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Hira Fatima
Team Chair and Contact Person, NAEC team - Pakistan
NED university of Engineering & Technology and Institute of Space Science and Technology, University of Karachi
Hira Fatima is a professional astronomer studying the cosmos across multiple wavelengths. In addition to her research, Hira is dedicated to promoting astronomy education, research, and outreach. She has spearheaded numerous astronomy and space science education projects, successfully secured grants and organized numerous STEM workshops for students and teachers.
Hira is a Falling Walls Female Science Talent fellow, a member of the Radio Galaxy Zoo-EMU E&O team, ASTRO ACCEL, Royal Astronomical Society and European Astronomical society, an LCO Global Sky Partner, and serves as National Coordinator at Astronomers Without Borders and approved teacher and exam supervisor for the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition. Her contributions to astronomy education have garnered widespread recognition, earning her invitations to prestigious events such as the IAU General Assemblies, RAS National Astronomy Meeting, and United Nations Space4Women Expert Meeting.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027 Social media links (external links):
Team Chair and Contact Person, NAEC team - Pakistan
NED university of Engineering & Technology and Institute of Space Science and Technology, University of Karachi
Hira Fatima is a professional astronomer studying the cosmos across multiple wavelengths. In addition to her research, Hira is dedicated to promoting astronomy education, research, and outreach. She has spearheaded numerous astronomy and space science education projects, successfully secured grants and organized numerous STEM workshops for students and teachers.
Hira is a Falling Walls Female Science Talent fellow, a member of the Radio Galaxy Zoo-EMU E&O team, ASTRO ACCEL, Royal Astronomical Society and European Astronomical society, an LCO Global Sky Partner, and serves as National Coordinator at Astronomers Without Borders and approved teacher and exam supervisor for the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition. Her contributions to astronomy education have garnered widespread recognition, earning her invitations to prestigious events such as the IAU General Assemblies, RAS National Astronomy Meeting, and United Nations Space4Women Expert Meeting.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027 Social media links (external links):
Rayan Khan
Team Member, NAEC team - Pakistan
Cosmic Tribe / Institute of Space Science and Technology
Rayan Khan is the Founder of Cosmic Tribe www.cosmict.org, Holding a Master's degree in Astrophysics. Space and Astronomy Educator, IAU Dark Skies Ambassador, National Node of International Dark of Light, International Dark Sky Association-IDA Advocate, as well as the Young Persons Committee Head of Royal Aeronautical Society Pakistan Division, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering License Holder, and certified aerospace apprentice.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Pakistan
Cosmic Tribe / Institute of Space Science and Technology
Rayan Khan is the Founder of Cosmic Tribe www.cosmict.org, Holding a Master's degree in Astrophysics. Space and Astronomy Educator, IAU Dark Skies Ambassador, National Node of International Dark of Light, International Dark Sky Association-IDA Advocate, as well as the Young Persons Committee Head of Royal Aeronautical Society Pakistan Division, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering License Holder, and certified aerospace apprentice.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Mirwat Shamshad
Team Member, NAEC team - Pakistan
School of Astronomy & Physics/ Quaid-e-Azam University Isb
Mirwat is an educator, teaching Physics to girls for past six years. She is passionate to rethink and reimagine space education and STEM future for the youngsters. The vacuum in the educational system for inclusion of space science even within the proverbial best educational institutions and national programs of the country has left her with a yearning to shift trends for learning science beyond the conventional realm of curriculum and classroom settings.
She, in her own capacity, collaborates both at national and international level to organize space related activities, Space & STEM research projects, guest talks, celestial observation sessions and virtual visits to large research infrastructures. She is currently running a project “School of Astronomy and Physics by Mirwat” under the program “Science Quench” to expand Space and STEM awareness within Pakistan.
She is an International Day of Light (IDL) 2021 Alumni, a National Node for IDL and CERN Ambassador & Alumni. Currently, she is serving as Advocate for STEP UP program of American Physical Society. She has been featured in the 2021 SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) Planner for the “Women making a difference in the fields of SCIENCE,OPTICS and ENGINEERING”.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Pakistan
School of Astronomy & Physics/ Quaid-e-Azam University Isb
Mirwat is an educator, teaching Physics to girls for past six years. She is passionate to rethink and reimagine space education and STEM future for the youngsters. The vacuum in the educational system for inclusion of space science even within the proverbial best educational institutions and national programs of the country has left her with a yearning to shift trends for learning science beyond the conventional realm of curriculum and classroom settings.
She, in her own capacity, collaborates both at national and international level to organize space related activities, Space & STEM research projects, guest talks, celestial observation sessions and virtual visits to large research infrastructures. She is currently running a project “School of Astronomy and Physics by Mirwat” under the program “Science Quench” to expand Space and STEM awareness within Pakistan.
She is an International Day of Light (IDL) 2021 Alumni, a National Node for IDL and CERN Ambassador & Alumni. Currently, she is serving as Advocate for STEP UP program of American Physical Society. She has been featured in the 2021 SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) Planner for the “Women making a difference in the fields of SCIENCE,OPTICS and ENGINEERING”.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Contact
To get in touch with the NAEC team for Pakistan please contact:
The Pakistan NAEC team via naecteampakistanatgmail.com.
Astronomy Education in Pakistan
For more information on Astronomy Education in Pakistan, see the Astronomy Education in Pakistan document (PDF file 249.11 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.
