Cooperative
Program in
Space Sciences (CPSS)
Scientific
Personnel
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CPSS Scientific staff
work on a variety of projects in scientific research, community science
support, as well as space science education and public outreach. Individual
scientists are listed below along with very brief snippets of their duties.
Where links are provided, individual web pages provide more information on
their background, research interests, and publications.
A recent compilation
of the CPSS publication list is available here.
- Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian is
working on a multi-wavelength study of the interactions between
neutron-star systems and their surroundings.
- Dr. Jerry Bonnell provides
scientific, logistical and technical support for the Compton Gamma-Ray
Observatory Science Support Center (CGROSSC) and the Gamma-Ray Large Area
Telescope (GLAST) project.
- Dr. Kai-Wing Chan is involved
in the development of segmented grazing incidence X-ray foil optics and
X-ray telescopes for the imaging missions ASTRO-E2 and Constellation-X.
- Dr. Sheng-Hsien (Sean) Chen
performs research related to modeling and data analysis of plasma sheet,
ring current, radiation belt, and global plasma circulation modeling from
the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Auroral Global Exploration (IMAGE)
missions, International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Solar Max
database, and Global Geospace Science (GGS) Polar missions.
- Dr. Dae-ll (Dale) Choi is
involved in the Astrophysical Numerical Relativity Group at
LHEA,NASA/GSFC. His work is now focused on developing adaptive mesh
3-dimensional code to solve Einstein equation with astrophysically
relevant initial conditions in mind. Particular interests are
astrophysical sources of gravitational waves.
- Dr. Robin Corbet is in charge of the Rossi X-ray
Timing Explorer (RXTE) Science Operations Center.
- Dr. Michael
Corcoran works for the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research
Center (HEASARC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He serves as the
archive scientist for the Gamma-Ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST), the High
Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2), and the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT)
projects. In addition, Dr. Corcoran conducts scientific research on the X-ray
emission properties of extremely massive single and binary stars.
- Dr. Georgia de Nolfo performs
research and analysis, related to ACE, Trans-Iron Galactic Element
Recorder (TIGER), Gamma-ray Image Spectrometer (GRIS), and SIS data; and
the testing, calibration, and integration of the next Antarctic TIGER
flights
- Dr. Stephen Drake is a scientist in GSFC's
High-Energy Data Archive, the HEASARC, with responsibilities that include
the creation of new tables for its Web Browse
utility. His research interests include stellar coronae and activity.
- Dr. Ken Ebisawa is currently working on
x-ray astronomy research is helping to develop the INTEGRAL mission data
analysis software suite.
- Dr. Kenji Hamaguchi performs research and data analysis of
X-ray observations of the star Eta Carinae during and through the star’s
X-ray eclipse. Analyzes data from
a set of CHANDRA High Energy Transmission Grating observations scheduled
for this eclipse period in context of other observations in X-ray and
other wavelengths.
- Dr. Stephen Holland performs
research and development in the Swift Science Center.
- Dr. Stefan Immler performs
research and development related to XMM-GOF.
- Dr. Samuel Jones is working on modeling and data
analysis of Space Plasma Physics data obtained from IMAGE missions and
relevant data sets from the ISTP Solar Max database.
- Dr. Donald Kniffen is performing
scientific research using INTEGRAL and Swift mission data and supporting
the Swift PI, Dr. Neil Gehrels, on burst advocate activities and future mission
strategies.
- Dr. Hans Krimm is working on calibration
and ground software for the Burst Alert Telescope on the Swift Gamma-Ray
Burst mission. He is also project scientist for the International Focusing
Optics Collaboration for uCrab Sensitivity (InFOCuS) hard x-ray telescope
balloon program.
- Dr. John Krizmanic is working on solid state
detector design within the Low-Energy Gamma-ray Group.
- Dr. John Lehan performs
research and development related to x-ray mirror development.
- Dr. Volker Leonhardt performs
research and development related to LISA.
- Dr. James
Lochner is leading and coordinating the education and public outreach
efforts within the Lab for High Energy Astrophysics. He directs the
development of the Imagine the Universe! web site,works with educators to
produce education curriculum support materials, and integrates the Lab's
education program into NASA's education efforts.
- Dr. Alex Moiseev is lead
scientist on the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
Anti-Coincidence detector. He is also involved in US-Japan cosmic ray
antimatter project BESS and proposed high energy cosmic ray project
ACCESS.
- Dr. Satoshi Morita performs
research and development related to SOHO.
- Dr. Koji Mukai takes care of the data
archive of the Advanced Satellite for Astrophysics and Cosmology (ASCA)
and prepares for the needs of the guest observers of the upcoming Astro-E2
mission.
- Dr. Nickolai Shaposhnikov performs
research and development related to RXTE.
- Dr. Chris Shrader oversees the
final archiving of science data and analysis software migration for the Compton
Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) mission, which was operated from 1991-2000.
He is also the GSFC site manager for the INTEGRAL Science Data Analysis
Working group, responsible for oversight and validation of software
deliveries for that mission, as well as the lead scientist for the NASA
INTEGRAL Guest Observer Facility. His research interests are in the study
of accreting black holes.
- Drs. Steve Snowden and Martin Still are primarily responsible
for the operation of the XMM-Newton GOF and generally providing scientific
support to the research community.
- Dr. Yang Soong has been working
on the X-ray optics for the last twelve years. The segmented grazing
incidence X-ray telescopes with thin substrate reflectors has been
improved over the years, from 3-4 minute of arc resolution to the current
1 minute of arc. The theoretical limit for the conical configuration of
such telescopes is 1/4 minute of arc. He is working toward to the
realization of that goal in the next few years.
- Dr. Steve Sturner performs research in
support of the SPI spectrometer on the INTEGRAL mission. This research
includes numerical simulations to assess SPI's performance and data
analysis software development.
- Dr. Nikolai Tsyganenko is
doing research on quantitative modeling of the global magnetic field and
electric current systems in the Earth's magnetosphere, based on large sets
of spacecraft data taken in the geospace and in the solar wind. For more details,
visit the website: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/model/magnetos/data-based/modeling.html
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Information ( info@seabrook.usra.edu ) Last Modified: Fri., April
29, 2005