The GPIPS Surveyors

Professor Dan Clemens – Principal Investigator
  • On the Project: Always…
  • Specialties: Survey management, observing, software, science analyses. Key science areas include the role of magnetic fields in cloud and star formation as well as the large-scale structure of the magnetic field.
  • Website: http://people.bu.edu/clemens
  • Details: BS/BS Univ. Calif. Davis (1978), MS/MS Univ. Mass. (1980/1983), PhD Univ. Mass (1985), Bart J. Bok Fellow (Steward Obs, Univ. AZ 1984-1988), Asst./Assoc./Full Professor (Boston University 1988-present).
Mr. Brian Taylor – Research Scientist
  • On the Project: June 2006 – March 2016
  • Specialty: Mimir operations
  • Details: MS Optical Sciences, Univ. Arizona; MS Physics, University of Oklahoma; BS Astrophysics, University of Oklahoma
Dr. Murdock Hart – Senior Research Scientist; Perkins Telescope Observatory Manager
  • On the Project: June 2019 – current
  • Specialty: Mimir, PTO operations; observing
  • Details: BA Arizona State University; PhD Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Thushara Pillai – Senior Research Scientist
  • On the Project: January 2019 – current
  • Specialty: Polarization data analysis, scientific publications
  • Details: BS ; PhD
Dr. Jordan Montgomery – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: September 2012 – March 2017
  • Specialties: Observing; Data Analysis; GPIPS Science
  • Details: BS Physics, Gordon College; Phd Astronomy, Boston University
  • Dissertation Title: Measuring Magnetic Fields in Galaxies
Dr. Sadia Hoq – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: June 2012 -December 2016
  • Specialties: Star Clusters as Probes of Magnetic Field Structures
  • Details: BA Astronomy & Physics, Boston University; MA Astronomy, Boston University; PhD Astronomy, Boston University
  • Dissertation Title: Magnetic fields in the Perseus Spiral Arm and in Infrared Dark Clouds
Dr. Mike Pavel – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: August 2006 – August 2012
  • Specialties: Galactic Magnetic Fields; Models; Interpretation
  • Details: BS University of Florida; MA Boston University; PhD Boston University (Sept. 2012)
  • Dissertation Title: Magnetic Fields in the Milky Way: Near-Infrared Polarimetry
Ms. Ren Cashman – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: 2011 – 2015
  • Specialties: Observing; Magnetic Field Mapping analyses; Star Formation
  • Details: MA Astronomy, Boston University
Ms. April Pinnick – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2006 – November 2011
  • Specialty: Open clusters as polarimetry probes with distance
  • Details: MA Astronomy, Boston University
Ms. Carol Carveth – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: May 2007 – September 2007
  • Specialty: html/php programming, website development
  • Details: MA Astronomy, Boston University
Mr. Adham El-Batal – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2017 – August 2019
  • Specialty: Observing, data reduction and analysis
  • Details: BA University of Michigan; MA Boston University
Ms. Olivia Curtis – Former Graduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: May 2019 – August 2019
  • Specialty: Data analysis, interpretation
  • Details: BA
Dr. Katherine Jameson – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: February 2006 – 2009
  • Specialty: Data Analysis
  • Details: BA Astronomy & Physics, Boston University; PhD Astronomy, University of Maryland
Mr. Rob Marchwinski – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2008 – May 2012
  • Specialty: Magnetic Field Strength Mapping of the Romulan Cloud
  • Details: BA Astronomy & Physics, Boston University; Marchwinski, R., Pavel, M. D., & Clemens, D. P. 2012, ApJ, Aug 20
Ms. Julie Moreau – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2008 – May 2011
  • Specialty: 3-D B-Field Pilot Study
  • Details: BA Astronomy, Boston University
Ms. Nora Watson – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2009 – May 2009
  • Specialty: Open Cluster Analyses
  • Details: BA, Boston University
Mr. Ian Santagata – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: September 2011 – May 2013
  • Specialty: 3-D B-Field Pilot Study
  • Details: BA, Boston University
Ms. Meredith Bartlett – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: January 2008 – May 2011
  • Specialty: Data Processing
  • Details: BA, Boston University
Mr. Pantelis Thomadis – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: September 2011 – May 2013
  • Specialty: 3-D B-Field Pilot Study
  • Details: BA, Boston University
Ms. Sophia Kressy – Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • On the Project: ?? – December 2019
  • Specialty: Orion polarization interpretation
  • Details: BA, Boston University
Mimir – Near-Infrared Instrument Extraordinaire!

On the Project: Always

Specialty: Data Collection; Outreach

Website: http://people.bu.edu/clemens/mimir/index.html