IFT researcher Miguel A Sánchez-Conde has been recently appointed Deputy Scientific Coordinator of the entire Fermi-LAT Collaboration that operates the gamma-ray Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi NASA satellite.
This is the highest science responsibility position inside the Collaboration and, as such, Sánchez-Conde will be in charge of coordinating and deciding upon the science to be made by this NASA mission in the recent future. The appointment is for two years, which includes a first year as deputy coordinator and a second year as principal coordinator.
Launched on June 11, 2008, the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observes the cosmos using the highest-energy form of light. After almost 15 years of operations, Fermi LAT has revolutionized our vision of the gamma-ray universe. Indeed, Fermi, that maps the entire sky every three hours, provides a unique window into the most extreme phenomena of the universe, from gamma-ray bursts and black-hole jets to pulsars, supernova remnants, the origin of cosmic rays and the nature of the dark matter.
Today, Fermi-LAT keeps leading the search of potential dark matter signals from space. A significant fraction of this search effort is being pursued at the IFT thanks to Sánchez-Conde — P.I. of the UAM node — and his group.
Our congratulations to our colleague for this important appointment!
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