Assistant Professor, GWPO Director

1) Scott Severson:

Assistant Professor, GWPO Director

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Sonoma State University

1801 East Cotati Avenue

Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609

Phone: (707) 664-2376

Fax: (707) 664-3378

Dr. Scott Severson has extensive adaptive optics instrumentation experience, having worked on the Lick AO system, the Extreme AO Gemini Panet imager. In addition to his background with large telescopes, he has investigated new AO technologies on smaller telescopes as part of the LAO VILLAGES project, which uses a MEMS device similar to the one we plan to implement in our system. Finally, he also has invested considerably in education outreach, so he is in a good position to comment on the educational impact of our system.

2) Lisa Hunter

Director, Education and Human Resources

Center for Adaptive Optics

University of California

1156 High St

Santa Cruz CA 95064

Phone: 831-459-2416

Fax: (831)-459-5717

As the director of education and human resources at the Center for Adaptive optics, Lisa Hunter is the perfect person to review the potential education and outreach impact that our system. She has organized numerous AO workshops and outreach programs at the high school through graduate school level so she is well positioned to discuss the impact of program like ours at the college level.

3) Laird A. Thompson

Professor of Astronomy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Astronomy Department

1002 W. Green Street Urbana, IL 61801

Phone 217-244-1077

FAX 217-244-7638

Laird Thompson is the PI of the UnISIS, the natural and laser guide star AO system on the Mt Wilson 2.5-meter telescope. Having built an AO system for a medium sized telescope, he is well suited to discuss the benefits and challenges of AO on intermediate sized telescopes. He is also a pioneer in the field of Rayleigh scattered UV laser guide stars, one of the technologies that CAMERA will levereage.

4) Chris Shelton, Research Scientist

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Phone: (818) 354-2871

Chris Shelton has many years of experience working with adaptive optics. He has worked extensively with both natural and laser guide stars systems on Palomar and the ADOPT cassegrain AO system at Mt Wilson. He has been selected as a potential reviewer primarily because of his familiarity with natural guide star AO on moderate sized telescopes.

5) Edward J. Kibblewhite

Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Enrico Fermi Institute

University of Chicago

Astronomy and Astrophysics Center

5640 S. Ellis Ave.

Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: (773) 702-8208

Fax: 773-702-8212

Email: edkoddjob.uchicago.edu

Edward Kibblewhite’s early work with sodium laser guide stars and the Chicago Adaptive Optics System were pioneering efforts in the field of Adaptive optics. He has since worked to develop new technologies for both Gemini and Palomar telescopes. Given his experience in the field he should be well suited to put into context the potential impact of the CAMERA project.