Partners
The PRVS Consortium consists of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, University of Hertfordshire Centre for Astrophysics Research, the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University and the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.
The Project Team members are listed in the table below:
| Institution | Title | Names |
|---|---|---|
| Univ. of Hertfordshire | Principal Investigator | Hugh Jones |
| UK ATC | Project Manager | David Lunney |
| Instrument Scientist | Bill Dent | |
| Electronic Design | Derek Ives | |
| Optical Design | David Henry | |
| Mechanical Design | David Montgomery | |
| Systems Engineer | Phil Rees | |
| Pipeline Lead | Andy Vick | |
| Calibration | Adrian Webster | |
| IfA | Instrument Scientist | John Rayner |
| Software Design | Hubert Yamada | |
| Mechanical Design | Werner Stahlberger | |
| Science Team | Mike Liu, Bill Vacca | |
| Penn State | Workpackage lead and science co-I | Larry Ramsay |
| Science Team | Eric Feigelson, James Kasting, Kevin Luhman, Donald Schneider, Steinn Sigurdsson, Alex Wolszczan |
Scientists contributing to the science case and design for PRVS case are listed in the table below;
| Scientist | Institute, Location | Specialities |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Bailey | McQuaire University, Australia | Planets, Exoplanets, IR astronomy |
| John Barnes | University of Hertfordshire, UK | Cool stars |
| Tim Brown | Las Cumbres Observatory | Precision astronomy |
| Andrew Collier Cameron | University of St Andrews, UK | Doppler/Zeeman mapping |
| Mike Cushing | Arizona, USA | Brown dwarfs |
| Bill Dent | ATC, Edinburgh, UK | Young disks, star & planet formation |
| J-F Donati | Toulouse, France | Polarimetry |
| Derek Fox | Penn State, USA | Gamma Ray Bursts |
| Peter Hauschildt | University of Hamburg, Germany | Model Atmospheres |
| Todd Henry | Georgia State, USA | Nearby stars |
| Chris Johns-Krull | Rice University, USA | Stellar activity |
| Hugh Jones | University of Hertfordshire, UK | Exoplanets, brown dwarfs |
| Jim Kasting | Penn State, USA | Brown dwarfs |
| Marek Konacki | Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland | Exoplanets |
| Andrew Levan | University of Hertfordshire, UK | High Redshift Cosmology |
| Doug Lin | University of California, USA | Star and planet formation |
| Mike Liu | IfA, Hawaii, USA | Brown dwarfs, extra-solar planets |
| Andy Longmore | ATC, Edinburgh, UK | Infrared astronomy |
| Kevin Luhman | Penn State, USA | Brown dwarfs |
| Steve Miller | University College London, UK | Solar system |
| Mike Murphy | University of Cambridge, UK | Fine structure constant |
| Andrej Niedzielski | Torun Observatory, Poland | Precision astronomy |
| Francesco Pepe | Genva Observatory, Switzerland | Precision radial velocities |
| Lisa Prato | Lowell Observatory, USA | IR binaries |
| Larry Ramsey | Penn State, USA | Star formation, binaries, YSOs |
| John Rayner | IfA, Hawaii, USA | Star formation |
| Ignas Snellen | Leiden University, Netherlands | Characterisation of extra-solar planets |
| Ed Thommes | CTIA, Canada | Star and planet formation |
| Chris Tinney | AAO, Australia | Exoplanets, brown dwarfs |
| Bill Vacca | Sophia Observatory, USA | Exoplanets |
| Adrian Webster | IfA, Edinburgh, UK | Interstellar chemistry |
| Alex Wolszczan | Penn State, USA | Exoplanets |