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The CANDELS Team

CANDELS Team Meeting, Santa Cruz 2010 CANDELS Team Meeting, May 2011 CANDELS High-z Meeting, June 2011

The CANDELS team is comprised of an international group of astronomers from over ten countries and four continents. It is led by Prof. Sandra Faber of University of California Santa Cruz and Dr. Henry Ferguson of Space Telescope Science Institute.

Co-Principal Investigators

Sandra Faber  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Henry Ferguson  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD

Co-Investigators

David Alexander  Durham University, UK
Omar Almaini  University of Nottingham, UK
Matthew Ashby  Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, USA/MA
Marco Barden  Universitat Innsbruck, Institut fur Astronomie, Austria
Eric Bell  University of Michigan, USA/MI
Frederic Bournaud  Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
Thomas Brown  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Karina Caputi  University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK
Stefano Casertano  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Paolo Cassata  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Peter Challis  Harvard University, USA/MA
Ranga-Ram Chary  California Institute of Technology, USA/CA
Michele Cirasuolo  University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK
Christopher Conselice  University of Nottingham, UK
Asantha Cooray  University of California - Irvine, USA/CA
Darren Croton  Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Emanuele Daddi  Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
Tomas Dahlen  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Romeel Dave  University of Arizona, USA/AZ
Duilia de Mello  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA/MD
Loic de Ravel  University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK
Avishai Dekel  The Hebrew University, Israel
Mark Dickinson  National Optical Astronomy Observatories, AURAUSA/AZ
Timothy Dolch  The Johns Hopkins University, USA/MD
Jennifer Donley  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
James Dunlop  University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK
Aaron Dutton  University of Victoria, Canada
David Elbaz  Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
Giovanni Fazio  Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, USA/MA
Alex Filippenko  University of California - Berkeley, USA/CA
Adriano Fontana  INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy
Joshua Frieman  University of Chicago, USA/IL
Jonathan Gardner  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA/MD
Peter Garnavich  University of Notre Dame, USA/IN
Eric Gawiser  Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA/NJ
Mauro Giavalisco  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Andrea Grazian  INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy
Norman Grogin  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Yicheng Guo  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Boris Haeussler  University of Nottingham, UK
Nimish Hathi  Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA/CA
Philip Hopkins  University of California - Berkeley, USA/CA
Jiasheng Huang  Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, USA/MA
Saurabh Jha  Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA/NJ
Jeyhan Kartaltepe  National Optical Astronomy Observatories, USA/AZ
Rick Kessler  University of Chicago, USA/IL
Robert Kirshner  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA/MA
Dale Kocevski  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Anton Koekemoer  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
David Koo  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Kamson Lai  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Kyoung-Soo Lee  Yale University, USA/CT
Weidong Li  University of California - Berkeley, USA/CA
Jennifer Lotz  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Ray Lucas  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Piero Madau  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Patrick McCarthy  Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA/CA
Daniel McIntosh  University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA/MO
Ross McLure  Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK
Bahram Mobasher  University of California - Riverside, USA/CA
Leonidas Moustakas  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA/CA
Mark Mozena  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Kirpal Nandra  Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Jeffrey Newman  University of Pittsburgh, USA/PA
Kai Noeske  Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, USA/MA
Casey Papovich  Texas A & M Research Foundation, USA/TX
Alexandra Pope  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Joel Primack  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Swara Ravindranath  Inter-University Centre for Astronomy, and Astrophysics, India
Naveen Reddy  National Optical Astronomy Observatories, USA/AZ
Alvio Renzini  Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
Adam Riess  The Johns Hopkins University, USA/MD
Hans-Walter Rix  Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Aday Robaina  Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Facultat de Física, Spain
David Rosario  Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Piero Rosati  European Southern Observatory - Germany, Germany
Sara Salimbeni  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Claudia Scarlata  California Institute of Technology, USA/CA
Brian Siana  California Institute of Technology, USA/CA
Luc Simard  NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada
Rachel Somerville  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Hyron Spinrad  University of California - Berkeley, USA/CA
Amber Straughn  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA/MD
Louis Strolger  Western Kentucky University, USA/KY
Harry Teplitz  California Institute of Technology, USA/CA
Arjen van der Wel  Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie, Germany
Risa Wechsler  Stanford University, USA/CA
Benjamin Weiner  University of Arizona, USA/AZ
Tommy Wiklind  Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Chile
Grant Wilson  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA
Stijn Wuyts  Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Hao-Jing Yan  The Ohio State University Research Foundation, USA/OH
Min Yun  University of Massachusetts, USA/MA

Team Members

Viviana Acquaviva  Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA/NJ
Peter Behroozi  Stanford University, USA/CA
Edmond Cheung  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Steven Finkelstein  Texas A & M Research Foundation, USA/TX
Kuanghan Huang  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Yu Lu  Stanford University, USA/CA
Elizabeth McGrath  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Sami Niemi  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Laura Pentericci  INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy
Abhijith Rajan  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Steve Rodney  The Johns Hopkins University, USA/MD
Joseph Smidt  University of California - Irvine, USA/CA
Diana Snyder  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Daniel Stark  University of Cambridge, UK
Thomas Targett  Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK
Olivia Telford  University of Pittsburgh, USA/PA
Jonathan Trump  University of California - Santa Cruz, USA/CA
Carolin Villforth  Space Telescope Science Institute, USA/MD
Vivienne Wild  University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK