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| Dr. Carlos Salgado, from NSU, will be the Principal
Investigator for this proposal. Currently, he is the PI in a NASA-FAR grant
for the development of compact calorimeters for astrophysics applications
(especially for the ACCESS mission). He has developed and taught a course
about Life in the Universe at NSU for the last two years. He has a degree
in Astrophysics and has been teaching undergraduate courses in Astronomy
for several years. Dr. Salgado has been visiting astronomer at the Interamerican
Observatory of Cerro Tololo, Chile and at the National Observatory of La
Plata, Argentina. Early in his career, Dr. Salgado taught Astronomy at the
high school level. He has a Ph.D. in Experimental High Energy Physics and
has worked at CERN, Fermilab, and Jefferson Lab. He has worked with particle
detectors (hardware and software) and simulation in several particle physics
experiments. He has wide experience in the analysis of electronic data from
nuclear and particle physics experiments. He also has a degree in Industrial
Engineering and has worked in the industry for a couple of years as a supervisor.
Dr. Floyd Miller will serve as the education Co-I for the project. He will also be responsible for the project’s outreach component. Dr. Miller has over forty years of experience in teaching Astronomy and Earth-Space Science on the K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels. His research interest is in Jovian Atmospheres. He has won several awards for superior teaching including the School of Health Related Professions and Natural Sciences Teacher of the Year Award and the Distinguished University Professor Award. During his tenure at NSU, Dr. Miller has served as Planetarium Director for 31 years. He is highly respected by the education community for his interactive planetarium lessons. His Astronomy workshops for pre-service and in-service teachers have also received high marks. Currently, Dr. Miller is a member of the committee that validates all forms and questions that are on the State-wide Earth-Science Test of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL). Dr. Mahbub Khandaker, is research Co-I. He has a PhD in Nuclear Physics and has been involved in experiments at Brookhaven, Fermilab and Jefferson Lab. He has wide experience on the use of nuclear physics hardware and analysis of electronic data. He has been teaching several physics undergraduate and graduate (at University of Maryland) courses. Dr. Jonathan Ormes, from GSFC, will be our principal contact and collaborator at LHEA-GSFC. He has recently stepped down as Chief of the Laboratory of High Energy Astrophysics at GSFC. Dr. Ormes is a well-known astrophysicist in the field of High Energy Astrophysics. He is the PI and Project Scientist for several NASA missions. He has received several NASA awards (NASA Exceptional Service Award in 1986) and is fellow of the American Physical Society. He is currently the US PI for BESS and Co-I in ISOMAX. Mrs. Beth Jacob is an educational specialist at GSFC. Mrs. Jacob specializes in education and public outreach. She has worked with the NASA SEC Education Forum and NASA “Structure and Evolution of the Universe” Education Forum representing GSFC scientists. NASA has recently nominated three of his outreach products for SEC (Sun-Earth Connections”) as “Exemplary SEC Materia |
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