Comings and Goings 2022: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

Written by Gordon K. Squires (Caltech/IPAC)

There were many changes in the IPAC team in 2022. We filled 24 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles. There were also leadership changes with Rachel Akeson becoming the IPAC Deputy Director, Harry Teplitz assuming the role of Deputy Head of Science Staff, and Patrick Lowrance appointed as Task Lead for the Roman Science Support Center.

Personnel joining IPAC or assuming new roles included:

Alexis Alcala – Research Support Technician – NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
Alice Hang – Executive Assistant – IPAC Support Group Admin Team
Amelia Nash – Applications Developer – Roman Science Support Center
Ananda Subramanian Muthiar – Database Administrator – IPAC Support Group Systems Engineering Team
Antonio Addis – Applications Developer – Roman Science Support Center
Aurora Kesseli – Staff Scientist – NASA Exoplanet Archive
Catherine Clark – Postdoctoral Scholar (David Ciardi)
Christina Chang – Applications Developer – NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Christina Nelson – Applications Developer – SPHEREx Science Data Center (SSDC) at IPAC
Dar Dahlen – Applications Developer – NEO Surveyor
Indrajit Das – Applications Developer – Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC
Isabel Swafford – Marketing Communications Assistant – IPAC Communications and Education Group (ICE)
Jaladh Singhal – Applications Developer – NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Judy Adler – Scheduler/Operations Coordinator – Lunar Trailblazer MOS/GDS
Katrik Puri – Applications Developer – NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Kumar Venkatarami – Postdoctoral Scholar (George Helou)
Nicholas Susemiehl – Scientific Data Analyst – NASA Exoplanet Archive
Patrick Lowrance – Task Lead – Roman Science Support Center
Rebecca Robles – Research Technician – Roman Science Support Center
Riya Kharbanda – Web Developer – Roman Science Support Center
Suela Buzi – Applications Developer – NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Toba Oluyide – Systems Administrator – NASA Exoplanet Archive / Keck Observatory Archive (KOA)
Troy Raen – Applications Developer – NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Wanggi Lim – Staff Scientist – Roman Science Support Center

We also send our wishes for a prosperous and joyful retirement to long-time IPACers Sherry Wheelock (started Oct 1979), Wannetta Lockhart (started July 2008) and Yi Mei (started April 1998).

Date: December 1st, 2022

Category: IPAC News

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