Our Organization

IPAC staff serves in various scientific, technical, and administrative positions. IPAC is part of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at Caltech, and the Space and Earth Sciences Program Directorate at JPL. Key IPAC personnel are listed below. Job listings for open positions are available at the Caltech HR website.

IPAC Executive Director: George Helou
IPAC Deputy Director: Roc Cutri
IPAC Manager: David Imel

SSC Director: B. Thomas Soifer
SSC Deputy Director: George Helou
SSC Assistant Director for Public Affairs: Gordon Squires
SSC Assistant Director for Community Affairs: Lisa Storrie-Lombardi
SSC Manager: Lisa Storrie-Lombardi
SSC Deputy Manager: Lee Bennett

NExScI Executive Director: Charles (Chas) Beichman
NExScI Director: Shrinivas Kulkarni
NExScI Deputy Director: Rachel Akeson
NExScI Project Manager: David Imel
NExScI Project Scientist: Rachel Akeson

Science Staff: Schuyler Van Dyk (Head)

Public Affairs & Education Outreach: Gordon K. Squires (Manager / Task Lead)

NED: Joseph Mazzarella (Project Scientist / Task Lead) / George Helou (Principal Investigator)
Herschel: William B. Latter (Deputy Director) / George Helou (Director)
Planck: Ranga Chary (Project Scientist / Task Lead)
IRSA: Harry Teplitz (Science Lead) / Steve Groom (Task Lead)
GALEX: Tim Conrow (Task Lead) / Barry F. Madore (Co-Investigator)
WISE: Roc Cutri (Science and Task Lead)
NASA Exoplanet Archive: John Stauffer (PI) / David Ciardi (Project Scientist) / Bruce Berriman (Task Lead)

Staff Operations: Mary Ellen Barba (Supervisor)
Financial Supervisor: Eloise Kennedy (Supervisor)
Systems: Wendy Burt (Task Lead)
Facilities & Data Management Team: Rosanne Scholey (Task Lead)