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 李楠

Professor at Korea National Univ. Education

South Korea

Prof. Jungjoo Sohn 손정주


Galaxies, AGN and the High Redshift Universe

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

India

Prof. Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

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

University of Arizona

USA

Prof. Xiaohui Fan 樊晓辉

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

HKSAR, China

Prof. Karl Glazebrook

Professor & Director, Institute of Astronomy (IoA)
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Japan

Prof. Kotaro Kohno 河野 孝太郎

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

Thailand

Dr. Nicha Leethochawalit

Associate Professor, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Australian National University (ANU)

Australia

Assoc. Prof. Emily Wisnioski


High energy Astrophysics

DST‑INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Physical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali

India

Dr. Aru Beri

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.

Professor at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Thailand

Prof. David Ruffolo

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

Prof. Karen Yang 楊湘怡

Chief (Lead), High‑Energy Astrophysics Group
Chief Scientist, Einstein Probe Mission
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)

China

Prof. Weimin Yuan 袁为民


Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Japan

Assoc. Prof. Masaki Ando 安東 正樹

Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, and he is the current Head of the Monash Astrophysics group.

Australia

Prof. Paul Lasky

Prof. Emeritus of Seoul National University

South Korea

Prof. Hyung-Mok Lee 이형목

Title of the talk: Gravitational Waves Cosmology and Astrophysics

Professor, Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)

India

Prof. Archana Pai


The lifecycle of stars and their planets

Professor, Department of Astronomy
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Japan

Prof. Yuri Aikawa 相川 祐理

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  

Chair Research Fellow, National Sun Yat‑sen University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA)
Professor Emerita, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

USA

Prof. You-Hua Chu 朱有花

Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University

Australia

Prof. Amanda Karakas

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)

South Korea

Dr. Hyosun Kim 김효선

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 郭新

Vice‑Head, Department of Astrophysics (DAP)
Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Vietnam

Vietnam

Dr. Pham Tuyet Nhung (Phạm Tuyết 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

Chief Scientist, Star and Planet Formation Laboratory
Chief Scientist Laboratories, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research

Japan

Dr. Nami Sakai 坂井 南美


Radio, mm and sub-mm astronomy

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

South Korea

Dr. Do-Young Byun 변도영

Professor and Centre Director, NCRA-TIFR, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus

India

Prof. Yashwant Gupta

Professor and head teacher of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Insitut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia

Prof. Taufiq Hidajat

Chair professor of Tsinghua University

Former roles:

  • Chief Scientist of FAST (NAOC/CAS)
  • Project Scientist of FAST since 2008

China

Dr. Di Li 李菂

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

Japan

Dr. Nagayoshi Ohashi 大橋永芳

Senior Professor at International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Western Australia

Australia

Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith


Astronomical Surveys & Time Domain Astronomy

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 (NGUYỄN NHẬT MINH)

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

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 박창범

National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand

Thailand

Dr. Samaporn Tinyanont


Current Larger and Upcoming Astronomical facilities

Chair Professor of Astronomy at National Central University

Prof. Wen-Ping Chen 陳文屏

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

Professor at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI of Cosmic Dark Matter and Dark Energy Group, Director of Division of Galaxies and Cosmology

China

Prof. Xuelei Chen 陈学雷

Professor of
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Center for Large Telescope

South Korea

Prof. Moo-Young Chun

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

Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam

Professor of
Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

China

Prof. Shuang-Nan ZHANG 张双南


Space Sustainability- now a full parallel meeting

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

Executive Director of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Paris

France

Olivier Contant

Director, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

United Nations

Aarti Hola-Maini

Professor, ERC Advanced Laureate, Director ESC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Switzerland

Prof. Jean Paul Kneib

Chief Scientist, Space Debris Observation and Data Application Center,
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC/CAS)

China

Prof. Jing Liu 刘静

Lecturer in Aerospace Systems, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Manchester

UK

Dr. Ciara McGrath

Federico Di Vruno – Spectrum Manager, SKA Observatory.
Co-Director, IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation
Interference

UK

Federico De Vruno

Russian expert, specialist in space policy, economics and law, member of the International Institute of Space Law, Director of ANO Space Economics and Policy

Russia

Valentin Uvarov