SOAR Staff

SOAR Direction and Administrative Support

• César Briceño, Director, Astronomer
• Marcela Urquieta, Administrative Coordinator

SOAR Support Scientists

• Konstantina Boutsia (Goodman), CTIO Scientist
• Ted Leandro de Almeida (SAM, Goodman, TSPEC, Spartan), SOAR Post-doc, Brazilian support
• Sean Points (Goodman, SOI, TSPEC),  CTIO Scientist
• Andrei Tokovinin (SAM), CTIO Astronomer

Brazilian support is mainly operated by LNA and can be contacted through soar.suporte AT lna.br.

SOAR Telescope Operations (TELOPS):

• Fabián Collao, SOAR Site Manager, Mechanical Engineer
• Eduardo Aguirre, Telescope Mechanic
• Mauricio Araya, Telescope Mechanic
• Sebastián Núñez, Telescope Mechanic
• Juan Pablo Burgos, Electronics Technician
• Ignacio Roco, Electronics Technician
• Sergio Pizarro, Observer Support
• Juan Espinoza, Assistant Observer
• Carlos Corco, Assistant Observer
• Fernando Cortés, Assistant Observer
• Rodrigo Hernández, Floating Assistant Observer
• Roberto Avilés, Floating Assistant Observer
• Rodrigo Hinojosa, Floating Assistant Observer