Team

The MAPS team involves 39 astronomers across 8 countries and 26 institutions.

You can find more information about the team members, their contributions, and our funders below.



Co-Principal Investigators

  • Karin I. Öberg (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Yuri Aikawa (University of Tokyo)    
  • Edwin A. Bergin (University of Michigan)    
  • Viviana V. Guzmán (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)  
  • Catherine Walsh (University of Leeds)    

Co-Investigators

  • Felipe Alarcón (University of Michigan)  
  • Sean M. Andrews (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Jaehan Bae (University of Florida)    
  • Jennifer B. Bergner (University of Chicago)    
  • Yann Boehler (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)  
  • Alice S. Booth (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University)    
  • Arthur D. Bosman (University of Michigan)  
  • Jenny K. Calahan (University of Michigan)    
  • Gianni Cataldi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / University of Tokyo)  
  • L. Ilsedore Cleeves (University of Virginia)    
  • Ian Czekala (Pennsylvania State University)    
  • Kenji Furuya (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)    
  • Jane Huang (University of Michigan)    
  • John D. Ilee (University of Leeds)    
  • Nicolas T. Kurtovic (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)  
  • Romane Le Gal (IRAP / IRAM / Université Grenoble Alpes)    
  • Yao Liu (Purple Mountain Observatory & Key Laboratory for Radio Astronomy)
  • Charles J. Law (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Ryan A. Loomis (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)    
  • Feng Long (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • François Ménard (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)  
  • Hideko Nomura (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
  • Laura M. Pérez (Universidad de Chile)    
  • Chunhua Qi (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Kamber R. Schwarz (University of Arizona / Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)    
  • Anibal Sierra (Universidad de Chile)    
  • Daniela Soto (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)  
  • Richard Teague (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)  
  • Yoshihide Yamato (University of Tokyo)    
  • Merel L. R. van 't Hoff (University of Michigan)    
  • Abygail R. Waggoner (University of Virginia)  
  • David J. Wilner (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)    
  • Ke Zhang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)    

Calibration Team

  • Viviana V. Guzmán
  • Catherine Walsh
  • Charles J. Law
  • Daniela Soto
  • Gianni Cataldi
  • John D. Ilee
  • Yoshihide Yamato
  • Kamber R. Schwarz
  • Yuri Aikawa
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi

Imaging Team

  • Ryan A. Loomis
  • Catherine Walsh
  • Richard Teague
  • Jane Huang
  • Charles J. Law
  • Ian Czekala
  • Gianni Cataldi
  • John D. Ilee
  • Alice S. Booth
  • Viviana V. Guzmán
  • Arthur D. Bosman
  • David J. Wilner
  • Sean M. Andrews
  • Karin I. Öberg
  • Jennifer B. Bergner
  • Hideko Nomura
  • Takashi Tsukagoshi
  • Romane Le Gal
  • Chunhua Qi
  • Yuri Aikawa
  • L. Ilsedore Cleeves
  • Yoshihide Yamato
  • Kamber R. Schwarz

Modelling Team

  • Ke Zhang
  • Edwin A. Bergin
  • Jenny K. Calahan
  • Felipe Alarcón
  • Anibal Sierra
  • Yuri Aikawa
  • Sean M. Andrews
  • Jaehan Bae
  • Arthur D. Bosman
  • Kamber R. Schwarz
  • John D. Ilee
  • François Ménard

Website Team

  • Ryan A. Loomis
  • John D. Ilee
  • Jane Huang
  • Charles J. Law
  • Gianni Cataldi
  • Christine Benoit

Institutions & Funding

MAPS institutions and funding