Refereed Publications
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Cecil, M.; Flock, M.; Malygin, M., G.; Kuiper, R; Sudarshan, P; Ziampras, A; Elbakyan, V. G. (2026), A&A, 707, A296:
The role of detailed gas and dust opacities in shaping the evolution of the inner disc edge subject to episodic accretion
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Cecil, M. & Flock, M. (2024), A&A, 692, A171: Variability of the inner dead zone edge in 2D radiation hydrodynamic simulations
Received the Ernst Patzer Award 2025
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Cecil, M.; Gehrig, L.; Steiner, D. (2024), A&A, 687, A136: Time-dependent, long-term hydrodynamic simulations of the inner protoplanetary disk. III. The influence of photoevaporation
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Ziampras, A.; Birnstiel, T.; Kaufmann, N.; Cecil, M.; Pfeil, Th. (2026), eprint arXiv:2602.20283, accepted in A&A: Planet formation at the inner edge of the dead zone I. the interplay between accretion outbursts and dust growth
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Currently 1 first author manuscript submitted and in review. Stay tuned!
Selected Talks & Presentations
Invited Talks
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CITA workshop: Unstable and Time-Variable Accretion Flows from Core to Disk to Star (October 2025), Toronto, Canada
"The (in)stability of the inner disk: A universal outburst mechanism?"
Contributed Talks
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IWF Colloquium (April 2026), Graz, Austria
"RAVING WITH THE STARS (Overview and summary of my entire PhD project)"
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ESO Conference: RAVEYSO - Accretion- and ejection variability in young stellar objects (May 2025), Garching, Germany
"Evolution of the inner disk undergoing episodic accretion"
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KITP Conference: Planets on the Edge (May 2025), Santa Barbara, CA, USA
"Evolution of the inner disk rim undergoing episodic accretion"
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(Exo)Planet Diversity, Formation and Evolution (EDFE) (December 2024), Göttingen, Germany
"Episodic instability of the inner protoplanetary disk and its implications for planet formation"
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Born in Fire Conference (September 2024), Santiago de Chile, Chile
"2D RHD evolution of the inner disk undergoing episodic accretion"
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Public Talks
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Astronomy on Tap (March 2026), Graz, Austria
"They're here! They're there! They're every-freakin'-where! What magnetic fields tell us about the universe and ourselves"
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MPIA Open House day (October 2023), Heidelberg, Germany
"Warum braucht man DJs um die Entstehung von Planeten zu verstehen?"