Prof Susan Bourne is the Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Cape Town. Prior to this appointment she was the Professor of Physical Chemistry and Head of the Department of Chemistry at UCT. She holds a BSc(Hons) and PhD degree, obtained at UCT. Her research interests are in Supramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering. She is … Read More
Four new staff members joined IDIA in December 2018. They bring a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience to the institute. Mike Currin Mike has joined IDIA as Senior Technical Specialist supporting the Information Technology team and is based at the University of Cape Town. Mike describes his recent venture into IDIA as follows: “I’m super excited to be part … Read More
The Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy receives international and national visitors who seek to build partnerships and collaborations with the institute and its researchers. Visitors in 2019 Dr. Fabio Vitello, INAF, Catania, Italy Dr. Ugo Becciani, INAF, Catania, Italy Assoc. Prof. Dharam Lal, NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India Grazia Uman, INAF, Catania, Italy Corrado Trigillio, INAF, Catania, Italy Adriano Ingallinera, INAF, … Read More
The Director of the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy, Prof. Russ Taylor, launched the new IDIA offices at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The launch of the office was welcomed by Physics and Astronomy Head of Department, Prof. Christopher Arendse, along with members of the UWC Astrophysics Group and South Africa’s Astronomy community. The launch of the office follows a … Read More
IDIA was privileged to have Associate Professor Ishwara Chandra from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India as a sabbatical visitor for one year. In a warm send-off the the UCT Astronomy department on September 20, Prof. Russ Taylor mentioned how Prof. Chandra’s research contributed to the group’s deep imaging efforts, and thanked Prof. Chandra for his many … Read More
Michelle Kuttel is an associate professor at the UCT Department of Computer Science. Her cross-disciplinary research is in the area of Computational Science; primarily in the areas of Computational Astronomy (development of research software and computational approaches to support research in Astronomy) and Computational Chemistry (specifically computational glycochemistry, with a current focus on modelling of vaccines). She uses a combination … Read More
Dr. Sarah Blyth is a senior lecturer at the UCT Department of Astronomy. She is Deputy Head of Department: Astronomy (undergraduate matters) and Co-director: National Astrophysics and Space Science Program (NASSP) She is one of the Principal Investigators of the LADUMA survey which studies gas in galaxies back to when the universe was one third of its current age. This project involves … Read More
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) last week awarded Associate Director of the Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), Associate Professor Carolina Ödman, a special prize for her pioneering work in astronomy outreach, development and education. This award was given as part of the IAU XXX (30th) General Assembly, which took place in VIenna, Austria in the last two weeks of … Read More
