QUICK FACTS:

Name: TMT Observatory Corporation

 

Address: 1111 S Arroyo Pkwy #200, Pasadena, CA 91105

 

Phone:(626) 395-1619

 

Status: 501(c)3 Nonprofit Corporation

 

Partners: California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy, joined by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Science and Technology of India.

 

Documents (includes financial statements and tech information): http://www.tmt.org/documents

 

 

 

TMT BOARD OF GOVERNORS

 

Chairman:

Henry T. Yang

 

henry.yang@ucsb.edu
(805) 893-2231

 

Executive Director of TIO

• Ed Stone(ex officio)
  David Morrisroe Professor of Physics
  Vice Provost for Special Projects

California Institute of Technology

• Dean Currie
  Vice President for Business and Finance

• Shrinivas R. (Shri) Kulkarni
  John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science;
  Director, Caltech Optical Observatories

• Fiona Harrison
  Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Physics and Astronomy;
  Chair, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

Canada

• Ray Carlberg
  Professor, University of Toronto

• Greg Fahlman
  General Manager,
  NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics

• Ernie Seaquist
  Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

China

• Mao Shude
  Professor of Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Manchester
  Project Scientist, TMT-China

• Xue Suijian
  Assistant Director-General, National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Project Manager, TMT-China

• Zhao Gang
  Professor of Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Board Director, TMT-China

 

India

• Dr. Praveer Asthana
  Scientist-G and Head, Mega Science Programme, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

• B. Eswar Reddy
  Programme Director, India TMT Coordination Center, Bengaluru

Japan

• Masanori Iye (Vice Chair)
  Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  Project Director, TMT-Japan

• Tomonori Usuda
  Researcher, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

• Toru Yamada
  Professor at the Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University

University of California

• Michael Bolte
  Associate Director for the Thirty-Meter Telescope Project, University of California Observatories
  Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz

• Nathan Brostrom (Treasurer)
  Executive Vice President, Business Operations, UC

• Henry T. Yang (Chair)
  Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara

Board Secretary

• Diana Jergovic
  Vice President for Strategy Implementation, California Institute of Technology