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Astronomy Department

Groups

CDDD
COO
DSA
IPAC
ObsCos
OVRO
Palomar
Radio
Space Astrophysics
SPHEREx
SRL
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CD3

Center for Data-Driven Discovery

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Santiago Lombeyda
Senior Computational Scientist
CDDD; 
Research Website
Personal Website
Ashish Mahabal (Postdoc '99-'00), Machine Learning Researcher and Pioneer of Data Driven Astronomy
Ashish Mahabal
Deputy Director, Center for Data Driven Discovery
CDDD; 
Research Website

COO

Caltech Optical Observatories

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Richard Dekany
Associate Director for Development, OIR
COO; 
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Christoffer Fremling
COO Staff Astronomer
COO;  Palomar; 
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Lin Yan
COO Observatory Astronomer
COO; 

DSA

Deep Synoptic Array

Jennifer Adorno
Dev Ops Engineer
DSA; 
Personal Website
Andres Cikota
Deputy Project Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Jonas Flygare
Research Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Research Website
Personal Website
Greg Hellbourg
Staff Scientist
DSA; 
Kevin Hostert
Environmental Manager
DSA; 
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Dean Howarth
Software Engineer
DSA; 
Cameron Hummels
Research Scientist and Director of Astrophysics Outreach
Astro;  DSA; 
Research Website
Personal Website
Francois Kapp
Lead Project Engineer
DSA; 
Courtney Keeler
Senior Lab Technician
DSA;  OVRO; 
Tom Klinefelter
Trades Support Associate
DSA;  OVRO; 
James Lamb
OVRO Site Director
DSA;  OVRO; 
Casey Law
Staff Scientist
DSA;  Radio Astronomy; 
Research Website
Elijah (Jay) Malaby
Dev Ops Engineer
DSA; 
Martin Pokorny
Software Engineer
DSA; 
Corey Posner
Trades Support Associate
DSA;  OVRO; 
Vinand Prayag
Research Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Karthik Reddy
GPU Engineer
DSA; 
Research Website
Personal Website
Andres Rizo
Maintenance Supervisor
DSA;  OVRO; 
Viviana Rosero
Research Scientist
DSA; 
Gian Franco Sacco
Software Development Manager
DSA; 
Kiran Shila
Research Engineer
DSA; 
Personal Website
Jordan Trim
Site Maintenance Assistant
DSA;  OVRO; 
Michael (Mike) Virgin
Senior Engineering Technician
DSA;  OVRO; 
Sander (Sandy) Weinreb
Visitor in Astronomy
DSA;  Radio Astronomy; 
Research Website
David Woody
Assistant Director
DSA;  OVRO; 

IPAC

Rachel Akeson
IPAC; 
Philip Appleton
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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Lee Armus
Scientific Researcher
IPAC; 
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Graham (Bruce) Berriman
IPAC; 
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Sean J. Carey
Senior Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Personal Website
Tracy Chen
Data Analyst
IPAC; 
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Faria Chowdhury
Software Developer
IPAC; 
Jessie Christiansen
Staff Scientist; Faculty Associate in Astronomy
IPAC; 
David Ciardi
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
Vandana Desai
Head of Science Staff
IPAC; 
Research Website
Andreas Faisst
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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Alexandra Greenbaum
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Robert Hurt
Visualization Scientist
IPAC; 
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David Imel
IPAC Manager
IPAC; 
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Jeffery (Jeff) Jacobson
IPAC; 
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Joseph (Davy) Kirkpatrick
Project Scientist
IPAC; 
Jessica Krick
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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Xiang (Cate) Liu
Applications Developer
IPAC; 
Patrick Lowrance
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
Joseph Masiero
NEO Surveyor Lead Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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Daniel (Dan) Masters
Scientific Analyst
IPAC; 
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Joseph Mazzarella
Task Scientist/Task Lead
IPAC; 
Patrick Morris
Senior Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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Amelia Nash
Applications Developer
IPAC; 
Roberta Paladini
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
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Luisa M. Rebull
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Research Website
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David Shupe
IPAC; 
Research Website
Gordon Squires
Senior Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
Nathaniel Stickley
Applications Developer
IPAC; 
Personal Website
Harry Teplitz
Staff Scientist
IPAC; 
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Schuyler Van Dyk
Scientific Research Lead
IPAC; 
Yun Wang
Scientific Research
IPAC; 

ObsCos

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Sofia Fatigoni
Research Engineer
ObsCos; 
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Anns Greathouse
Research Assistant
ObsCos; 
Howard Hui
Calibration Scientist
ObsCos; 
Research Website
Personal Website
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Phillip Korngut
Scientific Researcher
ObsCos;  SPHEREx; 
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Nia McNichols
Software Engineer
ObsCos; 
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Bryan Steinbach
Research Engineer
ObsCos; 

OVRO

Owens Valley Radio Observatory

Andres Cikota
Deputy Project Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Kieran Cleary
OVRO Associate Director
OVRO; 
Research Website
Jonas Flygare
Research Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Research Website
Personal Website
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Charlie Harnach
Electronics Technician
OVRO; 
Mark Hodges
OVRO; 
Courtney Keeler
Senior Lab Technician
DSA;  OVRO; 
Tom Klinefelter
Trades Support Associate
DSA;  OVRO; 
James Lamb
OVRO Site Director
DSA;  OVRO; 
Corey Posner
Trades Support Associate
DSA;  OVRO; 
Vinand Prayag
Research Engineer
DSA;  OVRO; 
Andres Rizo
Maintenance Supervisor
DSA;  OVRO; 
Jordan Trim
Site Maintenance Assistant
DSA;  OVRO; 
Michael (Mike) Virgin
Senior Engineering Technician
DSA;  OVRO; 
David Woody
Assistant Director
DSA;  OVRO; 

Palomar Observatory

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Elijah Anakalea-Buckley
Software Engineer
Jeb Bailey
Instrument Engineer
Ashley Baker
Instrument Scientist
Personal Website
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Rob Bertz
Technical Project Manager
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Andrew (Andy) Boden
Deputy Director
Personal Website
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Greg Boudreau
Electrician, Senior
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Robert Brucato
Time Allocation Administrator
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James Brugger
Senior Electronics Technician
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Andrew Drake
Computational Scientist
Research Website
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Daniel Echeverri
Instrument Engineer
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Jocelyn Ferrara
Systems Engineer
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Christoffer Fremling
COO Staff Astronomer
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Jason Fucik
Optics and Systems Group Lead
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Prakriti Gupta
Software Engineer
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David Hale
Software Engineer
Research Website
Carolyn Heffner
Chief Engineer, Palomar Observatory
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Nemanja (Nem) Jovanovic
Lead Instrument Scientist
Kathleen Koviak
Telescope Operator, Senior
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Keith Matthews
Instrument Specialist
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Daniel (Dan) McKenna
Instrument Engineer
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Ricardo Meneses
Mechanical Designer
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Reston Nash
Mechanical Engineer
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Don Neill
Software Group Lead
Research Website
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Josiah Purdum
Telescope Operations Analyst
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Daniel (Dan) Reiley
Instrument Engineer
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Reed Riddle
Software Engineer
Research Website
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Mitsuko (Mitsko) Roberts
Optical Engineer
Diana Roderick
Telescope Operator
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Drew Roderick
Grounds and Mechanics Supervisor
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Hector Rodriguez
Senior Mechanical Technician
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Yashvi Sharma
Software Engineer
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Roger Smith
Electronics Group Lead
Greg Van Idsinga
Electronic Technician
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Dan Weatherill
Detector Engineer
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Bob Weber
Mechanics Group Lead
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Peter (Ray) Zarzaca
Senior Mechanical Designer
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Jake Zimmer
Electrical Engineer
Personal Website
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Jeffry (Jeff) Zolkower
Research Engineer

Radio Astronomy

Larry D'Addario
System Engineer
David Hodge
Research Engineer
Casey Law
Staff Scientist
Research Website
Sander (Sandy) Weinreb
Visitor in Astronomy
Research Website

Space Astrophysics

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Matt Matuszewski
Senior Instrument Scientist

SPHEREx

Yun Ting Cheng
SPHEREx Scientist
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Spencer Everett
Research Scientist
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Henry Gebhardt
Research Associate
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Phillip Korngut
Scientific Researcher
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Jordan Mirocha
Research Scientist

SRL

Space Radiation Laboratory

Murray Brightman
NuSTAR Science Operations, Operations Specialist
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Jill Burnham
Research Engineer
Christina Cohen
Staff Scientist
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Walter R. Cook, III
Sr Research Engineer
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Alan Cummings
Sr Research Scientist
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Andrew Davis
Technical Manager
Hannah Earnshaw
NuSTAR Calibration and Data Scientist
Karl Forster
NuSTAR Science Operations Center Manager
Brian Grefenstette
Payload Manager
Elias Kammoun
Research Scientist
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Branislav Kecman
Sr Electronics Engineer
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Richard A. Leske
Senior Research Scientist
Hiromasa Miyasaka
Senior Staff Scientist
Soudabeh Mashhadi
Detector Manager and Systems Engineer (UVEX)
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Alessandro Signorini
Laboratory Specialist

Submillimeter Astronomy

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Steven Hailey-Dunsheath
Research Scientist