Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann
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Astronomy
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ORCiD 0000-0001-5384-7545
Susanne M. Hoffmann, Dr
Postdoctoral Researcher
Professorship of Distributed Information Systems

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JenTower, Room 21N04
Leutragraben 1
07743 Jena
Research Area
- Astronomy
Professional Activities
- Chair of Working Group Star Names (WGSN) at International Astronomical Union
- organizer of splinter meeting "Astronomy in Culture - Cultures of Astronomy" at AG2021External link virtual
- organizer of splinter meeting “Applied and Computational Historical Astronomy” at AG2020External link virtual
Memberships
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG)
- Internationale Coronelli Gesellschaft für Globenkunde
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
- Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, der Medizin und der Technik e. V. (GWMT)
Outreach
- blogging for SpektrumExternal link
- since 2017: one public star tour per months in Planetarium Jena
- Talk at Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg), 06.10.2020External link
- Historical constellations in Planetarium JenaExternal link: Nov.2020
- Vortrag am Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg), 01.12.2020External link
- per month one talk in the planetarium: July 2021 to Sept. 2022
- Vortrag bei Faszination Astronomie OnlineExternal link 28.12.2021
- Vortrag bei Faszination Astronomie OnlineExternal link 24.02.2022
Curriculum Vitae
The term “astronomer” simplifies a rather complicated bunch of graduations and qualifications (e.g. in physics, history of science, education/ journalism, planetarium and observatory technology, project management).
Stays Abroad
- guest stay(s) in Israel (2023)
- participated in DAAD exchange of AgriSem in Egypt (2022)
- guest stay in Indonesia (2017)
- worked in Austria, 2015/16
- guest stays in Russia (2008, 2010, 2012)
- worked in Mauretania (winter) and Portugal (summer), 2005-2008
Work
- FSU+Planetarium Jena (since 2017)
- Excellence Cluster TOPOI (Berlin), 2013-2015
- Univ. Hildesheim (physics), 2010-2013
- Univ. Hamburg (history of astronomy)
- Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam, 2008-2009
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science 2005/6
- Hiwi at photonics & astrophysics Univ. Potsdam (2001-2004)
- Archenhold-Sternwarte Berlin (1998-2005)
Education
- studied history of science 2002-2008
- studied physics 1999-2005
- several exams (master-level) in astronomy at observatory & planetarium Berlin 1996-1998
Whatever I did, in most cases I was programming and did a lot of teaching - and always with a focus on astronomy.