Leadership Team
Programme Director – Michelle Lochner
Michelle ran the Mauritian Mentoring pilot programme (initiated by Prof. Bassett) for a year and a half before revamping and relaunching the programme as the Supernova Foundation. She holds a joint researcher position at AIMS and the SKA SA, focusing on cosmology, statistics and machine learning.
Email: michelle@supernovafoundation.org
Programme Administrator – Dee K
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With an administrative background as well as years of experience working with children and young people, Dee was well-equipped and excited to take up the role of Programme Administrator. Despite having a full-time job, Dee manages all administrative aspects of the programme, including making university contacts, coordinating mentoring sessions, and collating applications. Dee also acts in a support role for everyone in the programme, especially the mentees.
Email: admin@supernovafoundation.org
Advisors and Mediators
Antonia Bevan
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University College London
Email: antonia.bevan.12@ucl.ac.uk
Ghazal Geshnizjani
Research Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Email: ggeshniz@uwaterloo.ca
Valeria Pettorino
Astrophysics Department, CEA Paris Saclay, France
Email: valeria.pettorino@cea.fr