She has been in Chile for a little less than a month, but claims to bring a little Spanish with her from Atlanta, USA. A mother of two university-educated children, a lover of swimming and being in nature, Tahirih Varner, the new ESO Ombuds (80%) and ALMA Ombuds (20%), invites us to think differently about problems or conflicts: “One...
Each observation carried out involves reconfiguring the antennas across the Chajnantor Array. This is done by Lore and Otto, our twin transporters, which have to operate at an altitude of 5,000 metres. But for almost a year now, Otto has been taking all the load, after Lore suffered a failure in August 2023 and was unable to operate. "I...
"Thank you very much for your service!" / "The service in general is good. Keep it up and keep improving" / "All very good. Although I don't do regular shifts it would be a luxury to have such a service at SCO" / "My sincere congratulations to all the staff. They are a great team and help a lot...
Respect, courtesy and fairness. These principles are the basis of the framework of behaviour that applies to all of us who work at ALMA JAO, and which we include in our Code of Ethics and Conduct. To ensure that this Code is complied with, we have several Points of Contact who are always available to guide and respond to...
On 23 June we commemorated Women in Engineering Day, an important date for our observatory and for science, which seeks to highlight the valuable contribution of women in this field. In this sense, Fabiola Norambuena, our Software Engineer Trainee, has been a source of inspiration for many young women to follow the path of engineering. She was recently invited...
"The future is here"; "All eyes in the sky"; "Shaping a future of seamless innovation and unmatched efficiency". These phrases are some of the goals to be achieved in the Objective, Key & Results (OKRs): the new working channel that defines the line of communication between the different groups at ALMA."It has been challenging, because it is a paradigm...