Book a Scientist: Speeddating the world of science

Sept. 14, 2026 //

One more year, the AIP is taking part in the Leibniz Association’s “Book a Scientist” event. This offers people the chance to speak to an expert for 25 minutes and ask questions about their favourite topic.

Dr Jean-Michel Désert from the AIP will be discussing the fascinating topic ‘Exoplanets: The New Worlds and the Quest for Life Therein’. This will focus on distant planets outside our solar system and the question whether life could be possible there.

Since November 2025, Jean-Michel Désert heads the group “Exoplanets and Their Atmospheres” at the AIP. Highly precise observations and state-of-the-art computer simulations are providing new insights into climate processes and atmospheric chemistry on faraway worlds. The aim is to better understand exoplanetary systems and to find evidence of potentially habitable exoplanets and biosignatures in alien planetary systems.

Further information

https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/mainnavigation/neues/veranstaltungskalender/book-a-scientist

Sept. 14, 2026 //

One more year, the AIP is taking part in the Leibniz Association’s “Book a Scientist” event. This offers people the chance to speak to an expert for 25 minutes and ask questions about their favourite topic.

Dr Jean-Michel Désert from the AIP will be discussing the fascinating topic ‘Exoplanets: The New Worlds and the Quest for Life Therein’. This will focus on distant planets outside our solar system and the question whether life could be possible there.

Since November 2025, Jean-Michel Désert heads the group “Exoplanets and Their Atmospheres” at the AIP. Highly precise observations and state-of-the-art computer simulations are providing new insights into climate processes and atmospheric chemistry on faraway worlds. The aim is to better understand exoplanetary systems and to find evidence of potentially habitable exoplanets and biosignatures in alien planetary systems.

Further information

https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/mainnavigation/neues/veranstaltungskalender/book-a-scientist

The Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) is dedicated to astrophysical questions ranging from the study of our sun to the evolution of the cosmos. The key areas of research focus on stellar, solar and exoplanetary physics as well as extragalactic astrophysics. A considerable part of the institute's efforts aims at the development of research technology in the fields of spectroscopy, robotic telescopes, and e-science. The AIP is the successor of the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and of the Astrophysical Observatory of Potsdam founded in 1874. The latter was the world’s first observatory to emphasize explicitly the research area of astrophysics. The AIP has been a member of the Leibniz Association since 1992.
Last update: 14. September 2026