Paranal Science Operations Department Staff
Head of Department
Group Leaders
- Stéphane Brillant (Training and documentation)
- Cédric Ledoux (General operations and procedures)
- Gianni Marconi (Software)
- Julio Navarrete (Telescope and Instrument Operators)
- Jose Parra (Data Handling Administrators)
- Alain Smette (Calibrations and instruments stability)
Telescope and Instrument Operators
- Hector Alarcon
- Karla Aubel
- Duncan Castex
- Susana Cerda
- Claudia Cid
- Angela Cortes
- Jose Cortes
- Cristian Esparza
- Lorena Faundez
- Patricia Guajardo
- Cristian Herrera
- Nestor Jimenez
- Ariel Lopez
- Julio Navarrete
- Andres Pino
Data Handling Administrators
Astronomers
- Paola Amico
- Yuri Beletski
- Thomas Bensby
- Stéphane Brillant
- Giovanni Carraro
- Lise Christensen
- Mark Gieles
- Carla Gil
- Rachel Gilmour
- Swetlana Hubrig
- Valentin Ivanov
- Gaël James
- Daniel Kubas
- Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin
- Cédric Ledoux
- Chris Lidman
- Paul Lynam
- Gianni Marconi
- Elena Mason
- Dominique Naef
- Dieter Nürnberger
- Kieran O'Brien
- Emanuela Pompei
- Fredrik Rantakyrö
- Thomas Rivinius
- Hugues Sana
- Linda Schmidtobreick
- Fernando Selman
- Alain Smette
- Stan Stefl
- Thomas Szeifert
- Ezequiel Treister
- Elena Valenti
Astronomers on Paranal working for other departments
- Markus Schöller (VLTI Scientist)