Consortium Members

Meet the ARRAKIHS members

List of ARRAKIHS Mission Consortium members

Executive Team

AMC Instrument Coordinator and ARRAKIHS AMC deputy Lead

Instrument Team

Management

  • Santiago Serrano (IEEC-ICE / Satlantis, ES)
    Instrument Coordinator and Deputy AMC Lead
  • Florian Kehl (UZH, CH)
    AMC Instrument Deputy Coordinator
  • Alejandro Camazón (UF, US)
    AMC Instrument Scientist
  • Stefan Kögl (KOEGL Space, CH)
    Instrument Project Manager
  • Paola Kögl (KOEGL Space, CH)
    Instrument Configuration and Documentation Manager
  • Antonio Rodríguez-Senín (ARS Galactic, ES)
    System 
    Engineering
  • Marcos Ubierna (Satlantis, ES)
    Industrial Prime Project Manager
  • Virginia Hanessian (Satlantis, ES)
    Industrial Prime Deputy Manager
  • TBC ()
    Product Assurance

Work Packages

  • Juan Oñate (Satlantis, ES)
    OMA Responsible
  • Eduardo Ugalde (Satlantis, ES)
    Optical Lead
  • Iñigo Ojanguren (Satlantis, ES)
    Mechanical Lead and binocular telescopes WP manager
  • Ruben Cordovilla (Satlantis, ES)
    Thermal Analysis
  • Xavier López (Satlantis, ES)
    System Engineer
  • Ignacio Torralbo (UPM/IDR, ES)
    OMA & FPA Thermal Analysis
  • Aitor Conde (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Leire Benito (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Saioa Errasti (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Yasin Tahiri (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • David Moreno (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Imanol Ruiz (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Ricardo López (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Ahmad Khalaf (UPM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Javier Piqueras (UPM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Marcos Ubierna (Satlantis, ES)
    FPA Responsible
  • Laura Burgos (Satlantis, ES)
    VIS FEE WP Manager & Electronics Engineer
  • Daisuke Kawata (UCL, UK)
    VIS Detectors WP Manager
  • Simon Tulloch (IFCA-CSIC-UC/QUCAM, ES)
    H2RG Expert
  • Francisco Javier Casas (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    NIR sensors
  • Eloy Vázquez (LIDAX, ES)
    FPA Mount WP manager
  • Clement Charuel (LIDAX, ES)
    FPA Expert
  • Manuel Espantaleón (LIDAX, ES)
    FPA mount AIT
  • Gerhard Székely (HSLU, CH)
    FPA Engineering support
  • Ignacio Torralbo (UPM/IDR, ES)
    OMA & FPA Thermal Analysis
  • Natalia Pérez (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Andrea Stanciu (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Virginia Hanessian (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Stefano Li Bassi (LIDAX, ES)
    FPA Mount Contributor 
  • Marco Truglio (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Aitor Conde (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Ahmad Khalaf  (UPM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Javier Piqueras (UPM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Silvia Zane (UCL, UK)
    Contributor
  • Álvaro Montoro (IEEC/ICE, ES)
    Contributor
  • Florian Kehl (UZH, CH)
    Thermal and Structure Subsystem manager
  • Stefan Kögl (KOEGLSpace, CH)
    Thermal and Structure Subsystem deputy manager
  • Paola Kögl (KOEGLSpace, CH)
    Product Assurance and CDM manager
  • Daniel Tye (UZH, CH)
    Thermal Lead and Radiator Assembly WP Manager
  • Hans-Peter Gröbelbauer (FHNW, CH)
    Mechanical Lead and TCM Structure WP and Earth Shield WP Manager
  • Florian Wirz (FHNW,CH)
    Mechanical Analysis
  • Gerhard Székely (HSLU, CH)
    System Engineer
  • Ignacio Torralbo (UPM/IDR, ES)
    Heaters & Thermistors WP Manager
  • Ahmad Khalaf (UPM/IDR, ES)
    Contributor
  • Javier Piqueras (UPM/IDR, ES)
    Contributor
  • Pascal Seiler (FHNW, CH)
    Contributor
  • Samuel Tenisch (HSLU, CH)
    Contributor
  • Gregor Peikert (ZHAW, CH)
    Contributor
  • Daphné Beaujoint (ZHAW, CH)
    Contributor
  • Etienne Lallemand (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    SBA Responsible Engineering and Project Manager
  • Christian Kintziger (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Program Manager
  • Lionel Clermont (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Optical Engineer
  • Jean-Yves Plesseria (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Thermo-Mechanical Export
  • Philippe Franssen (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Quality Manager
  • Pascal Blain (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Test Engineering
  • Guilhem Terrasa (CSL/U. Liège, BE)
    Themo-Mechanical Design & Analysis
  • Gabriel Giono (OEAW, AT)
    eBox Responsible and VIS and NIR CDPU WP Manager. Harness WP and eBox Housing WP manager
  • Gunter Laky (OEAW, AT)
    Product Assurance
  • Harald Jeszenszky (OEAW, AT)
    System Engineering
  • Harald Ottacher (OEAW, AT)
    Lead Electrical Engineer
  • Johann Hasiba (OEAW, AT)
    Lead Electrical Software Engineer for BSW
  • Iñigo Poncela (Satlantis, ES)
    TCS Boards WP Manager
  • Iñigo Bouzas (Satlantis, ES)
    TCS Boards Electronic Engineer
  • Roland Ottensamer (UVIE, AT)
    Application Software WP Manager
  • Francisco Castander (ICE, ES)
    Guiding Expert
  • Gerald Mösenlechner (UVIE, AT)
    Contributor
  • Laura Burgos (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Ana Moretón (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Aitor Conde (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Marco Truglio (Satlantis, ES)
    Contributor
  • Laura Benito (Satlantis, ES)
    OGSE-OMA Alignment WP Manager
  • Antonio Marín-Franch (CEFCA, ES)
    OGSE-Filter Characterization and On Ground Observations WP Manager
  • Jean-Yves Plesseria (CSL/U.Liège, BE)
    OGSE-Straylight
  • Ricard Casas (IEEC, ES)
    EGSE-VIS Chain Characterisation WP Manager
  • Álvaro Montoro (IEEC,ES)
    VIS Characterisation 
  • Cristóbal Padilla (IFAE, ES)
    EGSE-NIR Chain Characterization WP Manager
  • Jorge Jiménez (IFAE, ES)
    NIR Characterization 
  • Florian Kehl (UZK, CH)
    MGSE-Payload Structure Test WP Manager
  • Isabel Vera (INTA, ES)
    System Engineering Support
  • María Concepción Parrondo (INTA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Álvaro de Pedraza (INTA, ES)
    Contributor

Instrument Operation and Science Data Center

Management

  • Polychronis Papaderos (U. Porto, PT)
    IOSDC Coordinator
  • Antonio Gutiérrez (DEIMOS, PT)
    IOSDC Deputy Coordinator 
  • Biuse Casaponsa (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Science and IOSDC Project Office Coordinator
  • Ángela Argumanez (UCM, ES)
    Science Project Manager
  • Sandra Carcedo (Satlantis, ES)
    Communication Responsible
  • Juan Villafañe (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    IT Support

Work Packages

  • Hugo Rosado (DEIMOS, PT)
    WP Coordinator
  • TBD (DEIMOS, PT)
    CONOPS Scheduler
  • TBD (DEIMOS, PT)
    Long-Term Planning
  • TBD (DEIMOS, PT)
    Short-Term Planning
  • Carlos António (DEIMOS, PT)
    Contributor
  • Ricardo Pérez (ISDEFE, ES)
    WP Coordinator
  • TBC (ISDEFE, ES)
    Monitoring
  • TBC (IEEC, ES)
    WP Coordinator
  • TBC (ISDEFE, ES)
    Operations
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • Hector Vázquez (CEFCA, ES)
    WP RED-IOSDC Deputy Coordinator
  • Frédéric Courbin (ICC, ES)
    Deconvolution
  • TBC (CEFCA, ES). 
    Quality Assurance
  • Diego Herranz (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • TBC (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Data Transfer from/to SOC
  • TBC (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Data Processing
  • TBC (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Data Archive
  • Juan Villafañe (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Contributor

Advisors

Science Team

Management

  • Enrique Gaztañaga (ICG, UK / ICE-CSIC, ES)
    AMC Science Coordinator
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri (UZH, CH)
    AMC Science Deputy Coordinator
  • M. Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    ARRAKIHS Science Committee Co-chair and Spain Coordinator
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    ARRAKIHS Science Committee Co-chair and ARRAKIHS pipeline lead
  • Rafael Guzmán (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    AMC Lead
  • Enrique Gaztañaga (U. Portsmouth / ICE, UK)
    Science Coordinator 
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri (UZH, CH)
    AMC Science Deputy Coordinator
  • M. Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    ARRAKIHS Science Committee Co-chair and Spain Coordinator
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    ARRAKIHS Science Committee Co-chair and ARRAKIHS pipeline lead
  • Ángela García Argumánez (UCM, ES)
    Science Project Manager
  • Alex Camazón (UFL, US)
    Instrument Scientist
  • Santi Roca-Fàbrega (LUND, SW)
    Cosmological Simulations WP Coordinator
  • Yves Revaz (EPFL, CH)
    Galaxy Models WP Coordinator
  • Javier Román (UCM, ES)
    Survey Strategy WP Coordinator
  • Nicolas Longeard (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Mock Images WP Coordinator
  • Francine Marleau (UIBK, AT)
    Data Analysis WP Coordinator
  • Helena Domínguez (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Data Analysis WP Co-Coordinator
  • Koen Kuijken (LEI, NL)
    Performance Verification WP Coordinator
  • Henk Hoekstra (LEI, NL)
    Performance Verification WP Co-Coordinator
  • David Martínez-Delgado (CEFCA, ES)
    Ground Observations WP Coordinator
  • Biuse Casaponsa (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Science and IOSDC Project Office Coordinator
  • Ángela Argumanez (UCM, ES)
    Science Project Manager
  • Sandra Carcedo (Satlantis, ES)
    Communication Responsible
  • Juan Villafañe (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    IT Support
  • Rosa Domínguez (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Outreach Support

Work Packages

  • Santi Roca Fábrega (U.Lund, SW)
    WP Coordinator
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri (UZH, CH)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • Oscar Agertz (U. Lund, SW)
    Contributor
  • Matthieu Schaller (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    Contributor
  • Boon Kiat Oh (U. Connecticut, US)
    Contributor
  • Corentin Cadiou  (IAC, FR)
    Contributor
  • Andrew Cooper (NTHU, TW)
    Contributor
  • Camila Correa (CEA, FR)
    Contributor
  • Denis Erkal (U. Surrey, UK)
    Contributor
  • Robert Feldmann (U. Oslo, NW)
    Contributor
  • Pablo Fosalba (ICE/IEEC, ES)
    Contributor
  • Azadeh Fattahi (U. Durham, UK)
    Contributor
  • Anna Genina (MPG, DE)
    Contributor
  • M. Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • David Harvey (EPFL, CH)
    Contributor
  • Ji-hoon Kim (SNU, KR)
    Contributor
  • Li-Wen Liao (ICE/IEEC, ES)
    Contributor
  • Yves Revaz (EPFL, CH)
    Contributor
  • Alex Riley (U. Durham, UK)
    Contributor
  • Mahsa Sanati (U.Oxford, UK)
    Contributor
  • Sijing Shen (U. Oslo, NW)
    Contributor
  • Robert Wissing (U. Oslo, NW)
    Contributor
  • Héctor Velázquez (UAM, MX)
    Contributor
  • Janet Preston (U. Surrey, UK)
    Contributor
  • Sylvia Pleckinger  (UVIE, AT)
    Contributor
  • Abram Pérez-Herrero (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Asier Lambarri (UCM, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Ramón Rodríguez-Cardoso (UCM, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Lucas Tortora (UZH/EPFL/CAM)
    PhD Student
  • Madisson Walder  (U. Surrey, UK)
    PhD Student
  • Chung-Wen Wang (NTHU, TW)
    PhD Student
  • Sergio García Moreno (UCM, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Yves Revaz (EPFL, CH)
    WP Coordinator
  • Matthieu Schaller (LEI, NL)
    Contributor
  • Robert Feldmann (UZH, CH)
    Contributor
  • Andrew Cooper (NTHU, TW)
    Contributor
  • Ángela García-Argumánez (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Santi Roca-Fàbrega (LUND, SW)
    Contributor
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri (UZH, CH)
    Contributor
  • Pascal Jablonka (EPFL CH)
    Contributor
  • Nora Shipp (UW, US)
    Contributor
  • Jonathan Freundlich (UNISTRA, FR)
    Contributor
  • Mahsa Sanati (OX, UK)
    Contributor
  • Geoarge Seabroke (UCL, UK)
    Contributor
  • Ben Moore (UZH, CH)
    Contributor
  • Lucas Tortora (UZH/EPFL/CAM)
    Contributor
  • Alex Riley (U. Durham, UK)
    Contributor
  • Azadeh Fattahi (U. Durham, UK)
    Contributor
  • Elisabeth Sola (U.Cambridge, UK)
    Contributor
  • Janet Preston (SURREY, UK)
    Contributor
  • Denis Erkal (SURREY, UK)
    Contributor
  • Michelle Collins (SURREY, UK)
    Contributor
  • Mahdieh Navabi (SURREY, UK)
    Contributor
  • Justin Read(SURREY, UK)
    Contributor
  • Victor Forouhar (LEI, NL)
    Contributor
  • David Harvey (EPFL, CH)
    Contributor
  • Li-Wen Liao (IEEC/ICE, ES)
    Contributor
  • Pablo Fosalba (IEEC/ICE, ES)
    Contributor
  • Asier Lambarri (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Zofia Chrobákova (UCL, UK)
    Contributor
  • Si Yun Pu (NTHU, TW)
    PhD Student
  • Ramón Rodríguez-Cardoso (UCM, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Abram Pérez  (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Nicolas Longeard (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    WP Coordinator 
  • Alex Camazón (UFL, US)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • Krittapas Chanchaiworawit (NARIT, TH)
    Contributor
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Diego Herranz (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Contributor
  • Alex Borlaff (NASA, US)
    Contributor
  • Abram Pérez (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Francine Marleau (UIBK, AT)
    Data Analysis Coordinator
  • Helena Domínguez Sánchez (IFCA-UC-CSIC, ES)
    Data Analysis Co-Coordinator
  • Juba Barrios (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Javier Román (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Pascale Joblonka (EPFL, CH)
    Contributor
  • Raúl Infante (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Diego Herranz (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    Contributor
  • Enrique Gaztañaga (U. Portsmouth / ICE, UK)
    Contributor
  • Elisabeth Sola (U.Cambridge, UK)
    Contributor
  • Jesús Vega (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Fernando Buitrago (UVA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Sergio Pascual Ramírez (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Ángela García-Argumánez (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Carlos López San Juan (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • M. Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Mireia Montes (ICE, ES)
    Contributor
  • Teymoor Saifollahi (UNISTRA, FR)
    Contributor
  • José María Diego  (IFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Qing Liu  (U. Leiden, NL)
    Contributor
  • Alex Camazon (UFL, US)
    PhD Student
  • Abram Pérez  (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    PhD Student
  • Mathias Urbano (UNISTRA, FR)
    PhD Student
  • Javier Román (UCM, ES)
    WP Coordinator
  • María Ángeles Gómez Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • Koen Kuijen (U. Leiden, NL)
    Contributor
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • David Martínez Delgado (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Nicolas Martin (UNISTRA, NL)
    Contributor
  • Reynier Peletier (RUG, NL)
    Contributor
  • Juan Miró (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Qing Liu  (U. Leiden, NL)
    Contributor
  • Koen Kuijken (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    Performance Verification Coordinator
  • Henk Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    Contributor
  • Juan Miró (UCM, ES)
    Contributor
  • Matthieu Schaller (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    Contributor
  • Maarten Baes (U. Gent, BE)
    Contributor
  • Qing Liu  (U. Leiden, NL)
    Contributor
  • Enrique Gaztañaga (U. Portsmouth / ICE, UK)
    Coordination with Other Surveys Coordinator
  • Henk Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    Coordination with Other Surveys Co-Coordinator
  • Helena Dominguez (IFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Santiago Serrano (IEEC / Satlantis, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri (UZH, CH)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • M. Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso (UCM, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Pascale Jablonka (EPFL, CH)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Yves Revaz (EPFL, CH)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Alex Camazón (UFL, US)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Javier Román (CEFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Fernando Buitrago  (UVA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Koen Kuijken (Leiden Observatory, NL)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Francine Marleau (UIBK, AT)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Raul Infante (CEFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Oscar Agertz (U. Lund, SW)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • David Martínez (CEFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Nicolas Longeard (IFCA-CSIC-UC, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Sepideh Eskandarlou (CEFCA, ES)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • Mathias Urbano (UNISTRA, FR)
    ISSI Euclid-ARRAKIHS Contributor
  • David Martínez-Delgado (CEFCA, ES)
    WP Coordinator
  • Antonio Marín-Franch (CEFCA, ES)
    On-ground Observations WP manager
  • Álvaro Ibáñez (AIP/CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Sarah Pearson (DARK-NBI,DK)
    Contributor
  • Tobias Buck (RKU, DE)
    Contributor
  • Rubén Sánchez-Ramírez (IAA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Giacomo Lorenzetti (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Fernando Rueda (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Sergio Rueda (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Carlos López-San Juan (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Guillermo López (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Miguel Chioare (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Andrés del Pino (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Mario Cervera (CEFCA, ES)
    In place observations support
  • Mohammad Akhlaghi (CEFCA, ES)
    WP Co-Coordinator
  • Hector Vázquez (CEFCA, ES)
    WP RED-IOSDC Deputy Coordinator
  • Frédéric Courbin (ICC, ES)
    Deconvolution
  • TBC (CEFCA, ES)
    Quality Assurance
  • Raúl Infante (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Giacomo Lorenzetti (CEFCA, ES)
    Contributor
  • Sepideh Eskandarlou  (CEFCA, ES).
    PhD Student

Core Team

AMC Instrument Coordinator and ARRAKIHS AMC deputy Lead

Swiss Coordinator

Austria Coordinator

Sweden Coordinator

On-Ground Demonstrator

Ground Based Observations

Galaxy Models

Theoretical Cosmology

Fine Guiding System