Staff of the Mirror Laboratory
Past Projects and Staff of the X-ray Optics Group
Staff of the XRISM XMA Team (2020)
Staff list (2020):
- Anthony Baltusis
- Leor Bleier
- Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin
- Daniel Dizon
- Sean Fitzsimmons
- Danielle Gurgew
- Takayuki Hayashi
- Richard Koenecke
- Wilson Lara
- Larry Lozipone
- Hideyuki Mori
- Takashi Okajima
- Marton Sharp
- Toshiki Sato
- Yang Soong
- Marshall Sutton
- Larry Olsen
- Keisuke Tamura
Staff of the NICER XRC Team (2014)
Staff list (2014):
- Erin Balsamo
- Teruaki Enoto
- Sean Fitzsimmons
- Lalit Jalota
- John Kearney
- Richard Koenecke
- Larry Lozipone
- Ai Numata
- Takashi Okajima
- Larry Olsen
- Peter Serlemitsos
- Yang Soong
Staff of the Hitomi(ASTRO-H) SXT and GEMS X-ray Mirror Team (2012)
Staff list (2012):
- Clifton Brown
- Dominic Contino
- Devin Hahne
- John Kearney
- Richard Koenecke
- Larry Lozipone
- Ai Numata
- Takashi Okajima
- Larry Olsen
- Paul Pless
- Mark Schofield
- Peter Serlemitsos
- Yang Soong
- Joseph Sytwu
- Emory Toomey
Staff of the Suzaku (Astro-E2) XRT team (2003)
The rebuild mission Suzaku/Astro-E2 started in 2000. Most of the original team members remain in the staff. Technical staff includes, in 2002 and 2003, the following:
Scientists: Dr. Peter J. Serlemitsos (GSFC), Dr. Yang Soong, Dr. Kai W. Chan, Dr. John P. Lehan, all with Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and Dr. Takashi Okajima, from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Technical support is from Mentor Technology Inc. (MTI), which also supported the original Astro-E mission. The technical staff includes: Larry Oslen, Melinda Hong, Henry Garrett, John Kearney, Larry Lozipone, Marton Sharpe and Clark Welsh.
Curtis Odell (GSFC) is the Instrument Manager of the Astro-E2 XRT. Dale Arbogast, of Swales Aerospace, provides the support in mechanical engineering.
Staff of the Astro-E XRT team (1998)
The Mirror Lab is headed by Dr. Peter J. Serlemitsos. Research scientists include Dr. Kai W. Chan, Dr. Scott Owens, Dr. Yang Soong, all with Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and Dr. Yasushi Ogasaka, now with the x-ray group of Nagoya University in Japan. A team of engineers and technicians provide the technical support for the mirror research and they also carry out the actual work of foil production. They include Deneen Ferro, Rory Grenz, Melinda Hong, John Kearney, Nancy Murakami, Larry Oslen (technicians' program manager), Marton Sharpe and Traci Pluchak, of MTI, Mentor Technology Inc. Curtis Odell of the Instrument Development Group provides the laboratory's technical management. Dale Arbogast, also of the Instrument Development Branch, provides the critical support of hardware development.
Staff list (1998):
- Dale Arbogast
- Kai W. Chan
- Deneen Ferro
- Rory Grenz
- Melinda M.L. Hong
- John Kearney
- Nancy Murakami
- Curtis E. Odell
- Yasushi Ogasaka
- Larry Oslen
- Scott Owens
- Traci Pluchak
- Peter J. Serlemitsos
- Marton Sharpe
- Yang Soong