Invited Talks

[21] SciX 2024, "NASA CLPS mission: In situ chemical analysis of lunar regolith using LIMS", Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; October 2024.
[20] Astronomical Society Bern, "Back to the moon", Bern, Switzerland; April 2024.
[19] Swiss Habitability and Origin of Life (SHOL) Conference, "Challenges in finding life in our Solar System – from Signatures to Instrumentation", Bern, Switzerland; March 2024.
[18] Swiss Space Museum General Assembly, "Back to the Moon", Zurich, Switzerland; March 2024.
[17] CHanalysis 2023, "In situ mass spectrometry on current and future space exploration missions for the detection of signatures of life", Bern, Switzerland; March 2023.
[16] Astronomical Association Aarau, "The exciting search for life in our solar system", Aarau, Switzerland; March 2023.
[15] University of Bern's Theodor Kocher Prize Lecture, "Traces of Life: Laser Ablation Ionisation Mass Spectrometry for future Space Exploration Missions", Bern, Switzerland; February 2023. 
[14] Atomic Spectroscopy Group Virtual Symposium ‘I is for Isotope’, organised by Royal Society of Chemistry, "Searching for indicators of life in space exploration missions – from element to isotope patterns using Laser Ablation Ionisation Mass Spectrometry"; February 2023.
[13] European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2023, "Towards the detection of biosignatures using laser ionisation mass spectrometry (LIMS) exploration", Ljubljana, Slovenia; January 2023
[12] Colloquium Spectroscopium Internationale XLII, "Laser based mass spectrometry for future in situ space exploration", Gijon, Spain; May 2022
[11] Virtual Symposium: Chemistry and Biology in Extraterrestrial Space, "Laser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometry:A novel and sensitive technique for in situ detection of signatures life beyond Earth", organised by Department  of  Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China; December 2020
[10] Astronomical Society Bern, "Laser Ablation Ionisation Mass Spectrometry - The way forward to find life on Solar system bodies", Bern, Switzerland; October 2019
[9] Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Seminar Presentation, "Laser Ablation Ionisation Mass Spectrometry - The way forward to find life on Solar system bodies", Bern, Switzerland; September 2019
[8] Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern, Seminar Presentation, "The detection of microbes in Martian mudstone analogues using laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry at high spatial resolution", Bern, Switzerland; May 2019
[7] 9th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, "Double pulse laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry", Loen, Norway; June 2018.
[6] 8th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, "High-resolution chemical profiling of heterogeneous materials using Laser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LIMS)", Loen, Norway; June 2016.
[5] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Seminar, "High spatial resolution Femtosecond Laser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometry for analysis of the chemical composition of complex structured materials", Gaithersburg, Maryland; May 2016
[4] 2nd International Symposium on Profiling, Caparica-Lisbon, Portugal; September 2015
[3] Brögger Seminar, "Chemical analysis of solids by a miniature LIMS system originally developed for in situ space exploration", Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; October 2014
[2] 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; October 2013
[1] Chicago Center for Chemistry Seminar, "A miniaturized laser-ablation mass spectrometer designed for in-situ measurements on planetary space missions", The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; September 2011

Conferences

2024

[41] Inaugural Meeting CHEESE (NASA SSERVI), Bern, Switzerland; November 2024
[40] 16th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Ghent, Belgium; July 2024
[39] Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Providence, Rhode Island, USA; May 2024
[38] Swiss Habitability and Origin of Life (SHOL) Conference, Bern, Switzerland; March 2024

 

2022

[37] 15th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Bern, Switzerland; July 2022
[36] Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Atlanta, Georgia, USA; May 2022
[35] Ions and Photons in Analytical Science (IPAS), Zurich, Switzerland; April 2022
[34] Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; March 2022

 

2021

[33] Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; March 2021
[32] Lunar Surface Science Virtual Workshop; January 2021

 

2020

[31] European Planetary Science Congress, Switzerland; September 2020
[30] Lunar Surface Science Virtual Workshop; May 2020

 

2019

[29] European Planetary Science Congress, Geneva, Switzerland; September 2019
[28] Swiss Chemical Society's Fall Meeting 2019, Zürich, Switzerland; September 2019
[27] Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Bellevue, Washington, USA; June 2019
[26] European Geosciences Union Congress, Vienna, Austria; April 2019

 

2018

[25] 14th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Pau, France; June 2018
[24] Advances in Space Mass Spectrometry for the Search of Extraterrestrial Signs of Life, Orléans, France; May 2018
[23] 6th European Lunar Symposium, Toulouse, France; May 2018
[22] European Geosciences Union Congress, Vienna, Austria; April 2018

 

2017

[21] 51st ESLAB Symposium: Extreme Habitable Worlds, ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands; December 2017
[20] 5th European Lunar Symposium, Münster, Germany; May 2017
[19] European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria; February 2017

 

2016

[18] Astrochemistry Seminar, Leiden Observatory, Leiden Univsrity, The Netherlands; October 2016
[17] 13th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Ljubljana, Slovenia; July 2016
[16] Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan; June 2016
[15] Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA; May 2016

 

2015

[14] 10th Workshop on Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; September 2015
[13] Swiss Chemical Society's Fall Meeting 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland; September 2015
[12] European Geosciences Union Congress, Vienna, Austria; April 2015

 

2014

[11] Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry, Beatenberg, Switzerland; October 2014
[10] Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, Freiburg, Switzerland; July 2014
[9] 12th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, London, England; July 2014

 

2013

[8] 9th Workshop on Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA; September 2013
[7] Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy; August 2013
[6] European Geosciences Union Congress, Vienna, Austria; April 2013
[5] European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Krakow, Poland; February 2013

 

2012

[4] 11th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Oviedo, Spain; June 2012
[3] European Geosciences Union Congress, Vienna, Austria; April 2012

 

2011

[2] Space Research and Planetary Sciences Division Seminar, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; October 2011
[1] 8th Workshop on Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA; September 2011