The visit to the IAA-CSIC of its External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB) is over
On March 14 and 16, the External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB), composed of internationally recognized researchers, visited the IAA-CSIC facilities to review the activities of the IAA and to provide advice on future actions.
16/03/2023
On March 14 and 16, the External Scientific Advisory Board (ESAB), composed of internationally recognized researchers, visited the IAA-CSIC facilities to review the activities of the IAA and to provide advice on future actions.
During these days, the ESAB has been able to review the actions developed by the IAA-CSIC in all its areas of work, as well as the main scientific results of the last three years. In addition, it has conducted interviews and meetings with the different scientific-technical groups (technical staff, predocs, postdocs and scientific staff).
It has been an excellent opportunity to review and evaluate the work done since 2020 and to project the new lines of action of the IAA-CSIC towards the future.
The External Scientific Advisory Committee is composed of 10 international experts in different areas, and chaired by the President of the IAU, Prof. Silvia Torres Peimbert.
The program of the visit was as follows:
Tuesday, 14th March 2023
15:15 – 16:00: “IAA Report” by Antxon Alberdi, Director IAA
16:00 – 16:45: “The IAA Severo Ochoa (SO-IAA) projects: review and prospects”, by Isabel Márquez, Scientific Director SO-IAA Projects
17:15 – 17:35: “Update on IAA Technological Activities” María Balaguer, Head of the “Instrumental and Technical Development Unit (UDIT)”
17:35 – 17:50: “News from Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA)” by Jesús Aceituno, CAHA Director
17:50 – 18:10: “The IAA Gender Policy”, by Josefa Masegosa, Head of the “Comisión de Igualdad”
18:10 – 18:30: “The IAA Outreach and Communication unit (UCC)”, by Emilio J. García, Head of the UCC
18:45 – 19:30: Round table with the Heads of the Scientific Departments and IAA Internal Board
Wednesday, 15th March 2023
9:15 – 11:55: IAA Scientific Highlights since February 2020
9:15 – 9:30: The Solar Physics Group at the forefront of Solar Space Science (J.C. del Toro, D. Orozco)
9:30 – 9:45: Exploration of Mars and Venus (F. González-Galindo, G. Gilli)
9:45 – 10:00: CARMENES: 7 years studying planetary systems (P. Amado, C. Danielski)
10:00 - 10:15: The Galactic Center: IR/radio studies of a unique astrophysical region (R. Schoedel)
10:15 – 10:25: PhD talks 1 & 2: “Unveiling the outer solar system through stellar occultations” (M. Vara), “Deciphering the substructure of molecular jets from protostars” (G. Blázquez)
11:00 – 11:15: Imaging the supermassive black hole at the galactic center with the EHT (J.L.Gómez)
11:15 – 11:30: J-PAS: a survey for Galaxy Evolution (J. M.Vílchez, R.M. González Delgado)
11:30 – 11:45: Preparatory work for SKA Key Science (L. Verdes-Montenegro, K. Hess)
11:45 – 11:55: PhD talks 3 & 4: “Searching for outflows in low luminosity AGNs” (L. Hermosa-Muñoz), “The First Observations of LST-1: The First CTA Telescope” (J. Escudero)
12:00 – 12:40: Interview with Technical Staff
12:45 – 13:25: Interviews with Pre-Docs
14:50 – 15:30: Interviews with Postdocs
15:35 – 16:15: Interviews with Senior Scientific staff
16:45 – 17:45: Posters viewing
Contact:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)
Unidad de Divulgación y Comunicación
Silbia López de Lacalle - sll[arroba]iaa.es - 958230676
https://www.iaa.csic.es
https://divulgacion.iaa.csic.es
