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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb
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Team Biographies


Webb Telescope Operations Project


John Mather
John Mather
senior project scientist
Jon Gardner
Jonathan Gardner
deputy senior project scientist
Alan Johns
Alan Johns
Project Manager - Operations & Ground Segment
Bonnie Seaton
Bonnie Seaton
Deputy Project Manager - Operations

Management, Science & Engineering
(in alphabetical order by last name)


Torsten Boeker
Torsten Böker
european space agency (ESA) deputy project scientist and MIRI instrument scientist
Charles Bowers
Charles Bowers
Deputy Observatory Project Scientist
Dr. Knicole Colón
Knicole Colón
Deputy Project Scientist for Exoplanet Science
Mike Davis
Mike Davis
deputy mission systems engineer and observatory systems engineer
Lee Feinberg
Lee Feinberg
JWST Telescope Manager
Alastair Glasse
Alistair Glasse
mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) instrument scientist
Matt Greenhouse
Matt Greenhouse
Integrated Science Instrument Module Project Scientist
Heidi Hammel
Heidi Hammel
interdisciplinary scientist
Hashima Hasan
Hashima Hasan
Deputy Program Scientist
Randy Kimble
Randy Kimble
Project Scientist for Integration, Test, & Commissioning
Scott Lambros
Scott Lambros
instrument systems manager
Michael McElwain
Michael McElwain
observatory project scientist
Mike Menzel
Mike Menzel
mission systems engineer
Stefanie Milam
Stefanie Milam
deputy project scientist for planetary science
Matt Mountain
Matt Mountain
telescope scientist and AURA President
Dr. Susan Neff
Susan Neff
Deputy Operations Project Scientist
Bernie Rauscher
Bernie Rauscher
Deputy Integrated Science Instrument Module Project Scientist
Mike Ressler
Mike Ressler
project scientist for the MIRI instrument
George Rieke
George Rieke
mid-infrared instrument science team lead
Marcia Rieke
Marcia Rieke
principal investigator for the nircam and professor of astronomy at the university of arizona
Jane Rigby
Jane Rigby
Operations Project Scientist
Eric Smith
Eric Smith
program scientist
Erin Smith
Erin Smith
Deputy Observatory Project Scientist
Christopher Star
Christopher Stark
Deputy Integration, Test, and Commissioning Project Scientist
Amber Straughn
Amber Straughn
Deputy Project Scientist for Communications
Maurice Te Plate
Maurice Te Plate
european space agency (ESA) webb systems integration and test manager and ESA mid-infrared instrument manager
Julie Van Campen
Julie VanCampen
integrated science instrument module (ISIM) systems engineer and deputy commissioning manager
Dr. Begoña Vila
Begoña Vila
Instrument Systems Engineer
Gillian Wright
Gillian Wright
european principal investigator for the mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) instrument

Formerly on the Project - Management

Bill Ochs
Bill Ochs
project manager
Greg Robinson
Gregory L. Robinson
Program Director

Formerly on the Project - Management, Science & Engineering
(in alphabetical order by last name)

Jose Lorenzo Alvarez
Lorenzo Alvarez
european space agency mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) instrument manager and principal system engineer
Cagatay Aymergen
Cagatay Aymergen
mid-infrared instrument systems engineer
Mark Clampin
Mark Clampin
Observatory Project Scientist
Jamie Dunn
Jamie Dunn
integrated science instrument module manager
John Durning
John Durning
deputy project manager
Paul Geithner
Paul Geithner
deputy project manager - technical
Greg Goodson
Greg Goodson
mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) systems manager
Jeff Hanley
Jeff Hanley
deputy project manager/verification
John Hutchings
John Hutchings
canadian project scientist and fine guidance sensor scientist
Ray Lundquist
Ray Lundquist
integrated system instrument module systems manager
Richard Lynch
Richard Lynch
spacecraft manager
Keith Parrish
Keith Parrish
observatory commissioning manager
Robert Rashford
Robert Rashford
ISIM electronics compartment (IEC) and optical telescope element simulator (OSIM) project manager
Rich Ryan
Rich Ryan
deputy project manager for resources
Phil Sabelhaus
Phil Sabelhaus
Former JWST project manager
Kenneth Sembach
Kenneth Sembach
STScI Director
Kartik Sheth
Kartik Sheth
Deputy Program Scientist
George Sonneborn
George Sonneborn
Operations Project Scientist
Carl Starr
Carl Starr
Mission Operations Manager
Kalyani Sukhatme
Kalyani Sukhatme
project manager for mid-infrared instrument
mark voyton
Mark Voyton
Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) Manager and Optical Telescope And ISIM (OTIS) Manager
Scott Willoughby
Scott Willoughby
program manager at northrop grumman aerospace systems
Eve Wooldridge
Eve Wooldridge
contamination engineering lead
David Wright
David Wright
european consortium engineering manager for the webb telescope mid-infrared instrument (MIRI)