ESO ePOD
Contact ePOD
Please direct all enquiries and requests (English language is preferred) to this address:
ESO education and Public Outreach Department,
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
D-85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6291
Fax: +49 89 3200 6703
Email: information@eso.org
The Team
Our team consists of in-house staff, contractors and interns. Some work full-time, some part-time.
A list of students and previous interns/visitors and former employees is available.
Members
Head of education and Public Outreach
Lars Lindberg ChristensenHead of ePOD Lars is a science communication specialist heading ESO-Hubble outreach group in Munich, Germany, where he is responsible for public outreach and education for VLT, La Silla, ALMA, ELT, and ESA's part of the Hubble Space Telescope. Email: lars@eso.org Objectives
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Administration
Susana Almagro GarciaAdmistrative Assistant Email: salmagro@eso.org Objectives
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Media Relations, Press Releases
Richard HookSurvey Telescopes, La Silla-Paranal & E-ELT Public Information Officer / Image Processing Richard was originally from England and has an MA in Physics from Oxford. After some time spent at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and in Australia and London, he has spent the last twenty years in the Space Telescope European Coordinating facility at ESO and has mostly worked on Hubble image processing. He was one of the developers of the "drizzling" technique for Hubble images and helped with the preparation of the Hubble Deep Fields and GOODS data. He also has a basement full of telescopes that, alas, rarely get used. Read more about Richard on his website and check his publications on this NASA/ADS link Email: rhook@eso.org Objectives
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Advanced Projects
Mathias AndreWeb & Advanced Projects Coordinator Mathias obtained a MSc in Computer Science in England and worked for several years as a Unix system administrator and IT Operations Manager before joining the ESO outreach group to tackle new challenges as Web and Advanced Projects Coordinator. He is passionate about Science and Technologies, and above all loves learning new things. Email: mandre@eso.org Objectives
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Raquel Yumi ShidaWeb Content Coordinator Raquel obtained a professional degree in architecture and urban planning at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, her home country. As an undergraduate student she also took classes in various fields of science and became an avid amateur astronomer, publishing data and articles on galactic and extragalactic stars. Since then she has worked at the Astronomy Department at the University of São Paulo, at NASA/STScI and at ESA/Hubble, doing both scientific research and astronomy outreach. Today she is responsible for creating visual and textual content and managing several websites for ESO, IAU and ESA/Hubble. A fraction of her publications in astronomy and science communication can be found on this NASA/ADS link Email: rshida@eso.org Objectives
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Printed Publications
Jutta BoxheimerPrint Coordinator Email: jboxheim@eso.orgObjectives
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Mafalda MartinsPrint Assistant Email: mmartins@eso.org Objectives
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Video & Animations
Martin KornmesserAnimations/Graphics Coordinator Email: mkornmes@eso.org Objectives
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Herbert ZodetVideo Coordinator Email: hzodet@eso.org Objectives
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Luis CalçadaAnimations Assistant He studied Physics/Applied Math (Astronomy) but eventually gave up on the idea of becoming a real scientist. Got his first real job on a science centre in Portugal, where for 6 years he's discovered, developed and matured his skills in visual science comunication. At ESO he's part of the latter steps of the chain, in a group which tries to deliver to the public the extraordinary science there developed in the exciting and inspiring manner it deserves. His tools of choice are Maxon's Cinema 4D, Adobe's Photoshop and After Effects and a Wacom Intuos 3. When he has the time, he also likes to do some photography, a sample of which you can see on his flickr page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/muitosabao) Email: lcalcada@eso.org Objectives
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Exhibitions
Edmund JanssenExhibitions Coordinator Occupations held previously:
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Email: ejanssen@eso.org Objectives
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Astronomer
Olivier HainautAstronomer Olivier is an astronomer specialized in Solar System observations, with a special love for comets; he worked for many years at La Silla and Paranal, and before that on Mauna Kea. Email: ohainaut@eso.org Objectives
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Interns
Phillip KeaneIntern Science Communication Phillip has a BEng in Aerospace Engineering from Coventry University, and is currently studying his MSc in Space Studies. He has worked at Rolls-Royce as a Development Technician on Trent XWB project, and at Airbus Military as a Technical Author, and is currently Deputy Editor of Space Safety Magazine. Email: pkeane@eso.org Objectives
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Georgia BladonIntern Science Communication Georgia has a BSc in Physics and Philosophy from Manchester University and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. Having worked as a science communicator for a large biomedical charity in London for the past year Georgia has joined ESO as an intern to return to the world of physics and continue to learn how to communicate science through images, film and the written word. Email: gbladon@eso.org Objectives
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Edward ChallisIntern Graphic Design Hi, I am Ed. I come from Nottingham, England. I studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University, with my main interests being layout and design for print. After finishing my degree I spent two months working for Paul Smith as a digital re-toucher and then went to work for a ski season in Austria. I am interested in graphic design, photography, architecture, food, sport and traveling. My career goal is to work as a magazine designer, either in the fashion, geographic, or travel industries. Email: echallis@eso.org Objectives
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ePOD Chile
Valentina RodriguezChile Education & Outreach Email: vrodrigu@eso.org Objectives
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Francisco RodriguezChile Press Officer Francisco is the Press Officer of ESO in Chile. After graduating from Diego Portales University in 2006, he worked for six years in print media, first for the Chilean magazine Qué Pasa and later for the newspaper La Tercera, one of the most important newspapers in the country. There, he wrote about science, technology, education and health. He also had the opportunity to attend various international conferences for science journalists in South America and the United States where he specialized in issues such as epidemics, new technologies and environmental problems. Email: frrodrig@eso.org |
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Laura VenturaChile Education & Outreach Graduated in Astronomy, she has been mainly dedicated to public outreach and education, first at the IAC (Institute for Astrophysics of the Canary Islands), Spain and then at ESO Chile, since June 2006. Email: lventura@eso.org Objectives
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Mylène AndreIntern ePOD Chile Email: andrem@eso.org Objectives
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