Members

Member list for the current term (2019-2021)

Name Title Country Brief Information
Sudhanshu Barway Dr. India Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore
Amanda Bauer Dr. USA Head of Education and Public Outreach, Vera C. Rubin Observatory (LSST)
Daina Bouquin Ms. USA Head Librarian, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Paulo Sergio Bretones Dr. Brazil ·  President of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development

·  Chair of Commission C1 WG Theory and Methods in Astronomy Education

Sze-leung Cheung Dr. Japan IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach, C/O National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Chenzhou Cui (Chair) Dr. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI of Chinese Virtual Observatory, Vice President of Commission B2 Data and Documentation
Karen O’Flaherty Dr. Netherlands  Information Manager, Science Coordination Office, European Space Agency
Beatriz Garcia Dr. Argentina President of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development, Co-Chair of Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE), Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (ITeDA)
Kevin Govender Mr. South Africa IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, c/o South African Astronomical Observatory
Giulia Iafrate Dr. Italy Virtual Observatory for education, Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)
Arna Karick Dr. Australia Data Scientist/Consultant (former AAL eResearch advisor), Melbourne – Australia
Shanshan Li Ms. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China-VO EPO lead
Vanessa Alexandra McBride Dr. South Africa University of Cape Town, Department of Astronomy
Zhixin Peng Dr. China Nanjing University, Astronomy education
Cuilan Qiao Dr. China Central China Normal University, Science Education, China-VO EPO advisor
Jordan Raddick Mr. USA Education Director, Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science, JHU
Pedro Russo Dr. Netherlands Advisor of IAU Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public, Leiden Observatory, Universe Awareness International Office
Mark Upahhyayula SubbaRao Dr. USA Adler Planetarium, Chicago. Chair the Science and Data Visualization Task Force of the International Planetarium Society (IPS), and President of the IPS.
O. Ivy Wong Dr. Australia Lead of the Radio Galaxy Zoo citizen science project, ICRAR (https://www.icrar.org/people/iwong/)

Member list for term 2017-2018

Name Title Country Brief Information
Sudhanshu Barway Dr. India Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore
Amanda Bauer Dr. US Head of Education and Public Outreach (EPO), Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Sze-leung Cheung Dr. Japan IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach, C/O National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Chenzhou Cui (Chair) Dr. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI of Chinese Virtual Observatory, Organizing Committee Member of Commission B2 Data and Documentation
Karen O’Flaherty Dr. Netherlands  Information Manager, Science Coordination Office, European Space Agency
Beatriz Garcia Dr. Argentina President of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development, Co-Chair of Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE), Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (ITeDA)
Kevin Govender Mr. South Africa IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, c/o South African Astronomical Observatory
Arna Karick Dr. Australia Scientific Computing & Data Consultant (freelance, based in Melbourne – Australia)
Shanshan Li Ms. China National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China-VO WWT lead
Chris J. Lintott Dr. United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Oxford (Zooniverse PI)
Vanessa Alexandra McBride Dr. South Africa University of Cape Town, Department of Astronomy
Zhixin Peng Dr. China Nanjing University, Astronomy education
Cuilan Qiao Dr. China Central China Normal University, China-VO EPO officer
Jordan Raddick Mr. US Education Director, Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science, JHU
Pedro Russo Dr. Netherlands President of IAU Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public, Leiden Observatory, Universe Awareness International Office
Mark SubbaRao Dr. US Adler Planetarium, Chicago. Chair the Science and Data Visualization Task Force of the International Planetarium Society (IPS), and President-Elect of IPS.