Users Committee

UC Members 2011

The ESO Users Committee (UC) is made of representatives of the ESO users in each member state and advises the ESO Director General on matters concerning the use of the ESO facilities (telescopes, instruments, computers, etc.). It constitutes the main link between ESO and its users community. The current list of UC members is given below.

  • Prof. Werner Zeilinger (Chair) (AT)
    Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien
    Türkenschanzstrasse 17
    A-1180 Wien
    Austria
  • Dr. Martin Groenewegen (BE)
    Royal Observatory of Belgium
    Ringlaan 3
    B-1180 Brussel
    Belgium

  • Tel: +43 (0)1 4277 51865
    Fax: +43 (0)1 4277 9518
    Email: werner.zeilinger at univie.ac.at
  • Tel: + 32 (0)2 3730203
    Email: marting at oma.be
 
  • Dr. Jiří Grygar (CZ)
    Center of Particle Physics - Institute of Physics
    Czech Academy of Sciences
    Na Slovance 2
    CZ 182 21 Prague 8
    The Czech Republic
  • Dr. Frank Grundahl (DK)
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    University of Aarhus, bygn. 1520,
    Ny Munkegade
    DK-8000 Aarhus C
    Denmark

  • Tel: +420-2-6605 2660
    Fax: +420-2-8658 5443
    Email: grygar at fzu.cz

  • Tel: +45 89 42 37 14
    Fax: +45 86 12 07 40
    Email: fgj at phys.au.dk
 
  • Dr. Seppo J. Katajainen (FI)
    Tuorla Observatory
    University of Turku
    Väisäläntie 20
    FI 21500 Piikkiö
    Finland
  • Dr. Vanessa Hill (FR)
    Cassiopée, CNRS UMR 6202
    Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
    Bd de l'Observatoire, B.P. 4229
    F-06304 Nice Cedex 4
    France
  • Tel: +358 2 333 8243
    Fax: +358 2 243 3767
    Email: seppo.katajainen at utu.fi
  • Tel: +33 4 9200 3015
    Fax: +33 4 9200 3118
    Email: vanessa.hill at oca.eu
 
  • Prof. Thomas Preibisch (DE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte München
    Scheiner Strasse 1
    D-81679 München
    Germany
  • Dr. Stefano Benetti (IT)
    INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
    Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5
    I-35122 Padova
    Italy
  • Tel: +49 89 2180 6016
    Fax: +49 89 2180 6003
    Email: preibisch at usm.uni-muenchen.de
  • Tel: +39-049-8293408
    Fax: +39-049-8759840
    Email: stefano.benetti at oapd.inaf.it
 
  • Prof. Scott Trager (NL)
    Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
    P.O. Box 800
    NL-9700 AV Groeningen
    The Netherlands
  • Dr. M.S. Nanda Kumar (PT)
    Centro de Astrofísica,
    Universidade do Porto
    Rua das Estrelas
    s/n 4150-762 Porto
    Portugal
  • Tel: +31-50-3636625
    Fax: +31-50-3636100
    Email: S.C.Trager at astro.rug.nl

  • Tel: +351 226 089 841
    Fax: +351 226 089 831
    Email: nanda at astro.up.pt
   
  • Dr. Hans Martin Schmid (CH)
    Institut für Astronomie - ETH
    Wolgang-Pauli-Str. 27
    CH-8093 Zürich
    Switzerland
  • Dr. Nils Ryde (SE)
    Lund Observatory
    Box 43
    SE-221 00 Lund
    Sweden

  • Tel: +41-44-632 7386
    Fax: +41-44-633 1238
    Email: schmid at astro.phys.ethz.ch

  • Tel: +46- (46) 222-1574
    Fax: +46-(46) 222-4614
    Email: ryde at astro.lu.se
   
  • Dr. Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro (ES)
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA)
    Dep. Astronomía Extragaláctica
    Camino Bajo de Huéetor s/n - Apdo.3004
    Granada 18008
    Spain
  • Dr. Gary Fuller (UK)
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
    School of Physics and Astronomy
    Alan Turing Building
    University of Manchester
    Manchester, M13 9PL
    United Kingdom

  • Tel: +34- 958 230 504
    Fax: +34- 958 814 530
    Email: lourdes at iaa.es
  • Tel: +44-161-3063653
    Fax: +44-161-2754247
    Email: G.Fuller at manchester.ac.uk
   
  • Prof. Manuela Zoccali (CL)
    Departamento de Astronomía
    P. Universidad Católica
    Av Vicuna Mackenna, 4860
    782-0436 Macul
    Santiago
    Chile
  • Dr. Marcos Diaz (Observer) (BR)
    Instituto de Astronomia Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas
    Universidade de São Paulo
    Rua do Matão, 1226
    05508-900 São Paulo SP
    Brazil
  • Tel: +56-2-3547253
    Fax: +56-2-3544948
    Email: mzoccali at astro.puc.cl
  • Tel: +55-11-30912720
    Fax: +55-11-30912860
    Email: marcos at astro.iag.usp.br