Research and Instrument Analysis Branch
Staff Gallery

See detailed job descriptions for Research and Instrument Analyst (RIA) and Scientist (RIS). Also see the larger gallery of all Instruments Division staff.

	Rachel Anderson RIA at STScI since Oct 2009 Webb MIRI Team, detector lab (ODL), Hubble Legacy Archive MSc Astrophysics; BAS Physics and Spanish
	Roberto Avila RIA at STScI since Jan 2011 Hubble ACS Team, AstroDrizzle WFC3 Galactic Bulge Treasury Program MS Astronomy; BS Astronomy
	Azalee Bostroem RIA at STScI since July 2009 Hubble COS+STIS Team Massive Star Census of the Starburst Cluster R136 Supernovae, galaxy evolution, cosmology, white dwarfs, massive stars, scientific computing MS Astronomy, BA Mathematics
	Matthew Bourque RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Hubble WFC3 Team BS Astrophysics
	Andrew Colson RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Webb NIRCam Team BS Astrophysics
	Misty Cracraft RIA at STScI since Sep 2004 Webb MIRI Team Polarimetry of V838 Mon, RS Puppis and M87 MSc Computational Physics, Astronomy; BS Mathematics
	Tiffany Davis RIA at STScI since Sep 2008 Hubble WFC3 Team and Webb Mission Office Hubble Heritage team, 3D Viz team, animation MSc Astronomy; BS Physics
	Michael Dulude RIA at STScI since Sep 2008 Hubble WFC3 Team MS Astronomy; BS Astronomy and Astrophysics
	Justin Ely RIA at STScI since Oct 2010 Hubble COS+STIS Team BS Physics and Astrophysics
	Shireen Gonzaga RIA at STScI since July 1988 Hubble ACS+WFPC2 Team BA Astronomy
	Heather Gunning RIA at STScI since Aug 2012 Hubble WFC3 team BS Physics and Astronomy
	Derek Hammer RIA at STScI since July 2012 Hubble WFC3 team PhD Astrophysics
	Svea Hernandez RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Hubble COS+STIS Team BA Astronomy
	Bryan Hilbert RIS at STScI since Dec 2001 Hubble WFC3 Team MS Planetary Science, BA Astronomy/Physics
	Sherie Holfeltz RIS at STScI since Jan 1991 Webb NIRISS Team BS Astronomy
	Charles-Philippe Lajoie RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Webb MIRI Team, Telescope group, Optics Lab PhD Physics
	Thompson Le Blanc RIA at STScI since July 2012 Webb NIRSpec team PhD Physics/Astronomy
	Kevin Lindsay RIA at STScI since Sep 2004 Hubble COS-STIS team, Hubble Legacy Archive MBA with Concentration in Information Systems Management, MSc Physics, BS Aerospace Engineering
	Sean Lockwood RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Hubble COS-STIS Team MA Astronomy, BA Astrophysics
	Douglas Long RIA at STScI since Jan 2007 MESA, detector lab (ODL), XO exoplanet project MSc. Physics; BS Astronomy
	Ray Lucas RIA; at STScI since July 1985 (with CSC), 1989 (with AURA) Hubble ACS-WFPC2 Team, WFC3 Team; Webb DRM INS Phase II User Support Lead CANDELS, extragalactic research, more... BA Zoology and Psychology
	Jennifer Mack RIA Branch Technical Supervisor RIS at STScI since Sep 1996 Hubble WFC3 Team, User Support MS Astrophysics, BS Physics
	Aparna Maybhate RIA Branch Deputy; at STScI since Nov 2005 Hubble ACS-WFPC2 Team Ph.D. Astronomy; M.Sc. Physics
	Matt McMaster RIA at STScI since Feb 1989 Hubble ACS+WFPC2 Team, CDBS Lead BS Physics
	Max Mutchler RIA Branch Lead; at STScI since June 1990 Management, Hubble's cameras, planetary science Hubble Heritage Team, Citizen Science, more... MS Space Sciences, BS Astronomy-Physics
	Sara Ogaz RIA at STScI since Oct 2010 Hubble ACS Team BS Astrophysics
	Cheryl Pavlovsky RIA at STScI since June 1998 Webb NIRSpec Team BA Astronomy
	Vera Platais RIS at STScI since July 2001 Hubble WFPC2 Team, ACS Team, WFC3 Team aperture and PSF-fitting photometry, astrometry, drizzle, CTE
	Josh Sokol RIA at STScI since Jan 2012 Hubble ACS Team, microlensing, science writing BA Astronomy and English Literature
	Joanna Taylor RIA at STScI since July 2012 Hubble COS-STIS team BS Astronomy and Physics
	Deepashri Thatte RIA at STScI since March 2007 Webb NIRISS Team, CDBS, JWST Mission Office MS
	Leonardo Ubeda RIA at STScI since May 2010, Research Assistant 2002-2006 Hubble ACS Team, CLASH PhD Astronomy; MS Astronomy
	Alex Viana RIA at STScI since 2007 Hubble WFC3 Team, python programming, citizen science BA Astronomy-Physics, Mathematics
	Michael A. Wolfe RIA at STScI since Oct 2007 Hubble Legacy Archive, Kepler flare stars MS Applied Physics; BS Astronomy, Physics
	Brian York RIA at STScI since Sep 2008 Hubble COS-STIS Team, ETC Deputy, Triage Help Desk Lead Organic Content in the Universe: Diffuse Interstellar absorption Bands, Broad Diffuse Band Survey MSc Astronomy; BSc Honours Physics, Computer Science