The 3D Astronomy Team

Project Principal Investigator


Carol Christian (STScI)
carolc [at] stsci.edu
Carol Christian has science expertise in star clusters, and her E/PO expertise concentrates on informal science, and public understanding of science. She is a member of the International Astronomical Union Committee for Education and Outreach as well as the outreach committee for the International Aeronautical Federation. She was the initiator of Amazing Space in 1996, as well as other on line E/PO programs including the former Afternoon Astronomy Coffee Hangouts on the Deep Astronomy YouTube Channel.



Science Principal Investigator
Antonella Nota (STScI)
nota [at] stsci.edu
Antonella Nota is the Principal Investigator for the Hubble Space Telescope science program to investigate the star cluster Westerlund 2. That science investigation was the springboard for this EPO project. She provides expertise in the stellar function of young star clusters,especially at very low masses. She is the Associate Director for the European Space Agency at STScI.


Astrophysicist and Software Engineer
Larry Bradley (STScI)
lbradley [at] stsci.edu
Larry Bradley is an astrophysicist and software engineer at STScI and serves as the James Webb Space Telescope Data Analysis Lead. He is the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Reonization Lensing Cluster Survey (RELICS) HST Treasury Program and a collaborator on several other programs. He wrote the core program astro3d that creates stl files from HST data.

Scientific Programmer
Jon Eisenhamer (STScI)
eisenhamer [at] stsci.edu
Jonathan Eisenhamer is a scientific programmer at STScI and has contributed software to data analysis, outreach and instrument calibration. He wrote the graphical user interface that meshes with the core astro3d code.

Student Interns
Roshan Rao
Anna Voelker
Leah Genth

Education Co-Principal Investigator
Noreen Grice (YouCanDoAstronomy)
noreen [at] youcandoastronomy.com
Noreen Grice is the principal designer of the touchable patterning of the 3D slices and 2D images. She has a background in astronomy and more than 20 years of experience in astronomy education including informal science. She is the president of You Can Do Astronomy LLCĀ and author of six published accessible astronomy books.

Former Team Members From the Original Program
Perry Greenfield (STScI), Senior Software Engineer, stsci.perry [at] gmail.com
Natalie Shaheen (NFB), Education Co-II, nshaneen [at] nfb.org
Elena Sabbi (STScI), Astronomer, sabbi [at] stsci.edu