Dr. Dr. Susanne M Hoffmann

Research Areas  

• computational historical astronomy
• computational history of astronomy 
• applied historical astronomy 
• cultural astronomy 

Projects in this group

• 2021- : Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0 (collaboration with Hebrew University Jerusalem)
• 2020-2023: Planetarische Universität (collaboration with Zeiss Planetarium Jena)
• 2020-2021: Historical Transients

Professional Activities 

• organized a Workshop "The Artificial Sky Jena 2023"External link as a meeting of the international Stellarium Developer Team and the IAU Working Group Star Names (WGSN). 
• Chair of Working Group Star Names (WGSN) at International Astronomical Union
• (2018-2023) Coordinator of the Public Science Talks at Zeiss-Planetarium Jena
• 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 

1. blogging for SpektrumExternal link
2. since 2017: one public star tour per months in Planetarium Jena
3. Talk at Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg), 06.10.2020External link
4. Historical constellations in Planetarium JenaExternal link: Nov.2020
5. Vortrag am Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg), 01.12.2020External link
6. per month one talk in the planetarium: July 2021 to Sept. 2022
7. Vortrag bei Faszination Astronomie OnlineExternal link 28.12.2021 
8. 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 China (2024)
• 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
• stud. assistant at photonics & astrophysics Univ. Potsdam (2001-2004)
• astronomer at Archenhold-Sternwarte Berlin (1998-2005)

Education

• studied history of science 2002-2008
• studied physics 1999-2005
• apprenticeship and several exams (master-level) in astronomy at Archenhold-Sternwarte (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.