CSST Directory

Leadership

Don Engel

Director of CSST and UMBC Associate Director of CRESST

donengel@umbc.edu

Margo Young

Director of ESRA

mayoung@umbc.edu

Senior Research Scientists

Joseph Adams

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Richard Arendt

Analyst: Dalton

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: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

David Glenar

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Sibasish Laha

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

John Lehan

Analyst: Dalton

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Koji Mukai

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Weligepolage Thushara Perera

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Tahir Yaqoob

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Associate Research Scientists and Associate Research Engineers

Antara Basu-Zych

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Analia Nilda Cillis

Analyst: Dalton

Code 521: Detector Development

Kenji Hamaguchi

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Thomas Hams

Analyst: Dalton

IPA to SMD/Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters

Christina Hedges

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Kyle Helson

Analyst: Dalton

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Rebekah Hounsell

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Nestor Mirabal

Analyst: Dalton

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Bindu Rani

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Raul Riveros

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 660: Astrophysics

Kazuhiro Sakai

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Steven Sturner

Analyst: Dalton

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

Lauren Aldoroty

Analyst: Hale

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Pablo Arrabal Haro

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Kavitha Arur

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Rozenn Boissay-Malaquin

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Eleonora Castelli

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Kendra Farnsworth

Analyst: Dalton

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Priyarshini Ghosh

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Marie Henderson

Analyst: Dalton

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Roser Juanola-Parramon

Analyst: Dalton

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Bernard Kelly

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Jordan Kendall

Analyst: Dalton

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Kellen Lawson

Analyst: Dalton

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

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: Dalton

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Sarah Peacock

Analyst: Dalton

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Phillip Phipps

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 695: Planetary Magnetospheres

Roi Rahin

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Nazma Islam Syeda

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Nhut Truong

Analyst: Dalton

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Ayşegül Tümer

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

David Turner

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Vishnu Viswanathan

Analyst: Dalton

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Gabriella Weiss

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Youwei Yao

Analyst: Dalton

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: Dalton

Code 693: Planetary Systems

Saumyashree Baral

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Megan Borel

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

David Burtt

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Charissa Campbell

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Jenna Cann

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Aleks Gawronska

Analyst: Dalton

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Taylor Hutchison

Analyst: Dalton

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Hyebin Jeon

Analyst: Dalton

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Hemani Kalucha

Analyst: Dalton

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Noel Klingler

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Rachel Maxwell

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 695: Planetary Magnetospheres

Casey McGrath

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 663: Gravitational Astrophysics

Angel Mojarro

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Jennie Paine

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Joey Pasterski

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 699: Planetary Environments

Matthew Repasky

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 698: Planetary Geology, Geophysics & Geochemistry

Keighley Rockcliffe

Analyst: Dalton

Code 667: Exoplanets & Stellar Astrophysics

Dev R Sadaula

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Vidushi Sharma

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 661: Astroparticle Physics

Rita Sonka

Analyst: Dalton

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Patrick Tribbett

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Ngoc Truong

Analyst: Dalton

Code 693: Planetary Systems

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

Joshua Fuhrman

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 662: X-ray Astrophysics

Hannah McLain

Analyst: Dalton

Code 691: Astrochemistry

Surya Rachamadugu

Analyst: Lucadamo

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

Elmer H. Sharp

Analyst: Dalton

Code 665: Observational Cosmology

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

Analyst: Young

Director of the UMBC Observatory

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

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