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The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA) aims to promote the study and the research in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy, to develop in Switzerland mutual information and collaboration between astronomers and to support their joint scientific efforts.

Image: ESO

About the SSAA

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The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SGAA/SSAA), founded 9 November 1968, is a professional society, member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (scnat) and part of its platform Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics (MAP).

The purpose of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy is to

  • promote research and education in the field of astrophysics and astronomy;
  • participate in the training of scientists by organising specialist courses;
  • support the mutual orientation, co-operation and joint scientific scientific endeavours of astronomers in Switzerland;
  • inform interested parties about the concerns and requirements of astronomical research;
  • develop contacts with foreign institutions.

Contacts

  • Dr. Margit Haberreiter
    Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos / World Radiation Center (PMOD)
    Dorfstrasse 33
    7260 Davos Dorf
    Switzerland

  • Oliver Müller
    EPFL
    Laboratory of Astrophysics (EPFL SB IPHYS LASTRO)
    BSP 320 (Cubotron UNIL)
    Rte de la Sorge
    1015 Lausanne
    Switzerland


The SSAA members Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz are laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019.
The SSAA members Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz are laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019.Image: adapted from Nobel Media 2019 / Niklas Elmehed