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Frances McCarthy
Team Chair, NAEC team - Ireland
Blackrock Castle Observatory
Frances McCarthy is the Head of Education and Outreach at Blackrock Castle Observatory. The BCO opened in 2007 and presently houses a robotic observatory alongside an interactive science centre.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Chair, NAEC team - Ireland
Blackrock Castle Observatory
Frances McCarthy is the Head of Education and Outreach at Blackrock Castle Observatory. The BCO opened in 2007 and presently houses a robotic observatory alongside an interactive science centre.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Dr Oisin Creaner
Team Member, NAEC team - Ireland
Dublin City University
Dr. Oisin Creaner is a computational astrophysicist who has worked as a lecturer and researcher at several institutions around the globe, including Berkeley Lab in the USA. He is an enthusiastic outreach speaker and advocate for early career researchers. His current research at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies is to streamline the use of a new kind of camera called an "MKID."
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Ireland
Dublin City University
Dr. Oisin Creaner is a computational astrophysicist who has worked as a lecturer and researcher at several institutions around the globe, including Berkeley Lab in the USA. He is an enthusiastic outreach speaker and advocate for early career researchers. His current research at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies is to streamline the use of a new kind of camera called an "MKID."
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
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Astronomy Education in Ireland
For more information on Astronomy Education in Ireland, see the Astronomy Education in Ireland document (PDF file 771.90 kB Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) icons) prepared by our NAEC team
The Office of Astronomy for Education is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie on the campus of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The Office of Astronomy for Education is an office of the International Astronomical Union, with substantial funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Shaw-IAU Workshops on Astronomy for Education are funded by the Shaw Prize Foundation.
