Adaptive Optics (AO) Team:
Science (Star Formation, Massive Stars):
Markus Feldt, MPIA (Co-Project Scientist)
feldt@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Stefan Hippler, MPIA (ALFA Project Manager, + Software and Controls)
hippler@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Markus Kasper, MPIA (+ Shack-Hartmann Sensor and Controls)
kasper@mpia-hd.mpg.de
A. Robert Weiß, MPIA (+ AO Data Calibration)
weiss@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Electronics:
Karl "Sam" Wagner, MPIA
wagner@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Engineering Design/Opto-mechanics:
Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, MPIA
rohloff@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Deformable Mirror Control System:
Douglas P. Looze, University of Massachusetts
looze@zonker.ecs.umass.edu
AO Maintenance and Upgrades:
Peter Bizenberger, MPIA (Optical Engineer)
biz@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Laser Guide Star (LGS) Team:
Science (AGN, Galaxy Evolution):
David Butler, MPE (+ LIDAR)
dbutler@mpe.mpg.de
Ric Davies, MPE (ALFA Project Scientist)
davies@mpe.mpg.de
Thomas Ott, MPE (+ Software)
ott@mpe.mpg.de
Sebastian Rabien, MPE (+ Laser)
srabien@mpe.mpg.de
Engineering Design/Opto-mechanics:
Norbert Wilnhammer, MPE
Anton Emslander, MPE
Georg Deuschle, MPE
Telescope Control Software:
Karl Zimmermann, MPIA (S5 Mirror Control Software)
zimmi@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Support and Infrastructure:
Observing Assistants/ALFA Operators:
Luzma Montoya, CAHA
luzma@caha.es
Jesús Aceituno, CAHA
aceitun@caha.es
MPIA Administration
MPIA Electronics Workshop
MPIA Precision Mechanics
MPIA System Group (Network)
MPIA Technical Services Group
Calar Alto Administration
Calar Alto Astronomy Group
Calar Alto Computing Group
Calar Alto Electronics Workshop
Calar Alto Precision Mechanics
Calar Alto Telescope Group
Team ALFA History:
Andreas Eckart, at MPE until 1999, now at Universität Köln, 1. Physik
eckart@zeus.ph1.uni-koeln.de
Thomas Berkefeld, at MPIA until November 1999 working on multi-conjugate adaptive optics.
Now at Kiepenheuer Institut für Sonnenphysik
berke@kis.uni-freiburg.de
Wolfgang Hackenberg, at MPE until 1999/2000, now at ESO, Garching)
whackenb@eso.org
Paul Kalas, at MPIA until November 1998, now at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
kalas@stsci.edu
Hans-Christoph Holstenberg, at MPE until February 1998
hch@mpa-garching.mpg.de
Andreas Glindemann, at MPIA until October 1997, now at ESO, Garching
aglindem@eso.org
Andreas Quirrenbach, at MPE until October 1997, now at Center for Astrophysics and Space Science at the University of California, San Diego
aquirrenbach@ucsd.edu
Donald Hamilton, at MPIA until October 1996, now at Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik und Sternwarte, München
ham@usm.uni-muenchen.de
