VMC Team


The VMC survey team includes several international members who will be among the first scientists to exploit the survey data. Our expertise covers a broad range of astrophysical topics from stellar astronomy to galactic dynamics and each member has a well-established position in his/her field of research. The team will be in place until about a year after the completion of the survey and it has already expanded seeking postdocs and/or students to work in association with the VMC survey as follows.


Core members

Affiliation

Maria-Rosa, Cioni (PI)

Kenji, Bekki

Gisella, Clementini

Richard de Grijs

Leo Girardi

Martin Groenewegen

Valentin Ivanov

Marcella Marconi

Joana Oliveira

Vincenzo Ripepi

Jacco van Loon


Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE) 

University of Western Australia (AU)

INAF, Bologna Observaotry (IT)

Macquarie University (AU)

INAF, Padova Observatory (IT)

Royal Observatory of Belgium (BE)

European Southern Observatory (ESO)

INAF, Naples Observatory (IT)

University of Keele (UK)

INAF, Naples Observatory (IT)

University of Keele (UK)



Technical team

Affiliation

Rob Blake

Nick Cross

Eduardo Gonzales-Solares

Mike Irwin

Mark Holliman

Ralf Napiwotzki

Mike Read

Eckhard Sutorius

IfA, Edinburgh (UK)

IfA, Edinburgh (UK)

IoA, Cambridge (UK)

IoA, Cambridge (UK)

IfA, Edinburgh (UK)

University of Hertfordshire (UK)

IfA, Edinburgh (UK)

IfA, Edinburgh (UK)


Associate members

Affiliation

Felice Cusano

Frank Haberl

Paola Marigo

Roberto Molinaro

Ambra Nanni 

Monika Petr-Gotzens

Jesper Storm

Annapurni Subramaniam

Smitha Subramanian

Simone Zaggia

INAF, Bologna Observatory (IT)

MPE, Garching (DE)

University of Padova (IT)

INAF, Naples Observatory (IT)

Nat. Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw (PL)

European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

Bangalore University (IN)

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore (IN)

INAF, Padova Observatory (IT) 


Students & Postdocs

Affiliation

Maitra Chandreyee 

Jess Craig (PhD)  

Francesca Dresbach (PhD) 

Nikolay Kacharov  

Alessandro Mazzi  

Amy Miller (PhD) 

Florian Niederhofer 

Joy Ohaiu (PhD) 

Abinaya Omkumar (PhD) 

Giada Pastorelli  

Clara Pennock

Thomas Schmidt (PhD)

Teresa Sicignano (PhD)

Ningchen Sun

Ben Tatton

Sreepriya Vijayarsee (Master)


MPE, Garching (DE) 

University of Keele (UK)

University of Keele (UK)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

INAF, Padova Observatory (IT)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

University of Keele (UK)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

Space Telescope Science Institute (USA)

University of Keele (UK)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)

INAF, Naples Observatory (IT)

University of Sheffield (UK)

University of Keele (UK)

Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE)


Former members

Former members

Peter Anders 

Gemma Bagheri (PhD)

Cameron Bell

Erwin de Blok 

Bi-Qing For

Dalal El Youssoufi (PhD)

Jim, Emerson

Chris, Evans

Brad Gibson 

Roald Guandalini 

Giulia De Somma (PhD) 

Carlos Gonzalez-Fernadez

Marco Gullieuszik (PhD) 

Samyaday Choudhury 

Leandro Kerber 

Devika Kotachery 

Aybuke Kupcu Yoldas

Elisabeth Lada 


Pierre Leisy 

Chengyuan Li (PhD) 

Jean-Baptiste Marquette 

Brent Miszalski 

Ben Moore 

Maria Ida Moretti (PhD)

Tatiana Muraveva (PhD)

Tim Nylor 

Andres Piatti 

Krista Romita (PhD)

Stefano Rubele (PhD)

Richard Smart

Richard Sturm (PhD) 

Georgios Vasilopoulos 

Mark Wilkinson

Peredur Williams

Peter Wood

Chaoli Zhang 

Viktor Zivkov (PhD)



Online, 10 May 2021


vmc2019


Cambridge, 4 June 2019


vmc2019


Brussels, 31 May 2018


vmc2018


Garching, 22 June 2017


vmc2017


Keele, 29 June 2016


vmc2016


Naples, 1 July 2015


vmc2015


Edinburgh, 20 May 2014


vmc2014


Padova, 29 July 2010


vmc2010