Chandra People: Farewell to Brian McNamara The Chandra X-ray Center provides researchers with support that includes data processing and a science data archive. The Center is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and is situated on the campus of Harvard University. July 18, 2000 :: Astrophysicist Brian McNamara, came to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1993. Brian is leaving the Chandra X-ray Center on July 18, 2000 to accept a faculty position at Ohio University. He wants to try teaching; it's something that has been on his mind for a while. He has been working with the Chandra calibration group for seven years and feels it's time to try something different. Brian McNamara Brian McNamara Q: What have you liked about SAO? A: Great place to work, exciting, nice area to live, lots of great people Q: What are your areas of research interest (i.e. stars, black holes, galaxies, clusters)? A: Clusters of galaxies, properties of distant clusters, and cluster cooling flows Q: Are you using Chandra images in your research? | |
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