by Renae Kerrigan | Jul 5, 2021 | Live events
Dr. John Carpenter is the Observatory Scientist at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Chile. He is responsible for providing input on how best to optimize the scientific output of ALMA and he oversees the proposal review process, which determines the projects that will be...
by Renae Kerrigan | Jun 25, 2021 | Live events
Esteban Parkes is a Telescope Manager at MSO-CTIO. He leads a group of professionals including Electronics Engineers, Electrical Engineers, and Electrical and Mechanical Technicians to provide general support to all telescope operations. At CTIO, Esteban’s group...
by Renae Kerrigan | Jun 14, 2021 | Live events
Real People, Big Astronomy: Adam Thornton June 21 8 PM Chile & EDT / 7 PM CDT / 5 PM PDT Adam Thornton is a software developer for the Vera Rubin Observatory. The Rubin Observatory will generate 20 terabytes of raw data a night. It is Adam’s job to ensure...
by Renae Kerrigan | May 25, 2021 | Live events
Eduardo Toro is an Information Technology Engineer for NOIRLab, which includes the Gemini Observatory, CTIO, and other large observatories. He started his career as an electrician at CTIO, and from there, studied Electronics engineering. He has worked as part of the...
by Renae Kerrigan | May 18, 2021 | Live events
Marco Bonati is an Electronics Detector Engineer who works on instrumentation at Cerro Tololo-Interamerican and SOAR Observatories. He is responsible for keeping the detectors and data acquisition operating well on several instruments, including the Dark Energy...
by Renae Kerrigan | Apr 20, 2021 | Live events
Shari Lifson is the Corporate Communications Coordinator for the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). It is her job to help AURA’s three centers, Space Telescope Science Institute, NSF’s NOIRLab, and the National Solar Observatory, communicate...
