnetic field in massive stars of the Orion Nebula Cluster 
145 Pettini, Max Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge UK Massive Stars at High Redshifts 
146 Pittard, Julian University of Leeds UNITED KINGDOM Colliding Wind Binaries: Mass-loss Rates and Particle Acceleration 
147 Prieto, Jose Ohio State University USA LBT Discovery of a Yellow Supergiant Eclipsing Binary in the Dwarf Galaxy Holmberg IX 
148 Przybilla, Norbert Dr. Remeis Observatory Bamberg Germany Massive Stars as Tracers for Stellar and Galactochemical Evolution 
149 Puls, Joachim University Observatory Munich Germany Physical and wind properties of OB-stars 
150 Rasio, Frederic Northwestern University USA Massive Stars in Young Dense Clusters 
151 Rauw, Gregor Institut d'Astrophysique, Liège University BELGIUM New observations of the non-radial pulsator HD93521 
152 Rho, Jeonghee Spitzer Science Center/CalTech USA Spitzer Observations of the Young Core-collapse Supernova Remnant E0102: Infrared Ejecta Emission and Dust Formation 
153 Rizzo, J. Ricardo LAEFF - INTA Spain The molecular gas in high-density environments: From submm (mid-J) to FIR (high-J) observations 
154 Rosado, Margarita Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM MEXICO Kinematics of superbubbles in irregular galaxies 
155 Russell, Christopher University of Delaware UNITED STATES The X-Ray Light Curve of Eta Carinae from a 3D SPH Binary Colliding Wind 
156 Sana, Hugues ESO/Chile Chile Massive Star Binary fraction in nearby open clusters 
157 Schaerer, Daniel Geneva Observatory Switzerland Massive star populations in z =3 to 7 starbursts 
158 Schiller, Florian Dr. Remeis Observatory Bamberg Bamberg Spectroscopic analysis of Deneb - a hybrid non-LTE approach 
159 Schnurr, Olivier University of Sheffield (UK) United Kingdom Wind Clumping and Neon Abundances in Galactic WC Stars 
160 Schoeller, Markus ESO Chile New measurements of magnetic fields in SPB and beta Cephei stars. 
161 Simon-Diaz, Sergio Observatoire de Geneve Switzerland Using HII region spectra to probe the ionizing radiation from massive stars 
162 Skinner, Stephen Univ. of Colorado UNITED STATES Spitzer and Near-Infrared Imaging of the Massive Protostar IRAS 20126+4104 and Its Shocked Outflow 
163 Smartt, Stephen Queen's University Belfast UK The progenitor stars of core-collapse supernovae 
164 Smith, Linda STScI UNITED STATES Gemini/IFU Observations of Galactic Outflows in Starburst Galaxies 
165 Smith, Lindsey Sydney University AUSTRALIA N/A
166 Smith, Nathan UC Berkeley USA Episodic Mass Loss and Pre-SN Circumstellar Envelopes 
167 Sonneborn, George NASA's GSFC USA Imaging and Spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescope 
168 Sota, Alfredo UAM SPAIN A complete spectroscopic survey of O stars 
169 Stanek, Krzysztof Ohio State University USA The nature of GRB progenitors: Observational Constraints 
170 Stencel, Robert Denver University USA Distance Determination for the Brightest Cool Stars in Galaxies using the Wilson-Bappu and Wing Emisison Line Correlations 
171 St-Louis, Nicole Université de Montréal Canada Dust-free WC9 stars--Hints from spectral variability 
172 Stolovy, Susan Spitzer Science Center/CalTech United States Massive Stars in the Galactic Center as Traced by Compact HII Regions 
173 Stroud, Vanessa LCOGTN/The Open University United Kingdom Observations of a New Massive Binary in the Cygnus OB2 Association. 
174 Taniguchi, Yoshiaki Physics Department, Ehime University Japan Massive Star Formation in Galaxies beyond z=5 
175 Teodoro, Mairan IAG/USP Brazil A NIR view of the Homunculus nebula around Eta Car 
176 Thöne, Christina Dark Cosmology Centre DENMARK SN less long duration GRBs: clues to their nature from their environment? 
177 Torrejon-Vazquez, Jose MIT USA The inner wind structure of Supergiant Stars 
178 Townsend, Richard University of Delaware UNITED STATES Can pulsational instabilities impact a massive star's rotational evolution? 
179 Trundle, Carrie Queen's University Belfast UNITED KINGDOM Winds of Magellanic Cloud B supergiants 
180 U, Vivian Institute for Astronomy U.S.A. Quantitative Spectral Analysis of BA Supergiants in M33 
181 Ubeda, Leonardo Université Laval Canada Discovery of two dust pillars near the Galactic plane 
182 ud-Doula, Asif Univ. of Delaware USA The Effects of Field-Aligned Rotation on Magnetically Channeled Line-Driven Stelar Winds 
183 Urbaneja, Miguel IfA USA FGLR distance to WLM 
184 Ursua, Ana University of Alicante SPAIN The open cluster Berkeley 90 
185 van Marle, Allard Jan University of Delaware USA Numerical simulations of continuum driven winds of super-Eddington stars 
186 Vanbeveren, Dany Brussel-Leuven Belgium The effects of N-body stellar dynamics on the early evolution of the massive star population of dense star clusters 
187 Varricatt, Watson Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, Hawaii USA A near-IR imaging survey of intermediate and high-mass young stellar outflow candidates 
188 Vink, Jorick Armagh Observatory UNITED KINGDOM The geometry and strength of Wolf-Rayet winds at low metallicity 
189 Walborn, Nolan Space Telescope Science Institute UNITED STATES The Onfp Class in the Magellanic Clouds 
190 Wallace, Debra College of Charleston USA High-Angular Resolution Interferometric Observations of Evolved Massive Stars 
191 Williams, George MMT Observatory USA The Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts; A New Spectropolarimetric Survey of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars 
192 Williams, Stephen Georgia State University USA The Massive LMC Binary [L72] LH 54-425 
193 Willis, Allan University College London UNITED KINGDOM HD 45166: A CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN PHOTOSPHERIC AND WIND STRUCCTURE AND VARIABILITY 
194 Wisniewski, John NASA GSFC USA Aligned Circumstellar Disk Systems in Young Clusters 
195 Yoon, Sung-Chul UCSC USA Evolution of progenitor stars of type Ib/c supernovae and long gamma-ray bursts 
196 Zinnecker, Hans Astrophysical Institute Potsdam GERMANY The physics of the stellar upper mass limit 
197 Zsargo, Janos University of Pittsburgh USA Implementation of Plasma Emission Calculations into the non-LTE Radiative Transfer Program, CMFGEN.