December 17, 2013 – Charles (Chuck) Gessner has joined the LSST Project Office as Head of Safety. Chuck has a long relationship with the LSST project, having acted as volunteer LSST safety manager since 2007 while employed by National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). He was instrumental in both recruiting experts to join the LSST Safety Council and in establishing the LSST safety program he will now oversee full-time.
Chuck has more than 25 years of experience providing safety expertise, risk assessment, procedure development, training, and safety program management. Before joining NOAO in 2002, he worked for both Magma Copper Company and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. as head of safety. In addition to his proficiency in program implementation, standards development, and compliance, Chuck has managed and mentored more than 40 respected safety and health professionals.
Chuck will join the LSSTPO full-time in January 2014.
Photo by Judy Goldhill
Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Support Agreement No. 1202910, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The DOE-funded effort to build the the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an
independent federal agency created by Congress
in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.
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