Who's Who in the Pierre Auger Collaboration
Spokespersons (more information)
- Ralph Engel (Spokesperson – Karlsruhe)
- Antonella Castellina (Co-spokesperson – Torino)
Previous Spokespersons (more information)
- Karl-Heinz Kampert (Spokesperson – Wuppertal)
- Giorgio Matthiae (Former Spokesperson - Rome)
- Johannes Blümer (Former Co-Spokesperson – Karlsruhe)
- Antonio Bueno (Former Co-Spokesperson – Granada)
- Jim Matthews (Former Co-Spokesperson – Louisiana State U)
- Paul Sommers (Former Co-Spokesperson – PSU)
- James W. Cronin (Emeritus – University of Chicago, deceased 25. Aug. 2016)
- Alan A. Watson (Emeritus – University of Leeds)
Project Managers
- Ingo Allekotte (Project Manager – Bariloche)
- Patrick Stassi (Deputy Project Manager – Grenoble)
Former Project Managers
- Paul Mantsch (Former Project Manager – Fermilab)
- Jonny Kleinfeller (Former Project Manager – Malargüe)
- Carlos Hojvat (Former Deputy Project Manager – Fermilab)
Project Management Team (KIT)
- Anna Friedrich (Project Secretary)
- Bianca Keilhauer (Cost and Schedule Officer)
- Matthias Kleifges (Technical Engineer & Health, Safety and Environment)
- Beatrix von Puttkamer (Webmaster)
- Claudia Schäfer (Admin)
Collaboration Board
- Lorenzo Perrone (Chair – Lecce)
- Federico Sánchez (Co-Chair – Buenos Aires)
Ex-officio members include Auger Spokespersons, CB Chairperson and Co-Chairperson, Project Managers, Site Managers and Site Spokespersons, and Task Leaders.
Science and Performance Coordinators
- Lorenzo Cazon, Bruce Dawson (Science Coordinators)
- Corinne Bérat, Franceso Salamida (Detector Performance Coordinators)
Science and Performance Task Leaders
- Analysis Foundations
J. Bellido, T. Huege, M. Roth - Calibration Analysis
D. Schmidt, G. Salina, B. Pont - Monitoring Analysis
G. Anastasi, J. Rautenberg - Atmospheric Conditions
B. Keilhauer, L. Valore - Long Term Performance
C. Bonifazi, R. Caruso - Energy Spectrum
F. Fenu, V. Verzi - Arrival Directions
L. Caccianiga, G. Golup - Mass Composition
E. Mayotte, A. Yushkov - Air Shower Physics
R. Conceição, T. Pierog - Cosmic Ray Phenomenology
D. Boncioli, E. Roulet - Cosmo-Geophysics
R. Mussa, R. Colalillo - Neutral Particles
J. Alvarez-Muñiz, M. Niechciol - Multimessenger
K.-H. Kampert, E. Zas - Monte Carlo Simulations
G. Isar, E. Santos - Machine Learning
J. Glombitza, N.N.
Site Spokesperson
- Alberto Etchegoyen (CNEA)
Site Manager
- Gualberto Ávila (CNEA)
Site Staff
- Ricardo Sato (Science Operations Coordinator – SD)
- Fabián Gobbi (SD)
- Miguel Salvadores (SD)
- Juan Pablo Gongora (SD)
- Mauro Gajardo (SD)
- Oscar Sáez (SD)
- Raúl Vidal (SD)
- Pedro Barraza (SD)
- Anton Moroz (FD Operations)
- Jorge Rodriguez (FD)
- Primo Vitale (FD)
- Leandro Gomez (FD)
- Rosa Inés Pacheco (Secretary of Management)
- Yamila Giménez (Accounting)
- Elías Millán (Databases)
- Rubén Squartini (Computer Systems Administrator)
- Yan Carlos Guerra (Computing Systems and CDAS Administration)
- Jesica Velazquez (Computing and Maintenance)
- Ricardo Pérez (Building and Grounds Manager)
- Mario Rodríguez (Mechanical Technician)
- Javier Salinas (Mechanical Technician)
- Alexis Rodríguez (Maintenance and Night Watcher)
- Ivan Munoz (Maintenance and Night Watcher)
- Jose Rojas (Maintenance and Night Watcher)
- Jorge Alcalde (Maintenance and Night Watcher)
- Juan Blanco (Maintenance and Night Watcher)
- Dario Villalovos (Infrastructure Maintenance)
- José Escalona (Environment, Health and Safety)
- Marcos Cerda (AERA/RD)
- José María Ferrada (AERA/RD)
- Carlos Gómez (AERA/RD)
- Neiber Castro (AERA/RD)
- Yoel Ibarra (AERA/RD)
- Bruno Molina (AERA/RD)
- Matias Parasecoli (AERA/RD)
- Nicolas Gordillo (AERA/RD)
- Nicolás Leal (AMIGA/UMD)
- Gustavo Rios (AMIGA/UMD)
- Gabriel Morales (AMIGA/UMD)
- Agustin Morales (AMIGA/UMD)
- Luciana Torres (AMIGA/UMD)
- Maximiliano Maciel (AMIGA/UMD)
- Nicolás Sepúlveda (AMIGA/UMD)
- Andrés Travaini (SDE Maintenance and Upgrade)
- Gabriel Diaz (SDE Upgrade)
- Aldana López (SDE Upgrade)
- Matias Rojas (SDE Upgrade)
- Danilo Espinoza (SDE Upgrade)
- Agustina Gónzalez (Outreach)
- Ivana Arroyo (Outreach)
- Tania Dominguez (Outreach)
- Isabel Farías (Cleaning Service)
- Marta Gonzalez (Cleaning Service)
- Gladys Prieto (Cleaning Service)
Tasks & Sub-Tasks
- Fluorescence Detector
Hermann-Josef Mathes (Task Leader – Karlsruhe)
Martina Boháčová (Co-Task Leader – Prague)
Sub-Tasks FD:
- Mirrors and Related Optics
Petr Schovánek (Olomouc) - Camera
Valerio Verzi (Rome) - Atmospheric Monitoring
Lawrence Wiencke (Mines)
Bianca Keilhauer (Karlsruhe)
- Mirrors and Related Optics
- Fluorescence Detector Electronics
Matthias Kleifges (Task Leader – Karlsruhe) - Surface Detector Systems
Peter Mazur (Task Leader – Fermilab)
Fred Sarazin (Co-Task Leader – Mines) - Surface Detector Electronics
Tiina Suomijarvi (Task Leader – Orsay)
Dave Nitz (Co-Task Leader – Michigan Tech) - Surface Scintillation Detector
Daniele Martello (Task Leader – Lecce)
Henryk Wilczyński (Co-Task Leader – Krakow) - Communications
Corbin Covault (Task Leader – Case Western)
Dave Nitz (Co-Task Leader – Michigan Tech)
- Surface Detector Communications Antenna Systems
- Wireless LAN Network
- Backbone Network
- Antennae, Propagation
- Mechanical Integration Liaison
- Wide Area Networks
- Local Area Network
- Central Data Acquisition System
David Schmidt (Task Leader – Karlsruhe) - Monitoring
Julian Rautenberg (Task Leader – Wuppertal)
Gioacchino Alex Anastasi (Co-Task Leader – Torino) - Data Processing and Analysis
Lukas Nellen (Task Leader - UNAM)
Marvin Gottowik (Co-Task Leader – Santiago de Compostela) - AMIGA/UMD (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array)
Federico Sánchez (Task Leader – ITeDA)
Nicolás Leal (Co-Task Leader – ITeDA)
Sub-Tasks AMIGA/UMD:
- Detectors, Assembly and Deployment (Nicolás Leal - ITeDA)
- Electronics and Comms (Nicolas Leal - ITeDA)
- Power System (Beatriz Garcia - ITeDA)
- Education – Outreach
Beatriz García (Task Leader – ITeDA)
Karen Salome Caballero Mora (Co-Task Leader – Chiapas) - AERA/RD
Jörg Hörandel (Task Leader – IMAPP)
Tim Huege (Co-Task Leader – Karlsruhe) - Data Release Task
Viviana Scherini (Task Leader – Lecce)
Mario Buscemi (Co-Task Leader – Catania)
Committees
- Publication Committee
Carola Dobrigkeit – Chair
Roger Clay
Armando di Matteo
Ioana Maris
Darko Veberič - Conference Committee
Markus Risse – Chair
Carla Bonifazi
Ugo Giaccari
Eva Santos
Last updated August 8, 2023