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ravelling with a van through different latin american countries and sharing astronomy to people with the aim of creating a better world https www elenalopeznavas com armine patatanyan read more armine joined oad in october 2021 as a mental health project fellow she has a background in international relations human rights and conflict management with experience in development and humanitarian settings she has worked with undp armenia on women and youth empowerment and with kasa swiss humanitarian foundation on integration of asylum seekers and refugees in armenia in parallel she has become an active supporter for the advancement of astronomy by organizing as well as supporting several outreach and education projects and currently serves as naec armenia during her fellowship armine is exploring the empowerment potential of astronomy to prevent mental health problems and to enable the fulfillment of human potential email armine patatanyan gmail com sandra benitez herrera read more sandra benitez herrera studied physics at the complutense university of madrid spain and obtained her phd at the max planck for astrophysics and the technical university in munich germany she also has a specialization in science communication and education which she studied while she was working at the museum of astronomy and related sciences of rio de janeiro currently sandra works at the outreach department of the astrophysical institute of the canary islands in several astronomy outreach projects she is a member of the galileomobile voluntary program since 2011 and has organized educational initiatives in rural schools of india brazil ecuador chile uganda bolivia algeria since 2018 she is the coordinator of the amanar under the same sky project to support the sahrawi refugee community within the oad sandra is part of the astronomy for mental health flagship trying to assess the restorative effects of astronomy and its potential to improve the mental well being of vulnerable communities such as refugees email sandra benitez herrera gmail com tom mutabazi read more tom studied mathematics and physics at mbarara university of science and technology must uganda and he is currently a lecturer in the department of physics at must tom is involved in the training of secondary school science teachers especially those offering mathematics and physics combinations he has played a pivotal role in curriculum development for the department of physics as well as teaching basic programming skills using python computer language before joining must as a lecturer tom obtained his phd in astronomy at the university of cape town south africa at the oad tom is using astronomy skills to explore the changes in land use and vegetation cover in uganda and assess how these affect the quality of water and moisture content in the soil email tmutabazi gmail com dana ficut vicas read more dana joined the oad team in october 2021 to work on the impact analysis and communication of oad projects she has a background in astronomy obtained her bachelors in astronomy at the university of nanjing china her masters at the babes bolyai university cluj napoca and her phd at the university of hertfordshire uk she also has a masters in educational sciences curricular management and experience as a member in the oad review panel in her oad project she is studying the impact of funded oad projects as well as ways to improve the communication of this data base of projects email dana vicas gmail com maria alejandra diaz read more alejandra obtained her bachelor s degree in physics and master s degree in astrophysics at the autónoma university of madrid uam spain since then she has completed a traineeship with the european space agency and gotten involved in several astronomy outreach and communication projects her research interests are young stellar systems and high energy astrophysics alejandra joined the oad in march 2022 during her fellowship she is examining the impact of funded oad projects and their success in meeting the sustainable development goals email madiazteo gmail com jane choi read more jane has a degree in socio cultural anthropology from beloit college the united states she currently works at the british consulate general in cape town as a trade and investment advisor in her spare time she volunteers for the oad the latest oad project jane worked on was the astronomy for development online course this project design course aims to provide a helping hand to anyone who intends to submit an application to the oad call for proposals tanita ramburuth hurt read more tanita ramburuth hurt is a south african astrophysicist currently working on her phd at the university of geneva in switzerland her phd research is on the gas and dust in galaxies which are essential ingredients for star formation and galaxy evolution she focusses on investigating the metal variation in the interstellar medium of both distant galaxies and the milky way tanita believes that science is for people who have an unshakeable desire to discover understand and communicate how and why the universe works she is passionate about using astronomy as a tool for development and for giving all people equal access to pursuing their dreams tanita is visiting the oad for two weeks in march 2023 rena aerey lee read more rena joined the oad as a remote fellow in june 2023 her main contribution during her fellowship will be an impact report of oad funded projects from 2022 her interest in this stems from a background in global public health and social development initiatives from her time at vassar college in poughkeepsie new york she is now a phd student at the institute for astronomy in honolulu hawai i and is supported by the us national science foundation graduate research fellowship program her interests include young dwarf stars and their planetary systems and science education and outreach sean bragen read more sean is a senior economics and finance dual major at susquehanna university based in selinsgrove pennsylvania usa while at susquehanna university sean has conducted research on both the quantity theory of money and the impact of minimum wage hikes currently sean is interning at the oad where he is examining the economic impact of astro tourism email bragen susqu edu michael levine read more michael levine is a student of finance and economics at susquehanna university based in selinsgrove pennsylvania usa he has done previous research on the effects of covid 19 on the aesthetic industry non invasive surgery in europe and completed an internship and work experience in global settings with people around the world most recently at a large financial technology based solutions firm in nyc email levinem susqu edu amidou sorgho read more amidou just submitted his phd thesis in astrophysics at the university of cape town his research mainly focuses on the distribution and kinematics of neutral hydrogen in galaxies from burkina faso amidou has used small telescopes during his undergraduate to conduct outreach activities to the public and school learners as a fellow at the oad amidou works on a flagship project that aims at optimising the impact of astronomical facilities such as small observatories on local socioeconomic development email amid ast at gmail com replace at with marie korsaga read more marie is an astronomer from burkina faso she completed her phd in astrophysics from the university of cape town and aix marseille university her research area focuses on the formation and evolution of galaxies particularly on the distribution of dark matter in galaxies as a fellow at the oad she is working to highlight the role of the global astronomy community in the fight against the covid 19 pandemic and its effects on development email marie korsaga07 at gmail com emily chiedza tigere read more emily tigere was born in zimbabwe but grew up in cape town where she completed her bachelor of commerce degree at the university of wersten cape she is an intern working on designing an efficient information systems management structure and capturing data of all project and reports email triggastiger at gmail com thummim mekuria read more thummim is an ethiopian student finishing up a joint astrophysics and philosophy degree at pomona college usa as an intern with the oad she is working with nikhita madhanpall on collecting data for a machine learning hackathon and adding to marie korsaga s research on non medical scientists who are contributing to the fight against the covid 19 pandemic amelia henkel read more amelia henkel joined the oad in may where she will work as a visiting fellow through mid august she holds a bs in physics with an astronomy focus and ba in human rights from the university of connecticut in the us her home country in her undergraduate career amelia pursued research on black holes as well as on violence against women and is very eager to merge her experiences with astronomy and human rights at the oad she has also engaged in astronomy public outreach and has served on several groups and committees that focus on making science a more inclusive space for underrepresented minorities amelia came to the oad to organize its flagship project on science diplomacy through astronomy which she sees as an excellent way of combining her two seemingly unrelated academic interests email amelia henkel at uconn edu replace at with estefany san andres h read more estefany from ecuador is a socio cultural anthropologist with studies in jungian psychology her work experience is based on design implementation monitoring and evaluation of social projects with government non profit sector and united nations specifically she has coordinated multicultural public health and socio economic inclusion projects with refugees indigenous communities and women as a visitor at the oad she is supporting the inclusion of gender and ethnic approach and strengthening the guidelines for social impacts and relation between astronomy and local community her personal interests include writing theatre percussion dream analysis and art therapy max molaro read more max is a volunteer from italy he holds a bachelor degree in philosophy politics and economics from king s college london uk and is interested in pursuing a career in the field of international development at the oad he learned how development through science within the un framework is carried out and how project management and evaluation occur in practice in his two month visit to cape town he helped in the operative and administrative aspects of the office while bringing useful insights to the team from a social science and interdisciplinary perspective email molaromax at gmail com replace at with october december 2018 anna voelker read more anna voelker is a visiting fellow from the united states she was born and raised in pittsburgh pennsylvania and currently works as the astronomy accessibility program coordinator for the ohio state university osu she graduated from osu with a b sc in science communication and accessibility and a minor in astronomy and astrophysics anna is a brooke owens fellow and has previously worked at many space science institutions including nasa and the space telescope science institute she is elated to be working with dr wanda díaz merced at the oad to develop accessibility guidelines for astronomy outreach events anna is a recipient of the 2018 osu president s prize and is implementing a yearlong project focused on accessible astronomy and disability inclusion in science her project will culminate in sciaccess a science accessibility conference that will be hosted at osu on june 28 and 29 2019 if you have any interest in sciaccess please contact anna for more information email voelker 30 at osu edu replace at with september november 201 8 michelle willebrands read more coming from the netherlands michelle is a graduate student in astronomy and science communication at leiden university she has done research in the field of exocomets and she has also worked to develope an astronomical instrument in an optical laboratory she is now working for the recently established european regional node of the oad during the two month stay in cape town for her internship michelle will assist in the activities of the global office and initiate ideas for the european road after that she will be in charge of gauging implementation plan for the european office email michellewillebrands at gmail com replace at with september october 2018 nguyen tan vu read more tan vu is a graduate student of the global studies programme jointly organised by the university of freiburg university of cape town and jawaharlal nehru university coming from vietnam vu has been long engaging with astronomy outreach and education starting with ho chi minh city amateur astronomy club haac and vietastro his internship at the oad involves in different tasks of operations and communications he hopes what he learns at the oad also helps to address new issues in interdisciplinarity as well as to explore the new horizons of science for development email tan vu nguyen at vietastro org replace at with july september 2018 johanna casado read more johanna maria casado is a doctoral researcher at the institute of technologies in detection and astroparticles iteda and the university of mendoza in mendoza argentina at the oad she works with post doctoral researcher wanda diaz merced to develop an accessible software for people with disabilities in the field of astronomy and space science the software helps display data contained in two columns of files besides her doctoral work includes focus group and interaction with other users in order to reach user centered development email johanna casado at um edu ar replace at with july august 2018 kathy eastwood read more kathy degioia eastwood is a professor emerita of physics and astronomy at northern arizona university in the united states she is visiting the oad as a fulbright specialist and is working with wanda diaz merced on developing materials to prepare visually impaired students to study physics and astronomy at university over her career kathy did research on massive stars taught university courses worked with k 12 teachers served as department chair administered grants at the national science foundation and started two successful programs enabling undergraduates to do research email kathy eastwood at gmail com replace at with july august 2018 paul a wilson read more paul was a visiting fellow who lead the development of the oad data science toolkit aimed at teaching data science with astronomy he is a professional astronomer by training having obtained his phd in astronomy from the university of exeter paul has done research in several fields including exoplanet atmospheres brown dwarfs debris disks and exocomets at the oad paul developed ways to help astronomers identify and learn skills within astronomy that also comprise important data science skill...