CEDAR email: New Appointments at NJIT-CSTR’s Big Bear Solar Observatory

[Andrew Gerrard]

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New Appointments at NJIT-CSTR’s Big Bear Solar Observatory


Andrew Gerrard, CSTR Director

April 28, 2016




The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) is pleased to announce a number of new appointments at the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and within CSTR’s solar group.  First, Professor Wenda Cao is  the new Director of BBSO.  Dr. Cao has been serving as Associate Director of BBSO since 2010.  He has been leading projects on the development of focal plane scientific instruments for BBSO’s 1.6 meter New Solar Telescope (NST) providing the solar community with unprecedented high-resolution and high-cadence photometric, spectroscopic and spectro-polarimetric data.  He has developed the next generation visible and infrared imaging spectro-polarimeters for high precision measurement of solar magnetic fields from the deepest photosphere through the chromosphere to the base of corona.


Second, we announce that Dr. Dale Gary has been appointed to a newly created position of Director of Solar Observatories at NJIT.  Dr. Gary is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics at NJIT, and Director of the Owens Valley Solar Array (OVSA) near Big Pine, California.  This appointment serves to couple and synergize the science and management of NJIT’s two large solar observatories.  We are very grateful to Dr. Dale Gary for his great leadership and tremendous work as the Interim Director of BBSO over the past year.


Finally, we announce that Dr. Haimin Wang, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Director of Space Weather Research Lab, and Director of Applied Physics Graduate Program at NJIT, continues his current appointment as Chief Scientist of BBSO.  He will coordinate the effort of scientific research, education and national/international collaborations.


The outstanding team of NJIT BBSO researchers, faculty, staff, and students have moved BBSO forward as a unique resource among the internationally recognized and top ranked solar observatories, thus extending the great vision of the former Directors Drs. Hal Zirin and Phil Goode.


 









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