Congratulations to Dr. Filippo Zerbi on his appointment as SKAO Council Chair

Dr Filippo Zerbi and Dr Catherine Cesarsky shaking hands at the SKAO council meeting on 5 November 2024. Credit: SKAO/Bruce Boyd

SARAO congratulates Italian astrophysicist Dr Filippo Zerbi on his election as the next chairperson of the SKA Observatory Council, the intergovernmental organisation’s governing body. Dr Zerbi will take up the role from 3 February 2025 until 31 December 2026. He will succeed Dr Catherine Cesarsky, who has held the position since the Observatory was founded in 2021.

🔗 Read more about the appointment: https://www.skao.int/en/news/589/new-SKAO-council-chair

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