The IBEX Team

Principal Investigator

Dave McComas Princeton University

Co-Investigators

Peter Bochsler University of Bern
Maciej Bzowski Polish Academy of Sciences
Hans Fahr Universität Bonn
Horst Fichtner Ruhr- Universität Bochum
Priscilla Frisch University of Chicago
Herb Funsten Los Alamos National Laboratory
Stephen Fuselier Southwest Research Institute
Mike Gruntman University of Southern California
Vlad Izmodenov Moscow State University
Paul Knappenberger Adler Planetarium
Marty Lee University of New Hampshire
Stefano Livi Southwest Research Institute
Don Mitchell John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Eberhard Moebius University of New Hampshire
Tom Moore NASA Goddard
Ed Roelof John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nathan Schwadron University of New Hampshire
Peter Wurz University of Bern
Gary Zank University of Alabama

Science Team

Eric Christian NASA
Geoff Crew Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maher A. Dayeh Southwest Research Institute
Bob DeMajistre John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Mihir Desai Southwest Research Institute
Vladimir Florinski University of Alabama in Huntsville
Peter Ford Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Konstantin Gamayunov Florida Institute of Technology
Peter Gary Los Alamos National Lab
Arthur Ghielmetti Lockheed Martin
Jacob Heerikuisen University of Alabama in Huntsville
David Heirtzler University of New Hampshire
Johnny Hsieh University of Arizona
Jorg-Micha Jahn Southwest Research Institute
Paul Janzen University of Montana
Jozsef Kota University of Arizona
Harald Kucharek University of New Hampshire
Vladmir G. Kurt Russian Academy of Sciences
Rosine Lallement CNRS (Scientific Research National Agency)
William Lewis Southwest Research Institute
George Livadiotis Southwest Research Institute
Bob MacDowall NASA
Stefano Massetti Instituto di Nazionale Astrofisica
Ralph McNutt John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Wendy Mills Southwest Research Institute
Xenophon Moussas University of Athens
Hans-Reinhard Mueller Dartmouth College
Joey Mukherjee Southwest Research Institute
Keiichi Ogasawara Southwest Research Institute
Merav Opher George Mason University
Stefano Orsini Instituto di Nazionale Astrofisica
Joe Peterson Southwest Research Institute
Steven Petrinec Lockheed Martin
Nick Pogorelov University of Alabama in Huntsville
Arik Posner NASA
Seth Redfield Wesleyan University
Ina Robertson University of Kansas
Klaus Scherer Institut für Theoretische Physik IV
Jonathan Slavin Center for Astrophyics, Harvard
Mark Tapley Southwest Research Institute
Phil Valek Southwest Research Institute
Roland Vanderspek Boston University
Dan Winske Los Alamos National Lab
Brian Wood Naval Research Lab
Ming Zhang Florida Institute of Technology
Eric Zirnstein Princeton University

Management Team

John Scherrer Southwest Research Institute
Chelle Reno Austin Mission Consulting
Robert Lockwood Orbital ATK

Operations Team

Geoff Crew Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maher A. Dayeh Southwest Research Institute
Ken Fairchild University of New Hampshire
Colin Joyce University of New Hampshire
Marty Quinn University of New Hampshire
Joe Peterson Southwest Research Institute
Roland Vanderspek Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sheral Wesley Orbital ATK
Tim Perry Orbital ATK
Ryan Tyler Orbital ATK
Bret Hautamaki Orbital ATK
James Bobbett Orbital ATK
John Carrico Applied Defense Solutions
Lisa Policastri Applied Defense Solutions
Ryan Lebois Applied Defense Solutions
Marissa Intellisano Applied Defense Solutions
John Ferreira Applied Defense Solutions
Nigel Angold Southwest Research Institute

Technical Support

Janice Huang Princeton University
Sonya Smith University of New Hampshire

IBEX Formal Collaborators

Frederic Allegrini Southwest Research Institute
George Gloeckler University of Michigan
Dan Reisenfeld University of Montana
Martin Wieser Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Manfred Witte Max Planck Institute

Post-Docs supported by IBEX unless otherwise noted

Maher A. Dayeh Southwest Research Institute
André Galli University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds)
Raluca Ilie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Colin Joyce University of New Hampshire
George Livadiotis Southwest Research Institute
Christina Prested Boston University
Lukas Saul University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds)
Jürgen Scheer University of Bern (supported by PRODEX (ESA)
Mark Siewert University of Bonn (supported by German science money DFG)
Jamie Szalay Southwest Research Institute
Bertland Zieger Boston University
Eric Zirnstein Princeton University

 

PhDs

Trevor Leonard University of New Hampshire
Jeewoo Park University of New Hampshire
Christina Prested Boston University
Fatemeh Rahmanifard University of New Hampshire (PhD ongoing)
Diego Rodriguez University of Bern
Martin Wieser University of Bern
Eric Zirnstein University of Alabama. Supported by a NASA NESSF fellowship to
look at ENA flux generated in simulations, and how this can be related
to IBEX observations. He is co-author on several publications.
Penny Wu Boston University


Graduate Students

George Clark University of Texas at San Antonio/Southwest Research Institute
Janie de la Rosa University of Texas at San Antonio/Southwest Research Institute
Rob Ebert University of Texas at San Antonio/Southwest Research Institute
Theo Fröhlich University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds)
Sara Jans University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds)
Akito Kawamura University of Alabama, masters thesis on Oxygen atoms from the interstellar medium and how they could be detected by IBEX. Pursuing PhD in Japan.
Trevor Leonard University of New Hampshire, Analysis of the interstellar He flow parameters, temperatures of different species
Jeewoo Park University of New Hampshire, Analysis of O energetic neutral atom distributions
Manasi Patil University of New Hampshire, Star Sensor data analysis, left with Masters
Christina Prested Boston University
Marty Quinn University of New Hampshire, ISOC software simulation and analysis, website design for IBEX data releases and Co-PI for IBEX sonification for NASA E/PO grant.
Fatemeh Rahmanifard University of New Hampshire
Brent Randol University of Texas at San Antonio/Southwest Research Institute
Marissa Rousseau University of New Hampshire (not directly supported by IBEX), Analytical and Mathematica calculations of ISM He and H distributions in the heliosphere.
Peter Wahlström University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds)
Martin Wieser University of Bern (supported by Canton of Bern funds), IBEX-Lo ion-optical design, IBEX-Lo prototype, 2002-2005
Penny Wu Boston University
Xian Wu University of New Hampshire, Analytic analysis of the interstellar gas flow, as seen by IBEX. Left with Masters.
Eric Zirnstein University of Alabama

Undergraduate Students

Eric Bower UNH, ISN flow analysis - ongoing
Katy Goodrich Boston University
Kris Maynard Boston University
Jamison Passuite Boston University
Brent Randol Boston University
Jacob Siegel Boston University
Brian Stuart Boston University
Julia Williams Boston University
Eric Couture UNH, IBEX collimator prototype design, 2004
Kevin Hamer UNH, Physics, IBEX-Lo sensor simulations, 2005
Michael Antosh UNH, Physics, IBEX-Lo sensor simulations, 2005
Morgan O'Neill UNH, Physics, IBEX-Lo star sensor development, calibration, and first data analysis; Senior Thesis; 2005 - 2009; co-author on several papers
George Clark UNH, Physics, IBEX-Lo star sensor development, calibration, and first data analysis; Senior Thesis; 2005 - 2009; co-author on several papers
Michael Borrelli UNH, IBEX-Lo star sensor design, 2005-2006
Lee Petersen UNH, Physics, IBEX-Lo TOF calibration analysis, First Ne/O ISN flow ratios; Senior Thesis; 2006 - 2010; co-author on several papers
Darren Valovcin UNH, Physics, ISN flow composition analysis; 2009 - 2011
Christine Warden UNH, Physics, analysis of heliospheric ionization rates; 2012 - 2013 
Sofia Tanberg
University of Montana
Tamara Abell University of Montana
Peter Wahlström University of Bern, Switzerland, ta-C conversion surfaces, 2006-2007
Martin Wieser University of Bern, Switzerland, conversion surfaces, 2001

Education and Public Outreach

Lindsay Bartolone Adler Planetarium E/PO Lead
Michelle Nichols Adler Planetarium E/PO Team
Andi Nelson Adler Planetarium E/PO Team
Jennifer Bundy Adler Planetarium E/PO Team
Craig De Voto Adler Planetarium E/PO Team
Natalie Finn Adler Planetarium E/PO Team