Meet the Team
The IMAP team is made from experienced and talented individuals from around the world, bringing their knowledge and skills together to design, build, test, and operate this flagship.
IMAP Leadership
David J McComas, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Project Science / Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
Eric Christian
Deputy Principal Investigator / Instrument Lead
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT)
Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Website
Nathan Schwadron
Deputy Principal Investigator / Instrument Lead
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo)
Office
University of New Hampshire
Website
Michael Cully
Deputy Project Manager
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Matina Gkioulidou
Project Scientist
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Marsha Schwinger
Deputy Mission Systems Engineer / Spacecraft Systems Engineer
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Herbert Funsten
Co-Investigator / Instrument Lead
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi)
Office
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Website
George Clark
Instrument Lead
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Ruth Skoug
Co-Investigator / Instrument Lead
Solar Wind Electron (SWE)
Office
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Website
Jamie Rankin
Co-Investigator / Instrument Lead
Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
Stefano Livi
Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE)
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
Mihaly Horanyi
Instrument Lead
Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX)
Office
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Website
Maciej Bzowski
GLOWS Lead / IMAP-Lo Co-Investigator
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo)
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Website
IMAP Team
Filter through our team or view our partner organizations pages to view their team members:
NASA | Princeton University | Johns Hopkins APL | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | Imperial College London | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) | Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Nagoya University | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) | Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Science (CBK PAN) | University of Alabama, Huntsville | University of Arizona | University of Bern | University of Bonn | University of California, Berkeley | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) | University of Chicago | University of Delaware | University of New Hampshire
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Jamie Albin
Parts Engineer / Materials Engineer
Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX)
Office
University of Colorado, Boulder
Website
Mergen Alimaganbetov
Science and Hardware
Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
Frederic Allegrini
IMAP-Hi Instrument Lead / Deputy Instrument Lead
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi)
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
Tanner Allen
Integration and Test Engineer / Test Conductor
Integration and Test
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Benjamin Alterman
Science Team
Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) / Science
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
Carlos Amaya
Electronics Box Mechanical Engineer
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Solar Wind Electron (SWE)
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
Nigel Angold
Sr. Systems Engineering Management
Principal Investigator Office / Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
Marek Antoniak
Software Engineer
Flight Software / GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS)
Office
KP Labs
Website
Jedrzej Baran
Mechanical Engineer
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS) / Mechanical Management
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Website
Tomasz Barcinski
Mechanical Engineer
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS)
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Website
Lindsay Bartolone
Outreach and Communications Lead
Principal Investigator Office
Office
Princeton
Website
corina (cori) battista
Former Deputy Program Manager
Ground Systems / Mission Operations / Spacecraft / Testing
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Kamil Ber
Field Programmable Gate Array Lead / Flight Software Lead
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS)
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Paul Bland
Payload Safety and Mission Assurance Lead
Payload Office
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Tonlé Bloomer
Electrical Power Systems / Power Distribution Unit / Spacecraft
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Luke Boggs
Vibration Technician
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Chip Bollendonk
Mechanical Lead
Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX)
Office
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Website
Matthew Bourque
Software Engineer
Science Operations Center
Office
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Website
Timothy Brenner
Deputy Payload Safety and Mission Assurance
Payload Office
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Alessandro Bruno
Research Scientist
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT)
Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Website
Sarah Bucior
Lead Test Conductor / Spacecraft Engineer
Spacecraft / Testing
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Waldemar Bujwan
Engineering Consultant
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS) / Performance Assurance / Quality Assurance
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Rylie Bull
Mission Design and Navigation / Navigation / Timekeeping
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Adam Byerly
Data Analysis and Assessment Computer Software Configuration Item Lead
Ground Data Systems / Ground Software
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Maciej Bzowski
GLOWS Lead / IMAP-Lo Co-Investigator
GLObal solar Wind Structure (GLOWS) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo)
Office
Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN)
Website
Grace Cardarelli
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Mechanical and Thermal Engineering
Office
University of New Hampshire
Website
Brad Carpenter
Ebonol-C Subject Matter Expert
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Solar Wind Electron (SWE)
Office
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tenzin Choedon
Software Engineer
Science Operations Center
Office
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Website
Eric Christian
Deputy Principal Investigator / Instrument Lead
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT)
Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Website
Sean Christopherson
Payload Requirements Systems Engineer
Payload Office
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
George Clark
Instrument Lead
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Christina Cohen
Co-Investigator
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT)
Office
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Website
Emmanuel Coleman
Power Distribution Unit Lead
Electrical Power Systems / Spacecraft
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Christina Collura
Mission Assurance Manager
Safety and Mission Assurance
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Steven Cortinas
High Voltage Power Supply Manager
Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Solar Wind Electron (SWE)
Office
Southwest Research Institute
Website
Jasmine Cox
Electrical Power Systems / Power Distribution Unit / Spacecraft
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Tim Cox
Technician
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi)
Office
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Stephen Craft
IMAP-Hi Systems Engineer / SWE Systems Engineer Backup
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Solar Wind Electron (SWE)
Office
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Website
Michael Cully
Deputy Project Manager
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi (IMAP-Hi) / Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Heliophysics Future Leaders
The Heliophysics Future Leaders (HFL) program pairs IMAP senior scientists with a set of early career scientists for the IMAP mission development and science phases, offering mentoring and leadership training opportunities. Prospective fellows were identified by IMAP team members from IMAP mission partner institutions. Originally led by the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, it is now housed at University of New Hampshire under the leadership of Lynn Kistler.
Selected HFL fellows appear below:
Christina Lee
Deputy Lead
IMAP Active Link for Real-Time (I-ALiRT)
Office
University of California, Berkeley
Website
Matina Gkioulidou
Project Scientist
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Ultra (IMAP-Ultra)
Office
Johns Hopkins APL
Website
Jamey Szalay
Co-Investigator
Combined Access Visualization and Analysis (CAVA) / Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX)
Office
Princeton
Website
Jamie Rankin
Co-Investigator / Instrument Lead
Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
J. Grant Mitchell
Research Scientist
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT)
Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Website
Mitchell Shen
Science and Instrument Calibration
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Solar Wind and Pickup Ion (SWAPI)
Office
Princeton
Website
Lynn Kistler
Co-Investigator (Heliophysics Future Leaders)
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Lo (IMAP-Lo) / Science
Office
University of New Hampshire
Website
Reka Winslow (UNH) is not pictured.