University of Heidelberg

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)


  • Martin Asplund (Australian National University, Australia)
  • Beatriz Barbuy (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Piercarlo Bonifacio (Observatoire Paris-Meudon, France)
  • Volker Bromm (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
  • Cristina Chiappini (Leibnitz-Institut für Astrophysik, Potsdam, Germany)
  • Norbert Christlieb (Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany; co-chair)
  • Andrea Ferrara (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy)
  • Anna Frebel (Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Alexander Heger (Monash University, Australia)
  • Sadegh Khochfar (Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, UK)
  • Ralf Klessen (Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany; co-chair)
  • Chiaki Kobayashi (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
  • Karin Lind (Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany)
  • Abraham Loeb (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, USA)
  • Ken'ichi Nomoto (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Michal Norman (University of California, San Diego, USA)
  • Kazuyuki Omukai (Tohoku University Astronomical Institute, Japan)
  • Raffaela Schneider (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy)
  • Massimo Stiavelli (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA)
  • Marta Volonteri (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France)
  • Naoki Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Gang Zhao (National Astronomical Observatories of China, China)