CSST Directory

Leadership

Don Engel

Director of CSST

donengel@umbc.edu

Analyst: Lucadamo

Margo Young

Director of ESRA

mayoung@umbc.edu

Senior Research Scientists

Joseph Adams

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Richard Arendt

Analyst: Hale

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Mehdi Benna

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Kai-Wing Chan

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Robin Corbet

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

David Glenar

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Koji Mukai

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Tahir Yaqoob

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Associate Research Scientists and Associate Research Engineers

Antara Basu-Zych

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Kenji Hamaguchi

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Thomas Hams

Analyst: Hale

IPA to SMD/Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters

Christina Hedges

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Sibasish Laha

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Nestor Mirabal

Analyst: Hale

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Katja Pottschmidt

Analyst: Hale

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Bindu Rani

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Raul Riveros

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 660: Astrophysics

Steven Sturner

Analyst: Hale

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Keisuke Tamura

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Panayitois
Tzanavaris

Analyst: Young/Laferriere

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

George Younes

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Assistant Research Scientists and Assistant Research Engineers

Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Analyst: Lucadamo
Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Nicholas Cannady

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Gael Cascioli
Analyst: Lucadamo
Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Analia Nilda Cillis

Analyst: Hale

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Anton Dorodnitsyn

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Fabrizio Gambini

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Takayuki Hayashi

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Kyle Helson

Analyst: Hale

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Rebekah Hounsell

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Roser Juanola-Parramon

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Anu Kundu

Analyst: Hale

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Bernard Kelly

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Jordan Kendall

Analyst: Hale

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Kaur Kullman

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 587: Science Data Processing

Yuni Lee

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Ramin Lolachi

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Jorge Martinez-Palomera

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Jessica Noviello

Analyst: Hale

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Phillip Phipps

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 695: Planetary Magnetospheres

Kazuhiro Sakai

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Nazma Islam Syeda

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Nhut Truong

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Vishnu Viswanathan

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Nicholas Wakeham

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Gabriella Weiss

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Youwei Yao

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Yukiko Yarnall

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Haocheng Zhang

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Postdoctoral Research Associates

 

Sam Atwood
Analyst: Hale

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Analyst: Hale

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Marie Henderson

Analyst: Hale

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Noel Klingler

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Rachel Maxwell

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 695: Planetary Magnetospheres

Alexander McEwen

Analyst: Hale

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Casey McGrath

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Jennie Paine

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Keighley Rockcliffe

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics 

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Amy Tuson

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Kohei Yamamoto

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Faculty Research Assistants

Steven Bates

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Vanessa Daza

Analyst: Young

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Joshua Fuhrman

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Vicente Madurga Favieres

Analyst: Young

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Jay Vaidya

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Other Members of CSST

The following members have titles and roles which do not fit the typical categories above.

Roy Prouty

Director of the
UMBC Observatory

Analyst: Young

Earth & Space Research Administration (ESRA)

ESRA manages the business activities of CSST and UMBC’s other NASA-oriented centers.

Margo Young

Director of ESRA

mayoung@umbc.edu
410-455-1764

James Hale

Assistant Director of ESRA

jhale4@umbc.edu
410-455-2573

Kent Dalton
Analyst
kdalton2@umbc.edu
410-455-8033

Amy Houghton

Communications Manager

amyh@umbc.edu
410-455-8899

Camilla Hyman-Waters

HR Business Manager/Analyst

hyman1@umbc.edu
410-455-8027

Judith Laferriere

Financial Business Manager/Analyst

jslaferr@umbc.edu
410-455-5829

Dave Lucadamo

Analyst

lucadamo@umbc.edu
410-455-5996

Catherine Manalansan

Executive Administrative Assistant I

cmanalan@umbc.edu
410-455-8812

Ashley Maynard

Administrative Assistant II

amaynard@umbc.edu

Domonique Pitts

Business Services Specialist

dpitts@umbc.edu
410-455-3832

Paula Tanabe

Analyst

ptanabe@umbc.edu
410-455-6329