KEELE ASTRONOMER ON INTERNATIONAL PANEL OF EXPERTS

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Posted on 12 March 2012

Keele astronomer, Dr Joana Oliveira, has been invited as an international expert onto the panel selecting applications for facility time at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

ESO - a consortium of 14 European nations, Chile and Brazil - operates a suite of telescopes at three different locations in Chile, including the 4 x 8-m Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal, and receives over a thousand applications each semester.

Joana is recognised for her expertise in the area of star formation and astrochemistry.

The panel meet at ESO's headquarters near Munich.

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