Henry Roe Joins Gemini

Gemini is pleased to announce that Dr. Henry G. Roe has accepted the position of Deputy Director at Gemini. He will start on May 1 and will be based in La Serena at the Gemini South Base Facility beginning in late August.

Prior to joining Gemini, Roe was a Faculty Astronomer at Lowell Observatory from 2006 until his transition to Gemini this year. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech from 2003 to 2006. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Chemistry from Williams College. His research interests include observational studies of surfaces and atmospheres in the outer solar system and is an active user of Gemini, most notably with his work on the atmosphere of Titan.