People of IPAC: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

There were many changes in the IPAC team in the first half of 2025. We filled 16 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles. There were also leadership changes with Tom Greene becoming the new IPAC Executive Directory, Sean Carey appointed the NEOS Task Lead, Joe Masiero named the NEOS Science Lead, and Elise Furlan appointed the new NExScI Science Affairs Team Task Lead.

Personnel joining IPAC or assuming new roles included:

• Baghdassarian, Patrick – Senior Application Developer
• Boubel, Paula – Software Developer
• Carey, Sean – NEOS Task Lead
• Castillo, Laisha Shaneysha – Scientific Data Analyst
• Chowdhury, Faria – Software Developer
• Furlan, Elise - NExScI Science Affairs Team Task Lead
• Gilbert, Emily Anne – Staff Scientist
• Horn, Aidan – Pipeline Developer
• Kim, Cindy – Grants Manager
• Lau, Ryan Masami – Staff Scientist
• Masiero, Joseph (Joe) – NEOS Lead Scientist
• Noh, Enjeong (Emma) – Grants Manager
• Puri, Kartik – Applications Developer
• Pydi, Sreenivasa – Senior Application Developer
• Swafford, Isabel – Marketing Communications Associate
• U-Chiang, Vivian – Staff Scientist (February 24, 2025)

We also said goodbye to a few valued members of our staff who retired. We wish for a long and joyful retirement to long-time IPACers Roc Cutri, Maribel Castillo and Wei Mi.