North America (Appointed) Areas of Expertise
Steve Allen (2003) UCO/Lick Obs Optical, Mosaicing, WCS
Daniel Durand (2003) CADC, Canada Optical, CFHT, HST
Eric Greisen (1988) NRAO FITS History, AIPS, Radio, WCS
*Bob Hanisch (1988) STScI Virtual observatory, WGAS Chairman
*Bill Pence (1993) HEASARC, GSFC (Former-Chair, 2003-2012) CFITSIO, X-ray
*Arnold Rots (2002) SAO (Former Chair of N. American FITS committee)
Chandra, X-ray, Timing
Dick Shaw (2003) NOAO UV/Optical, Spectroscopy, Imaging, LSST
Elizabeth Stobie (2003) NOAO Optical, IR, data management
William Thompson (2003) GSFC Solar, SOHO, STEREO
Doug Tody (1988) NRAO Virtual observatory, WCS, IRAF
Europe
*Lucio Chiappetti (2003) IASF Milano, It. (Chairman) X-ray, XMM, BeppoSAX, databases
Malcolm Currie (2009) RAL, U.K. Optical/IR imaging & spectroscopy
*Adam Dobrzycki (2010) ESO, Germany (Former Chair of European FITS committee)
QSOs, computational astronomy
Thierry Forveille (2003) Grenoble Optical/IR, Radio
Carlos Gabriel (2005) ESA/ESAC, Spain X-ray, XMM Science Operations
Preben Grosbol (1988) ESO, Germany (Former-chair, 1988-1994; Former-Chair of the
European FITS committee) FITS History, VLT
Walter Jaffe (2003) Leiden, NL Radio, IR interferometry
Francois Ochsenbein (1988) CDS, France Vizier, SIMBAD, VOTable
Zhelenkova, Olga (2009) Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Russia
Japan:
*Osamu Kanamitsu (1995) Fukuoka Univ of Edu. (Former Chair of the Japanese FITS committee)
Optical
Australia
*Mark Calabretta (2003) ATNF/CSIRO (Former Chair of the Australia/New Zealand
FITS committee) Radio, WCS
Andreas Wicenec (2003) ICRAR, Perth ALMA, radio, AVO
(* = member of the Executive Committee)
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Previous Members
Tenure
Perry Greenfield (2009-2015)
Bill Cotton, NRAO (1988-2003)
John Glaspey, NOAO (1988-2003)
Don Jennings, NOST (2000-2000)
Oleg Malkov, Moscow (2003-2009)
Shiro Nishimura, Japan (1988-1995)
Clive Page, UK (2003-2009)
Bruce Peterson, MSO (1988-2003)
Anatoly Piskunov, RU (1988-2000)
Ernst Raimond, NL (1988-2003) Former-vice-chair: 1994-2003
Barry Schlesinger, NOST (1988-1999)
Peter Teuben, U. MD (1995-2002) Former-Chair of N. American FITS Committee
Pat Wallace, UK (1988-2005)
Wayne Warren, GSFC (1988-2003)
Don Wells, NRAO (1988-2009) Former-chair, 1994-2003; Former-vicechair, 1988-1994