European Leadership in Space Astrometry (ELSA)

     

    ELSA was a Marie Curie Research Training Network supported by the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The overall objectives of ELSA were to develop the theoretical understanding and practical analysis tools of importance for the European Space Agency's astrometric mission Gaia and to foster the development of a new generation of researchers in the area of space astrometry. This page lists the 14 institutes that participated in ELSA, and the Scientist In Charge at each of these sites.

    Scientists in Charge at participating ELSA institutes
    Scientist In Charge Institute Town Country
    Prof. Lennart Lindegren Lund Observatory Lund SWEDEN
     
    Prof. Mary Kontizas Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics,
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens    		 Athens GREECE
     
    Dr. Jordi Torra Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona SPAIN
     
    Dr. Dimitri Pourbaix Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels BELGIUM
     
    Dr. Floor van Leeuwen Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM
     
    Dr. Johan de Vries Dutch Space B.V. Leiden NETHERLANDS
     
    Dr. Laurent Eyer Geneva Observatory and Integral Science Data Centre Geneva SWITZERLAND
     
    Dr. Stefan Jordan Astronomisches Rechen-Institut ARI ZAH Heidelberg GERMANY
     
    Dr. Karri Muinonen Department of Astronomy, University of Helsinki Helsinki FINLAND
     
    Dr. Ronald Drimmel Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) Torino ITALY
     
    Dr. Anthony Brown Leiden Observatory Leiden NETHERLANDS
     
    Prof. Tomaz Zwitter Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana Ljubljana SLOVENIA
     
    Dr. Albert Bijaoui Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Nice FRANCE
     
    Dr. Catherine Turon Observatoire de Paris (GEPI and IMCCE) Paris-Meudon FRANCE