Hi! My name is Juan Carlos Munoz (@astro_jcm). I’m an astronomer in Heidelberg, and this week I’ll fill your timelines with stories about life in the Atacama desert, cool shots of the night sky and the science behind them, and the occasional bad astro-pun. You’ve been warned! 
I’m originally from Spain, and I did my PhD on galaxy evolution at @unicomplutense in Madrid. Then I moved to @TheNRAO in Charlottesville, USA, where I spied on galaxies at infrared wavelengths with the @NASAspitzer space telescope.
📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech
📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In 2013 I moved to @ESO_Chile as a fellow and then staff. There I got to work with fantastic telescopes & instruments at Paranal Observatory, and enjoyed one of the most amazing night skies on Earth. These two things have shaped my #scicomm significantly!
Now I’m one of the coordinators of the @IAU_org’s Office of Astronomy for Education (@astro4edu), where I’m helping to build an international infrastructure to bring astronomy into schools. An exciting adventure where I get to work with hundreds of educators worldwide!
#scicomm has been an integral part of my career, and this week I hope to give you a taste of what fascinates me about space: not just the science itself, but also the cool technology that enables it, and the link between astronomy and art. Stay tuned!
