Kitt Peak Director Search Underway

A search committee has been formed and charged with recommending to NOAO Director David Silva and to AURA the next NOAO Associate Director for the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). The future of KPNO is exciting, with new instruments headed to the Mayall and WIYN telescopes in the near term and the possibility of a Large Survey Project being carried out on the Mayall telescope in the coming decade. Over the long term, KPNO would benefit from the leadership of a Director with a vision for how KPNO fits into the US System of observing facilities.

As described in the announcement, applications for the Directorship are due 1 October 2010. Following an interview process, the search committee is expected to forward their recommendation to the AURA Observatory Council in early February. We encourage all interested parties to consider this opportunity to make a difference in the future of the ground-based O/IR astronomy. Interested parties are invited to contact NOAO Director David Silva (dsilva@noao.edu) for further information.