Participants
Global Science Opera productions are created by communicating with one or more “alpha-contacts” in each participating country. Alpha-contacts have invited students, teachers, scientists, artists and technologists in their country. The following is a list of the alpha-contacts.
Afghanistan: Naseer Ahmad (Jalalabad), Department of Space Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Argentina: Carlos Suarez, Instituto San Jose, Marist Brothers of Moron
Australia: Auriol Heary, Teacher at Ardross Primary School (Perth)
Belgium: European Network of Opera & Dance Education (RESEO) (Brussels)
Brazil: Dr. Marcelo Souza, Club de Astronomia Louis Cruls (Campos); Projeto Rema Campos; Sobral Youth Orchestra
China: Professor Hongfeng Guo, National Observatory and China Hands on Universe (Beijing)
Chile: Professor Myrta Villanueva, University of Antofagasta (Antofagasta)
Canada: Dr. Kamran Shaikh, Concordia University (Montreal)
Colombia: Angela Perez, Planetary in Medellin (Medellin)
Cyprus: Alexandros Kofteros, Mathisis
Denmark: Pernille Elimar, Leader of Education, Opera in the Middle (Struer)
Ethiopia: Abdu Mohammed Seid, Bahir Dar University (Bahir Dar)
France: Emmanuell Rollinde, GHOU France
Greece: Petros Stergiopoulos, Ellinogermaniki Agogi & Menelaos Sotiriou, Learning Science Through Theater (Athens)
Holland: Irma Smegen & Henk de Reus, Speel Je Wijs & GarageTDI (Orvelte)
India: Dr. Kathan Kothari, Manthan Association (Gujarat)
Indonesia: Avivah Yamani (Langselatan)
Iran: Farahnaz Sadidi, Shahed High School (Tehran)
Ireland: Daithi Kearney, Dundalk Institute of Technology (Dundalk)
Italy: Valentina Tudisca, National Research Council of Italy
Israel: Stella Magid & Tanja Mishkin, Ort Motskin School (Motskin)
Japan: Prof. Toshihiro Handa, Kagoshima University, Prof. Hidehiko Agata (NAOJ), Mie Suzuki (Saitama prefectural Soka-higashi high School)
Kenya: Susan Murabana, African Hands-on Universe (Nairobi)
Kuwait: Naomi Stocks, International School – Kuwait SkyLight (Kuwait)
Lithuania: Dr. Giedrė Strakšienė, Klaipeda University (Klaipeda)
Luxembourg: Vera Herold (Luxembourg)
Malta: Dr. Eduard Duca, The University of Malta (Msida)
Mexico: Karen Aylin Cervantes Rodriguez
Morrocco: Hassane Darhmaoi
Nepal: Suman Gautam, Nepal Astronomical Society (Kathmandu)
New Zealand: Prof. John B. Hearnshaw, StarLight festival (Canterbury)
Nigeria: Fikayo Oyewale
Norway: Stord/Haugesund University College, University of Bergen, Valderøy Primary School, OsloMET, Atheno
Principe: Joana Latas, Ann Tregoning and Paulo Rodrigues, Escola Secundária do Príncipe (Principe)
Poland: Urszula Skolimowska, Liceum Ogólnokształcące Nr I im. M. Skłodowskiej – Curie (Sucha Beskidzka)
Portugal: CMSM (Porto); Dr. Rosa Doran, NUCLIO
Romania: Carmen Tanasescu, Andrei Saguna National College (Brașov)
Russia: Nadezhda Klink, Physics teacher (Cheboksary)
Serbia: Ana Klobučar, Center for Promotion of Science, and “Galactic Echo” (Belgrade)
Singapore: OperAsia, Dr. Wong Su Sun
Slovakia: Dr. Irina Malkin Ondik, Slovak Technical University (Bratislava)
Slovenia: Matjaz Duh, University of Maribor
Spain: Carmen Diez & Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
Sri-Lanka: Gayathri De Silva
Tanzania: Jonathan Michael
Turkey: Betül Şen GÜMÜŞ, Hacattepe University Arı School (Ankara)
Uganda: Olega Jimmy
UK: Jonathan Harris, Premier Academy (Milton Keynes)
USA: Prof. Carl Pennypacker, University of California (Berkeley) and Global Hands on Universe / MIT Academy (Vallejo); Nicole Preiser (Vermont); 1 000 000 Oyster Project: Dr. Lauren Birney
Vietnam: Tan Vu Nguyen
Zambia: Prospery Simpemba, Copperbelt University, CBU International Astronomical Union (IAU) Elim School in Kitwe on the Copperbelt Province (Kitwe)
European Space Agency: Dr. Bernard Foing
CERN: Dr. Angelos Alexopoulos
RESEO: Rhian Hutchins
UN: Tim Chrisophersen and Ann-Katrin Neureuther