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The ORCAS team includes scientific and engineering expertise in all relevant areas with two Nobel Laureates (one of whom led NASA's first Explorer program mission "COBE"), an interdisciplinary science team, a space segment team led by GSFC, a ground team led by W. M. Keck Observatory, and a wide range of collaborators from academic institutions and industry partners.

Co-Investigators:

Dr. Eliad Peretz
Dr. Eliad Peretz
Dr. John C. Mather
Dr. John C. Mather
Justin Albert
Dr. Justin Albert
Dr. Greg Aldering
Dr. Greg Aldering
Dr. Peter Kurczynski
Dr. Peter Kurczynski
Dr. Robert Lafon
Dr. Robert Lafon
Dr. Stefanie Milam
Dr. Stefanie Milam
Dr. John O'meara
Dr. John O'meara
Imke de Pater
Imke de Pater
Prof. Saul Perlmutter
Prof. Saul Perlmutter
Prof. Peter Plavchan
Prof. Peter Plavchan
Prof. Shobita Satyapal
Prof. Shobita Satyapal
Rogier Windhorst
Rogier Windhorst
Dr. Peter Wizinowich
Dr. Peter Wizinowich

Collaborators:

Aaron Barth (University of California, Irvine)
Randall Campbell (WMKO)
Gabriela Canalizo (University of California, Riverside)
Matt Cristina (General Atomics)
Gianluca DiRico (INAF)
Josh Duncan (Blue Canyon Technologies)
Aaron Freeman (General Atomics)
Karl Gebhardt (University of Texas)
Kelsey Gilchrist (University of Chicago)
Eric Golliher (NASA/GSFC)
Kevin Hall (University of Maryland)
Christine Hamilton (Stanford University)
Erin Hicks (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
Douglas Hyland(GeneralAtomics)
Stephanie Juneau (NOAO)
Marc Kassis (WMKO)
Mike Koss (Eureka Scientific)
Daniel Küsters (University of California, Berkeley/Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
Sibasish Laha (UMBC, NASA/GSFC)
Jessica Lu (University of California, Berkeley)
Matthew Malkan (University of California,LA)
Dimitri Mawet (California Institute of Technology)
Claire Max (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Kyle McCormick (General Atomics)
Adam Michaels (NASA/GSFC)
David Michelson (University of British Columbia)
Max Millar-Blanchaer (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Ellouise Moehring (Purdue University)
Francisco Muller Sanchez(University of Memphis)
Patrick Newman (George Mason University)
Rebecca Oppenheimer (American Museum of Natural History)
Lucas Pabarcius (NASA/GSFC)
Piotr Pachowicz (George Mason University)
Elisa Portaluri (INAF)
Robert Pritchett (NASA/GSFC)
Joe Rice (NIST)
Barry Rothberg (LBT)
Sara Seager(MIT)
Richard Slonaker (NASA/GSFC)
Mark Stephen (NASA/GSFC)
Mark Storm (Fibertek)
David Vermilion (George Mason University, NASA/MSFC)
Geronimo Villanueva (NASA/GSFC)
Vivian U (University of California, Irvine)
Wayne Yu (NASA/GSFC)