Team

Christof Buchbender

CCAT Data Center · CHAI instrumentation and software · CHAI simulation and data reduction · Observatory software development

buchbend[at]ph1.uni-koeln.de

  • Data Center management: data center implementation for the CCAT observatory for Prime-Cam and CHAI
  • Long-term archive development
  • Development of the data calibration, reduction and analysis pipelines to create science-ready data products
  • Computer infrastructure management for astronomical observations

Research interests:
ISM and star formation in nearby spiral galaxies, galaxy evolution, multi-wavelength studies of spiral galaxies.

  • since 2022CCAT Data Center Manager, I. Physikalisches Institut, University of Cologne, Germany
  • 2015–2022upGREAT Data Manager and instrument scientist & NANTEN2 support astronomer, I. Physikalisches Institut, University of Cologne, Germany
  • 2009–2013PhD in Physics & Astronomer on Duty (AoD), University of Granada / IRAM 30m telescope, Spain
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Ankur Dev

Ankur Dev

ORCID 0009-0008-6563-3681

Argelander-Institute for Astronomy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Auf dem Huegel 71, 53121 Bonn

CCAT Data CenterLine Intensity Mapping
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Juan Luis Verbena

Juan Luis Verbena

ORCID 0000-0001-8835-218X

I. Physics Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Cologne

CCAT Data CenterCHAI simulation and data reduction
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Ronan Higgins

Ronan Higgins

ORCID 0000-0001-8195-3900

I. Physics Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Cologne

CCAT Data CenterCHAI instrumentation and softwareMirror Alignment and HolographyObservatory software developmentProject Office
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