ALMA Management

• 

  Sean Dougherty

  Director

  Dr. Sean Dougherty was appointed ALMA Director effective February 21st, 2018.
  Dougherty was the director of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Canada’s national radio astronomy facility, run by NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics. He has served as a member of the ALMA Board representing North America for four years and was the chair of the ALMA Budget Committee for the last two years.
  Dougherty received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Nottingham, England, in 1983 and his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Calgary, Canada, in 1993. (more…)

• 

  John Carpenter

  WSU Project Director Acting and Observatory Scientist

  
  Personal Website

  Dr. John Carpenter joined the ALMA Project in September 2015 as the ALMA Observatory Scientist. John received his PhD from (more…)

• 

  Elizabeth Humphreys

  Head of the Department of Science Operations

  Dr. Liz Humphreys joined the ALMA project in September 2009 as an astronomer in the (more…)

• 

  Norikazu Mizuno

  Deputy Director & Operations Manager Acting and Head of ADE

  Norikazu received his PhD in Astrophysics, from School of Science, Nagoya University in 2001. He studied the properties of (more…)

• 

  Catalina Margulis

  Corporate Secretary

  Catalina Margulis joined the ALMA Project on March 1, 2023, assuming the position of Corporate Secretary of the Joint ALMA Observatory. Catalina is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where (more…)

• 

  Iván López

  Health, Safety, Security & Environment manager

  Ivan A. López our Health, Safety, Security & Environment Manager, joined ALMA on April 2010. (more…)

• 

  Cristián Puentes

  Head of Administration

  Cristián Puentes joined ALMA on March 1, 2022 as JAO Head of Administration for the Joint ALMA Observatory.

  (more…)

• 

  Valeria Foncea

  Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Manager

  Valeria is an experienced journalist from the Catholic University of Chile, who has an extensive career (more…)

• 

  Jorge Ibsen

  Head of the Department
  of Computing

  Jorge Ibsen joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1997, and spent many years (more…)

• 

  Rafael Mena

  Human Resources Manager

  Rafael joined ALMA at the start of 2015 as Human Resources Manager. Psychologist by profession, he wrote his thesis on organizational (more…)

About the JAO Core Management Team

The JAO Core Management Team (CMT) is the group composed by the higher level Managers and Heads of Departments, led by the ALMA Director, and serves as a forum to coordinate the operations and activities in Chile and to develop the strategic plans for the JAO.

ALMA Support Centers

The ALMA activities of each Executive are managed by their ALMA Operations Managers, located at ESO in Garching (Germany) for the European partners of ALMA, at NRAO in Charlottesville (USA) for the North American partners, and NAOJ in Mitaka (Japan) for the Japanese partners.

European ALMA Support Center

• European Operations Manager
  Martin Zwaan (Acting)
• European Legal Representative in Chile
  Luis Chavarría
• European Integrated Engineering Team Manager
  Silvio Rossi
• European Integrated Computing Team Manager 
  Erich Schmid
• European Program Scientist
  María Díaz Trigo
• European ALMA Regional Center Manager 
  Evanthia Hatziminaoglou (Acting)

East Asia ALMA Support Center

• East Asian Operations Manager
  Álvaro González
• East Asian Legal Representative in Chile
  Teruyuki Watanabe
• East Asian Integrated Engineering Team Manager
  Seiichi Sakamoto
• East Asian Integrated Computing Team Manager
  Kana Sugimoto
• East Asian Program Scientist
  Bunyo Hatsukade
• East Asian ALMA Regional Center Manager 
  Misato Fukagawa

North American ALMA Support Center

• ALMA NA Operations Manager
  Phil Jewell
• North American Legal Representative in Chile
  Paulina Bocaz
• North American Integrated Engineering Team Manager
  Kamaljeet Saini
• North American Integrated Computing Team Manager
  Laura Jensen
• North American Program Scientist
  Crystal Brogan
• North American ALMA Regional Center Manager
  Catherine Vlahakis

ALMA Management Team

• Norikazu Mizuno, Deputy Director/Operations Manager Acting
• Martin Zwaan, EU ALMA Operations Manager Acting
• Phil Jewell, NA ALMA Operations Manager
• Álvaro González, EA ALMA Operations Manager

Operational Integrated Teams

• Integrated Engineering Team
  • Norikazu Mizuno (JAO IET - Lead)
  • Silvio Rossi (EU IET)
  • Kamaljeet Saini (NA IET)
  • Seiichi Sakamoto (EA IET)

• Integrated Science Operations Team
  • Elizabeth Humphreys (JAO ISOpT – Lead)
  • Evanthia Hatziminaoglou (EU ISOpT) Acting
  • Catherine Vlahakis (NA ISOpT)
  • Misato Fukagawa (EA ISOpT)

• Integrated Computing Team
  • Jorge Ibsen (JAO ICT - Lead)
  • Erich Schmid (EU ICT)
  • Laura Jensen (NA ICT)
  • Kanako Sugimoto (EA ICT)

• Integrated Science Team
  • John Carpenter (JAO IST - Lead)
  • María Díaz Trigo (EU IST)
  • Crystal Brogan (NA IST)
  • Bunyo Hatsukade (EA IST)

• Integrated Development Team
  • Carla Crovari (JAO IDT - Lead)
  • Gie Han Tan (EU IDT)
  • Todd Hunter (NA IDT)
  • Kenichi Kikuchi (EA IDT)