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Members of the Professional Staff

Rachel Akeson
Experimental and Observational Astrophysics;  Astroinformatics and Sky Surveys; 
Stuart Anderson
Research Manager - LIGO
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Research Website
Philip Appleton
Staff Scientist
Research Website
Lee Armus
Scientific Researcher
Thomas Barlow
Research Engineer
Research Website
Graham (Bruce) Berriman
James Kent Blackburn
Scientific Computing Group Lead
Research Website
Andrew (Andy) Boden
Deputy Director
Sean J. Carey
Senior Staff Scientist
Robert Carr
Research Engineer
Jessie Christiansen
Staff Scientist
David Ciardi
Staff Scientist
Research Website
Kieran Cleary
OVRO Associate Director
Research Website
Christina Cohen
Staff Scientist
Walter R. Cook, III
Sr Research Engineer
Alan Cummings
Sr Research Scientist
Research Website
Roc Cutri
Richard Dekany
Associate Director for Development, OIR
Vandana Desai
Head of Science Staff
Research Website
Andrew Drake
Computational Scientist
Research Website
Valery Frolov
Lead Research Scientist
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Dawn Gelino
Visiting Associate in Astronomy
Research Website
Joseph Giaime
Head of LIGO Livingston Observatory
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Research Website
David Imel
IPAC Manager
Katie Jameson
Lead Project Manager
Keita Kawabe
Senior Scientist
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Joseph (Davy) Kirkpatrick
Project Scientist
Phillip Korngut
Scientific Researcher
Large-Scale Structure and Cosmology; 
James Lamb
OVRO Site Director
Michael Landry
Head of LIGO Hanford Observatory
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Research Website
Albert Lazzarini
Lead Scientist
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Richard A. Leske
Senior Research Scientist
Fengchuan Liu
TMT Project Manager
Ashish Mahabal
Deputy Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery
Astroinformatics and Sky Surveys; 
Research Website
Joseph Masiero
NEO Surveyor Lead Scientist
Research Website
Keith Matthews
Instrument Specialist
Joseph Mazzarella
Task Scientist/Task Lead
Patrick Morris
Senior Staff Scientist
Research Website
John E. (Brian) O'Reilly
Lead Research Scientist (LIGO-India Liaison & Observing Run Coordinator)
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Roberta Paladini
Staff Scientist
Luisa M. Rebull
Staff Scientist
Research Website
Reed Riddle
Software Engineer
Research Website
Ben Rusholme
Staff Scientist
Richard Savage
Senior Scientist
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Patrick Shopbell
Systems Administration Manager
Research Website
David Shupe
Research Website
Daniel Sigg
LHO Lead Scientist
Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Roger Smith
Electronics Group Lead