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 |
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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 |
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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 |