MMS Mission Operations Team

Jim Clapsadle, GSFC/NASA – Mission Director
Chris Riley, KBR – Mission Operations Supervisor
Carl Phillips, KBR – Mission Operations Lead
Nick Padgett, KBR – Real-Time Operations Engineer
Alex Peljovich, KBR – Real-Time Operations Engineer
Calvin Dobrin, KBR – Real-Time Operations Engineer
Grace Jackson, KBR – Real-Time Operations Engineer
Steve Payne, KBR – Mission Planner
Lauren Hancox, KBR – Mission Planner

MMS Flight Dynamics Operations Team

Trevor Williams, GSFC/NASA – FDOA Lead
Neil Ottenstein, a.i. solutions, inc. – Mission Operations Lead
Babak Vint, a.i. solutions, inc. – Attitude Ground System Lead
Eric Palmer, GSFC/NASA – FDGSS Lead
Abram Aguilar, a.i. solutions, inc. – FDOA support Engineer
Benjamin Stringer, a.i. solutions, inc. – FDOA support Engineer
Anthony Wolosik, a.i. solutions, inc. – FDOA support Engineer
Aalok Patel, a.i. solutions, inc. – FDOA support Engineer
Vishnu Santhosh , a.i. solutions inc. – FDOA support Engineer

MMS Science Co-Is

Dr. N. Ahmadi, LASP, (Fields) (2018)
Dr. B. Anderson, JHU/APL (Magnetic Cleanliness)
Dr. M. André, IRFU (SDP)
Dr. M. Argall, UNH (Fields) (2023)
Dr. U. Auster, TUBS (DFG)
Dr. L. Avanov, NASA GSFC (FPI) (2018)
Dr. D. N. Baker / LASP, CU Boulder (SOC)
Dr. W. Baumjohann, IWF Graz (EDI)
Dr. J. Birn, LANL (TMT)
Dr. B. Blake, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. Li-Jen Chen, GSFC (FPI, TMT) (2018)
Dr. J. Clemmons, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. A. J. Coates, MSSL (FPI/DES)
Dr. I. Cohen, JHU/APL (EPD) (2018)
Dr. O. Le Contel, LPP, France
Dr. R. Denton, Dartmouth (TMT)
Dr. J. Drake, U. MD (TMT)
Dr. J. Eastwood, Imperial College (2023)
Prof. R. E. Ergun, LASP/U. Colorado
Dr. A. Eriksson, IRFU (SDP)
Dr. S. Eriksson, LASP (SDP) (2018)
Dr. J. Fennell, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS) (2018)
Dr. H. Funsten, LANL (HPCA)
Dr. S. A. Fuselier, SwRI (HPCA)
Dr. C. Gabrielse, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS) (2023)
Dr. K. Genestreti, UNH/SwRI (Fields) (2018)
Dr. D. Gershman, NASA GSFC (FPI) (2018)
Dr. B. L. Giles, NASA GSFC (retired)
Dr. K.-H. Glassmeier, TUBS (DFG)
Prof. M. V. Goldman, U. Colorado (IDS)
Dr. T. Gombosi, U. Mich. (TMT)
Dr. R. Gomez, SwRI (HPCA) (2018)
Dr. D. Graham, IRF Uppsala (SDP) (2023)
Dr. M. Grande, RAL/TBD (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. G. Haerendel, MPI Garching (TMT) (retired)
Dr. M. Hesse / NASA GSFC (TMT)
Dr. M. Hoshino, U. Tokyo (TMT)
Dr. K. J. Hwang, SwRI (2023)
Dr. C. Kletzing, U Iowa (EDI)
Dr. Y. Khotyaintsev, IRF Uppsala (SDP) (2023)
Dr. B. Lavraud, IRAP (FPI) (2018)
Dr. G. Le, NASA/GSFC
Dr. P.-A. Lindqvist, KTH Stockholm
Dr. S. Livi, SwRI (EPD/EIS)
Dr. W. Magnes, IWF, Graz (FGM) - (DFG) (2009)
Dr. G. Marklund, KTH Stockholm (SDP)
Dr. W. Matthaeus, Bartol, U. Del. (TMT)
Dr. Barry Mauk, JHU/APL (retired)
Dr. D. J. McComas, SwRI (Calibration)
Dr. T. E. Moore, NASA GSFC (retired)
Dr. T. Mukai, ISAS, Tokyo (FPI/DIS, retired)
Dr. R. Nakamura, IWF Austria (ASPOC)
Dr. M. Oka, U. Calif. Berkeley (SITL) (2023)
Dr. G. Paschmann, ISSI (EDI) (ret.)
Dr. W. Paterson, NASA GSFC (FPI) - (2010)
Dr. S. Petrinec, LMATC (HPCA and Orbit Design) (2018)
Dr. T. Phan, U. Calif. Berkeley (SITL) (2018)
Dr. F. Plaschke, TU Braunschweig, Germany (FGM) (2016)
Dr. C. J. Pollock, NASA GSFC (retired)
Dr. G. Reeves, LANL (EPD)
Dr. P. Reiff, Rice U. (EPO)
Dr. O. Roberts, IWF Austria, (2023)
Dr. A. Roux, CETP (SCM, deceased)
Prof. C. T.  Russell, UCLA (retired)
Dr. J. Quinn (EDI, retired)
Dr. Y. Saito, ISAS (FPI/DIS)
Dr. J-A. Sauvaud, IRAP, Toulouse (FPI) (2009)
Dr. D. Sibeck, GSFC (TMT)
Dr. J. Slavin, GSFC, UMich (AFG)
Dr. H Spence, UNH (EPD)
Dr. J. Stawarz, Northumbria Univ (2023)
Dr. M. Steller, IWF, Graz (EDI) - (2009)
Prof. R. B. Torbert, U New Hampshire
Dr. K. Torkar, IWF Austria (ASPOC) (retired)
Dr. K.-H. Trattner, U. Colorado (HPCA)
Dr. D. Turner, JHU/APL (EDP/FEEPS) (2018)
Dr. A. Vaivads, KTH Sweden (2023)
Dr. P. Valek, SWRI (Calibration) (2010)
Dr. F. Wilder, LASP (Fields) (2018)
Dr. S. Yokota, ISAS, Tokyo (FPI) (2010)
Dr. D. T. Young, SwRI (retired)
*all are original to proposal team except as noted

Science Team Members

Dr. M. Andriopoulou, IWF Graz (ASPOC)
Dr. A. Ardakani, U New Hampshire (HPCA/FIELDS)
Dr. D. Kaker (EPD)
Dr. M. Berthomier, LPP France (SCM)
Kevin Blasl,  IWF Austria (ASPOC)
Dr. S. Bounds, U. Iowa (EDI)
Dr. J. Buechner, MPE Lindau
Dr. M. Chandler, NASA/MSFC (FPI)
Dr. Alexandros Chasapis, CU/LASP (FIELDS)
Dr. V. Coffey, NASA/MSFC (FPI)
Dr. J. Dorelli, NASA GSFC (FPI)
Dr. I. Dors, UNH (EDI)
Dr. P. Escoubet, ESA ESTEC (ASPOC)
Dr. C. Farrugia, U New Hampshire (FIELDS)
Dr. A. Fazakerley, MSSL
Dr. Imogen Gingell, Imperial College
Prof. Katherine Goodrich, UVW (FIELDS)
Dr. S. Heuer, U New Hampshire (FIELDS)
Dr. Sanni Hoilijoki, U. Helsinki (FIELDS)
Dr. Justin Holmes, LANL (FIELDS)
Martin Hostner, IWF Austria (ASPOC)
Dr. Trevor Leonard, CIRES/NOAA
Christy Lentz, LASP U Colorado
Dr. K. LLera – SwRI (HPCA)
Dr. A. Jaynes, U Iowa (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. H. Jeszenszky, IWF Graz (ASPOC)
Dr. T. Karlsson, KTH Stockholm (SDP)
Lily Kromyda, CU/LASP FIELDS
Dr. H. Matsui, UNH (EDI)
Dr. Takuma Nakamura, IWF Austria (ASPOC)
Dr. Evgeny Panov, IWF Austria (ASPOC)
Dr. Neha Pathak, CU/LAPS (FIELDS)
Dr. D. Payne, UMaryland (FIELDS)
Dr. Yi QI, CU/LAPS (FIELDS)
Dr. A. Retino, LPP France (SCM)
Dr. A. Rogers, U New Hampshire (FIELDS)
Dr. F. Sahraoui, LPP France (SCM)
Dr. C. Schiff, NASA GSFC (FPI)
Dr. J. Shuster, NASA GSFC (FPI)
Dr. S. Schwartz, Q.M. College, LANL
Daniel Sega, CU/LASP FIELDS
Dr. R. Strangeway, UCLA (FGM)
Dr. M. Thomsen, LANL (retired)
Dr. Maria Usanova, CU/LASP (FIELDS)
Dr. H. Vaith, UNH (EDI)
Dr. S. K. Vines – APL (HPCA)
Tien Vo, CU/LASP FIELDS
Dr. J. Vogt, U. Bremen
Dr. J. Westlake, JHU/APL (EPD/EIS)

Interdisciplinary Science Team Leads

(These teams, selected by NASA HQ separately from the mission team, were not continued into extended mission
and are listed for reference. Many continue their work on the mission and are now associated with the instrument teams above.)

Martin Goldman, Univ. of Colorado
Theory and Simulation of Basic Kinetic Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in Support of MMS

• Lapenta, Giovanni ; Co-I; United States Department of Energy   
• Parker, Scott E; Co-I; University of Colorado at Boulder   
• Eriksson, Stefan ; Co-I; University of Colorado  
• Andersson, Laila ; Co-I; University of Colorado    
• Newman, David L.; Co-I; University of Colorado    
• Gosling, John T.; Co-I; University of Colorado          

Tai Phan, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Coupled Observational-Theoretical Investigations of Magnetic Reconnection in Support of the MMS Mission Design, Operation, and Data Analysis

• Angelopoulos, Vassilis ; Co-I; University of California, Berkeley    
• Peticolas, Laura ; Co-I; University of California at Berkeley    
• Eastwood, Jonathan P; Co-I; UC Berkeley    
• Oieroset, Marit ; Co-I; University of California 
• Fujimoto, Masaki ; Co-I;Tokyo Institute of Technology    
• Chaston, Christopher C; Co-I; University of California
• Bonnell, John W; Co-I; University of California    
• Mozer, Forrest ; Co-I; Space Sciences Laboratory    
• Shay, Michael A; Co-I; University of Delaware
• Bale, Stuart D.; Co-I; University of California           

Melvyn Goldstein, GSFC (with Lead Institutional Co-I, M. Ashour-Abdalla, UCLA)
Mission Oriented Support and Theory (MOST) for MMS

• Walker, Raymond J.; Co-I;University of California, Los Angeles 
• Leboeuf, Jean-Noel G.; Co-I; University of California at Los Angeles
• Coroniti, Ferdinand V; Co-I;  University of California Los Angeles
• Collier, Michael R; Co-I;  NASA/GSFC 
• Kuznetsova, Maria M; Co-I;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Klimas, Alex; Co-I;  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Berchem, Jean P.; Co-I; UCLA 
• Vinas, Adolfo F; Co-I; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Richard, Robert L; Co-I;  University of California at Los Angeles
• Schriver, David; Co-I;  UCLA 
• Farrell, William; Co-I;NASA/GSFC 
• Ashour-Abdalla, Maha ; Co-I; UCLA
• El Alaoui, Mostafa; Co-I; University of California, Los Angeles
• Peroomian, Vahe; Co-I; University of California Los Angeles;