Webb Team
This page has 2 listings of Webb personnel. The first is the current Webb Operations Team. The second is a listing of the Webb team past and present which is filterable.
Current Webb Team
These are the biographies ofthe current Webb Operations Team.
Dr. Jane Rigby is an Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md,…
Dr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center,…
Mike Davis has worked on the Webb Telescope project since 2003. After 21 years as Deputy Mission Systems Engineer and…
Brandon Bethune is the Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Operations Project at Goddard Space Flight…
Lee Feinberg has been the Optical Telescope Element Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at the NASA Goddard Space…
Julie Van Campen is the current Webb Telescope Mission Systems Engineer. Former roles on the project included NASA Integrated Science…
Michael McElwain is the James Webb Space Telescope’s Observatory Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a…
Begoña Vila is an Instrument Systems Engineer from KBR who worked on the Webb telescope and works on the upcoming Nancy…
Dr. Amber Straughn is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD and serves as the Deputy…
Bernie Rauscher is an experimental astrophysicist. He currently serves as the James Webb Space Telescope Detector Scientist and Integrated Science…
Dr. Susan Neff is an Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She serves as…
Dr. Charles Mattias (“Matt”) Mountain was the Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland from 2005 – 2015.…
Dr. Stefanie Milam is a Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and serves as the…
Scott Lambros currently serves as the James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Systems Manager for the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near Infrared Imager…
Dr. Knicole Colón is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. She is the James Webb…
Dr. Mic Bagley is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, and serves as the JWST…
Webb Team Past and Present
NOTE: this page loads by default showing ALL bios, current and formerly on the project. You can then apply various filters to narrow the scope of what is shown. The filters are ANDed together, for instance if you chose Webb-People-Engineers and Webb-People-Former you get a set including all of both of those groups. Be sure to see the "pagination" controls BELOW the listing as the results maybe spread across more than one page. SWG stands for Science Working Group.
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Dr. Eric Smith is the Associate Director for Research in the Science Mission Directorate’s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. He…
Dr. Hashima Hasan is the NuSTAR, IXPE and W.M. Keck Observatory (WMKO) Program Scientist and the Education and Public Outreach…
Dr. Jane Rigby is an Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md,…
Dr. Jonathan Gardner is the Deputy Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope and also serves as the…
Dr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center,…
Mike Davis has worked on the Webb Telescope project since 2003. After 21 years as Deputy Mission Systems Engineer and…
Brandon Bethune is the Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Operations Project at Goddard Space Flight…
Mike Menzel is the NASA Mission Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center…
Lee Feinberg has been the Optical Telescope Element Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at the NASA Goddard Space…
Julie Van Campen is the current Webb Telescope Mission Systems Engineer. Former roles on the project included NASA Integrated Science…
Michael McElwain is the James Webb Space Telescope’s Observatory Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a…
Gregory Robinson, formerly SMD’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, is the new Webb Program Director. As Director, Robinson focuses on…
Dr. Kartik Sheth is a world-renowned astrophysicist specializing in galaxy formation, star formation, and the interstellar medium. He is NASA’s…
Cathy Barclay is currently serving as the Acting JWST Project Manager. Her regular role is serving as the Deputy Program…
Alan Johns is the Ground Segment and Operations Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope Project at NASA’s Goddard Space…
Bonnie Seaton is the Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Operations Project at the Goddard Space…
Bill Ochs has 30+ years of experience in the aerospace industry. He has worked in both private industry and for…
John Durning is the Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope Project, at Goddard Space Flight Center, in…
Paul Geithner is the Deputy Project Manager – Technical for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
Former James Webb Space Telescope Project Manager and longtime Goddard employee Phil Sabelhaus passed away the morning of Feb. 7,…
Scott P. Willoughby is the vice president and program manager for the James Webb Space Telescope program at Northrop Grumman.…
Dr. Kenneth Sembach is the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), a 700-person multi-mission operations center for NASA’s…
Dr. Mark Clampin loves talking about the James Webb Space Telescope and has done so at many meetings for scientific,…
Jamie Dunn was the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope program at NASA’s Goddard…
Keith Parrish is the Observatory Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt…
Professor René Doyon’s research activities are focussed on the development of state-of-the-art astronomical instrumentation for various ground- and space-based observatories. He…
Mark McCaughrean is the Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency. He is also responsible for communicating results from…
Chris Willott is a Senior Research Officer (Astronomer), working in the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre group. Mr. Willott’s research interests are…
Dr. Massimo Stiavelli has led the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission office at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)…
Roberto Maiolino is an astrophysicist who studies the formation and evolution of galaxies using observations collected at some of the…
Jonathan Lunine is interested in how planets form and evolve, what processes maintain and establish habitability, and what kinds of…
Simon Lilly was elected as Full Professor of Experimental Astrophysics in February 2002. Simon’s research work focuses on studying the…
Pierre Ferruit’s work during the last two decades has been focused on the JWST project and the NIRSpec instrument in…
Dr. Jeff Valenti is an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which is the Science and Operations Center…
Dr. Rogier Windhorst is Regents’ and Foundation Professor at Arizona State University and Interdisciplinary Scientist for the James Webb Space…
David Wright was the European Consortium (EC) Engineering Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). He enjoyed…
Eve Wooldridge brings more than 30 years of spacecraft hardware experience to the role of the Webb Contamination Engineering Lead.…
Mark Voyton is the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) Manager, and the Optical Telescope and ISIM (OTIS) Manager for James…
Kalyani Sukhatme was the project manager for the Mid-Infrared Instrument or MIRI, one of the four science instruments on the…
Carl Starr the Mission Operations Manager (MOM) for the James Webb Space Telescope Project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center…
Dr. George Sonneborn was the NASA Project Scientist for Operations for the James Webb Space Telescope at the Goddard Space…
Rich Ryan has 20+ years of experience in the aerospace industry. He has worked in both private industry and for…
He has held the IEC position since May 2005 and the ISIM position since July 2009. In his position, Rashford…
Richard J. Lynch was the Spacecraft Manager for the James Webb Space Telescopeat the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,…
Ray Lundquist was the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) Systems engineer and manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in…
John B. Hutchings had a dual role in the James Webb Space Telescope project at the National Research Council Canada,…
Jeff was the Deputy Project Manager for Verification for the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb telescope) program at NASA’s Goddard…
Greg Goodson was the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Systems Manager at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. He has…
Cagatay (Murat) Aymergen worked part-time with the James Webb Space Telescope as the Mid-Infrared (MIRI) Instrument systems engineer at NASA’s…
Alvarez has been with the ESA’s James Webb Space Telescope project since 2005. He began as ESA MIRI System Engineer…
Gillian Wright is the European principal investigator for the Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope. Wright leads…
Begoña Vila is an Instrument Systems Engineer from KBR who worked on the Webb telescope and works on the upcoming Nancy…
Maurice te Plate is an optical systems engineer working at the European Space Agency. Currently, he is stationed at NASA’s…
Dr. Amber Straughn is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD and serves as the Deputy…
Dr. Christopher Stark is an Astrophysicist in the Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in…
Erin Smith is a Deputy Observatory Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope at Goddard Space Flight Center. Her…
Marcia J. Rieke is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, and is the principal investigator for the…
George Rieke is ‘Regents’ Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and serves as the…
Mike Ressler is the NASA Project Scientist for the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. He is…
Bernie Rauscher is an experimental astrophysicist. He currently serves as the James Webb Space Telescope Detector Scientist and Integrated Science…
Dr. Susan Neff is an Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She serves as…
Dr. Charles Mattias (“Matt”) Mountain was the Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland from 2005 – 2015.…
Dr. Stefanie Milam is a Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and serves as the…
Scott Lambros currently serves as the James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Systems Manager for the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near Infrared Imager…
Randy Kimble currently serves as the Integration and Test Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope. He is an…
Dr. Heidi B. Hammel is an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Telescope Project, and her focus is on Webb’s…
Matthew Greenhouse has served on the James Webb Space Telescope senior staff as Project Scientist for the Webb science instrument…
Alistair Glasse is the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) instrument scientist. He loves working on a great team of people from across…
Dr. Knicole Colón is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. She is the James Webb…
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Bowers is a Deputy Observatory Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope and an astrophysicist in the…
Torsten Böker is the European Space Agency (ESA) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) scientist and the James Webb Space Telescope Deputy Project…
Dr. Mic Bagley is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, and serves as the JWST…