Heidelberg Talks Online about the James Webb Space Telescope

The topic will be:

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a revolution in astronomy

The speaker will be Mark McCaughrean, an adjunct scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg and former Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA). After graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc and a PhD degree in Astrophysics, he worked in research organizations and universities in the US, Germany, and the UK before joining ESA. There he was responsible for communicating results from various missions to advisory bodies, the scientific community, media, and wider public. As an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the JWST Science Working Group, he focuses on the formation of stars and their planetary systems. Mark has just published “111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss“, a cosmic tour guide, and is the co-founder of Space Rocks, which celebrates space exploration and the culture it inspires.

Please register by e-mail at fk-rhein-neckar@daad-alumni.de and find out about previous HTO events on this website.