Who's Who at the Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC)

Harvey Tananbaum, Director
Dr. Tananbaum has served as Director of the Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC) at the Smithsonian Astrophsycial Observatory in Cambridge, Mass. since 1991. The CXC is responsible for operating the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in orbit, for supporting the broad community of scientists who observe with Chandra, and for disseminating the Chandra science results to the public. Full Bio

Roger Brissenden, Manager
Dr. Roger Brissenden has been the Manager of the Chandra X-ray Center since 1993. In 1997 he assumed the additional role of Flight Director or the Chandra mission. He has supervised the development, testing and operation of the Science Center and the Chandra Observatory's Operations Control Center, and as flight director is responsible for the operation of the Chandra mission. Full Bio

Claude Canizares, Associate Director for MIT
Professor Canizares is the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost at MIT and the Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics. He has overall responsibility for research activity and policy at the Institute, overseeing more than a dozen interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers including the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Broad Institute, the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, the Research Laboratory of Electronics, the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Haystack Observatory and the Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Full Bio

Flight Directors

Michael Juda
Thomas Aldcroft

Operations Control Center

Chris Eagan, Manager

Flight Operations Team (NGST)

Sabina Hurley, Manager

Chandra Public Information & Education Staff

Kathleen Lestition, Coordinator

Press

Peter Edmonds, Chandra Press Scientist
Wallace Tucker, Science Spokesperson
Megan Watzke, Public Affairs Specialist

Web, Multimedia, Imaging & Support

Kimberly Kowal Arcand, Visualization & Media Coordinator
Joseph DePasquale, Science Imager
April Hobart, Animator
John Little, Administrative Specialist
Khajag Mgrdichian, Senior Web Developer
Kayren Phillips, Senior Multimedia Developer
Aldo Solares, Administrative Support
Melissa Weiss, Science Illustrator

Education

Eric Mandel (programming support, SAO)
Terry Matilsky (Rutgers U.)
Donna Young (AAVSO)

Past contributors

Contact Information

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• Press Line:  617.496.7998
• Fax:  617.495.7356
• Email:  cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
• Postal Mail:
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