WEAVE Core Science Teams



WEAVE SubteamsRole



Galactic Archaeology (GA)

Science Team Lead

Open Clusters Survey Team Lead

Vanessa Hill

Antonella Vallenari



Deputy Science Team Lead

Giuseppina Battaglia


Sub-survey Co-leads

LR high-latitude survey: Giuseppina Battaglia, Vasily Belokurov, Alis Deason

LR disc survey: Teresa Antoja, Benoit Famaey

HR survey: Vanessa Hill, Eline Tolstoy

Open Clusters survey: Antonella Valenari, Angela Bragaglia

Calibrations: Sara Lucatello, Sofia Feltzing


Survey Working Group

LR high-latitude survey: Guillaume Thomas, Mathias Schultheis

LR disc survey: Arnaud Siebert, Mercè Romero

HR survey: Frédéric Royer

Open Clusters survey: Angela Bragaglia, Ricardo Carrera

Calibrations: Sara Lucatello


Quality Assessment Group

David Aguado, Thomas Bensby (co-lead), Elisabetta Caffau, Ricardo Carrera, Diane Feuillet, Oscar Gonzalez (co-lead), Olivier Marchal


Steering Group

Vanessa Hill, Giuseppina Battaglia, Vasily Belokurov, Alis Deason, Teresa Antoja, Benoit Famaey, Eline Tolstoy, Antonella Valenari, Angela Bragaglia, Arnaud Siebert, Mercè Romero, Frédéric Royer, Angela Bragaglia, Sara Lucatello, Sofia Feltzing, David Aguado, Thomas Bensby, Elisabetta Caffau, Ricardo Carrera, Oscar Gonzalez, George Seabroke, Carine Babusiaux, Misha Haywood, Amina Helmi, Mike Irwin, Mathias Schultheis, Nicholas Walton


Core TeamsLR high-latitude survey: David Aguado, Giuseppina Battaglia, Vasily Belokurov, Alis Deason, Misha Haywood, Amina Helmi, Mike Irwin, Pascale Jablonka, Shoko Jin, Sergey Koposov, Nicolas Martin, George Seabroke, Guillaume Thomas

LR disc survey: Teresa Antoja, Carine Babusiaux, Paola di Matteo, Benoit Famaey, Francesca Figueras, Oscar Gonzalez, Merce Romero, Arnaud Siebert

HR survey: Carlos Allende Prieto, Carine Babusiaux, Thomas Bensby, Maria Bergmann, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Elisabetta Caffau, Paola di Matteo, Sofia Feltzing, Annette Ferguson, Misha Haywood, Amina Helmi, Vanessa Hill, Georges Kordopatis, Soeren Larsen, Karin Lind, Sara Lucatello, Laura Magrini, Frédéric Royer, Ricardo Schiavon, Ralf Shoenrich, Mathieu Van Der Swaelmen, Eline Tolstoy, Clare Worley

Open Clusters survey: Emilio Alfaro, Lola Balaguer, Angela Bragaglia, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Juan Carbajo-Hijarrubia, Ricardo Carrera, Laia Casamiquela, Alfred Castro-Ginard, Estelle Moreaux, Antonio Frasca, Carme Jordi, Nicolas Lodieu, avier Alonso Santiago, Rosanna Sordo, Caroline Soubiran, Antonella Vallenari



Stellar, Circumstellar and Interstellar Physics (SCIP)Science Team LeadJanet Drew

Sub-survey Leads

LR disc survey: Janet Drew

HR Cygnus survey: Artemio Herrero

HR Anticentre survey: Maria Monguio


Survey Working GroupMaria Monguio, Sara Rodriguez Berlanas

Steering Group

Janet Drew, Artemio Herrero, Maria Monguio, Sergio Simon-Diaz, Jorick Vink, Ignacio Neueruela, Jesus Miaz-Apellaniz, Roger Wesson, Nic Walton, Nick Wright, Tim Naylor


Quality Assessment GroupMaria Monguio, Marwan Gebran, Sergio Simon-Diaz, Roger Wesson, Nick Wright, Yvonne Unruh, Ricardo Dorda, Matthew Hoskin, Bertrand Lemasle

IFU Working GroupRoger Wesson



White DwarfsScience Team LeadBoris Gaensicke

Survey Working GroupRoberto Raddi, Matthew Hoskin

Core TeamBoris Gaensicke, Roberto Raddi, Matthew Hoskin, Nicola Gentile Fusillo, Odette Toloza, Mark Hollands

Quality Assessment GroupRoberto Raddi, Boris Gaensicke



Galaxy ClustersScience Team LeadJ. Alfonso Lopez Aguerri

Sub-survey Co-leads

Nearby Cluster Survey: J. Alfonso Lopez Aguerri, Reynier Peletier

Cluster Infall-regions Survey: Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Russell Smith, Bianca Poggianti

Cosmological Clusters Survey: Rafael Barrena, Scott Trager, J. Alberto Rubiño-Martin


Survey Working GroupJairo Mendez-Abreu

Core Team

Nearby Cluster Survey: J. Alfonso Lopez Aguerri, Reynier Peletier, Russell Smith, Ulrike Kuchner, Sophie Maurogordato, Sabrina De Grandi

Cluster Infall-regions Survey: Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Russell Smith, Bianca Poggianti, Ulrike Kuchner, Sophie Maurogordato, Sabrina De Grandi

Cosmological Clusters Survey: Rafael Barrena, Scott Trager, J. Alberto Rubiño-Martin


Quality Assessment GroupJairo Mendez-Abreu

IFU Working GroupRafael Barrena Delgado, Jairo Mendez-Abreu, Scott Trager

CalibrationsRussell Smith



Stellar Populations at intermediate redshifts Survey (StePS)Science Team LeadAngela Iovino

Deputy Science Team LeadAmata Mercurio

Survey Working GroupAmata Mercurio, Angela Iovino

Core Team

Angela Iovino, Amata Mercurio, Marcella Longhetti, Stefano Zibetti, Francesco La Barbera, Bianca Poggianti, Micol Bolzonella, Crescenzo Tortora, Gianni Busarello, Paola Merluzzi, Daniela Vergani,  Anna Gallazzi, Lucia Pozzetti


Quality Assessment GroupMarcella Longhetti, Stefano Zibetti, Francesco La Barbera, Lorenzo Morelli, Marco Gullieuszik



WEAVE-ApertifScience Team LeadJesus Falcon Barroso

Survey Working GroupKelley Hess, Yago Ascasibar

Core TeamJesus Falcon Barroso, Isabel Perez, Paolo Serra, Kelley Hess, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Yago Ascasibar

Quality Assessment GroupJakob Walcher, Man I Lam, Guilherme Couto

IFU Working Group

Rubén García Benito, Man I Lam, Jakob Walcher, Yago Ascasibar, Kelley Hess, Jesus Falcon Barroso


WEAVE-LOFARScience Team LeadDan Smith

Deputy Science Team LeadKen Duncan

Survey Working GroupKen Duncan, Alyssa Drake

Core TeamPhilip Best, Ken Duncan, Matt Jarvis, Huub Rottgering, Dan Smith, 

Quality Assessment GroupShaun Read, Nick Amos, Anniek Gloudemans, Nina Hatch, Rohit Kondapally, John Stott

IFU Working GroupNina Hatch

LOFAR Processing Team

Martin Hardcastle, Jose Sabater Montes, Tim Shimwell, Cyril Tasse, Wendy Williams and the LOFAR Surveys KSP team




WEAVE-QSOScience Team LeadMatthew Pieri

Deputy Science Team LeadIgnasi Pérez-Ràfols

Survey Working GroupIgnasi Pérez-Ràfols, Sean Morrison

Steering GroupMatthew Pieri, Silvia Bonoli

Core Team

Matthew Pieri, Ignasi Pérez-Ràfols, Sean Morrison, JK Krogager, Silvia Bonoli, Michele Fumagalli, Vid Iršič, Clotilde Laigle


Quality Assessment GroupSean Morrison, JK Krogager



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