VAO LLC Board of Directors:

  • John (Jay) S. Gallagher, III (Chairman)
    Professor of Astronomy
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Roscoe C. Giles
    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Deputy Director of the Center for Computational Science
    Boston University
  • E. Scott Kirkpatrick
    Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Computer Science
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Bruce H. Margon
    Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vice Chancellor of Research
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Catherine A. Pilachowski
    Professor and Kirkwood Chair in Astronomy
    Indiana University
  • Ethan J. Schreier
    President
    Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI)
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
    The Johns Hopkins University
  • William S. Smith
    President
    Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA)

VAO Key Personnel:

Project Scientist
Joseph Lazio, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Program Manager
G. Bruce Berriman
NASA/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Technology Advisor
Alexander Szalay
The Johns Hopkins University
Chair of Science Council
Giuseppina Fabbiano
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Work area leads and deputies:

Operations
Tom McGlynn, lead
NASA/ High Energy Astrophysical Science Archive Research (HEASARC)
User Support
Sarah Emery Bunn, Caltech, lead
Science Applications
Janet Evans, lead
Chandra X-ray Center Data System
Standards and Infrastructure
Raymond Plante, lead
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)Ray Plante

 

Image: The logo of Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI). It is a set of crosshairs with the text “Associated Universities, Inc.”.

AUI, in collaboration with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), created the VAO LLC to manage and operate the Virtual Astronomical Observatory for NSF and NASA.

VAO LLC Officers:

  • Robert J. Hanisch, Director
    VAO LLC Director
    Space Telescope Science Institute
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  • Deborah Narcisso
    VAO LLC Treasurer
    Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
  • John Mester
    VAO LLC Secretary
    Associated Universities, Inc.
  • Maricel Claro
    VAO Interim Business Manager