Prof. Stefan Vogt-Geisse gives talk at Radboud University, Nijmegen

Prof. Stefan Vogt-Geisse delivered an contributed research talk at Astrochemistry: From Quantum to Cosmos, held in the Netherlands at Radboud University Nijmegen in October 2025. The presentation focused on the development of BEEP-1, a next-generation ab initio framework for computing binding-energy distributions of molecules on amorphous solid water—key parameters for modern astrochemical models.

The Nijmegen event brought together experimentalists and theorists working across laboratory astrophysics, quantum chemistry, and astrochemical modeling, providing an ideal environment for in-depth discussions. As a result of these interactions, Prof. Vogt-Geisse established new contacts and initiated several emerging collaborations that bridge experimental binding-energy measurements and high-level theoretical modeling.

“These discussions were particularly valuable,” Prof. Vogt-Geisse noted, “because they connected detailed laboratory work with the kind of systematic, scalable theoretical datasets we are building.”

The new collaborations are expected to strengthen the integration of BEEP-derived binding energies with experimental data and kinetic models, and to open joint projects involving both experimental validation and theoretical extension to more complex ices and molecular systems. The Nijmegen meeting thus marked not only a successful dissemination of recent research results, but also a catalyst for future interdisciplinary research efforts in astrochemistry.