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)

 

Science Council Personnel

Giuseppina Fabbiano (Chair)
Senior Astrophysicist
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Daniela Calzetti
Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Crystal Brogan
Associate Astronomer
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Paul Eskridge
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Minnesota State University
Eric D. Feigelson
Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pennsylvania State University
Željko Ivezić
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington
Alicia Soderberg
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Travis Rector
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alaska Anchorage

VAO Team Consultants to the Science Council:

George Djorgovski
Professor
Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy
California Institute of Technology
Alyssa Goodman
Professor
Department of Astronomy
Harvard University
Barry Madore
Senior Research Associate
The Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena
Marc Postman
Astronomer
Space Telescope Science Institute
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