ALMA Management

Joint ALMA Observatory

The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) is responsible for the overall leadership and management of construction, commissioning and operations of ALMA.

  • Director - Thijs de Graauw
  • Project Manager - Dick Kurz
  • Deputy Project Manager - Tetsuo Hasegawa
  • Project Controller - Richard Simon
  • Project Scientist - Richard Hills
  • Deputy Project Scientist - Alison Peck
  • Project Engineer - Richard Murowinski
  • Lead System Engineer - Javier Marti-Canales
  • Head of Science Operations - Lars-Ake Nyman
  • Head of Technical Services - Richard Prestage
  • Head of Administration - Russell Smeback
  • Human Resources Manager - Joanna Mackenzie
  • Safety Manager - Jacques Lassalle

Project Offices

The ALMA activities of each Executive are managed by their ALMA Project Office, located at ESO in Garching (Germany) for the European partners of ALMA, at NRAO in Charlottesville (USA) for the North American partners, and NAOJ in Mitaka (Japan) for the Japanese partners.

European Project Office

  • Project Manager - Wolfgang Wild
  • Deputy Project Manager - Fabio Biancat Marchet
  • Legal Representative in Chile - Massimo Tarenghi
  • Project Controller - Donald Tait
  • Project Scientist - Leonardo Testi
  • Instrument Scientist - Robert Laing
  • Site Development Manager - Claudio Cabrera
  • Antenna Subsystem Manager - Stefano Stanghellini
  • Front End Subsystem Manager - Gie Han Tan
  • Back End Subsystem Manager - Fabio Biancat Marchet
  • Correlator Subsystem Manager - Alain Baudry
  • Computing Subsystem Manager - Gianni Raffi
  • System Engineering and Integration Manager - Christoph Haupt

North American Project Office

  • Project Manager - Adrian Russell
  • Deputy Project Manager - Mauricio Pilleux
  • Deputy Project Manager - Jeff Zivick
  • Legal Representative in Chile - Eduardo Hardy
  • Project Controller - Antony Davies
  • Project Scientist - Al Wootten
  • Instrument Scientist - Darrel Emerson
  • Site Development Manager - Eduardo Donoso
  • Antenna Subsystem Manager - Jeff Zivick
  • Front End Subsystem Manager - John Webber
  • Back End Subsystem Manager - Chris Langley
  • Correlator Subsystem Manager - John Webber
  • Computing Subsystem Manager - Brian Glendenning
  • System Engineering and Integration Manager - Mike Rodriguez

Japanese Project Office

  • Project Manager - Satoru Iguchi
  • Legal Representative in Chile - Ryusuke Ogasawara
  • Project Controller - Kurazo Chiba
  • Project Scientist - Koh-Ichiro Morita
  • Site Subsystem Manager - Ryusuke Ogasawara
  • Antenna Subsystem Manager - Junji Inatani
  • Correlator Subsystem Manager - Sachiko K. Okumura
  • Computing Subsystem Manager - George Kosugi
  • System Engineering and Integration Manager - Norikazu Mizuno

Integrated Product Team Leaders and Deputies

  • Antenna IPT
    • Lead - Stephano Stanghellini
    • Deputy - Jeff Zivick
    • Deputy - Junji Inatani
  • Front End IPT
    • Lead - John Webber
    • Deputy - Gie Han Tan
  • Back End IPT
    • Lead - Chris Langley
    • Deputy - Fabio Biancat Marchet
  • Correlator IPT
    • Lead - John Webber
    • Deputy - Alain Baudry
    • Deputy - Sachiko K. Okumura
  • Computing IPT
    • Lead - Brian Glendenning
    • Deputy - Gianni Raffi
    • Deputy - George Kosugi
  • Systems Engineering and Integration IPT
    • Lead - Mike Rodriguez
    • Deputy - Christoph Haupt
    • Deputy - Norikazu Mizuno
  • Site IPT
    • Lead - Claudio Cabrera
    • Deputy - Eduardo Donoso