Dissertation

• Cecil, M. (2026), DOI: 10.11588/heidok.00039112

  RAVING WITH THE STARS: Structure, evolution and (in)stability of the inner regions of protoplanetary discs

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Refereed Publications

• Cecil, M.; Flock, M.; Steiner, D. (2026b), A&A, 712, A115:

  Episodic instability of the inner dead zone edge: Disc evolution and burst modes tied to magnetic field strengths

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• Cecil, M.; Flock, M.; Malygin, M., G.; Kuiper, R; Sudarshan, P; Ziampras, A; Elbakyan, V. G. (2026a), 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), A&A, 710, A316:

  Planet formation at the inner edge of the dead zone I. the interplay between accretion outbursts and dust growth

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Selected Talks & Presentations

Invited Talks

• 3rd PFITS+ Meeting on Hydrodynamics of Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation (June 2026), SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA

  "RAVING WITH THE STARS: Episodic instability of the inner dead zone edge"

• 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

• Workshop on eruptive young stellar objects (May 2026), Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary

  "Instability of the inner dead zone edge: mechanism and accretion signatures"

• 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"

• 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"

• 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

• 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"

• MPIA Open House day (October 2023), Heidelberg, Germany

  "Warum braucht man DJs um die Entstehung von Planeten zu verstehen?"