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The Survey Teams

The ACS Virgo and Fornax Cluster Surveys were collaborations involving astronomers at leading research institutions across the world. The “core” team members include:

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  • John P. Blakeslee is a principal research officer at the NRC Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Centre.

  • Patrick Côté (PI, ACS Virgo Cluster Survey) is a principal research officer at NRC's Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the  University of Victoria.

  • Laura Ferrarese is a principal research officer at NRC's Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the  University of Victoria.

  • Leopoldo (Polo) Infante is a Professor in the Departamento de Astronomia y Astrofisica of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

  • Andres Jordán (PI, ACS Fornax Cluster Survey) is a Professor in the Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

  • Simona Mei is an Professor in the Department of Physics of the Universite de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France.

  • David Merritt is a Professor in the Department of Physics of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

  • Eric Peng is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Peking University and a  Research Associate at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Beijing, China.

  • John Tonry is a Professor at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.

  • Michael J. West is an astronomer and Deputy Director for Science at Lowell Observatory.  

 

The surveys would not have been possible without the help of many other scientists who contributed their expertise to various aspects of the program: A. Anthony (NRC-Herzberg), H. Baumgardt (Universität Bonn), C.W. Chen (National Central University, Taiwan), E. Dalla Bontá (Universita di Padova), G. Djorgovski (California Institute of Technology), L. Glass (University of Victoria), A. Juett (NASA GSFC), M. Hasegan (Rutgers University), M. Kissler-Patig (ESO), K. Masters (Portsmouth), D. McLaughlin (Keele University), S. Mieske (ESO), M. Milosavljevic (University of Texas), S. Piatek (New Jersey Institute of Technology), C. Sarazin (University of Virginia), G. Sivakoff (University of Alberta), M. Takamiya (University of Hawaii, Hilo), M. Turner (MIT), C. Spengler (Victoria), D. Villegas (ESO), and A. West (University of California, Berkley). 

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