Meet our Team

Directors

Director
Prof. Thomas Jarrett
UCT
Director
Prof. Russ Taylor
IDIA

Head
Developer

Dr. Angus Comrie
IDIA

Project
Scientist

Dr. Lucia Marchetti
UCT

Postdoctoral Fellow

Planetarium Research Liaision
Dr. Sally Macfarlane
SAAO

Students

PhD Student
Alex Sivitilli
UCT
PhD Student
Harris Yao Fortune Marc
UWC
PhD Student
Okkert Havenga
UCT
PhD Student
Trystan Lambert
Universidad Diego Portales

Affiliates

Dr. Paolo Serra
INAF
Dr. Ugo Becciani
INAF
Dr. Fabio Vitello
INAF
Dr. Michelle Cluver
Swinburne University
A. Prof. Mattia Vaccari UWC
Dr. Peter van Heusden UWC
Luzuko Dalasile
IPDD
Mathipa Sebitsiwa
IPDD Manager
Ofentse Letebele
IPDD
Theo Ferreira
IPDD
Dr. Mark Subbarao
Adler Planetarium
Prof. Thijs Van der Hulst
Kapteyn Institute
Prof. Neal Katz
UMASS
Dr. David Buckley SAAO
Dr. Rhys Taylor
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ben Loos Stellenbosch University
Dr. Andrea du Toit
Stellenbosch University
Charl Cater
CTCA
Dr. Gyula Józsa
RATT / SARAO
Dr. Nathan Deg Queens University
Dr. Meridith Joyce
ANU
Dr. Julia Healy
Dr. Jamie Bok