The mandatory coffee breaks at RoCS in their snug kitchen (basement of ITA) are one of many important measures of being a Centre of Excellence. It keeps the tone light in the science groups who are among the world's best within solar physics.
RoCS has grown from being a small group to having 48 employees from all over the world. The 6-person leader group with Mats Carlson, Viggo Hansteen, Tiago Pereira, Boris Gudiksen, Luc Rouppe van der Voort and Sven Wedemeyer counts for six different nationalities. The 48 employees are from: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Colombia, England, USA, Belgium, France, Slovakia, Austria, Guatemala, India, Portugal, Iran, Switzerland,The Netherlands and Germany.
All the new employees at RoCS and ITA are now working together at the next big event - the Christmas Party. Another opportunity to getting to know each other better after a year that has been social tough for many.