Where: Harbor Walk Way, Behind the Harbor Lybrary
Description
Have you always wondered what is out there in the night sky? - Then this event is for you! For the first time, we bring you a planetarium to take you on a journey through space. We also have observation through telescope and other fun activities. You will learn the history of stargazing, how to identify and observe the different objects such as constellations, nebulae and galaxies. Star Gazing is an event that is open to all community members. is brought to you in collaboration with the KAUST Astronomy Self-Directed Group.
Lakshmi Selvakumaran
Lakshmi Selvakumaran is a PhD student at KAUST and is currently the president of the Amateur Astronomy Association at KAUST.
Thibaut Lery
Dr. Thibaut Lery acts as Director of the Office of Research and Evaluation at KAUST. Previously, he was Senior Science Officer in charge of foresight, evaluation services and collaborative projects at the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, France. He was also an associated Professor at the University of Strasbourg, teaching Project Management at Master level at the Ecole de Management de Strasbourg - Business School, and at the Ecole Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS). He has managed European foresight initiatives, Research Networking Programmes, projects with the European Commission and Peer review activities. He has been working as an expert for the European Commission (Research infrastructures, Marie Curie Programmes, Future Emerging Technologie, DG Research, DG INFSO), the Irish and Norwegian governments. He has a PhD in computational and theoretical astrophysics. He was previously involved in the Irish National grid, the Irish Computing Center ICHEC, in European projects such as EGEE, EARNEST, JETSET, HET and PRACE. Previously, he has been holding academic teaching and research positions in France, Canada, Ireland and Congo.
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