The Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) has chosen Prof. Josep Maria Paredes as a member of the “Cherenkov Astronomy Science Advisory Group”. Prof. Felix Aharonian from the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Prof. Paolo Coppi from Yale University and Prof. Reshmi Mukherjee from the Barnard College, under the coordination of Prof. Marco Tavani from the INAF. They will advise the INAF President Nichi d’Amico on the Cherenkov Astronomy matters.

The INAF is very active inthe development of the ground-based Cherenkov Telescopes. They provided the mirrors for the MAGIC experiment, funded the first ATRI prototype – which then evolved into a Mini-Array on Tenerife - among many other actions. It is currently one of the major contributors of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).