MMS Leadership
Role | Name | Institution |
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MMS Science Principal Investigator | Dr. James Burch | SWRI |
MMS Science Deputy Principal Investigator | Dr. Kevin Genestreti | UNH, SWRI |
MMS Program Scientist | Dr. Galen Fowler | NASA HQ |
MMS Project Scientist | Dr. Barbara Giles | NASA GSFC |
MMS Project Scientist, Emeritus | Dr. Thomas Moore | NASA GSFC, retired |
MMS Deputy Project Scientist | Dr. Guan Le | NASA GSFC |
MMS Instrument Lead Co-Is:
FIELDS Lead Co-I: Prof. R. B. Torbert, U New Hampshire
Fluxgate Magnetometers (FGM) Lead Co-I: Prof. C. T. Russell, UCLA
Axial Double Probes (ADP) and Burst Data System Lead Co-I: Prof. R. E. Ergun, LASP/U. Colorado
Spin-plane Double Probes (SDP) Lead Co-I: Dr. P.-A. Lindqvist, KTH Stockholm
Search Coil Magnetometer (SCM) Lead Co-I: Dr. O. Le Contel, LPP, France
Electron Drift Instrument (EDI) Lead Co-I: Dr. R. B. Torbert, U. New Hampshire
Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) Lead Co-I, Phase E: Dr. Daniel Gershman, NASA GSFC, (2020)
- (Fast Plasma Investigation Lead Co-I, Phase E: Dr. B. L. Giles, NASA GSFC, 2015-2020)
- (Fast Plasma Investigation Lead Co-I, Phase C-D: Dr. C. J. Pollock, NASA GSFC, retired)
- (Fast Plasma Investigation Lead Co-I, Phase A-B: Dr. T. E. Moore, NASA GSFC, retired)
Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (HPCA) and Orbit Design Lead Co-I, Phase D-E: Dr. S. A. Fuselier, SwRI
- (Hot Plasma Composition Lead Co-I, Phase A-C: Dr. D. T. Young, SwRI, retired)
Energetic Particles Detector (EPD) Lead Co-I: Dr. Ian Cohen, JHU/APL (2019)
- (Energetic Particles Detector Lead Co-I, Phase A-E: Dr. Barry Mauk, JHU/APL, retired)
Active Spacecraft Potential Control Devices (ASPOC) Lead Co-I, Phase E: Dr. R. Nakamura, IWF (2009)
- (ASPOC Lead Co-I, Phase A-D: Dr. K. Torkar, IWF, retired)
Science Operations Center (SOC) Lead Co-I: Dr. D. N. Baker / LASP, CU Boulder
Theory and Modeling Team (TMT) Lead Co-I: Dr. M. Hesse / NASA GSFC
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. U. Auster, TUBS (DFG)
Dr. L. Avanov, NASA GSFC (FPI) (2018)
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. R. Denton, Dartmouth (TMT)
Dr. J. Drake, U. MD (TMT)
Dr. A. Ericksson, IRFU (SDP)
Dr. S. Ericksson, LASP (SDP) (2018)
Dr. J. Fennell, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS) (2018)
Dr. H. Funsten, LANL (HPCA)
Dr. K. Genestreti, UNH/SwRI (Fields) (2018)
Dr. D. Gershman, NASA GSFC (FPI) (2018)
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. M. Grande, RAL/TBD (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. G. Haerendel, MPI Garching (TMT) (ret.)
Dr. M. Hoshino, U. Tokyo (TMT)
Dr. C. Kletzing, U Iowa (EDI)
Dr. B. Lavraud, IRAP (FPI) (2018)
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. D. J. McComas, SwRI (Calibration)
Dr. T. Mukai, ISAS, Tokyo (FPI/DIS, retired)
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, IWF Graz (FGM) (2016)
Dr. G. Reeves, LANL (EPD)
Dr. P. Reiff, Rice U. (EPO)
Dr. A. Roux, CETP (SCM, deceased)
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. M. Steller, IWF, Graz (EDI) - (2009)
Dr. K.-H. Trattner, U. Colorado (HPCA)
Dr. D. Turner, JHU/APL (EDP/FEEPS) (2018)
Dr. P. Valek, SWRI (Calibration) (2010)
Dr. F. Wilder, LASP (Fields) (2018)
Dr. S. Yokota, ISAS, Tokyo (FPI) (2010)
*all are original to proposal team except as noted with nomination year
Science Team Members
Dr. Maria Andriopoulou, IWF Graz (ASPOC)
Dr. M. Argall, UNH (EDI)
Dr. D. Kaker (EPD)
Dr. M. Berthomier, LPP France (SCM)
Dr. S. Bounds, U. Iowa (EDI)
Dr. J. Buechner, MPE Lindau
Dr. M. O. Chandler, NSSTC, MSFC (FPI)
Dr. J. Dorelli, NASA GSFC (FPI)
Dr. I. Dors, UNH (EDI)
Dr. P. Escoubet, ESA ESTEC (ASPOC)
Dr. A. Fazakerley, MSSL
Dr. C. Gabrielse, Aerospace (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. D. Graham, IRF Uppsala (SDP)
Dr. A. Jaynes, U Iowa (EPD/FEEPS)
Dr. H. Jeszenszky, IWF Graz (ASPOC)
Dr. T. Karlsson, KTH Stockholm (SDP)
Dr. Y. Khotyaintsev, IRF, Uppsala (SDP)
Dr. H. Matsui, UNH (EDI)
Dr. A. Retino, LPP France (SCM)
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
Dr. R. Strangeway, UCLA (FGM)
Dr. M. Thomsen, LANL (ret.)
Dr. H. Vaith, UNH (EDI)
Dr. A. Vaivads, IRF Uppsala (SDP)
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 here for reference. Several continue their work on the mission and are now associated with the instrument teams above.)
Prof. M. V. Goldman, U. Colorado
Dr. T. Phan, U. Calif. Berkeley
Dr. Melvyn L. Goldstein, NASA GSFC (retired)
Prof. M. Ashour-Abdalla, Univ. Calif. in Los Angeles (deceased)
Martin Goldman, Univ. of Colorado
Theory and Simulation of Basic Kinetic Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in Support of MMS
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; vassilis@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California, Berkeley; 510-643-1871
- Peticolas, Laura ; Co-I; laura@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California at Berkeley; 510-643-6295
- Eastwood, Jonathan P; Co-I; eastwood@ssl.berkeley.edu; UC Berkeley; 510-642-1350
- Oieroset, Marit ; Co-I; oieroset@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California; 510-642-2290
- Fujimoto, Masaki ; Co-I; fujimoto@geo.titech.ac.jp; Tokyo Institute of Technology; 81-3-5734-3535
- Chaston, Christopher C; Co-I; ccc@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California; 510-643-1077
- Bonnell, John W; Co-I; jbonnell@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California; 510-301-0005
- Mozer, Forrest ; Co-I; fmozer@ssl.berkeley.edu; Space Sciences Laboratory; 510-642-0549
- Shay, Michael A; Co-I; shay@physics.udel.edu; University of Delaware; 302-831-2677
- Bale, Stuart D.; Co-I; bale@ssl.berkeley.edu; University of California; 510-643-3324
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; rwalker@igpp.ucla.edu; University of California, Los Angeles; 310-825-7685
- Leboeuf, Jean-Noel G.; Co-I; leboeuf@physics.ucla.edu; University of California at Los Angeles; 310-206-1896
- Coroniti, Ferdinand V; Co-I; coroniti@astro.ucla.edu; University of California Los Angeles; 310-825-3923
- Collier, Michael R; Co-I; michael.r.collier@nasa.gov; NASA/GSFC Code 612.2; 301-286-5256
- Kuznetsova, Maria M; Co-I; masha@elbrus.gsfc.nasa.gov; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 301-286-9571
- Klimas, Alex ; Co-I; alex.klimas@nasa.gov; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 301-286-3682
- Berchem, Jean P.; Co-I; jberchem@igpp.ucla.edu; UCLA; 310-206-2849
- Vinas, Adolfo F; Co-I; adolfo.vinas@gsfc.nasa.gov; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 301-286-6221
- Richard, Robert L; Co-I; rrichard@igpp.ucla.edu; University of California at Los Angeles; 310-825-6663
- Schriver, David ; Co-I; dave@igpp.ucla.edu; UCLA; 310-825-6843
- Farrell, william m; Co-I; william.farrell@gsfc.nasa.gov; NASA/GSFC; 301-286-4446
- Ashour-Abdalla, Maha ; Co-I; mabdalla@igpp.ucla.edu; UCLA; 310-825-8881
- El Alaoui, Mostafa ; Co-I; mostafa@igpp.ucla.edu; University of California, Los Angeles; 310-206-4175
- Peroomian, Vahe ; Co-I; vahe@igpp.ucla.edu; University of California Los Angeles; 310-825-4114