Galactic U/LDB for Spectroscopic/Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (GUSSTO) (Pietro Bernasconi)
Pietro N. Bernasconi is a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and is currently the observatory principal investigator (PI) and mission scientist of the Stratospheric TeraHertz Observatory balloon program (STO). He obtained a doctorate in natural sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1997. He has worked at APL for fourteen years in a number of scientific, optical, and systems engineering, PI, and project management positions. These include project scientist of the Flare Genesis Experiment (FGE) balloon program and project scientist of the Solar Bolometric Imager (SBI) balloon program before becoming the PI and project manager, observatory PI, and mission scientist of the STO balloon program. Dr. Bernasconi has participated in a leadership role in two Antarctic balloon campaigns for the FGE and SBI programs, and three continental U.S. balloon campaigns for the SBI and STO programs.
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