Our Team
Chair
Susanne M Hoffmann
(Germany)
Past Chair
Eric Mamajek
(USA)
Assistant of Chair
Youla Azkarrula
(Indonesia)
Social Media Agent
M. Sadegh Faghanpour
(Iran)
Arabic Name-Group Lead
Danielle Adams
(USA)
Chinese Star Name Research
Boshun Yang
(China)
Etymology Councillor
Doris Vickers
(Austria)
General Councillor
J. Matthias Determann
(Qatar)
Education & Outreach
Sze-leung Cheung (Hong Kong)
Daniel Cunnama (South Africa)
Yunli Shi (China)
Cultural Astronomy
Khalid Al-Ajaji (Saudi Arabia)
Juan Antonio Belmonte (Spain)
Steven R. Gullberg (USA)
Duane Hamacher (Australia)
Roland Laffitte (France)
Alejandro Lopez (Argentina)
Javier Mejuto (Honduras)
Clive Ruggles (UK)
Other Researchers
Paul Baki (Kenya)
Thierry Montmerle (France)
Ian Ridpath (UK)
B.S. Shylaja (India)
Xiaochun Sun (China)
Robert van Gent (Netherlands)
Hitoshi Yamaoka (Japan)
East Asian Subgroup
Susanne M Hoffmann, Yang Boshun, Sun Xiaochun, Shi Yunli, Cheung Sze-Leung
Oceanic Subgroup
Clive Ruggles, Rob van Gent, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula)
Arabic Subgroup
Danielle Adams, Khalid Al-Ajaji, Matthias Determann, Sadegh Faghanpour, Roland Laffitte.
Research
Consultants
Chris Cannon (Northern Dene, Alasak),
Wayne Horowitz (Babylonian & Gwich’in).
South Asian Subgroup
B.S. Shylaja, Susanne M Hoffmann
Constultants: Antonio Panaino, Bill Mak
Social Media Team
Sadegh Faghanpour, Susanne M Hoffmann, Eric Mamajek, Doris Vickers
Admin. Team
Susanne M Hoffmann, Eric Mamajek, Clive Ruggles
Admin. Consultants
Steven Gullberg, Alejandro Lopez, Thierry Montmerle
Former Members
Pasachoff, Jay (passed away in 2022)
Beatriz Garcia (left the group in 2025)
Want to join us?
Please contact the Chair!