Leads
LDT Leads are responsible for the overall operation of the facility.
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Please direct high-level inquiries to these individuals, who will pass along questions to the appropriate staff members as needed.
Dr. Stephen Levine - Astronomer
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, LDT Scientist, Director of Education
Dr. Kyler Kuehn -
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Dr. Amanda Bosh - Observatory Operations Manager
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| Operations StaffOperations Staff are responsible for the safe operation of the telescope at night. Remote observers should contact their operator(s) no less than a full day ahead of their observing session to confirm when and how they will be in contact. The |
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The night operations staff may be collectively contacted at (ldtoperator at lowell dot edu). Dr. José Fernandez – LDT |
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Beck Maier – LDT Operator Ishara Nisley |
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Sydney Perez – LDT Operator
Cecilia Siqueiros – LDT Operator
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| Instrument & Engineering Staff The Instrument and Engineering Staff comprise the LDT day crew. These individuals keep the LDT running smoothly through regular monitoring, maintenance, and upgrading of all telescope and facility systems. Lowell Instrument Group: Dr. Ryan Hamilton - Head of Instrumentation Tom Bida - Senior Instrument Scientist Michael Collins - Electronics Specialist Ben Hardesty - Instrument Scientist Ben Reed – Instrument Specialist
Dyer Lytle - Software Engineer Thomas Kelley - Research Assistant, Optics and Photonics Applications Laboratory LDT Engineering Group: Frank Cornelius - Engineering Manager Khristian Jones - Associate Electrical Engineer Dr. Georgi Mandushev - Research Scientist and Facility Software Support Mike Sweaton - LDT Electronic Engineer Jake Tiegs - Mechanical Technician
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| Science SupportThe LDT provides a Support Astronomer for assisting with observation planning, first-night observing support, and general questions about the facility. The LDT does not operate in 'queue' or other non-classical observing modes at this time, and the Support Astronomer cannot serve as the observer's proxy during assigned nights. Dr. Timothy Ellsworth-Bowers - Support Astronomer |
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| Instrument LeadsEach of the instruments available for use at LDT has a main contact person. For Facility Instruments, observers are encouraged to carefully read through the instrument manual, and contact the instrument lead in instances of technical challenges or needed changes in the manual. The use of Visitor and PI instruments must be coordinated through the listed instrument lead, as the LDT staff do not directly support these instruments. LDT Facility Instruments: LMI (Large Monolithic Imager) - Dr. Phil Massey DeVeny Optical Spectrograph - |
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Tom Bida NIHTS (Near IR High Throughput Spectrograph) - Dr. Nick Moskovitz Visitor / PI Instruments: EXPRES - Dr. Debra Fischer (Yale) / Dr. John Michael Brewer (SFSU) |
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QWSSI - Dr. Gerard van Belle (Lowell) RIMAS (coming soon) - Dr. Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC/UMd) |
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Science Support
The LDT provides a Support Astronomer for assisting with observation planning, first-night observing support, and [other tasks to be discussed]. The LDT does not operate in 'queue' or other non-classical observing modes at this time, and the Support Astronomer cannot serve as the observer's proxy during assigned nights.
Dr. Timothy Ellsworth-Bowers - Support Astronomer
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Instrument & Engineering Staff
The Instrument and Engineering Staff comprise the LDT day crew. These individuals keep the LDT running smoothly through regular monitoring, maintenance, and upgrading of all telescope and facility systems.
Instrument Group:
Dr. Tom Bida - Senior Instrument Scientist
Dr. Ryan Hamilton - Instrument Scientist
Dyer Lytle - Software Engineer
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Frank Cornelius - Engineering Manager
Dr. Georgi Mandushev - Research Scientist and facility software support
Mike Sweaton - LDT Electronic Engineer
Jake Tiegs - Mechanical Technician
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| The Lowell Observatory IT and Business Office Staff can assist with issues relevant to observing at the LDT. IT issues - |
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John Kullman, or IT .at. lowell.edu Lodging - Dr. José Fernandez General - Catie Blazek
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If you want to contact one of these people, try constructing their email as "first initial + last name at lowell dot edu". If that does not work, email (tac at lowell dot edu) and we will help you reach the right person.