ESO Department of Communication
Contact Us
Please direct all inquiries and requests (English language is preferred) to this address:
ESO Department of Communication,
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
D-85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6291
Fax: +49 89 3200 2362
Email: information@eso.org
The Team
Our team consists of in-house staff, collaborators and interns. Some work full-time, some part-time. We also collaborate with volunteers.
A list of students and previous interns/visitors is available.
Head of the Department of Communication
Anna-Lynn WegenerHead of the Department of Communication Email: Anna-Lynn.Wegener@eso.org |
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Administration
Susana Almagro GarciaAdministrative Assistant Susana is the ESO Department of Communication Assistant at ESO's Headquarters in Garching. Her work includes providing administrative, travel, procurement and budget support for the department. Besides these duties, she also is in charge of logistics for the science communication internships, trainees, apprentices, students, visitors and volunteers. She coordinates events and projects as well as assisting with the budget and the coordination of payments. Email: salmagro@eso.org |
Media Relations Team
Mariya LyubenovaHead of Media Relations Team Mariya is the Head of the Media Relations Team, whose goal is to bring to the attention of the media, educators, decision-takers, local communities, and the public in general the most important scientific and technological achievements of the astronomical users community of ESO and its 16 member states. Mariya leads a culturally diverse team of science communicators, writers, visual artists, image processing specialists and social media experts. The MRT is responsible for the preparation of press releases, announcements, video casts, social media campaigns, exhibitions and other. As a member of ESO’s astronomers faculty, Mariya is pursuing an active research program in the area of galaxy evolution, as well as supervises master and PhD students and mentors junior researchers. Born and completed a BSc and MSc in Bulgaria, Mariya obtained her doctorate in astronomy from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich in 2009, after pursuing 3 years of research at the ESO Headquarters in Germany. After that she worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany and then at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, before re-joining ESO in 2017. Email: mlyubeno@eso.org |
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Bárbara Trovão FerreiraMedia Manager Bárbara is responsible for managing the production of the ESO news items and acts as ESO’s interface with the media. She started her science communication career as a science writing intern at ESO back in 2011. She then moved to the European Geosciences Union where she worked for 8 years as media and communications manager, before returning to ESO. Originally from Portugal, she has a degree in astronomy from the University of Porto, and a masters and PhD in mathematical astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, UK. Email: Barbara.Ferreira@eso.org |
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Juan Carlos Muñoz MateosMedia Officer As Media Officer, Juan Carlos contributes to shape and implement ESO’s online presence and strategy. After completing his PhD in Astrophysics at Complutense University in Madrid, he worked for 3 years at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, USA. He then moved to Chile as an ESO Fellow and later became a Staff Astronomer. At ESO he combined his research on galaxy evolution with duties at Paranal Observatory, and promoted ESO’s science and facilities online via his astrophotography. He subsequently decided to put these skills to work in the field of astronomy communication as a full-time career. After working as one of the coordinators of the IAU’s Office of Astronomy for Education in Heidelberg, he returned to ESO and joined the Department of Communication in Garching. Email: jmunoz@eso.org |
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Paola AmicoScience Liaison Paola holds a Doctorate in Astronomy from Padova University, Italy. In 1994 she started as science fellow at ESO, in a wave of enthusiasm from her visits as a student that had her enjoying ESO's coffee since 1989; already in 1995 she moved her fellowship to the Detector Group of the Instrumentation Division, to follow a more technology-oriented career in astronomy. She became staff member at ESO in the Data Management Division in 1998, as Data Quality Control Scientist for ISAAC and NACO. In 2001 she moved to Hawaii, to enjoy tropical beaches and to work at Keck Observatory as Instrument Scientist for LRIS and eventually OSIRIS, following her interest in Adaptive Optics assisted Astronomy. In 2005 she became Staff Astronomer at Paranal Observatory, thus re-joining ESO in a different continent. She was instrument scientist of NACO and SINFONI and leader of the Adaptive Optics team. In the 8 years as astronomer at the observatories, she participated in more than 30 different instrument commissioning and upgrades, and passed the 1200-nights mark as observer. Returning to regular daytime-work happened in 2009, when she closed a geographical and career triangle, as System Engineer in the Instrumentation Division of ESO. She currently works on ELT-related projects, such as MAORY, MICADO and the Wavefront Sensing Cameras, and supports the Department of Communication as Science Liaison. Asteroid #454350 discovered by WISE is named after her. Email: pamico@eso.org |
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Internal Communication
Douglas Pierce-PriceHead of Internal Communication Email: dpiercep@eso.org |
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Gabriela GajardoInternal Communication Chile Email: ggajardo@eso.org |
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Communication Chile
Laura VenturaHead of Communication Chile
Email: lventura@eso.org |
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Francisco RodríguezMedia Officer in Chile Email: frrodrig@eso.org |
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Sofía Otero CavadaOutreach Officer in Chile Sofía Otero Cavada is a journalist from Universidad de Chile, with a Master in Science Communication from the University of Otago (NZ). Before joining ESO, she worked in the field of promoting sciences for 10 years, with an emphasis in earth sciences and energy, for public universities and local public research centres in Chile. Since 2014, she has been teacher at the Diploma on Science Communication, at Universidad de Chile, and also teaches workshops in the area for professionals, researchers, undergraduate & graduate students. She has created and been in charge of a broad variety of contents and activities, in particular, books, exhibitions and online educational material for different audiences. Email: Sofia.Otero@eso.org |
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Creative Team
Martin WallnerHead of Creative Team Email: Martin.Wallner@eso.org |
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Martin KornmesserVisual Artist Visit Martin's Flickr page Email: mkornmes@eso.org |
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Luis CalçadaData Visualisations Artist Luis studied Physics/Applied Math (Astronomy) but eventually gave up on the idea of becoming a real scientist. He got his first real job at a science centre in Portugal, where for 6 years he discovered, developed and matured his skills in visual science communication. 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. Email: lcalcada@eso.org |
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Angelos TsaousisVideo and Multimedia Generalist A visionary storyteller whose look at impactful stories is both intimate and inspiring. With an MA in Communication Studies (University of Leeds, UK), Angelos has an extensive experience as a director, producer and filmmaker in the international documentary film industry since 2006. He has participated at numerous international film festivals like HotDocs, has received the Fulbright scholarship and the San Francisco Film Society Fellowship. He aims through his films to raise awareness and promote a dialogue on important social, environmental and science issues. As part of ESO's Creative Team his main objective is to visualize impactful science stories with a cinematic touch. He is constantly mastering his technical knowledge of filmmaking, editing and drone cinematography for sustaining and advancing his unique storytelling. Email: Angelos.Tsaousis@eso.org |
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Jutta BoxheimerPrint Coordinator Email: jboxheim@eso.org
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Mafalda MartinsPrint Assistant Email: mmartins@eso.org |
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Web Team
Raquel Yumi ShidaHead of Web Team Raquel is responsible for managing a group of web developers and content specialists who run the online infra-structure and web sites of the Department of Communication. They include the public pages of ESO , ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre and the Extremely Large Telescope. Raquel obtained a professional degree in architecture and urban planning at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. As an undergraduate student she also attended classes in various fields of science, built her own telescope and became a dedicated 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 astronomy-related web design/development, scientific research and astronomy outreach. A fraction of her publications in astronomy and science communication can be found on this NASA/ADS link Email: rshida@eso.org |
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Interns
Sean BromilowIntern Science Communication Sean has a background in Physics, and has always loved doing science outreach work to get people excited about his favourite topics. He’s taken science into the classroom, working with kids of all ages, and given shows in a travelling planetarium. Now, he’s exploring new ways to spark some enthusiasm for astronomy as one of ESO’s Science Communication Interns. Email: Sean.Bromilow@eso.org |
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Amy BriggsIntern Science Communication Amy is a recent science communication graduate from the Australian National University. Before coming to learn from the COMMS team at the ESO, she worked for the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) as a Communications Coordinator and as an Editorial Coordinator for the youth magazine Careers with STEM. She has also written for the Sunday Space column in The Canberra Times, ABC Science, and the CSIRO’s Double Helix magazine. She has a passion for storytelling, reading, and unihockey. Email: Amy.Briggs@eso.org |
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