Astro4Earth Webinar - Michelle Willebrands & Dr. Cecilia Scorza Q&A

Welcome to the Astronomers for Planet Earth Webinar Series, hosted by Dr. Travis Rector. Today’s guests are Michelle Willebrands and Dr. Cecilia Scorza. In their talk today, they discuss Pale Blue Dot, an International Astronomical Union's Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU OAD) E-ROAD project inspired by the goal of using astronomy education to promote global citizenship, a culture of peace, and climate change awareness in young children

Michelle Willebrands is the coordinator of the International Astronomical Union’s European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands. She is also the project manager of the international H2020 SKIES project and was the lead on the Advocacy and Legacy work package of the H2020 spaceEU project.

Cecilia Scorza is a Venezuelan astrophysicist with a PhD from the University of Heidelberg. After years of research, she dedicated herself to education and outreach work. Over the years she has developed many teaching materials and exchange programs, for which she has won numerous awards.