Paranal Science Operations Department Staff
Astronomers
Joe Anderson
- FORS2 2nd instrument scientist
Marco Berton
- Hawk-I instrument scientist, MUSE 2nd instrument scientist
Fuyan Bian
- MUSE instrument scientist, HAWK-I 2nd instrument scientist
Jesus Corral-Santana
- KMOS instrument scientist, UT12 team coordinator
Robert De Rosa
- ERIS instrument scientist
Willem Jan de Wit
- QC coordinator
Abigail Frost
- VISIR 2nd instrument scientist
Boris Haeussler
- FLAMES instrument scientist, KMOS 2nd instrument scientist
Xavier Haubois
- VLTI system scientist
Pascale Hibon
- Telescope system scientist
Aaron Labdon
- GRAVITY 2nd instrument scientist
Matias Jones
- ESPRESSO instrument scientist, SPHERE 2nd instrument scientist
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
- MATISSE instrument Scientist, PIONIER 2nd instrument scientist, Training & Documentation coordinator
Ricardo Parra
- Telescope Performance Analysis
Thomas Rivinius
- PIONIER instrument scientist, MATISSE 2nd 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 2nd instrument scientist, ESPRESSO QC specialist
Linda Schmidtobreick
- MOONS instrument Scientist, VLTI team coordinator
Elyar Sedaghati
- FORS2 instrument scientist and ESPRESSO 2nd instrument scientist
Jonathan Smoker
- CRIRES and MOONS 2nd instrument scientist
Thomas Szeifert
- 4MOST instrument scientist
Konrad Tristram
- Operations & Procedures coordinator, VISIR instrument scientist, GRAVITY instrument scientist
Zahed Wahhaj
- SPHERE instrument scientist, ERIS second instrument scientist
Quality Control
Javier Fuentes Lettura
- Data and Quality Control Specialist
Faviola Molina
- Data and Quality Control Specialist
Fellows
Martina Baratella
- UT12, ESPRESSO, 4MOST
Enrico Congiu
-UT4, MUSE
Akke Corporaal
-VLTI
A. Burgos
- 4MOST
Camila de Sa Freitas
- UT4, MUSE
C. Desgrange
- SPHERE
Julien Drevon
- VLTI, MATISSE
Elisa Garro
- UT12, UVES
Ana Maria Jimenez-Gallardo
-UT4, ERIS
Robert Klement
-VLTI, GRAVITY, MATISSE
Francesca Lucertini
- UT3, CRIRES
A. Luna
- KMOS
Michael Marsset
- UT4, ERIS
T. Pessi
-UT4
Maria Jose Rain
-UT12, FORS2, MOONS
Julia Victoria Seidel
- UT12, ESPRESSO
Rob Van Holstein
- UT3, SPHERE
Telescope and Instrument Operators
Israel Blanchard
Functional Assignments:
- UT1, UT4, VLTI
Cecilia Bustos
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2
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
Marcela Espinoza
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, Surveys
Lorena Faundez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, VLTI, OS
Felipe Gaete
Functional Assignments:
- UT1 UT3, Surveys
Sam Kim
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2
Carlos La Fuente
Functional Assignments:
- UT4, Surveys, VLTI, OS
Marcelo Lopez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2, UT4, VLTI
Miguel Lopez
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2
Vincent Megevand
Functional Assignments:
- UT1-2,VLTI
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