Users Committee

UC Members 2012

The ESO Users Committee (UC) is made of representatives of the ESO users in each member state and advises the ESO Director General on matters concerning the use of the ESO facilities (telescopes, instruments, computers, etc.). It constitutes the main link between ESO and its users community. The current list of UC members is given below.

  • Prof. Werner Zeilinger (Chair) (AT)
    Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien
    Türkenschanzstrasse 17
    A-1180 Wien
    Austria
  • Dr. Martin Groenewegen (BE)
    Royal Observatory of Belgium
    Ringlaan 3
    B-1180 Brussel
    Belgium

  • Tel: +43 (0)1 4277 51865
    Fax: +43 (0)1 4277 9518
    Email: werner.zeilinger at univie.ac.at
  • Tel: + 32 (0)2 3730203
    Email: marting at oma.be
 
  • Dr. Adéla Kawka (CZ)
    Astronomical Institute
    Czech Academy of Sciences
    Fričova 258
    CZ 251 65 Ondřejov
    Czech Republic
  • Dr. Frank Grundahl (DK)
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    University of Aarhus, bygn. 1520,
    Ny Munkegade
    DK-8000 Aarhus C
    Denmark

  • Tel: +420 3 2362 0217
    Fax: +420 3 2362 0250
    Email: kawka at sunstel.asu.cas.cz

  • Tel: +45 89 42 37 14
    Fax: +45 86 12 07 40
    Email: fgj at phys.au.dk
 
  • Dr. Seppo J. Katajainen (FI)
    Tuorla Observatory
    University of Turku
    Väisäläntie 20
    FI 21500 Piikkiö
    Finland
  • Dr. Claire Moutou (FR)
    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
    Technopole de Chateau-Gombert
    38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie
    F-13388 Marseille cedex 13
    France
  • Tel: +358 2 333 8243
    Fax: +358 2 243 3767
    Email: seppo.katajainen at utu.fi
  • Tel: +33 4 9105 5966
    Fax: +33 4 9176 1855
    Email: Claire.Moutou at oamp.fr
 
  • Prof. Thomas Preibisch (DE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte München
    Scheiner Strasse 1
    D-81679 München
    Germany
  • Dr. Stefano Benetti (IT)
    INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
    Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5
    I-35122 Padova
    Italy
  • Tel: +49 89 2180 6016
    Fax: +49 89 2180 6003
    Email: preibisch at usm.uni-muenchen.de
  • Tel: +39 049 8293408
    Fax: +39 049 8759840
    Email: stefano.benetti at oapd.inaf.it
 
  • Prof. Scott Trager (NL)
    Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
    P.O. Box 800
    NL-9700 AV Groeningen
    The Netherlands
  • Dr. M.S. Nanda Kumar (PT)
    Centro de Astrofísica,
    Universidade do Porto
    Rua das Estrelas
    s/n 4150-762 Porto
    Portugal
  • Tel: +31 50 3636625
    Fax: +31 50 3636100
    Email: S.C.Trager at astro.rug.nl

  • Tel: +351 226 089 841
    Fax: +351 226 089 831
    Email: nanda at astro.up.pt
   
  • Dr. Hans Martin Schmid (CH)
    Institut für Astronomie - ETH
    Wolgang-Pauli-Str. 27
    CH-8093 Zürich
    Switzerland
  • Dr. Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen (SE)
    Department of Earth and Space Science
    Chalmers University of Technology
    Onsala Space Observatory
    SE-43992 Onsala
    Sweden

  • Tel: +41 44 632 7386
    Fax: +41 44 633 1238
    Email: schmid at astro.phys.ethz.ch

  • Tel: +46 31 772 5526
    Fax: +46 31 772 5590
    Email: kraiberg at chalmers.se
   
  • Dr. Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro (ES)
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)
    Dep. Astronomía Extragaláctica
    Camino Bajo de Huéetor s/n - Apdo.3004
    Granada 18008
    Spain
  • Dr. Gary Fuller (UK)
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
    School of Physics and Astronomy
    Alan Turing Building
    University of Manchester
    Manchester, M13 9PL
    United Kingdom

  • Tel: +34 958 230 504
    Fax: +34 958 814 530
    Email: lourdes at iaa.es
  • Tel: +44 161 3063653
    Fax: +44 161 2754247
    Email: G.Fuller at manchester.ac.uk
   
  • Prof. Manuela Zoccali (CL)
    Departamento de Astronomía
    P. Universidad Católica
    Av Vicuna Mackenna, 4860
    782-0436 Macul
    Santiago
    Chile
  • Dr. Marcos Diaz (Observer) (BR)
    Instituto de Astronomia Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas
    Universidade de São Paulo
    Rua do Matão, 1226
    05508-900 São Paulo SP
    Brazil
  • Tel: +56 2 3547253
    Fax: +56 2 3544948
    Email: mzoccali at astro.puc.cl
  • Tel: +55 11 30912720
    Fax: +55 11 30912860
    Email: marcos at astro.iag.usp.br