Team Members
INAF– OAA Osservatorio Astrofisico Arcetri, Firenze
Name Project Role
Guido Agapito E2E Simulation WP Manager
Marco Bonaglia LOR WFS WP Manager
Runa Briguglio Deformable Mirrors specialist
Lorenzo Busoni AO System Engineer, Project Office
Giulia Carlà Adaptive Optics
Simone Esposito Co-I, Steering Committee
Paolo Grani LOR Designer
Tommaso Lapucci LOR WP
Filippo Mannucci Science Team
Antonino Marasco Science Team
Cedric Plantet AO simulation
Linda Podio Science Team
Alfio Puglisi RTC WP Manager
Marco Xompero Deformable Mirrors WP Manager
INAF — OAS Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna
Name Project Role
Francesca Annibali Project Scientist, Project Office
Paolo Ciliegi Principal Investigator, Project Office
Ugo Di Giammatteo Procurement Manager, Project Office
Andrea Di Rocco Project Manager, Project Office
Italo Foppiani Deputy System Engineer, Project Office
Carlotta Gruppioni Science Team
Elisabetta Maiorano Science Team
Massimo Meneghetti Science Team
Gabriele Rodeghiero MAIV and Optical System Engineer
Ludovico Teodori Project manager Assistant, Project Office
Eros Vanzella Science Team
UNIBO Bologna University
Giuseppe Cosentino Electronic Engineer
Gabriele Umbriaco MAIV and Optical Engineer
INAF — OAB Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate
Name Project Role
Matteo Aliverti Thermal System WP Manager
Andrea Bianco Optical Engineer
Matteo Genoni Mechanical Engineer
Marco Riva System Engineer, Project office
Edoardo Redaelli Opto-mechanical WP Manager
Giorgio Pariani Optical Engineer
Paolo Saracco Science Team
Marcello Agostino Scalera Thermal Engineer
INAF — OACT Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania, Catania
Name Project Role
Matteo Munari Optical Engineer
INAF — OAPD Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Padova
Name Project Role
Carmelo Arcidiacono Instrument Scientist, Project Office
Andrea Balestra System Engineering Support
Ivano Baronchelli Software Engineer for RTC
Andrea Baruffolo RTC WP
Federcio Battaini MAIV Engineer
Maria Bergomi Procurements
Elena Carolo MAIV Engineer
Simonetta Chinellato Quality Assurance, Project Office
Valentina D’Orazi Science Team
Simone Di Filippo MAIV Engineer
Jacopo Farinato MAIV System Engineer, Project Office
Daniela Fantinel Software Engineer
Enrico Giro Product Assurance System Manager
Marco Gullieuszik Scientific activities
Fulvio Laudisio Software Engineer
Alice Lucchetti Science Team
Demetrio Magrin System Optical Engineer , Project Office
Luca Marafatto MAIV Engineer
Dino Mesa Science Team
Maurizio Pajola Science Team
Roberto Ragazzoni Co-I, Steering Committee
Bernardo Salasnich Instrument Control Software WP Manager
Rosanna Sordo Quality Assurance
Simone Zaggia Science Team
INAF — OACN Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli
Name Project Role
Giulio Capasso RTC WP
Enrico Cascone Electronic WP Manager
Vincenzo Cianniello Mechanical Engineer
Mirko Colapietro ICS WP
Domenico D’Auria Mechanical/Electronic Engineer
Massimo Dall’Ora Science Team
Vincenzo De Caprio Main Structure WP Manager
Cristian Eredia Electronic Engineer
Salvatore Savarese RTC WP
Pietro Schipani RTC/ICS WP
Marilena Spavone Science Team
INAF — OAR Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
Name Project Role
Simone Ieva Science Team
INAF — OAAB Osservatorio Astronomico d’ Abruzzo, Teramo
Name Project Role
Michele Cantiello Science Team
Ivan Di Antonio CU Opto-mechanical Optical Engineer
Amico Di Cianno Electronic Engineer for CU
Benedetta di Francesco CU Software and Electronic Engineer
Gianluca Di Rico Calibration Unit WP Manager
Mauro Dolci CU MAIV Engineer
Elisa Portaluri Scientific activities
Angelo Valentini Mechanical Engineer for CU
Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) , Grenoble
Name Project Role
Gael Chauvi Science Team
Jean-Jacques Correira Mechanical Engineer for LGS WFS
Sylvain Doutè Science Team
Philippe Feautrier Co-I, Steering Committee
Laurance Gluck Software Engineer for LGS
Francois Henault LGS WFS Project Manager
Zoltan Hubert LGS WFS System Engineer
Estelle Moraux Science Team
Patrick Rebaut Optical Designer for LGS WFS
Sylvain Rochat Electronic Engineer for LGS WFS
Marie-Helene Sztefek LGS WFS administrative assistant
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Galway
Name Project Role
Nicholas Devaney Co-I, Steeering Committee
Aaron Golden Science Team
Alexander Goncharov Optical Engineer
Matt Redman Science Team
European Southern Observatory (ESO) , Garching
Name Project Role
Pierre Haguenauer AO simulations
Miska Le Louran AO expert
Sylvan Oberti System Calibration WP Manager
Lorenzo Pettazzi AO simulations