{"id":70,"date":"2026-06-12T11:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teams.issibern.ch\/titansatmosphericchemistry\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:46:16","slug":"second-bern-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teams.issibern.ch\/titansatmosphericchemistry\/second-bern-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Bern Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ATTACK team gathered for its second, hybrid, meeting in Bern during the first week of June 2026, including the core members, multiple Early Career Scientists, as well as guest colleagues who were interested by our team\u2019s theme and contributed remotely. Our activities comprised of the presentation of multiple studies relevant to the team\u2019s research topics and the extensive discussion of further actions to be followed. Our current results encompass experimental and theoretical investigations for the chemical and photo-dissociative processes in Titan\u2019s upper atmosphere, novel analyses for the characterization of Titan\u2019s gas and haze composition from Cassini and JWST observations, updated photochemical models including isomer-specific abundances and estimates for the formation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, as well as, experimental and theoretical investigations for processes occurring on haze and cloud particles in Titan\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The combination of these studies expands the frontiers of our understanding of physical and chemical processes on Titan: they permit the evaluation of the gaseous abundances\u00a0 of previously non-considered species in the atmosphere that can be cross correlated against unidentified features in current observations or be used for the derivation of abundance upper limits; they extend the current understanding in the transition from gases to particles in the upper atmosphere; and\u00a0 they illuminate the interplay among haze, gases and clouds while identifying novel mechanisms for the possible treatment of ices by high-energy radiation. Moreover, while our research topic focuses on Titan\u2019s atmosphere and surface, our activities have broad implications for planetary atmospheres in general, including exoplanets (as demonstrated in our publications). Our so far activities have resulted in multiple publications, while further collaborative studies are currently underway.<\/p>\n

This second meeting marks the end of the ISSI related activities for our team. We are grateful to the ISSI organization for this unique collaboration opportunity, and we warmly thank Mark, Sabina Raducan, Cosima-Lea Baier, Xeila Moneagudo, Dominique Fuchs and Willi W\u00e4ffler for their outstanding hosting and assistance that helped us advance in our common research interests.<\/p>\n

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Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Daniela Ascenzi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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University of Tronto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Guest<\/td>\nRemote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nadia Balucani<\/td>\n\n
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University of Perugia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audrey Chatain<\/td>\n\n
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LATMOS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athena Coustenis<\/td>\n\n
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Observatoire de Paris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antoine Damiens<\/td>\n\n
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Universite\u0301 Reims Champagne Ardenne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

ECS<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Ford<\/td>\n\n
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University of Bristol<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

ECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elle Hanson<\/td>\nUniversity of Amsterdam<\/td>\nECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Elsa Henault<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Universite\u0301 Grenoble Alpes<\/td>\nECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devin Hoover<\/td>\nUniversity of Arizona<\/td>\nECS<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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David \u00a0Jacquemart <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Sorbonne Universit\u00e9<\/td>\nGuest<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panayotis Lavvas<\/td>\n\n
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Universite\u0301 Reims Champagne Ardenne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Le Guennic<\/td>\n\n
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Universite\u0301 Reims Champagne Ardenne<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

ECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Lunine<\/td>\nCaltech<\/td>\nGuest<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashleigh Hartwig<\/td>\n\n
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Florida International University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

ECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zachary McQueen<\/td>\n\n
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NASA GSFC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

ECS<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexander M. Mebel<\/td>\n\n
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Florida International University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conor A. Nixon<\/td>\n\n
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NASA GSFC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anezina Solomonidou<\/td>\n\n
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Hellenic Space Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nremote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick Teanby<\/td>\n\n
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University of Bristol<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandrine Vinatier<\/td>\n\n
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Observatoire de Paris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
V\u00e9ronique Vuitton<\/td>\n\n
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\n
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Universite\u0301 Grenoble Alpes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

Core<\/td>\nin person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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