VLBI Science Working Group members

Please contact the co-chairs if you are interested in joining the group. 

NameInstitutionCountryMembership Type
Jack RadcliffeUniversity of PretoriaSouth AfricaCo-Chair 
Jun YangOSO/ChalmersSwedenCo-Chair 
Emmanuel Bempong-ManfulUniversity of ManchesterUKcore
Rob BeswickUniversity of ManchesterUKcore
Etienne BonnassieuxJMU WürzburgGermanycore
Gabriele BruniINAF – Institute for Space Astrophysics and PlanetologyItalycore
James ChibuezeUniversity of South AfricaSouth Africacore
Juan Bautista Climent OliverUniversidad de ValenciaSpaincore
Lang CuiXinjiang Astronomical ObservatoryChinacore
Richard DodsonICRAR / UWAAustraliacore
Cristina Garcia-MiroObservatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN)Spaincore
Hiroshi ImaiKagoshima UniversityJapancore
Matthias KadlerUniversity of WürzburgGermanycore
Preeti KharbNCRA-TIFRIndiacore
Hans-Rainer KloecknerMPIfRGermanycore
Yuri KovalevMRIfRGermanycore
Vijay MahatmaUniversity of CambridgeUKcore
Benito MarcoteJIVE / ASTRONNetherlandscore
Javier MoldonIAA-CSICSpaincore
Suma MurthyJIVENetherlandscore
Junghwan OhJIVENetherlandscore
Monica OrienteINAFItalycore
Francesca PanessaINAFItalycore
Zsolt ParagiJIVENetherlandscore
Mamta PommierObservatoire de LyonFrancecore
Maria RiojaICRAR / UWA Australia core
Prajval ShastriRaman Research InstituteIndiacore
Cristiana SpingolaINAFItalycore
Roland TimmermanDurham UniversityUKcore
Marjolein VerkouterJIVENetherlandscore
Jompoj WongphehcauxsornUniversity of WürzburgGermany core
J.N.H.S. AdityaUniversity of SydneyAustraliaassociate
Ivan AgudoIAA-CSICSpainassociate
Antxon AlberdiIAA (CSIC)Spainassociate
Tao AnShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Sonia AntonUniversity of CoimbraPortugalassociate
Pikky AtriASTRON/Radboud UniversityNetherlandsassociate
Anne-Kathrin BaczkoChalmers University of Technology / Onsala Space ObservatorySwedenassociate
Ranieri BaldiINAF – Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
Eduardo BanadosMax-Planck Institute for AstronomyGermanyassociate
Norbert BartelYork UniversityCanadaassociate
Ilse van BemmelASTRONNetherlandsassociate
Michael BietenholzYork UniversityCanadaassociate
Hayley BignallCSIROAustraliaassociate
Paul BovenJIVENetherlandsassociate
Andreas BrunthalerMPIfRGermanyassociate
Bob CampbellJIVENetherlandsassociate
Hongmin CaoShangqiu Normal UniversityChinaassociate
Patrick CharlotUniversity of BordeauxFranceassociate
Shami ChatterjeeCornell UniversityUSAassociate
Siyuan ChenShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Wen ChenYunnan ObservatoriesChinaassociate
Xiaopeng ChengKASIKoreaassociate
Ilje ChoKorea Astronomy and Space science InstituteSouth Koreaassociate
John ConwayOSO/ChalmersSwedenassociate
Salvador CurielUniversity Nacional de MexicoMexicoassociate
Filippo D'Ammando INAF – Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
Roger DeaneUCTSouth Africaassociate
Jurjen de JongLeiden ObservatoryNetherlandsassociate
Adam DellerSwinburne University of TechnologyAustraliaassociate
Hao DingNational Astronomical Observatory of JapanJapanassociate
Phil EdwardsCSIROAustraliaassociate
Simon EllingsenICRAR / Curtin UniversityAustraliaassociate
Jan ForbrichUniversity of HertfordshireUKassociate
Sandor FreyFOMI SGOHungaryassociate
Michael GarrettUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Masoumeh Ghasemi-NodehiXinjiang Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Stefano Giarratana INAF – Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
Gabriele GiovanniniINAFItalyassociate
Julien N. GirardLESIA, Observatoire de ParisFranceassociate
Marcello GirolettiINAFItalyassociate
Ciriaco GoddiUniversità di CagliariItalyassociate
Keith GraingeUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Jimi GreenSKAOAustraliaassociate
Sergei GulyaevAuckland University of Technology (AUT)New Zealandassociate
Leonid GurvitsJIVENetherlandsassociate
Chao-Jie HaoPurple Mountain Observatory, CASChinaassociate
Xuan HeShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Jonas HeßdörferUniversity of WürzburgGermanyassociate
Katie HesterlyCardiff UniversityUKassociate
Ian HeywoodUniversity of OxfordUKassociate
Tomoya HirotaMizusawa-VLBI ObservatoryJapanassociate
Mareki HonmaNAOJJapanassociate
Huanchen HuMax Planck Institute for Radio AstronomyGermanyassociate
Matt JarvisUniversity of Oxford / University of Western CapeUKassociate
Pengfei JiangXinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CASChinaassociate
Taehyun JungKorea Astronomy and Space Science InstituteKoreaassociate
Matthias KadlerUniversity of WürzburgGermanyassociate
Osamu KameyaOshu Sapce & Astronomy MuseumJapanassociate
Bahman KarimiCanada Cambridge AcademyCanadaassociate
Mark KettenisJIVENetherlandsassociate
Preeti KharbNational Centre for Radio AstrophysicsIndiaassociate
Rubinur KhatunUniversity of OsloNorwayassociate
Dong-Jin KimCSIROAustraliaassociate
Jae-Young KimKyungpook National UniversitySouth Koreaassociate
Jungha KimChungnam UniversitySouth Koreaassociate
Junhan KimKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)South Koreaassociate
Franz KirstenOSO / ChalmersSwedenassociate
Hideyuki KobayashiShaghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Yuri KovalevMPIfRGermanyassociate
Magdalena Kunert-BajraszewskaNicolaus Copernicus University (NCU)Polandassociate
Huib Jan van LangeveldeJIVE / Sterrewacht LeidenNetherlandsassociate
Jinzeng LiNational Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of SciencesChinaassociate
Yingjie LiPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of SciencesChinaassociate
Zhixuan LiYunnan ObservatoryChinaassociate
Rocco LicoINAF – Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
Zehao LinPurple Mountain Observatory, CASChinaassociate
Michael LindqvistOSO/ChalmersSwedenassociate
Dejian LiuChina Three Gorges UniversityChinaassociate
Niu LiuNanjing UniversityChinaassociate
Yuanqi LiuShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Andrei LobanovMPIfRGermanyassociate
Geferson LucatelliUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Filippo MaccagniINAFItalyassociate
John McKeanSARAO / University of PretoriaSouth Africaassociate
Gwendolyn MeeusUniversidad Autonoma de MadridSpainassociate
Crystal MeleAstronomical Institute, Ruhr University BochumGermanyassociate
Mar MezcuaICESpainassociate
Giulia MiglioriINAF – Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
James Miller-JonesICRAR - Curtin UniversityAustraliaassociate
Leah MorabitoDurham UniversityUKassociate
John MorganATNFAustraliaassociate
Raffaella MorgantiASTRONNetherlandsassociate
Sara Elisa MottaINAFItalyassociate
Suma MurthyJoint Institute for VLBI ERICNetherlandsassociate
Cristina NanciINAF-OAS (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio Bologna)Italyassociate
Ann Njeri Ng’EndoNewcastle UniversityUKassociate
Junghwan OhJoint Institute for VLBI ERICNetherlandsassociate
Jongho ParkKyung Hee UniversityKoreaassociate
Miguel Perez-TorresIAA (CSIC)Spainassociate
James PetleyLeiden ObservatoryNetherlandsassociate
Chris PhillipsATNFAustraliaassociate
Jonathon (Jonny) PierceUniversity of HertfordshireUKassociate
Devon PowellMPIfRGermanyassociate
Jonathan QuickHARTRAOSouth Africaassociate
Cormac ReynoldsATNFAustraliaassociate
Luca RicciJMU WürzburgGermanyassociate
Hyunwook RoKASISouth Koreaassociate
Jan RöderMPIfR / IAA GranadaGermanyassociate
Florian Rösch University of Würzburg Germanyassociate
Eduardo RosMPIfRGermanyassociate
Michael RupenDRAOCanadaassociate
Kazi RyglINAF-Istituto di RadioastronomiaItalyassociate
Dongsu RyuUNISTSouth Koreaassociate
Ramananda SantraNational Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR_Indiaassociate
Tuomas SavolainenAalto University Metsähovi Radio ObservatoryFinlandassociate
Satoko Sawada-SatohOsaka Metropolitan UniversityJapanassociate
Richard SchilizziUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Sagar SethiAstronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian UniversityPolandassociate
Stas ShabalaUniversity of TasmaniaAustraliaassociate
G.A. Shanmugha SundaramSIERS Research LaboratoryIndiaassociate
Xinwen ShuAnhui Normal UniversityChinaassociate
Samir SinglaSavitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndiaassociate
Agnieszka SlowikowskaJIVENetherlandsassociate
Bong Won SohnKASIKoreaassociate
Frits SweijenDurham UniversityUKassociate
Arpad SzomoruJIVENetherlandsassociate
Keitaro TakahashiKumamoto UniversityJapanassociate
Russ TaylorUniversity of Cape TownSouth Africaassociate
Kshitij ThoratUniversity of PretoriaSouth Africaassociate
Steven TingayCurtin UniversityAustraliaassociate
Himanshu TiwariCurtin UniversityAustraliaassociate
Valeriu TudoseInstitute for Space SciencesRomaniaassociate
Tasso TzioumisCSIROAustraliaassociate
Francesco UbertosiUniversity of BolognaItalyassociate
Lucero UscangaUniversity of GuanajuatoMexicoassociate
Eskil VareniusChalmers UniversitySwedenassociate
Tiziana VenturiINAFItalyassociate
Tessa VernstromCSIROAustraliaassociate
Xiaolong YangKIAA/Shanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Yu Yun Shanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Stefan WagnerDZAGermanyassociate
Kelvin WandiaUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Ailing WangShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Jennifer WestDRAO/NRCCanadaassociate
David Williams-BaldwinUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Peter WilkinsonUniversity of ManchesterUKassociate
Bailee WolfeOzGrav, Swinburne University of TechnologyAustraliaassociate
Aiyuan YangNAOCChinaassociate
Jumei YaoXinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CASChinaassociate
Su YaoNational Astronomical Observatories, CASChinaassociate
Mustafa K. YildizAstronomy and Space Sciences Department, Erciyes UniversityTurkeyassociate
Ye XuPurple Mountain ObservatoryChinaassociate
Anton ZensusMPIfRGermanyassociate
Bo ZhangShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Yingkang ZhangShanghai Astronomical ObservatoryChinaassociate
Philippa HartleySKAOUKOffice Contact

 

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