ESO Science Outreach Network

The ESO education and Public Outreach Department has established a network of persons in the ESO Member Countries who serve as local contacts for the media in connection with ESO developments, Press Releases, etc.. At the same time, they may help to provide useful contacts between the media and the scientists in their area.

Below you will find the members of the "ESO Science Outreach Network".

Austria
Mag. DI Dr. Peter Habison
Direktor, Astronomie Wien
Planetarium Wien, Kuffner-Sternwarte, Urania-Sternwarte
Oswald Thomas Platz 1, 1020 Wien
Austria

Tel: +43 (1) 729 54 94
email: peter.habisonATastronomie-wien.at
Belgium
Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez
Planetarium, Royal Observatory of Belgium
Avenue de Bouchout
B-1020 Brussels
Belgium

Tel.: +32-2-474 70 50
email: rodrigo.alvarezAToma.be
 
Chile (ESO Host Country)
Valentina Rodriguez/Valeria Foncea
ESO Santiago Office
Alonso de Cordova 3107
Vitacura
Chile

Tel: +56-2-463-3258
email: vrodriguATeso.org/vfonceaATeso.org
Czech Republic
Dr. Pavel Suchan
Astronomical Institute ASCR
Bocni II / 1401
141 31 Praha 4
Czech Republic

Tel.: +420 267 103 040 (office)
email: suchanATig.cas.cz or suchanATastro.cz
 
Denmark
Dr. Michael Linden-Vørnle
Tycho Brahe Planetarium
Gl. Kongevej 10
DK-1610 Copenhagen V
Denmark

Tel.: +45-33-18 19 97
email: mykalATtycho.dk

Finland
Ms. Riitta Tirronen
Academy of Finland
POB 99
FIN-00501 Helsinki
Finland

Tel.: +358 9 7748 8369, +358 40 828 1724
email: riitta.tirronenATaka.fi

 
France
Dr. Daniel Kunth
Institut d'Astrophysique
98 bis, Boulevard Arago
F-75014 Paris
France

Tel.: +33-1-44 32 80 85
email: kunthATiap.fr
Germany
Dr. Markus Poessel
Haus der Astronomie/Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie
Koenigstuhl 17
D-69117 Heidelberg
Germany

Tel: +49 6221 528-261
email: poesselATmpia-hd.mpg.de
 
Ireland (Non-ESO member country)
Clair McSweeney,
Facilities Manager,
Blackrock Castle Observatory,
Blackrock,
Cork
Ireland

Tel:+353 21 4357917
email: clairmcsweeneyATbco.ie
Italy
Dr. Leopoldo Benacchio
INAF- Osservatorio Astronomico
Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5
I 35122 Padova
Italy

Tel.: +39 347 230 2651, +39 049 829 3484
email: benacchioATinaf.it
 
The Netherlands
Ms. Marieke Baan
NOVA Outreach Office
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Sterrenkundig Instituut
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-20-525 74 80
email: mbaanATscience.uva.nl
Norway (Non-ESO member country)
Andreas O. Jaunsen
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
PO box 1029, Blindern
0315 Oslo
Norway

Tel: +47 22 85 70 22
email: a.o.jaunsenATastro.uio.no
 
Portugal
João Fernandes
Departamento de Matemática
Universidade de Coimbra
Largo D. Dinis
Apartado 3008
3001 - 454 Coimbra

Portugal
Tel.: +35 1 239 791150
email: jmfernanATmat.uc.pt
Spain
Dr. Miguel Mas-Hesse
Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB; CSIC-INTA)
POB 78
28691 Villanueva de la Cañada
Spain

Tel.: +34 91 813 11 96
email: mmATlaeff.inta.es
 
Sweden
Robert Cumming
Institutionen för astronomi
Stockholms universitet
AlbaNova
106 91 Stockholm
Sweden

Tel.: +46-8-5537 8542
email: robertATastro.su.se
Switzerland
Dr. Martin Steinacher
Staatssekretariat für Bildung und Forschung
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland

Tel.: +41-31-324 23 82
email: martin.steinacherATsbf.admin.ch
 

United Kingdom
Julia Maddock
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
Wilts SN2 1SZ
UK
 
email: julia.maddockATstfc.ac.uk

USA (Non-ESO member country)
Dr. Paola Rebusco
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Massachusetts Avenue 77
Bldg 37-675
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

Tel.:+1-617-308-2397 or +1-617-253-7611
email: prebuscoATeso.org or paoATspace.mit.edu