CMMC Season´s Greetings and Warm Wishes
for a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year
We want to thank you and all our collaboration partners for your confidence in us and excellent cooperation. We are most grateful for the wonderful commitment of all faculty members and our collaboration partners. Your collective efforts play a crucial role in advancing the CMMC´s research for health, as well as its educational and infrastructural initiatives.
We look forward to continuing to work together with you in the future.We wish you, your loved ones, your colleagues and team members a wonderful Holiday Season, and a peaceful and enjoyable year in 2025.
Stay healthy and safe.
With kind regards
Thomas Benzing (Chair of the CMMC), the members of the Executive CMMC Board, Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher and the CMMC Community
A brief review on the CMMC Special Seminar & Advent-Get-Together
This special CMMC event took place on December 5, featuring a special seminar by Professor Dominik Riechers, a distinguished astrophysicist from the Institute of Physics at the University of Cologne. Professor Riechers specializes in observational and experimental Astronomy & Astrophysics, focusing on galaxy formation, high redshift phenomena, and star formation. His work includes exploring the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, galaxy formation and evolution, active galactic nuclei, luminosity, and the vast expansion of the universe. Together with an international team, he has shown that galaxies likely began forming stars about 300 million years after the Big Bang and reached surprising levels of maturity in less than a billion years.
In his engaging talk Professor Riechers shared groundbreaking insights into the origins and development of galaxies in the early universe. The seminar captivated the audience, offering a fascinating exploration of the dark universe's evolution and enriching our understanding of cosmic history. It was a fitting highlight of this year’s December CMMC event.
Photo Credit: Many thanks to Stefano Ugliano for sharing the photos.