Passing the baton: a conversation with the previous and new EVN PC Chairs

This edition of our newsletter followed the transition for the EVN Programme Committee (PC). As Zsolt Paragi concluded his term as Chair (since 1 August 2022) and Jack Radcliffe stepped into the role, they share their thoughts on recent developments within the EVN and what lies ahead.

Antneh Tegegne

The 1667/1665 MHz OH emission shows an unusual two-component 1667 MHz profile covering a velocity range  from -250 kms-1 below to 400 kms-1 above the assumed systemic velocity of the host galaxy showing a systematic velocity gradient from west to east across the nuclear region.

John McKean   

Teresa Toscano

Ashley Stock

The International VLBI Service (IVS) organised the 13th biennial Technical Operations Workshop (TOW 2025) held from May 4 to 8, 2025, locally organised by MIT Haystack Observatory. TOW is, in practice, essential for operators and stations new to operational VLBI, whether in geodesy, astronomy, or both.

We spoke with Olga Bayandina, formerly a JIVE support scientist and a postdoctoral researcher in Italy, and now one of the VLBI experts at SKA-Mid in South Africa, with many valuable stops along the way. We asked her about her new role on the EVN PC, her involvement in the SKAO Science Meeting in Görlitz, and her experience as a young woman scientist.