Lars Lindberg Christensen

Head 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
Tel: +49 89 3200 6761

Objectives

1. Management and coordination of ESO's EPO efforts
2. Setting the strategic goals for the EPO work
3. Implementation of the EPO Strategy and optimising its return-on-investment

Richard Hook

Survey 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
Tel: +49 89 3200 6655

Objectives

1. La Silla, Paranal, E-ELT and Survey Telescopes Public Information Officer work: coordination/implementation of outreach projects, writing of press releases, web pages, announcements, ESOcasts
2. Image processing consultancy and occasionally assistance with image processing

Douglas Pierce-Price

ALMA-APEX Public Information Officer/Education Officer/ Deputy Head of the Department

Douglas completed his Ph.D. at the Astrophysics Group of the University of Cambridge in 2001, working on A Submillimetre Continuum Survey of the Galactic Centre. During his Ph.D. he developed his interest in astronomical outreach. He worked from 2001 to 2005 as Science Outreach Specialist at the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii, for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, on a wide range of science education and public outreach activities, before joining ESO in 2005.

Email: dpiercep@eso.org
Tel: +49 89 3200 6759

Objectives

1. ALMA and APEX Public Information Officer work: coordination/implementation of outreach projects, writing of press releases, web pages, announcements, ESOcasts
2. Deputy head of department
3. Supervision of exhibitions coordinator and photographer

Raquel Yumi Shida

Web 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
Tel: +49 89 3200 6177

Objectives

1. Updating, maintenance, design and development of web sites
2. Developing, organizing and publishing web content

Jutta Boxheimer

Print Coordinator

Objectives

1. Print Design Coordination, Visual identity oversight
2. Layout of print products

Mafalda Martins

Print Assistant

Email: mmartins@eso.org
Tel: +49 3200 9020

Objectives

1. Print layout assistance
2. General graphics: posters, illustrations etc.

Martin Kornmesser

Animations/Graphics Coordinator

Email: mkornmes@eso.org
Tel: +49 89 3200 6586

Visit Martin's Flickr page.

Objectives

1. Graphical image processing
2. 2D and 3D modelling and animation
3. Misc. motion and still graphics: video editing, encoding, web design

Herbert Zodet

Video Coordinator

Email: hzodet@eso.org
Tel: +49 3200 6422

Objectives

1. Production of video material for broadcast, online and DVD use
2. Maintenance of the online/offline video archive
3. Writing of audiovisual scripts

Luis Calçada

Animations 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
Tel: +49 3200 6855

Objectives

1. Artist's impressions
2. 3D modelling and rendering
3. General graphics: posters, illustrations etc.

Edmund Janssen

Exhibitions Coordinator

Occupations held previously:

• Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, The Hague - Cartographer, graphic designer, deputy department head.
• Government Printing Office, The Hague - Offset printer.

Education:

• Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague - BA, Photography and Graphic Design.
• Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, BA, Classical graphic techniques.
• Government Printing Office, The Hague - apprentischip, Classical Graphic techniques.

Email: ejanssen@eso.org
Tel: +49 89 3200 6364

Objectives

1. Organisation and production of ESO exhibitions

Hans-Hermann Heyer

Photographer

Email: hheyer@eso.org
Tel: +49 3200 6308

Objectives

1. Photography in Garching & Chile
2. Maintenance of the master photo archive
3. Printing exhibition panels

Olivier Hainaut

Astronomer

Email: ohainaut@eso.org
Tel: +49 89 3200 6752

Objectives

1. Science Liaison: scientific quality assurance
2. Image production coordination
3. ESO Science Outreach Network coordination

Valentina Rodriguez

Chile Education & Outreach

Email: vrodrigu@eso.org

Objectives

1. Chile press coordination
2. Translation and distribution of press releases
3. Host for VIP and media visits

Laura Ventura

Chile 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
Tel: +56 2 463 3265

Objectives

1. EPO content production (captions etc.)
2. Host for VIP and media visits
3. Promotion of relations with national and local communities

Mathieu Isidro

Science Communication Assistant

Mathieu is a French Australian dual national who holds a BA in English philology and a MA in translation and communication from ISIT, in Paris. His life-long passion for astronomy led him to write his MA thesis on a report to the US Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee entitled "A strategy for the detection and characterization of exoplanets". At the same time, he executed his final internship at CNES, the French space agency, where he was in charge of compiling, editing and translating the agency's biennial report. He then worked at Interpol as an English communication officer before seizing the opportunity to work at ESO.

Keeping in mind his goal to combine his two passions - space and communication -, Mathieu now occupies his free time by writing articles for CNES' website and working as a freelance translator, specializing in science and space. He is also part of the TED Open Translation initiative. Mathieu greatly enjoys traveling, food, wine, culture and languages.

Email: misidro@eso.org
TED profile: http://www.ted.com/profiles/777302
Online CV: http://www.doyoubuzz.com/mathieu-isidro

Objectives

1. Public Information Officer assistance

Alex Abon

Chile Intern

Alex graduated in Physics at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. His passion for sciences led him to conduct projects in several fields, such as spatial hydrology (investigation study), chemistry and water management.

Alex is now conducting science projects for the French embassy in Chile and has been helping ESO ePOD in the organisation of events, exhibitions and media/VIP visits.

Email: abon@eso.org

Objectives

1. Public Information Officer assistance

Francesco Rossetto

Intern Graphic Design

Francesco was born in 1985 and obtained a Bachelor degree in Communication Studies at the University of Padua and a Master Degree in Industrial Design at the Scuola Italiana di Design (Padua).

During his Master he successfully collaborated with some important Italians and international brands, such as Greenpeace Italia, Vitra, Bemar, De Longhi, Solari, Inglesina, Euroform W., A.G.R., Geox.

Email: frossett@eso.org

Objectives

1. Graphics assistance

Kristine Omandap

Intern Graphic Design

Kristine Omandap was born in 1988 and is obtaining a Bachelor degree in Graphic and Media Design at London College of Communication. She is currently on a Industrial Year and will obtain a Diploma in Professional Studies in June 2012.

Email: komandap@eso.org

Objectives

1. Graphics assistance

Jorge Rivero Gonzalez

Intern Science Communication

Jorge was born in 1984 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and graduated in Physics at the University of La Laguna in 2008. At the moment, he is doing a PhD in astrophysics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He is mostly interested in the potential that audio-visual media has to bridge the gap between science and the general public.

Email: jrivero@eso.org

Objectives

1. Public Information Officer assistance