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Meet the Team
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Dr. Bill Atwood
Fermi Co-CreatorBill Atwood is an Adjunct Professor of Physics at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California Santa Cruz.
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Dr. Ronaldo Bellazzini
Coordinator and Principal Investigator of Fermi's Italian TeamBellazzini is the coordinator and principal investigator of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics Italian team on Fermi.
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Dr. Robert Cameron
Large Area Telescope Instrument Science Operations Center Manager (SLAC)Cameron is the Large Area Telescope Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC) Manager at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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Patrizia Caraveo
Director of Research, Italian National Institute for AstrophysicsPatrizia A. Caraveo has been the Director of Research at The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics in Milano, Italy since 2002.
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Dr. Per Carlson
Swedish Fermi ConsortiumDr. Per Carlson is is professor emeritus at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He started the Swedish participation in Fermi in 1999.
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Dr. Lynn Cominsky
Fermi Astrophysicist and Education and Public Outreach LeadDr. Lynn Cominsky is an astrophysicist with decades of research experience and is also the Fermi Press Officer, and Education and Public Outreach lead.
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Seth Digel
Experimental Physicist at Stanford Linear Accelerator CenterSeth Digel has worked on Fermi in various capacities for more than 10 years, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Stanford University, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
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Dr. Charles Dermer
Fermi Interdisciplinary Scientist and AstrophysicistChuck Dermer is head of the High Energy Radiation Modeling Section in the Space Science Division of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
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Dr. Eduardo do Couto e Silva
Particle Physicist and Deputy Manager of Fermi LAT Instrument Science Operations CenterDr. Eduardo do Couto e Silva is a particle physicist and Deputy Manager of Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Science Operations Center.
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Dr. Persis S. Drell
Professor and Director at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford UniversityDr. Drell's current research activities are in particle astrophysics.
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Richard Dubois
Science Computing Coordinator for Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT)Dubois has managed the scientific computing enterprise for Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) since 2000.
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Dr. Neil Gehrels
Deputy Project Scientist for FermiDr. Neil Gehrels is the Chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Md.
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Mr. Kevin Grady
Fermi Program ManagerKevin Grady is the Fermi Program Manager and is responsible for the overall management and implementation of the Fermi mission.
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Dr. Isabelle Grenier
Professor of Astrophysics and co-Investigator on the Large Area TelescopeGreiner is a co-Investigator on the Large Area Telescope (LAT) for Fermi.
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Fermi Burst Monitor Principal Co-Investigator
Jochen Greiner is Head of the Gamma-Ray Group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial (MPE) Physics in Garching, Germany. He is the Fermi Burst Monitor Principal Co-Investigator and also a lecturer at the Technical University in Munich, Germany.
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Dr. J. Eric Grove
Fermi LAT Commissioner and Astrophysicist, U.S. Naval LaboratoryDr. J. Eric Grove joined the Fermi mission in 1994, and since 2006 he has served as the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Commissioner.
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Dr. Neil Johnson
Fermi LAT Deputy PI for Instrument / Observatory OperationsDr. W. Neil Johnson is the Deputy Principal Investigator for Instrument / Observatory Operations for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on Fermi.
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Robert Johnson
Deputy Director, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle PhysicsRobert Johnson is a Full Professor of Physics at the University of California Santa Cruz and Deputy Director of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP).
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Dr. Giselher Lichti
Fermi Burst Monitor Principal Co-Investigator (Retired)Dr. Giselher Lichti is a research scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer extrater-restrische Physik in Germany, and the Co-Principal Investigator of the Fermi Burst Monitor instrument.
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Julie Mc Enery
Fermi Project Scientist and AstrophysicistJulie McEnery is the Fermi Project Scientist and an astrophysicist in the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Astrophysics Science Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Charles A. Meegan
Astrophysicist and Fermi Burst Monitor Principal InvestigatorCharles A. Meegan is an Astrophysicist at the Space Science Department of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Ala.
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Dr. Peter Michelson
Fermi LAT Principal InvestigatorMichelson is a Professor of Physics at Stanford University. His research interests are in the field of high energy astrophysics, particularly X-ray and gamma-ray observations and instrument development.
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Dr. Takashi Oshugi
Particle Physicist and Professor at Hiroshima UniversityTakashi Ohsugi is a professor and particle physicist at Hiroshima University, Japan.
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Dr. William S. Paciesas
Principal Investigator, Fermi Gamma-ray Burst MonitorWilliam S. (Bill) Paciesas is Research Professor of Physics and Associate Director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at the University of Alabama (UA) in Huntsville.
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Martin Karl Wilhelm Pohl
Fermi Interdisciplinary ScientistMartin Karl Wilhelm Pohl is an astrophysicist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University.
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Dr. Steven Ritz
Fermi LAT Deputy Principal InvestigatorSteven Ritz is the Deputy Principal Investigator for Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) and a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Dr. J.J. Russell
Lead Scientist for LAT Flight Software Development (SLAC)Dr. J.J. Russell is the lead scientist for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) flight software development on Fermi.
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Dr. David A. Smith
Fermi group co-leader, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan (CENBG)David A. Smith is the Fermi group co-leader at the Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires (Center of Nuclear Studies) de Bordeaux-Gradignan (CENBG), France.
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Jana Thayer
Manager for the Large Area Telescope flight software group (SLAC)Dr. Jana Thayer is the Manager for the Large Area Telescope flight software group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in California.
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Dr. David Thompson
Fermi Deputy Project Scientist, LAT Instrument Multiwavelength CoordinatorDavid Thompson is the Fermi Deputy Project Scientist who serves as the Multiwavelength Coordinator for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on Fermi.
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Stephen Thorsett
Fermi Space Telescope Science Working Group MemberStephen Thorsett has been a Fermi Space Telescope Science Working Group member since 2000.
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Dr. Kathleen Turner
Fermi/LAT Program ScientistDr. Kathleen Turner works in the Office of High Energy Physics in the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Meet Former Team Members
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Ken Fouts
LAT Instrument Project Manager, SLACKen Fouts is the Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Project Manager at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park, Calif.
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Dr. F. Rick Harnden, Jr
GLAST Program ScientistDr. Rick Harnden is the GLAST Program Scientist for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
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Joy Henegar-Leon
GLAST Spacecraft Mission DirectorJoy Henegar-Leon is responsible for the integration and test of the instruments and spacecraft, in addition to the integration of the flight and ground segments for the GLAST mission.