Our observatories are located all over the world
Observatory directors
James Ogude
African Observatory Director
University of Pretoria, South Africa
2015 – Present
2015 – Present
Hsinya Huang
Asia Pacific Observatory Director
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
2015 – Present
2015 – Present
Steven Hartman
Circumpolar Observatory Director
University of Iceland & Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland
2016 – Present
2016 – Present
Kirill Thompson
East Asia Observatory Director
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2015 – Present
2015 – Present
Poul Holm
European Observatory Director
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Gothenburg University, Sweden
2013 – Presen
2013 – Presen
Juan Carlos Galeano
Latin American Observatory Co-Director
Florida State University, USA
2015 – Present
2015 – Present
Jorge Reinel Pulecio Yate
Latin American Observatory Co-Director
Universidad de Amazonia, Colombia
2015 – Present
2015 – Present
Joni Adamson
North American Observatory Director
Arizona State University, USA
2013 – Present
2013 – Present
Thom van Dooren
Oceania Observatory Director
University of Sydney, Australia
2017 – Present
2017 – Present
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