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Mission Team

The AOS Mission Team is responsible for managing the priorities and resources needed for a successful mission.

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AOS Mission team organiazation
The AOS Mission Team is responsible for managing the priorities and resources needed for a successful mission.

Questions regarding AOS project status? Please contact Lillian Reichenthal.

General AOS questions? Please contact Brooke Schweiss.

Questions regarding AOS Science? Please contact Scott Braun.

Questions regarding AOS Applications? Please contact Emily Berndt.

Project Management / Partner Management Team

Project ManagementPartner Management Team
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Lillian Reichenthal - Acting Project Manager
Joel McCorkel - Deputy Project Manager
Aaron McCleskey - Deputy Project Manager Resources
Jeff Piepmeier - Deputy Project Manager, Pre-Phase A
Arthur Jacques - NASA Payload Manager, Pre-Phase A
Diane Stassi - Deputy Payload Manager
Phillip Blackwood - Project Support Manager
Scott Braun - Project Scientist
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Stéphane Martens - Manager, CSA Elements

Jamie Sevigny - Manager, CSA Elements

Konstantin Baibakov - Manager, CSA Science and Applications
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Kinji Furukawa - Manager, JAXA Elements
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Deb Vane - Manager, JPL Elements
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
Chip Trepte - Manager, LaRC Elements
National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
Thierry Amiot - Manager, CNES Elements

Adrien Deschamps - Manager, CNES Elements

Projects

Storm Project 

John Yorks, Deputy Project Scientist, Inclined

Sky Project 

Tyler Thorsen, Deputy Project Scientist, Polar

Suborbital 

Daniel Cecil, Deputy Project Scientist, Suborbital

Science and Applications Team

Transition Team 

Ames Research Center
Meloe Kacenelenbogen
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer
Colorado State University
Sue Van den Heever
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jason Cole
Goddard Space Flight Center
Arlindo da Silva
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Graeme Stephens
Duane Waliser
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales/University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Helene Brogniez
Marjolaine Chiriaco
Langley Research Center
Richard Ferrare
David Winker
Marshall Space Flight Center
Emily Berndt
Walt Petersen
McGill University
Yi Huang
Nagoya University
Nobuhiro Takahashi
National Centre for Space Studies
Adrien Deschamps
University of Iowa
Greg Carmichael
University of Oklahoma
Jens Redemann
University of Tokyo
Yukari Takayabu
University of Utah
Jay Mace
Vanderbilt University
Ralf Bennartz

 Algorithm Working Group 

Ames Research Center
Veljko Petkovic (FN)
Ames Research Center / Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques/Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Dominique Bouniol
Colorado State University
Chandrasekar Venkat
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Yacine Bouzid
Goddard Space Flight Center
Reed Espinosa
Jie Gong (USRA)
Mircea Grecu
Kerry Meyer
Ed Nowottnick
Goddard Space Flight Center / Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Igor Geogdzhayev
Goddard Space Flight Center / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kenneth Christian
Dan Miller
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kazuyuki Okada
Kosuke Yamamoto
Japan Meteorological Agency / Meteorological Research Institute
Rei Kudo
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Olga Kalashnikova
Francis Turk
Qing Yue
Kyoto University
Shoichi Shige
Kyushu University
Hajime Okamoto
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
Alexis Depee
Laboratoire d'Aerologie OMP
Fanck Auguste
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Thomas Fiolleau
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales/Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Remy Roca
Langley Research Center
Sharon Burton
Anne Emilie Garnier
Seiji Kato
Xu Liu
Snorre Stamnes
Nagoya University
Hirohiko Masunaga
Nobuhiro Takahashi
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Tomoaki Nishizawa
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Kaya Kanemaru
Naval Research Laboratory
James Campbell
Stony Brook University
Pavlos Kollias
Université du Québec à Montréal
Yann Blanchard
Jean-Pierre Blanchet
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Andy Heymsfield
University of Colorado Boulder
Sebastian Schmidt
Zhien Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Larry Di Girolamo
University of Iowa
Jun Wang
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chenxi Wang
University of Michigan
Xianglei Huang
University of New Brunswick
Jeff Langille
University of Oklahoma
Flynn Connor
Lan Gao
Pierre Kirstetter
Feng Xu
University of Saskatchewan
Adam Bourassa
Doug Degenstein
Landon Rieger
University of Utah
Jay Mace
University of Washington
Roj Marchand
University of Wisconsin
Ed Elorante
Robert Holz
Tristan L'Ecuyer

 Modeling and Data Assimilation Working Group 

Environment and Climate Change Canada
Josep Aparicio
Yacine Bouzid
Rodrigo Munoz-Alpizar
Goddard Space Flight Center
Patricia Castellanos
Arlindo da Silva
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Ikuta Yasutaka
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Derek Posselt
Baijun Tian
Yuan Wang
McGill University
Ivy Tan
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Andrew Gettleman
North Carolina State University
Nicholas Meskhidze
RIKEN Center for Computational Science
Takemasa Miyoshi
University of Tokyo
Masaki Satoh
Kentaroh Suzuki
University of Waterloo
Chris Fletcher

Applications

Environment and Climate Change Canada
Konstantin Baibakov
Yacine Bouzid
Goddard Space Flight Center
Bryan Duncan
Melanie Follette-Cook
Kenneth Pickering
Andrea Portier
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Moeka Yamaji
Japan Meteorological Agency
Yasutaka Ikuta
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Svetla Hristova
Jonathan Jiang
Olga Kalashnikova
Baijun Tian
Langley Research Center
Jason Tackett
Elizabeth Wiggins
Marshall Space Flight Center
Emily Berndt
Anita Leroy
Aaron Naeger
McGill University
Amélie Bouchat
Naval Research Laboratory
James Campbell
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Amita Mehta
University of Oklahoma
Pierre Kirstetter
Wilfrid Laurier University
Hind A. Al-Abadleh

 Suborbital Working Group 

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Allison McComiskey
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Zen Mariani
Goddard Space Flight Center
Reed Espinosa
Gerald Heymsfield
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kosuke Yamamoto
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mark Richardson (FN)
Felix Seidel
Langley Research Center
Richard Ferrare
Richard Moore
Marshall Space Flight Center
Daniel Cecil
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Hiroshi Hanado
Yuichi Ohno
National Research Council Canada
Mengistu Wolde
Osaka University
Tomoo Ushio
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jim Mather
Université du Québec à Montréal
Julie Thériault
University of Colorado Boulder
Sebastian Schmidt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Steve Nesbitt
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Vanderlei Martins
University of Miami
Paquita Zuidema
University of Oklahoma
Pierre Kirstetter
Greg McFarquhar
Jens Redemann
University of Toronto
Kaley Walker
University of Utah
Jay Mace
University of Washington
Rob Wood
University of Wyoming
Bart Geertz

Instrument Scientists

  • Ian Adams, Radiometer
  • Jean-Pierre Blanchet, LW Spectrometer
  • Chris Hostetler, HSRL Lidar
  • Kirk Knobelspiesse, Polarimeter
  • Matt Lebsock, Radars
  • Kerry Meyer, SW Spectrometer
  • Ed Nowottnick, Backscatter Lidar
  • Felix Seidel, Camera Suite
  • Simone Tanelli, Radars

Systems

Systems Engineering 

  • Michael Choi, Thermal
  • Jon Chrone, Deputy Manager, Systems Engineering
  • Bill Cook, Optical Payloads Systems
  • Peter Gonzales, Deputy Manager, Systems Engineering
  • Brian Lounsbury, Mission Systems Engineer
  • Matt Walker McLinden, RF Payloads Systems Engineer
  • James Sturm, Senior Systems Engineer

Mission Operations and Ground System Development 

  • Johnny Medina, Mops & Ground System Lead

Safety and Mission Assurance 

  • Jon Coopersmith, Chief Safety Officer

Science Data System 

  • Sadashiva Devadiga, Admin/Project Management
  • David Meyer, Science Data System Lead
  • Curt Tilmes, Technical Lead

ACCP

Architecture Study Personnel 

Ian Adams
Tahani Amer
Howard Barker
Ana Barros
Susanne Bauer
Emily Berndt
Steve Bidwell
Jean-Pierre Blanchet
Dominique Bouniol
Adam Bourassa
Scott Braun
Helene Brogniez
Sharon Burton
Brian Cairns
Pedro Campuzano Jost
Greg Carmichael
Patricia Castellanos
Daniel Cecil
Eduard Chemyakin
Helene Chepfer
Marjolaine Chiriaco
Jon Chrone
Pete Colarco
Jason Cole
Flavien Cornut
Marian Cronin
Juan Cuesta
Arlindo da Silva
Anthony Davis
Shaun Deacon
Doug Degenstein
Min Den
Andrew Dessler
Oleg Dubovik
George Duffy
Bryan Duncan
William C. Edwards
Laaziz El Amraoui
Danahe El Amraoui
Reed Espinosa
Graham Feingold
Richard Ferrare
Connor Flynn
Ann Fridlind
Randy Friedl
Mike Fromm
Kinji Furukawa
Lan Gao
Michael Garay
Patrick Gatlin
Andrew Gettleman
Mircea Grecu
Jake Gristey
Silke Gross
Ziad Haddad
Maria Hakuba
Kimberly Hawkins
John Haynes
Colette Heald
Jim Hendershot
Laura Hermozo
Andy Heymsfield
Robert Holz
Svetla Hristova
Yongxiang Hu
Yi Huang
Xianglei Huang
Jim Irons
Marie Ivanco
Jose Jimenez
Olivier Jourdan
Meloe Kacenelenbogen
Ralph Kahn
Olga Kalashnikova
Seiji Kato
Osku Kemppinen
Dalia Kirschbaum
Steve Klein
Pavlos Kollias
Mark Kulie
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tim Lang
Matt Lebsock
Barry Lefer
Jean-François Léon
Anita Leroy
Ruby Leung
Rob Levy
Yuli Liu
Yang Liu
Xu Liu
Anton Lopatin
Marcela Loria
Johnny Luo
Jay Mace
Hal Maring
Hirohiko Masunaga
Allison McComiskey
Greg McFarquhar
Kerry Meyer
Miriam Micael
Masashi Minamide
Richard Moore
Vickie Moran
Joe Munchak
Aaron Naeger
James Nelson
Steve Nesbitt
Tomoaki Nishizawa
Vincent Noël
Ed Nowottnick
Hajime Okamoto
Riko Oki
Ali Omar
David Painemal
Walt Petersen
Thomas Piekutowski
Jeff Piepmeier
Armando Piloto
Andrea Portier
Derek Posselt
Kathleen Powell
Jim Price
Jens Redemann
Jeff Reid
Remy Roca
Lynn Russell
Sebastian Schmidt
Roseline Schmisser
Rick Schulte
Courtney Schumacher
Felix Seidel
Shoichi Shige
Amy Sivak
Gail Skofronick-Jackson
Amber Soja
Armin Sorooshian
Ryan Spackman
Snorre Stamnes
Graeme Stephens
Rachel Storer
Kentaroh Suzuki
Ousmane Sy
Pierre Tabary
Nobuhiro Takahashi
Yukari Takayabu
Joanne Terek
Dan Thomas
Sabrina Thompson
Tyler Thorsen
Travis Toth
Chip Trepte
Solène Turquety
Sue Van den Heever
Bastian van Diedenhoven
Deb Vane
Mark Vaughan
Duane Waliser
Bryan Welch
David Winker
Martin Wirth
Rob Wood
Zhuocan Xu
Feng Xu
Moeka Yamaji
Ikuta Yasutaka
John Yorks
Justin Yoshida
David Young