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Invited Talks at Conferences      

  1. Invited talk, Galactic winds driven by cosmic-ray streaming - A chalk talk
    First Galaxies and Faint Dwarfs: Clues to the Small Scale Structure of Cold Dark Matter    ,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Feb 13 - May 4, 2012

  2. Invited talk, The cosmological implications of TeV blazars
    First Light and Faintest Dwarfs: Extreme Probes of the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm    ,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Feb 13 - 17, 2012

  3. Invited talk, Interaction of galaxies with environment - magnetic draping
    LOFAR Magnetism Key Science Project Workshop    ,
    Institute for Radioastronomy, Bologna, Italy, Nov 24 - 25, 2011

  4. Invited talk, Blazar Heating - The Rosetta Stone for Structure Formation?
    Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmic Laboratories    ,
    Stockholm University/Oskar Klein Center, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 12 - 14, 2011

  5. Invited talk, Blazar Heating - The Rosetta Stone for Structure Formation?
    Groups and Clusters of Galaxies: Confronting Theory with Observations    ,
    Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Jul 25 - 29, 2011

  6. Invited talk, A pedagogical guide to radio phenonenon in clusters
    Galaxy Clusters: The Crossroads of Astrophysics and Cosmology    ,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Jan 31 - Apr 22, 2011

  7. Invited talk, A pedagogical introduction to magnetic draping
    Galaxy Clusters: The Crossroads of Astrophysics and Cosmology    ,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Jan 31 - Apr 22, 2011

  8. Invited talk, Shocking astrophysics in galaxy clusters
    Monsters, Inc: Astrophysics and Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters    ,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Mar 14 - 18, 2011

  9. Invited talk, Cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters: implications for radio halos
    Non-thermal phenomena in colliding galaxy clusters, Nice, France, Nov 15 - 18, 2010

  10. Invited talk, New perspectives on shocks, cosmic rays, and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    The Physics of the Intracluster Medium: Theory & Computation,
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Aug 22 - 25, 2010

  11. Invited talk, Magnetic draping - from space physics to galaxy clusters and cosmology
    Cosmic magnetism - From stellar to intergalactic scales, Kiama/Sydney, Australia, Jun 7 - 11, 2010

  12. Invited review, Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Clusters
    Cosmic Chemical Evolution Workshop on NASA's concept study Xenia,
    St. Michael's Harbourtone, Maryland, USA, Jun 2 - 4, 2010

  13. Invited review, Galaxy Clusters - Cosmological Laboratories for High-Energy Astrophysics
    Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmic Laboratories,
    MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophyiscs and Space Research, Cambridge, USA, Jan 14 - 16, 2010

  14. Invited talk, Particle Acceleration and Radiation from Galaxy Clusters
    Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas: Particle Acceleration, Magnetic Field Amplification, and Radiation Signatures, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2009

  15. Invited talk, Cosmic Rays in Galaxy Clusters - Simulations and Reality
    Program on Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas,
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Jul 27 - Oct 2, 2009

  16. Invited talk, The imprint of cluster physics on the SZ effect: from bubbles to cosmological parameters
    Sunyaev-Zeldovich Universe and the Future of Cluster Cosmology,
    Perimeter Institute, Canada, Apr 24 - May 1, 2009

  17. Invited talk, Non-thermal processes in galaxy clusters - How reliable is the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect?
    CIFAR Annual Cosmology and Gravity Programme Meeting, Mont-Tremblant, Canada, Mar 5 - 8, 2009

  18. Invited review, The quest for high-energy gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters
    High-energy phenomena in Galaxy Clusters and Dark Matter Searches, Granada, Spain, Feb 23 - 27 2009

  19. Invited plenary review, High-energy astrophysics in galaxy clusters
    24th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, Canada, Dec 8 - 12, 2008

  20. Invited lectures:
    Non-thermal processes in galaxy clusters - 1
    Non-thermal processes in galaxy clusters - 2
    Cosmology with the CMB and LSS - summer school, Pune, India, July 21 - Aug 31, 2008

  21. Invited review, Feedback in galaxy clusters - a progress report
    Cosmology with the CMB and LSS - workshop, Pune, India, July 21 - Aug 31, 2008

  22. Invited review, Illuminating cosmological formation shocks - a critical review
    COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada, July 13 - 20, 2008

  23. Invited review, Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Cosmic Matter, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg, Germany, September 25 - 28, 2007

  24. Invited review, Simulating galaxy clusters - A review of thermal and non-thermal processes
    Santa Fe 2007 Cosmology Summer Workshop, Santa Fe, USA, July 2-20, 2007

  25. Invited talk, Cosmic rays in galaxy clusters: simulations and perspectives
    CIFAR Annual Cosmology and Gravity Programme Meeting, Whistler, Canada, May 9-13, 2007

  26. Invited talk, Cosmic rays and cluster cosmology: a critical review
    Great Lakes Cosmology Meeting, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada, November, 10 2006

  27. Invited talk, Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy and structure formation
    Dark Halo Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, April, 13 2006

  28. Invited talk, Unveiling the composition of radio plasma bubbles in galaxy clusters with the SZ-effect
    SZ effect and ALMA workshop, IAS Orsay, Paris, France, March, 18 2005

  29. Invited talk, Extended gamma ray and radio synchrotron emission in clusters of galaxies
    Ringberg meeting on Science with 5@5,
    hosted by Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, November, 2003


Contributed Talks at Conferences      

  1. Detecting the orientation of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters - evidence for the magneto-thermal instability
    Galaxy clusters: observations, physics and cosmology, Garching, Germany, Jul 26 - 30, 2010

  2. Detecting the orientation of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    CITA@25/Bondfest, Toronto, Canada, May, 13-16 2010

  3. High-energy phenomena and dark matter searches in galaxy clusters
    Annual Meeting of CASCA, Toronto, Canada, May, 29 2009

  4. The quest for high-energy gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters
    4th Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, July, 7-11, 2008

  5. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies: Six Years Later, Sesto, Italy, June 25-29, 2007

  6. Cosmological shock waves and cosmic rays in hydrodynamical cluster simulations
    Cooling versus Heating in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies, Garching, Germany, August, 11 2006

  7. Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy and cluster formation
    Cosmic Frontiers, Durham, UK, August, 4 2006

  8. Cosmic rays in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy clusters
    Annual Meeting of CASCA, Calgary, Canada, June, 2 2006

  9. Cosmological shock waves in SPH simulations
    Rencontres de Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe, La Thuile, Italy, March, 20 2006

  10. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - exploring a different window to clusters
    South Ontario Cluster Meeting, University of Toronto, Canada, February, 6 2006

  11. Detecting shock waves in SPH simulations
    Simulations with Gadget Workshop, MPA Garching, Germany, July 2005

  12. The quest for cosmic ray protons in clusters of galaxies
    International Conference on Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields in Large Scale Structure,
    Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, August, 18 2004

  13. Cosmic ray protons in clusters of galaxies
    WE Heraeus Summer School: Physics with Cosmic Accelerators, Bad Honnef, Germany, July, 2004


Invited Colloquia and Seminars      

  1. The Cosmological Impact of Blazars: from Plasma Instabilities to Structure Formation
    Astrophysics Colloquium, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Jan, 26 2012

  2. The Cosmological Impact of Blazars: from Plasma Instabilities to Structure Formation
    Astroparticle Physics Seminar, Universität Hamburg/DESY, Hamburg, Germany, Jan, 9 2012

  3. The Cosmological Impact of Blazars: from Plasma Instabilities to Structure Formation
    Hauskolloquium, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, Nov, 4 2011

  4. The Cosmological Impact of Blazars: from Plasma Instabilities to Structure Formation
    Cosmology Seminar, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany, Nov, 2 2011

  5. The Cosmological Impact of Blazars: from Plasma Instabilities to Structure Formation
    Hauptkolloquium, Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany, Oct, 7 2011

  6. Cosmological shocks and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    Stanford Astrophysics Colloquium, Stanford University/KIPAC, USA, Apr, 28 2011

  7. Cosmological shocks and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    Cosmology Seminar, University of California Santa Cruz, USA, Apr, 11 2011

  8. Astrophysics of galaxy clusters - Cosmic rays and magnetic fields
    TAPIR Seminar, Caltech, Pasadena, USA, Apr, 1, 2011

  9. Cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters - Implications for radio halos and gamma-rays
    Astrophysics Seminar, Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, Feb 9, 2011

  10. Uncovering the cloak of invisibility - Magnetic fields in the Universe
    Scientific Seminar Series, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany, Feb 7, 2011

  11. High-energy astrophysics and cosmology with galaxy clusters
    Symposium of the Max-Planck Society, Max-Planck Institute Düsseldorf, Germany, Jan, 31, 2011

  12. New perspectives on cosmological shocks and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    Oskar Klein Centre Seminar, Stockholm University, Sweden, Sep, 30, 2010

  13. Magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    Astrophysics Seminar, Insitute for Advanced Study, Princeton, May 20, 2010

  14. Galaxy Clusters - Cosmological Laboratories for High-Energy Astrophysics
    Colloquium Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Apr 30, 2010

  15. Galaxy Clusters - Cosmological Laboratories for High-Energy Astrophysics
    Talk Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge, UK, Jan 27, 2010

  16. Galaxienhaufen - kosmologische Prüfsteine für Hochenergie-Astrophysik (in German)
    Colloquium Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Jan 22, 2010

  17. High-energy phenomena and dark matter searches in galaxy clusters
    Colloquium McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Nov 25, 2009

  18. Galaxy Clusters - Cosmological Laboratories for High-Energy Astrophysics
    Colloquium MPA, Garching, Germany, Nov 20, 2009

  19. High-energy phenomena and dark matter searches in galaxy clusters
    Colloquium Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany, Jun 10, 2009

  20. Deciphering an enigma - Non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters
    Colloquium Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands, Feb 4, 2009

  21. Deciphering an enigma - Non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters
    Princeton University Astrophysics/Cosmology Lunch, Princeton, USA, Nov 21, 2008

  22. Deciphering an enigma - Non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Nov 5, 2008

  23. Illuminating cosmological formation shocks
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, Oct 7, 2008

  24. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Apr 24, 2008

  25. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    University of Waterloo: Astro Lunch Talk, Waterloo, Canada, Mar 12, 2008

  26. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Caltech: Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Seminar, CalTech, USA, Nov 16, 2007

  27. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Los Alamos Astrophysics Seminar, Los Alamos National Labs, USA, Nov 14, 2007

  28. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Berkeley University: Theory Lunch Seminar, Berkeley, USA, Nov 7, 2007

  29. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    KIPAC/Stanford University: ACKS Seminar, Stanford, USA, Nov 1, 2007

  30. Uncovering the cloak of invincibility - The draping of cluster magnetic fields over bullets
    MPA, High-Energy Seminar, Garching, Germany, Oct 12, 2007

  31. Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - Tuning in to the non-thermal Universe
    Stockholm University: CoPS Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 18, 2007

  32. Cosmic rays in galaxy clusters: simulations and perspectives
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, February 7, 2007

  33. Gadget-2 simulations of galaxy clusters on the McKenzie cluster
    Bob lunch, CITA, Toronto, Canada, November, 8 2006

  34. Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy and structure formation
    University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada April, 11, 2006

  35. Cosmic rays in galaxy clusters and cosmological shock waves
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, March, 13 2006

  36. The quest for cosmic ray protons in clusters of galaxies
    Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, April, 28 2005

  37. Cosmic rays and magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies
    Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, December, 2003

  38. Cosmic ray induced gamma-ray emission of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87
    Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, December, 2003