Here, we bring you face-to-face with Prof. Michael Meyer from the University of Michigan. Michael is an astrophysicist with a deep passion for space science, planetary formation, and exoplanet research.

Listen to Michael as he shares how watching „Cosmos“ by Carl Sagan sparked his fascination with space, leading him to study astrophysics and the mysteries of brown dwarfs. He explains why understanding planetary formation is key to finding habitable worlds and how new telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope are revolutionising our ability to study exoplanets.

Michael also reflects on his time as a Johannes Geiss Fellow at ISSI, where he had the rare opportunity to focus on research, collaborate with colleagues, and explore Bern with his children.