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Tabitha Penina Alango
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Elimisha Msichan Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA)
Tabitha Penina Alango is a dedicated physicist with a research background in materials science. She holds a Master of Science in Physics from Maasai Mara University. Tabitha is passionate about mentoring students, especially young girls, in STEM fields and has been involved in various outreach programs. She is currently serving as the project manager of Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA), a project that seeks to mentor and empower girls in rural areas in Kenya and Uganda. Tabitha has presented her work at multiple international conferences and is actively engaged in projects promoting astronomy education among girls in rural Kenya.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Elimisha Msichan Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA)
Tabitha Penina Alango is a dedicated physicist with a research background in materials science. She holds a Master of Science in Physics from Maasai Mara University. Tabitha is passionate about mentoring students, especially young girls, in STEM fields and has been involved in various outreach programs. She is currently serving as the project manager of Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA), a project that seeks to mentor and empower girls in rural areas in Kenya and Uganda. Tabitha has presented her work at multiple international conferences and is actively engaged in projects promoting astronomy education among girls in rural Kenya.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Prof Paul Baki
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Technical University of Kenya
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Technical University of Kenya
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Maryanne Muriuki
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Africa Space Workshops (ASW)
Maryanne Muriuki is a young professional with a background in Disaster Management and International Diplomacy. She has been actively involved in the space arena since 2012, with participation in international cooperation efforts in space science and technology.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Africa Space Workshops (ASW)
Maryanne Muriuki is a young professional with a background in Disaster Management and International Diplomacy. She has been actively involved in the space arena since 2012, with participation in international cooperation efforts in space science and technology.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Daniel Chu Owen
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Travelling Telescope
Daniel Chu Owen, the co-founder and technical director of The Travelling Telescope, has been involved in astronomy outreach for 12 years. Chu has a degree in film production and in addition to the Travelling Telescope works in the film industry primarily
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
Travelling Telescope
Daniel Chu Owen, the co-founder and technical director of The Travelling Telescope, has been involved in astronomy outreach for 12 years. Chu has a degree in film production and in addition to the Travelling Telescope works in the film industry primarily
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Owen Susan Murabana
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
The Travelling Telescope
Susan Murabana is the president of African Planetarium Association. She is the co-founder and the CEO of The Travelling Telescope, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting astronomy in Africa. Her team takes their large portable telescopes and mobile planetarium to locations across Kenya.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Team Member, NAEC team - Kenya
The Travelling Telescope
Susan Murabana is the president of African Planetarium Association. She is the co-founder and the CEO of The Travelling Telescope, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting astronomy in Africa. Her team takes their large portable telescopes and mobile planetarium to locations across Kenya.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024
Contact
Unfortunately this NAEC team has not selected a contact point yet. For more information please contact oaeatastro4edu.org.
Astronomy Education in Kenya
For more information on Astronomy Education in Kenya, see the Astronomy Education in Kenya document (PDF file 210.47 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.
