Cosmic Dust
 
Monday, August 31, 2026 10:40 AM–10:50 AM Welcoming Remarks 10:50 AM–11:10 AM Poster Presenters 11:10 AM–11:40 AM Poster Session 11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch 1:10 PM–1:30 PM Hiroshi Kobayashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan) Asymmetric dust distributions in debris disks and their impact on the direct imaging of Earth-mass exoplanets 1:30 PM–1:50 PM Gaël Rouillé (Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany) Infrared emission spectroscopy of hot grains in the laboratory 1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 2:50 PM–3:30 PM Satoshi Ohashi (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)† Dust polarization observations with ALMA will help us to understand grain growth and magnetic field structure in circumstellar disks for planet formation 3:30 PM–3:50 PM Grace A. Batalla-Falcon (Univ. Diego Portales, Chile) The evolution of silicate feature in protoplanetary disks 3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 4:50 PM–5:10 PM Francois Ménard (IPAG, France) DUST IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS, update from the Dust-to-Planets ERC Project 5:10 PM–5:30 PM Maxime Roumesy (IPAG France) Dust properties in planet-forming disks: Insights from observation, scattering phase function and disk color 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional) Tuesday, September 1, 2026 10:40 AM–11:00 AM Remi Zerna (IPAG, France) Comparison of the scattering properties of protoplanetary disk dust analogs 11:00 AM–11:20 AM Ludmilla Kolokolova (Univ. of Maryland, USA) Characterizing the properties of the DART dust ejecta using 3D radiative transfer modeling 11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hiroshi Kimura (Chiba Tech/PERC, Japan) A theoretical study on the dynamic tensile strength of aggregate dust and monolithic dust: Toward a better understanding of ejecta cloud formation 11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch 1:10 PM–1:30 PM Eric J.  Pantin (IRFU CEA Saclay, France) Is the solid carbon depletion in the solar system universal? 1:30 PM–1:50 PM Flandes Alberto (Geophys. Inst./UNAM, Mexico) A study of the dynamics of the grains of the dust exosphere of Mercury 1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 2:50 PM–3:30 PM Cecile Engrand (IJCLab, Univ. Paris-Saclay/CNRS, France)† In situ analyses of cometary dust from Rosetta/COSIMA and cometary dust from terrestrial collections 3:30 PM–3:50 PM Giovanna Rinaldi (IAPS-INAF, Italy) Cometary dust after Rosetta: A team effort 3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 4:50 PM–5:10 PM Nanni Ambra (NCBJ, Poland) Origins of dust in JWST-observed primeval galaxies at z~7 5:10 PM–5:30 PM Lucas P. Kolanz (Oregon State Univ., USA) On the structure of supernova dust aggregates 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional) Wednesday, September 2, 2026 10:40 AM–11:20 AM Joseph A. Nuth (NASA - GSFC, USA)† Grain formation in oxygen-rich AGB stars 11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hanako Enomoto (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) Systematic constraints on chemical compositions of amorphous silicate dust using new optical constants 11:40 AM–1:30 PM Lunch 2:00 PM–6:00 PM Excursion@Imabari Castle 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Banquet@Yusyokubouya Thursday, September 3, 2026 10:40 AM–11:20 AM Alan T. Tokunaga (Univ. Hawaii, USA)† Carbonaceous nanoparticles in the ISM? 11:20 AM–11:40 AM Sho Fujita (Tohoku Univ. Japan) Investigating the origins of UIR in the ISM: Theoretical calculations of imino-group-containing PAHs 11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch 1:10 PM–1:30 PM Bo Yang (Univ. of Missouri Columbia, USA) Testing PAH emission models: Constraining size and ionization in reflection nebulae 1:30 PM–1:50 PM Leo Belloir (CEA, France) Impact of the dust properties on the photoelectric heating efficiency of the gas, using Spitzer, Herschel and SOFIA observations of the LMC 1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 2:50 PM–3:30 PM Vladan Markov (Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia)† Systematic constraints on chemical compositions of amorphous silicate dust using new optical constants 3:30 PM–3:50 PM Hye-Jin Park (CEA Paris-Saclay, France) Probing dust grain properties in low-metallicity galaxies through the sub-mm excess with IRAM-30m/NIKA2 3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break 4:50 PM–5:10 PM Aigen Li (Univ. of Missouri, USA) A new technique for determining the dust masses for normal star-forming galaxies 5:10 PM–5:30 PM Bogdan Adrian Pastrav (ISS, Romania) The relations between dust intrinsic properties and galaxy global quantities in the nearby Universe 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional) Friday, September 4, 2026 10:40 AM–11:20 AM Jianwei Lyu (Steward Obs., Univ. of Arizona, USA)† Dusty active galactic nuclei from the nearby universe to Cosmic Dawn: The evolving picture and new insights in the JWST era 11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hidehiro Kaneda (Nagoya Univ. Japan) A systematic study on the processing of hydrocarbon dust in various types of galaxies with AKARI and JWST 11:40 AM–12:00 PM Takashi Onaka (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) Near-infrared continuum emission and associated dust features in the Orion Bar 12:00 PM–12:10 PM Adjourning Remarks Poster Presenters: Ryo Tazaki (The Univ. of Tokyo) On the evolution of carriers of AIB emission in planet-forming disks Yuki Yoshida (Tohoku Univ., Japan) Rolling friction between dust monomers explored by molecular dynamics simulations Sota Arakawa (JAMSTEC, Japan) A theoretical model for the collisional sticking probability of cosmic dust aggregates Yukari M. Toyoda (ABC, NAOJ, Japan) Experimental Study on the coefficient of restitution and rotation in low-velocity oblique impacts of ice spheres onto solid targets Masanori Kobayashi (Chiba Tech) Development of a large-area dust detector using electric field probes for in-situ measurement of hypervelocity micro-meteoroid impacts Vijay Pratap Singh (Hiroshima Univ., Japan) Atmospheric entry dynamics and textural evolution of micrometeorites Viraj Karambelkar (Columbia Univ., USA) The prolific dusty laboratories of stellar mergers revealed by JWST Jonathan A. Jäger (MPIA, Germany) Rapid formation and destruction of dust in the multiphase gas of a simulated starburst Saikhom Pravash Singh (IIA, India) Grain alignment mechanisms and grain properties in the massive quiescent filament G16.96+0.27 using dust polarization observations from JCMT/POL-2 Mitali Damle (New York Univ. Abu Dhabi, UAE) Modeling dust for simulated galaxies at Cosmic Noon Enrico Garaldi (Kavli IPMU, Japan) Bursty star formation prevents significant dust survival in radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of the first galaxies N.B. Every speaker is assumed to welcome questions whenever arise. Poster presenters are given 1 minute each for oral presentations. The first 10 min. of each poster session is a core time for poster presentations. Invited speakers are marked with a dagger (†). A compilation of abstracts is available for download.

Monday, August 31, 2026

10:40 AM–10:50 AM Welcoming Remarks

10:50 AM–11:10 AM Poster Presenters

11:10 AM–11:40 AM Poster Session

11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch

1:10 PM–1:30 PM Hiroshi Kobayashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan)

  1. Asymmetric dust distributions in debris disks and their impact on the direct imaging of Earth-mass exoplanets

1:30 PM–1:50 PM Gaël Rouillé (Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany)

  1. Infrared emission spectroscopy of hot grains in the laboratory

1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

2:50 PM–3:30 PM Satoshi Ohashi (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)†

  1. Dust polarization observations with ALMA will help us to understand grain growth and magnetic field structure in circumstellar disks for planet formation

3:30 PM–3:50 PM Grace A. Batalla-Falcon (Univ. Diego Portales, Chile)

  1. The evolution of silicate feature in protoplanetary disks

3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

4:50 PM–5:10 PM Francois Ménard (IPAG, France)

  1. DUST IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS, update from the Dust-to-Planets ERC Project

5:10 PM–5:30 PM Maxime Roumesy (IPAG France)

  1. Dust properties in planet-forming disks: Insights from observation, scattering phase function and disk color

6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional)

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

10:40 AM–11:00 AM Remi Zerna (IPAG, France)

  1. Comparison of the scattering properties of protoplanetary disk dust analogs

11:00 AM–11:20 AM Ludmilla Kolokolova (Univ. of Maryland, USA)

  1. Characterizing the properties of the DART dust ejecta using 3D radiative transfer modeling

11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hiroshi Kimura (Chiba Tech/PERC, Japan)

  1. A theoretical study on the dynamic tensile strength of aggregate dust and monolithic dust: Toward a better understanding of ejecta cloud formation

11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch

1:10 PM–1:30 PM Eric J.  Pantin (IRFU CEA Saclay, France)

  1. Is the solid carbon depletion in the solar system universal?

1:30 PM–1:50 PM Flandes Alberto (Geophys. Inst./UNAM, Mexico)

  1. A study of the dynamics of the grains of the dust exosphere of Mercury

1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

2:50 PM–3:30 PM Cecile Engrand (IJCLab, Univ. Paris-Saclay/CNRS, France)†

  1. In situ analyses of cometary dust from Rosetta/COSIMA and cometary dust from terrestrial collections

3:30 PM–3:50 PM Giovanna Rinaldi (IAPS-INAF, Italy)

  1. Cometary dust after Rosetta: A team effort

3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

4:50 PM–5:10 PM Nanni Ambra (NCBJ, Poland)

  1. Origins of dust in JWST-observed primeval galaxies at z~7

5:10 PM–5:30 PM Lucas P. Kolanz (Oregon State Univ., USA)

  1. On the structure of supernova dust aggregates

6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional)

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

10:40 AM–11:20 AM Joseph A. Nuth (NASA - GSFC, USA)†

  1. Grain formation in oxygen-rich AGB stars

11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hanako Enomoto (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

  1. Systematic constraints on chemical compositions of amorphous silicate dust using new optical constants

11:40 AM–1:30 PM Lunch

2:00 PM–6:00 PM Excursion@Imabari Castle

6:30 PM–8:30 PM Banquet@Yusyokubouya

Thursday, September 3, 2026

10:40 AM–11:20 AM Alan T. Tokunaga (Univ. Hawaii, USA)†

  1. Carbonaceous nanoparticles in the ISM?

11:20 AM–11:40 AM Sho Fujita (Tohoku Univ. Japan)

  1. Investigating the origins of UIR in the ISM: Theoretical calculations of imino-group-containing PAHs

11:40 AM–1:10 PM Lunch

1:10 PM–1:30 PM Bo Yang (Univ. of Missouri Columbia, USA)

  1. Testing PAH emission models: Constraining size and ionization in reflection nebulae

1:30 PM–1:50 PM Leo Belloir (CEA, France)

  1. Impact of the dust properties on the photoelectric heating efficiency of the gas, using Spitzer, Herschel and SOFIA observations of the LMC

1:50 PM–2:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

2:50 PM–3:30 PM Vladan Markov (Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia)†

  1. Systematic constraints on chemical compositions of amorphous silicate dust using new optical constants

3:30 PM–3:50 PM Hye-Jin Park (CEA Paris-Saclay, France)

  1. Probing dust grain properties in low-metallicity galaxies through the sub-mm excess with IRAM-30m/NIKA2

3:50 PM–4:50 PM Poster Session/Coffee Break

4:50 PM–5:10 PM Aigen Li (Univ. of Missouri, USA)

  1. A new technique for determining the dust masses for normal star-forming galaxies

5:10 PM–5:30 PM Bogdan Adrian Pastrav (ISS, Romania)

  1. The relations between dust intrinsic properties and galaxy global quantities in the nearby Universe

6:00 PM-8:00 PM Night Session/Dinner (Optional)

Friday, September 4, 2026

10:40 AM–11:20 AM Jianwei Lyu (Steward Obs., Univ. of Arizona, USA)†

  1. Dusty active galactic nuclei from the nearby universe to Cosmic Dawn: The evolving picture and new insights in the JWST era

11:20 AM–11:40 AM Hidehiro Kaneda (Nagoya Univ. Japan)

  1. A systematic study on the processing of hydrocarbon dust in various types of galaxies with AKARI and JWST

11:40 AM–12:00 PM Takashi Onaka (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

  1. Near-infrared continuum emission and associated dust features in the Orion Bar

12:00 PM–12:10 PM Adjourning Remarks


Poster Presenters:

Ryo Tazaki (The Univ. of Tokyo)

  1. On the evolution of carriers of AIB emission in planet-forming disks

Yuki Yoshida (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

  1. Rolling friction between dust monomers explored by molecular dynamics simulations

Sota Arakawa (JAMSTEC, Japan)

  1. A theoretical model for the collisional sticking probability of cosmic dust aggregates

Yukari M. Toyoda (ABC, NAOJ, Japan)

  1. Experimental Study on the coefficient of restitution and rotation in low-velocity oblique impacts of ice spheres onto solid targets

Masanori Kobayashi (Chiba Tech)

  1. Development of a large-area dust detector using electric field probes for in-situ measurement of hypervelocity micro-meteoroid impacts

Vijay Pratap Singh (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)

  1. Atmospheric entry dynamics and textural evolution of micrometeorites

Viraj Karambelkar (Columbia Univ., USA)

  1. The prolific dusty laboratories of stellar mergers revealed by JWST

Jonathan A. Jäger (MPIA, Germany)

  1. Rapid formation and destruction of dust in the multiphase gas of a simulated starburst

Saikhom Pravash Singh (IIA, India)

  1. Grain alignment mechanisms and grain properties in the massive quiescent filament G16.96+0.27 using dust polarization observations from JCMT/POL-2

Mitali Damle (New York Univ. Abu Dhabi, UAE)

  1. Modeling dust for simulated galaxies at Cosmic Noon

Enrico Garaldi (Kavli IPMU, Japan)

  1. Bursty star formation prevents significant dust survival in radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of the first galaxies


N.B.

  1. •Every speaker is assumed to welcome questions whenever arise.

  2. •Poster presenters are given 1 minute each for oral presentations.

  3. •The first 10 min. of each poster session is a core time for poster presentations.

  4. •Invited speakers are marked with a dagger (†).

  5. •A compilation of abstracts is available for download.

Program