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North America (Appointed) Areas of Expertise
Steve Allen (2003) Lick Obs Optical, Mosaicing, WCS
Daniel Durand (2003) CADC, Canada Optical, CFHT
Eric Greisen (1988) NRAO FITS History, AIPS, Radio, WCS
Bob Hanisch (1988) STScI VO, WGAS
*Bill Pence (1993) HEASARC, GSFC (Chairman) CFITSIO, X-ray
*Arnold Rots (2002) SAO (Chair of N. American FITS committee)
Chandra, X-ray, Timing
Dick Shaw (2003) NOAO Optical, Spectroscopy, Imaging, IRAF
Betty Stobie (2003) U. Arizona Optical, HST
William Thompson (2003) GSFC Solar, SOHO
Doug Tody (1988) NRAO VO, WCS, IRAF
*Don Wells (1988) NRAO (Ex-chair, 1994-2003; Ex-vicechair,
1988-1994) FITS History, Radio
Europe
Lucio Chiappetti (2003) Milan, Italy X-ray, XMM, BeppoSAX
Thierry Forveille (2003) CFHT & Grenoble Optical
Carlos Gabriel (2005) ESA/VILSPA, Spain X-ray, XMM Science Operations
*Preben Grosbol (1988) ESO, Germany (Virtual Observatory Working Group Rep.;
Ex-chair, 1988-1994; Chair of the
European FITS committee) FITS History, VLT
Walter Jaffe (2003) Leiden, NL Radio
Oleg Malkov (2003) Russia Databases, Data analysis
*Francois Ochsenbein (1988) CDS, France (Vice-chair) Vizier, VOTable
Clive Page (2003) Leicester, UK X-ray, AstroGrid, AVO
Andreas Wicenec (2003) ESO, Germany ALMA, Optical, AVO
Japan:
*Osamu Kanamitsu (1995) Fukuoka Univ. (Chair of the Japanese FITS committee)
Optical
Australia
*Mark Calabretta (2003) CSIRO (Chair of the Australia/New Zealand
FITS committee) Radio, WCS
(* = member of the Executive Committee)
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Previous Members
Tenure
Bill Cotton, NRAO (1988-2003)
John Glaspey, NOAO (1988-2003)
Don Jennings, NOST (2000-2000)
Shiro Nishimura, Japan (1988-1995)
Bruce Peterson, MSO (1988-2003)
Anatoly Piskunov, RU (1988-2000)
Ernst Raimond, NL (1988-2003) Ex-vice-chair: 1994-2003
Barry Schlesinger, NOST (1988-1999)
Peter Teuben, U. MD (1995-2002) Ex-Chair of N. American FITS Committee
Pat Wallace, UK (1988-2005)
Wayne Warren, GSFC (1988-2003)