AURA Astronomer (SMO)

PDR Physics and applications to the large-scale ISM in galaxies. The total ISM content of spiral galaxy disks. Space Interferometry, Fourier Optics, and synthesis imaging.

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ESA Assistant Astronomer, COS and STIS Team Lead (INS)

Galaxy formation and evolution; star-forming galaxies; stellar populations; star-formation histories; massive stars and ISM in starburst galaxies.

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Associate Scientist (INS)

Globular cluster populations and dynamics; high-precision proper motions and photometry of stars in clusters.

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Postdoc

11/15/2005-09/01/2008

Interests focus on galaxy formation and evolution. Currently working on nearby dwarf irregular galaxies, both from the observational and theoretical aspect. Also working on integrated stellar populations, with particular focus on early-type galaxies. Developed models of simple and composite stellar populations for the prediction of line strength indices in galaxies. The SSPs models are available to the public.

Associate Scientist (INS)

Associate Scientist

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AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

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AURA Astronomer, Project Scientist (HSTMO)

Interstellar medium, QSO absorption lines; instrumentation, detectors

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Precise flux calibration of standards stars.

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Stellar astronomy; planetary nebulae; binary stars; white dwarfs; astrometry; Milky Way and extragalactic distance scale; extrasolar planets; cataclysmic variables and novae; light echoes.

Postdoc Giacconi Fellow

Multi-wavelength studies of high redshift AGN; dusty, optically obscured ULIRGs; the accretion history of supermassive black holes; clustering and environmental studies of AGN.

AURA Astronomer (SCO)

Planetary physics and sciences, both as relates to Solar System planets and to extrasolar planets. Design of optical systems that can detect light from extrasolar planets.

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

Stellar populations, stellar evolution, galactic evolution, hot stars, spectral synthesis, late stages of stellar evolution, future space missions.

Postdoc

04/22/2006-05/31/2009

Extrasolar Planets, Star Cluster Age Dating Techniques, Theoretical Stellar Structure, and Computational Astronomy

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AURA Scientist (OED)

Nature and evolution of interacting galaxies, with primary interest in their global star formation properties. Luminous IR galaxies. Starburst galaxies.

Observatory Scientist, Deputy Division Head (INS)

Study the evolution of galaxies and of dark matter from intermediate to high redshift. My main current interest is weak lensing based on HST data. I also work on astrometric searches for planets with GAIA and SIM.

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Postdoc

09/15/2005-10/01/2008

Formation of the Milky Way and the Local Group; the nature of the dark matter in galaxy halos, including that of the Milky Way; dwarf galaxies in clusters and the Local Group; stellar dynamics; stellar structure and evolution; stellar populations in the Solar neighborhood; wide binary systems.

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AURA Assistant Astronomer (INS)

AURA Assistant Astronomer

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AURA Observatory Scientist, Community Missions Office Deputy (CMO)

Stellar Populations; Open, Populous and Globular-type clusters Information Technologies; Distributed Data Systems & Active Archives; Applications of Instructional Technology Public understanding of science; K-12 curricula, standards, evaluation and systemic reform; informal science education methodologies, standards and evaluation.

Postdoc

11/01/2005-04/30/2008

Detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets; Kinematics and source population of the galactic bulge; Accretion in eccentric-orbit compact binaries; X-ray dust scattering by the ISM; Accretion disk-warps

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AURA Assistant Astronomer (INS)

Galaxy Formation and Evolution. The structure, star formation (history), and dust content of galaxies and the scaling relations between them. Galaxy dynamics and dark matter.

AURA Term Scientist (INS)

AURA Term Scientist

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Senior Scientist, Head HST Mission Office (HSTMO)

Interested in the development and operations of space-based astronomical observatories. In a prior life I was interested in galactic x-ray sources.

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CSC Operations Astronomer

Photometry and modeling of the gas and dust distributions in the inner comae of comets.

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Postdoc

08/07/2006-07/31/2008

I am currently working on binary central systems of planetary nebulae and on the environment of V838 Mon. In addition I work on integral field spectroscopy of extended sources - PNe, starburst environments, star fields, and ULX nebulae.

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AURA Astronomer (SMO)

Astrophysics

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AURA Full Astronomer Head of Science Division (SMO)

Cosmology. Galaxy Formation and Evolution. Deep Fields. Dwarf Galaxies (particularly dwarf ellipticals). Stellar Populations. Gravitational lensing.

JWST Division Head (JWSTMO)

AURA Senior Scientist

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AURA Scientist (INS)

My main interests are studies of the abundances and properties of species in the interstellar medium, especially the abundance of deuterium and oxygen relative to hydrogen. I am also interested in the properties of diffuse interstellar bands.

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

My primary research topic at this time is the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their host galaxies. I also study other compact objects, in particular radio pulsars. I am interested in observations of distant galaxies, and I work on methods for improving the imaging of these and other objects with HST.

AURA Term Scientist (INS)

My research focuses on the heating and ionization of the interstellar and intergalactic media, with special emphasis on the physics of collisionless shocks. In this work I focus on the kinematics of supernova remnants (both non-radiative and radiative), the role of cosmic ray acceleration in shocks and the dynamical evolution of high velocity clouds. I am also interested in the dispersal of heavy elements by supernova explosions. The main tool of my research is spectroscopy (optical, ultraviolet and infrared).

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AURA Astronomer (INS)

Primary research interests are in the detection of extra solar planets including Earth-like planets, and the characterization of stars via study of solar-like oscillations. Both of these are approached observationally via very high-precision, time-series photometry searching for planet transits and p-mode oscillations.

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

AURA Term Scientist

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Assistant Astronomer (INS)

AURA Astronomer

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AURA Associate Scientist (INS)

Formation and Evolution of Galaxies in Different Environments; Globular Cluster Systems of Galaxies along the Hubble Sequence; Origin and Nature of Dust and Ionized Gas in Early-Type Galaxies

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Postdoc

07/02/2007-04/30/2008

Postdoc

None

AURA Term Scientist (INS)

AURA Term Scientist

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AURA Senior Scientist (NVO)

Interested in fostering multi-facility/multi-wavelength astronomical research through the virtual observatory. I have also worked in the areas of image restoration, electronic publications, and software system design and management.

AURA Senior Scientist (INS)

My research includes the study of AGN and their interaction with the IGM and host galaxies. I also pursue the development of novel instrumentation.

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AURA Astronomer, Deputy Director (DO)

Developed and used infrared and submillimeter instruments from ground-based, balloon-borne, and space based telescopes to study the cosmic microwave and infrared background radiations, the interstellar medium, and the interplanetary medium.

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Postdoc

08/22/2005-09/30/2008

I am Postdoc with Roelof S. de Jong and Ron J. Allen on different projects here at STSCI. My thesis work and follow-up is the opacity of spiral galaxy disks using the number of distant galaxies in HST images as an indicator. As part of the SINGS team, I compared these counts of distant objects to infrared indicators of dust. Spitzer's view on edge-on spirals is my current focus (ISM distribution, truncation), as well as processing the counts in large ACS mosaics of M51, M101 and M81. My manual on Source Extractor is still pretty useful. My research interests are: (1) the opacity of spiral disks, (2) the structure of spiral disks, both ISM and stars, (3) the formation and evolution of spiral disks."

ESA Scientist, Deputy HST Mission Office (HSTMO)

Chemically peculiar upper main sequence stars; Variability surveys in HST FGS data; Astronomical catalogs.

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Postdoc

11/01/2006-10/31/2009

My work focuses on Kuiper belt binaries. I've been a member of the Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) team, a group that discovers, catalogs and follows up on Kuiper Belt objects for the purposes of dynamical and physical studies. My primary observations are photometric in nature and include lightcurves and orbits for these objects.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Physics of low-to-intermediate density plasmas, planetary nebulae; interacting binary stars, outbursts and structure of symbiotic stars in particular

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AURA Associate Scientist, NICMOS Team Lead (INS)

AGN properties and evolution; relationship between AGN fueling, starbursts, and galaxy evolution / interactions; cosmic growth of Supermassive Black Holes and galaxies; multi-waveband AGN studies in radio, sub-mm, IR, optical, UV, X-ray.

AURA Associate Astronomer, Division Head Instruments Division (INS)

Multiwavelength studies of active galaxies and quasars, concentrating on UV and X-ray observations of outflowing, absorbing gas; also studies the ionization and composition of the intergalactic medium.

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AURA Astronomer (SMO)

Main scientific interests are atmospheres and evolution of hot stars, resolved and unresolved massive stellar populations, the stellar content and interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies, starburst activity in galaxies, and spectrophotometric evolution models of galaxies.

AURA Astronomer Head, Office of Public Outreach (OPO)

Supernovae Type Ia and cosmology; The nature of "dark energy"; Anthropics; The formation of astrophysical jets; The physics of and around black holes; Compact binary stars; Planet formation; Astrobiology; Various topics in mathematics.

AURA Astronomer, Mission Scientist (JWSTMO)

Cataclysmic variables, Supernova Remnants, X-ray properties of normal galaxies, Instrumentation.

AURA Scientist (OED)

AURA Scientist

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Operations Astronomer (CSC)

Near-infrared objective-prism surveys for cool stars in the Galaxy. Astrometry and galactic structure; improvement of catalogues/databases (SIMBAD).

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AURA Senior Scientist, WFC3 Branch Lead (INS)

Instrument design and development. Detector and MEMS technologies. Star formation in active galaxies, starburst galaxies, and stellar populations.

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AURA Astronomer (SMO)

My main interest is in Active Galaxies and in particular the measurement of their central black holes, the role of jets, the role of dust in the unification scheme of AGN and the properties of FRI and FRII sources. I am also interested in the ISM of ellipticals galaxies.

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

AURA Term Scientist

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AURA Term Scientist (INS)

My research interests include galaxies and clusters, star clusters, extragalactic globular clusters, merging galaxies and galaxy evolution

AURA Scientist (INS)

Leads the XO project, the long term goal of which is to find and study habitable exoworlds. In the near term XO searches photometrically for hot Jupiters.

AURA Scientist, Deputy Archive Science Branch (OED)

Sky surveys and catalogs; Galaxy structure and evolution; Contact binary systems.

Full Astronomer (INS)

Using infrared and millimeter observations, I study the circumstellar environments of dusty stars in our Galaxy and nearby galaxies (e.g. The Magellanic Clouds); in particular the dust and warm neutral gas. Designing and building infrared cameras.

ITSD Deputy Division Head

Applying advanced computer and information techniques to scientific problems.

STScI Director (DO)

to be added

AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

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AURA Astronomer; ERO Scientist for SM4 (SMO)

Planets in the solar system and beyond, substellar objects.

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JHU/STScI Astronomer (SMO)

I work on understanding underlying physics in astrophysical phenomena. I enjoy trying to understand nature from a theoretical physics point of view. In addition I am involved in major observational projects using major space-based and ground-based facilities such as the VLT, Chandra the HST.

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ESA Senior Astronomer, Science Mission Head (SMO & ESA)

Massive stars, stellar evolution, circumstellar nebulae. Stellar populations, young star clusters, Initial Mass Function.

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Postdoc

01/15/2007-12/31/2009

Multi-wavelength studies and modeling of the afterglows of gamma-ray bursts, particularly at early-times; the environments of gamma-ray burst progenitors; cosmology; robotic telescope instrumentation and project design

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Astronomer Emeritus (SMO)

Theory and observations of (1) Supernovae and supernova remnants (2) Stellar winds (3) Star forming regions and young stellar populations, and (4) Cosmology: Distance Scale, Expansion and Acceleration of the Universe, Primordial Galaxies.

Postdoc

7/26/2006- 6/30/2008

Post Doc

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Postdoc Giaconni Fellow

Theoretical high energy astrophysics. High energy emission in compact objects such as GRBs, AGNs and X-ray binaries. Relativistic gas dynamics. Astroparticle physics.

Postdoc

10/08/2007-09/30/2008

Postdoc

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AURA Scientist (INS)

Extrasolar planets, planetary debris disks, and the low-surface brightness universe are my scientific areas of interest. I am especially interested in applying new technology to study these objects.

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AURA Astronomer, Head Community Missions Office (CMO)

Formation and evolution of large-scale structure in the universe, morphology and dynamics of galaxy groups, clusters, and superclusters, gravitational lensing, and observational cosmology.

Operations Astronomer (CSC)

Chemical abundances (especially boron and s-process elements) and related non-LTE calculations in B stars. Diffusion in stellar atmospheres and interiors.

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Postdoc

01/08/2007-12/31/2008

Research focuses on galaxy evolution and large-scale structure and dynamics. In particular: the structure and assembly of local galaxies; galaxy clusters and superclusters; structure behind the Galactic plane; galaxy peculiar motions.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Barred galaxies dynamics and kinematics; ISM in Nearby Galaxies; Star Formation.

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AURA Associate Astronomer Head of Science Policies Division (SMO)

Galactic structure andth formation of the Milky Way, the stellar mass function in the Solar Neighbourhood and beyond, low mass stars and brown dwarfs, extrasolar planets and astrobiology.

Full Astronomer (INS)

Cosmology from Supernovae, Dark Energy, the Distance Scale, Cepheids, etc.

AURA Scientist (INS)

Star formation, disk evolution, Orion Nebula, IR instrumentation, UDF.

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Postdoc

04/19/2005-11/30/2007

I am interested in star formation and stellar evolution in dwarf nearby galaxies.

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AURA Associate Astronomer (INS)

Gravitational microlensing, search for extra-solar planets and gamma-ray bursts.

AURA Scientist (INS)

AURA Scientist

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Postdoc Giacconi Fellow

Galaxy formation and evolution, especially in the very high-redshift universe; structure formation; studying faint, early galaxies using strong lensing; reionization; globular cluster system formation; N-body simulations.

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AURA Associate Astronomer STScI HST Project Scientist (INS)

Interests include the evolution and baryonic content of the intergalactic medium, the physical conditions and properties of gaseous material inside galaxies, and the feedback on the ISM and IGM produced by supernovae and star-formation processes.

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Postdoc

03/05/2007-03/31/2011

Post Doc

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ESA Assistant Astronomer, ACS and WFPC2 Team Lead (INS)

Low end of the Initial Mass Function in young SMC/LMC clusters; Super Star Clusters; Starburst Galaxies.