Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
NASA LISA Study Team
In preparing for the LISA mission, NASA actively collaborated with ESA to develop the LISA mission. A pre-project LISA Study Office was established at the Goddard Space Flight Center and a community-drive NASA Study Team was empaneled to gather input from the U.S. community and report their findings back to NASA.
The membership of the NASA LISA Study Team and their years of service are listed below.
NASA LISA Study Team
The Purpose of the NASA LISA Study Team
The NASA LISA Study Team was established by NASA HQ in October 2017 to assist the U.S. community in preparing for the 2020 astrophysics Decadal Survey and provide community input to NASA as the partnership with ESA was developed. It consisted of independent U.S. scientists with expertise in gravitational wave technologies, signal analysis, and astrophysics. Additional members were added to the team in October 2019.
The NASA LISA Study Team replaced the L3ST, which conducted studies of possible U.S. hardware contributions to LISA.
Members and Institutions
| Name | Institution | Years of Service |
|---|---|---|
| Jillian Bellovary | CUNY-Queensborough | 2017 - 2024 |
| Peter Bender | University of Colorado | 2017 - 2024 |
| Emanuele Berti | Johns Hopkins University | 2017 - 2024 |
| Warren Brown | Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | 2017 - 2024 |
| Robert Caldwell | Dartmouth College | 2017 - 2024 |
| Neil Cornish | Montana State University | 2017 - 2024 |
| Jeremy Darling | CASA, University of Colorado Boulder | 2019 - 2024 |
| Matthew Digman | Montana State University | 2019 - 2024 |
| Mike Eracleous | Pennsylvania State University | 2017 - 2024 |
| Kayhan Gultekin | University of Michigan | 2019 - 2024 |
| Zoltan Haiman | Columbia University | 2019 - 2024 |
| Craig Hogan | Fermilab | 2017 - 2019 |
| Kelly Holley-Bockelman (Chair) | Vanderbilt | 2017 - 2024 |
| Brittany Kamai | Caltech | 2017 - 2019 |
| Joey Key | University of Washington, Bothell | 2017 - 2024 |
| Shane Larson | Northwestern University | 2017 - 2024 |
| Xin Liu | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2019 - 2024 |
| Sean McWilliams | West Virginia University | 2017 - 2024 |
| Guido Mueller | University of Florida | 2017 - 2019 |
| Priyamvada Natarajan | Yale University | 2017 - 2024 |
| David Shoemaker | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2017 - 2024 |
| Deirdre Shoemaker | University of Texas, Austin | 2017 - 2024 |
| Krista Lynne Smith | Southern Methodist University | 2019 - 2024 |
| Marcelle Soares-Santos | University of Michigan | 2019 - 2024 |
| Robin (Tuck) Stebbins | University of Colorado | 2017 - 2024 |
Ex-officio/Observers | ||
| Terri Brandt | NASA PCOS Program Office | |
| Thomas Hams | NASA Headquarters | |
| Ira Thorpe | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Elizabeth Ferrara, Executive Secretary | University of Maryland | |
| Oliver Jennrich (ESA Observer) | European Space Technology Centre | |
| Nora Luetzgendorf (ESA Observer) | European Space Technology Centre | |
| Paul McNamara (ESA Observer) | European Space Technology Centre | |
| Martin Hewitson (ESA/Consortium Observer) | Albert Einstein Institut/Leibniz Universitat Hannover | |