ALMA Management
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Dr. Sean Dougherty was appointed ALMA Director in July 2017, for a 5-year term beginning in February 21st, 2018.
Dougherty was the director of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Canada’s national radio astronomy facility, run by NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics. He has served as a member of the ALMA Board representing North America for four years and was the chair of the ALMA Budget Committee for the last two years.
Dougherty received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Nottingham, England, in 1983 and his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Calgary, Canada, in 1993. (more…)
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John Carpenter
Observatory Scientist
Personal WebsiteDr. John Carpenter joined the ALMA Project in September 2015 as the ALMA Observatory Scientist. John received his PhD from (more…)
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Elizabeth Humphreys
Head of the Department of Science Operations
Dr. Liz Humphreys joined the ALMA project in September 2009 as an astronomer in the (more…)
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Stuartt Corder
Deputy Director
Dr. Stuartt Corder was appointed ALMA Deputy Director, effective January 1st, 2015 (more…)
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Norikazu Mizuno
Head of ADE
Norikazu received his PhD in Astrophysics, from School of Science, Nagoya University in 2001. He studied the properties of (more…)
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Alejandra Voigt
Executive Officer
Alejandra Voigt, who joined ALMA on July 3rd 2014 as Executive Officer, is a lawyer from Universidad Católica and has a Master’s degree (more…)
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Iván López
Health, Safety, Security & Environment manager
Ivan A. López our Health, Safety, Security & Environment Manager, joined ALMA on April 2010. (more…)
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Cristián Puentes
Head of Administration
Cristián Puentes joined ALMA on March 1, 2022 as JAO Head of Administration for the Joint ALMA Observatory.
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Valeria Foncea
Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Manager
Valeria is an experienced journalist from the Catholic University of Chile, who has an extensive career (more…)
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Jorge Ibsen
Head of the Department
of ComputingJorge Ibsen joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1997, and spent many years (more…)
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Rafael Mena
Human Resources Manager
Rafael joined ALMA at the start of 2015 as Human Resources Manager. Psychologist by profession, he wrote his thesis on organizational (more…)
About the ALMA Core Management Team
The JAO Core Management Team (CMT) is the group composed by the higher level Managers and Heads of Departments, led by the ALMA Director, and serves as a forum to coordinate the operations and activities in Chile and to develop the strategic plans for the JAO.
ALMA Support Centers
The ALMA activities of each Executive are managed by their ALMA Operations Managers, 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 ALMA Support Center
- European Operations Manager
Leonardo Testi - European Legal Representative in Chile
Luis Chavarría - European Integrated Engineering Team Manager
Silvio Rossi - European Integrated Computing Team Manager
Erich Schmid - European Program Scientist
Francisca Kemper - European ALMA Regional Center Manager
Martin Zwaan
East Asia ALMA Support Center
- East Asian Operations Manager
Álvaro González - East Asian Legal Representative in Chile
Tetsuhiro Minamidani - East Asian Integrated Engineering Team Manager
Seiichi Sakamoto - East Asian Integrated Computing Team Manager
George Kosugi - East Asian Program Scientist
Daisuke Iono - East Asian ALMA Regional Center Manager
Misato Fukagawa
North American ALMA Support Center
- ALMA NA Operations Manager
Phil Jewell - North American Legal Representative in Chile
Paulina Bocaz - North American Integrated Engineering Team Manager
Kamaljeet Saini - North American Integrated Computing Team Manager
Rachel Rosen - North American Program Scientist
Crystal Brogan - North American ALMA Regional Center Manager
Anthony Remijan
ALMA Management Team
- Stuartt Corder, Deputy Director/Operations Manager
- Leonardo Testi, EU ALMA Operations Manager
- Phil Jewell, NA ALMA Operations Manager
- Álvaro González, EA ALMA Operations Manager
Operational Integrated Teams
- Integrated Engineering Team
- Norikazu Mizuno (JAO IET - Lead)
- Nick Whyborn (JAO IET)
- Silvio Rossi (EU IET)
- Kamaljeet Saini (NA IET)
- Seiichi Sakamoto (EA IET)
- Integrated Science Operations Team
- Elizabeth Humphreys (JAO ISOpT – Lead)
- Martin Zwaan (EU ISOpT)
- Anthony Remijan (NA ISOpT)
- Misato Fukagawa (EA ISOpT)
- Integrated Computing Team
- Jorge Ibsen (JAO ICT - Lead)
- Erich Schmid (EU ICT)
- Rachel Rosen (NA ICT)
- George Kosugi (EA ICT)
- Integrated Science Team
- John Carpenter (JAO IST - Lead)
- Francisca Kemper (EU IST)
- Crystal Brogan (NA IST)
- Daisuke Iono (EA IST)