Paranal Science Operations Department Staff
Astronomers
Joe Anderson
- FORS2 instrument scientist
Fuyan Bian
- HAWK-I instrument scientist; MUSE 2nd instrument scientist, UT4 team coordinator
Jesus Corral-Santana
- KMOS instrument scientist, UT12 team coordinator
Robert De Rosa
- ERIS instrument scientist; SPHERE 2nd instrument scientist
Willem Jan de Wit
- QC coordinator
Abigail Frost
- VISIR 2nd instrument scientist
Boris Haeussler
- FLAMES and VIRCAM instrument scientist
Xavier Haubois
- VLTI system scientist
Pascale Hibon
- Telescope system scientist
Matias Jones
- ESPRESSO instrument scientist
Heidi Korhonen
- GRAVITY instrument scientist, Training coordinator
Cedric Ledoux
- X-SHOOTER instrument scientist, UT3 team coordinator
Andrea Mehner
- Operations Coordinator, Deputy Department Head
Steffen Mieske
- Department head
Angel Otarola
- Atmosphere scientist
Claudia Paladini
- PIONIER instrument Scientist, VLTI team coordinator
Thomas Rivinius
- MATISSE instrument scientist, Phase 1/2 coordinator
Florian Rodler
- CRIRES instrument scientist
Eleonora Sani
- Instrument Operations Team coordinator, Deputy Department Head
Luca Sbordone
- UVES instrument Scientist, FLAMES and ESPRESSO 2nd instrument scientist
Linda Schmidtobreick
- MOONS instrument Scientist
Elyar Sedaghati
- FORS2 and ESPRESSO 2nd instrument scientist
Jonathan Smoker
- OmegaCAM instrument scientist, CRIRES 2nd instrument scientist
Thomas Szeifert
- 4MOST instrument scientist
Romain Thomas
- Quality Control framework SCUBA
Konrad Tristram
- Operations & Procedures coordinator, VISIR instrument scientist
Zahed Wahhaj
- SPHERE instrument scientist, ERIS second instrument scientist
Quality Control
Pedro Fluxa
- Data and Quality Control Specialist
Faviola Molina
- Data and Quality Control Specialist
Fellows
Michael Abdul-Masih
- UT3, X-SHOOTER
Marco Berton
- UT4, MUSE
Ana Escorza
- UT12, ESPRESSO
Aaron Labdon
- VLTI, GRAVITY
Michael Marsset
- UT4, ERIS
Julia Victoria Seidel
- UT12, ESPRESSO
Ditte Slumstrup
- UT3, CRIRES
Rob Van Holstein
- UT3, SPHERE
Telescope and Instrument Operators
Israel Blanchard
Functional Assignments:
- UT1, UT4, VLTI
Francisco Caceres
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, UT3, Surveys
Susana Cerda
Functional Assignments:
- UT4, Surveys, VLTI, OS
Claudia Cid
Functional Assignments:
- UT4, UT1-2, VLTI, OS
Alex Correa
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, Surveys, VLTI, OSQC1
Benjamin Courtney
Functional Assignments:
- UT3 and VLTI, OSQC1
Marcela Espinoza
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, Surveys
Lorena Faundez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, VLTI, OS
Felipe Gaete
Functional Assignments:
- UT1 UT3, Surveys
Carlos La Fuente
Functional Assignments:
- UT4, Surveys, VLTI, OS
Marcelo Lopez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, UT4, VLTI
Vincent Megevand
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2
Juan Carlos Olivares
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, UT4
Rodrigo Palominos
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, VLTI
Diego Parraguez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1, UT3, UT4, Surveys
Andres Pino
Functional Assignments:
- VLTI, OS
Leonel Rivas
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, VLTI, OS
Cristian Romero
Functional Assignments:
- UT3, UT4, Surveys, OS, OmegaCam 2nd Instrument scientist
Rodrigo Romero
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, UT4, Surveys
Jose Velasquez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, VLTI, Surveys