Confirmed Invited Speakers

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Astronomy Education, Public Outreach and Communication

Director of International Schools for Young Astronomers, IAU
Distinguished Researcher at CAB CSIC-INTA, Spain
Her research focuses on starbursts in high redshift galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei. She is on leave from INAOE, Mexico, to lead the Milgatz project at CAB, Spain.

Mexico

Dr. Itziar Aretxaga

Title of the talk: Training graduate students from the developing world

​Professor at National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

Prof. Nan Li

Professor at Korea National Univ. Education

South Korea

Prof. Jungjoo Sohn


Galaxies, AGN and the High Redshift Universe

Professor at The Institute of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, Radio astronomy Group

Japan

Prof. Kotaro Kohno

National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, NARIT. She participated in the Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS) project

Thailand

Dr. Nicha Leethochawalit

Distinguished Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and former Director of the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing.

HKSAR

Karl Glazebrook

Associate Professor at Australian National University

Formation and evolution of galaxies, galaxy dynamics, galactic archeology, turbulence, interstellar medium, chemical evolution

Australia

Assoc. Prof. Emily Wisnioski

Regents Professor of Astronomy Astronomer, Steward Observatory. Associate Department Head.

University of Arizona

USA

Prof. Xiaohui Fan

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

India

Prof. Tirthankar Roy Choudhury


High energy Astrophysics

Professor of Astronomy at the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and currently the Robert F. Kennedy visiting professor at the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University.

Mexico

Prof. Laurent Loinard

Title of the talk: EHT Black Hole imaging.

National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Chief of the High Energy Astrophysics Group Chief Scientist

China

Prof. Weimin Yuan 袁为民

INSPIRE Faculty of Physics. Areas of Expertise: High Energy Astrophysics, X-Ray Astrophysics, X-Ray Binaries: Neutron Stars and Black holes

India

Dr. Aru Beri

Professor at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Thailand

Prof. David Ruffolo

Associate Professor of the Institute of Astronomy
at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu

Taiwan

Assoc. Prof. Karen Yang


Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and the current Head of the Monash Astrophysics group.

Australia

Prof. Paul Lasky

Prof. Emeritus of Seoul National University

South Korea

Prof. Hyung-Mok Lee

Title of the talk: Gravitational Waves Cosmology and Astrophysics

Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

India

Prof. Archana Pai

Associate Professor at University of Tokyo

Japan

Assoc. Prof. Masaki Ando


The lifecycle of stars and their planets

Area of Expertise: Star and planet formation is one of the most fundamental structure-formation processes in the universe.

Japan

Dr. Nami Sakai

Area of Expertise: Integrated study on the chemical evolution of molecular clouds to protoplanetary disks

Japan

Dr. Yuri Aikawa

Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University

Australia

Assoc. Prof. Amanda Karakas

Honorary Professor, UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Dean of Science and Chair Professor of Physics, The University of Hong Kong (2006-2016)

Canada

Emeritus Prof. Sun Kwok

The director of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica and the chair of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Taiwan

Prof. You-Hua Chu

Manager of the Center for Optics and Photonics and Acting Manager of the Center for Atmospheric Science Research, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand

Thailand  

Dr. Supachai Awiphan

Title of the talk: Exoplanet Research in Thailand through Global Collaboration  

Vice-head of department of Astrophysics, Vietnam National Space Center

Vietnam

Dr. Pham Tuyet Nhung

Title of the talk: Evolution of stars on the Asymptotic Giant Branch, with particular emphasis on its relation with the evolution of their light curves

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)

South Korea

Dr. Hyosun Kim


Radio, mm and sub-mm astronomy

He is working at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute specialized in Radio Telescope and Interferometer / Supernova Remnants and Star Formation

South Korea

Dr. Do-Young Byun

Chair professor of Tsinghua University and the Chief Scientist of the FAST telescope operated by the NAOC. He pioneered several observing and data analysis techniques, including HI narrow self-absorption (HINSA) and a new inversion algorithm for solving the dust temperature distribution.

China

Dr. Di Li

Research Fellow at Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Area of Expertise: High resolution observations of star and planet
forming regions

Taiwan

Dr. Nagayoshi Ohashi

Professor at Boscha Observatory

Indonesia

Prof. Taufiq Hidayat


Astronomical Surveys & Time Domain Astronomy

National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand

Thailand

Dr. Samaporn Tinyanont

Area of Expertise:  cosmic microwave background radiation, large-scale structure of the universe, and galaxies to understand the nature of the universe and the galaxy formation process.

South Korea

Prof. ChangBom Park

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences. Areas of Interest: High energy cosmic transients such as Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernovae, Electromagnetic counterparts of Gravitational Wave sources and other exotic transients.

India

Dr. Kuntal Misra

I am a cosmologist interested in tracking the growth of large-scale structure (LSS) of the cosmos, over the entire Universe history.

Japan/Vietnam

Dr. Nguyen Nhat Minh


Upcoming Astronomical Facilities

Chair Professor of Astronomy at National Central University

Taiwan

Prof. Wen-Ping Chen

Title of the talk: Bootstrapping Time-Domain Astronomy with the Trans-Pacific 2-m Telescope: Synergy with the LSST

Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. She is the Principal Investigator of the proposed next generation UV-Optical space telescope (INSIST), leveraging on the experience gained from AstroSat and UVIT.

India

Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam


Space Sustainability

Engineer F & Engineer-in–Charge प्रभारी अभियंता
Honorary Member IAU
Indian Astronomical Observatory भारतीय खगोलीय वेधशाला
Indian Institute of Astrophysics

India

Dorje Angchuk दोर्जे अंगचुक

SKAO Spectrum Manager

UK

Dr. Federico De Vruno