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[John O'Byrne]

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Edward Moses appointed as GMTO President 

Ed Moses, GMTO President. (Photo by Damien J. Jemison.)

The Board of Directors of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward I. Moses, Ph.D., as President of GMTO.

Formerly the Principal Associate Director (PAD) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Moses led the development of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the largest optical and laser project ever constructed, among other accomplishments. The NIF uses high-power lasers to focus energy at the level needed to initiate the conversion of hydrogen to helium in fusion reactions similar to those occurring in the center of the Sun and other stars.

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The Giant Magellan Telescope Project gets a new partner


Universidade de São Paulo joins the GMT consortium.
The consortium of universities and research institutes involved in the Giant Magellan Telescope project recently got a new partner: Universidade de São Paulo. The Executive Board of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil announced that it has approved a $40 million contribution to the Giant Magellan Telescope project. 

Brazilian participation in the GMT project is welcome news. The country has a strong and growing record of astronomy excellence, with strengths in chemical evolution of galaxies and stellar atmospheres. São Paulo's partnership also brings the project closer to being fully funded.  
 
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Second Annual GMT Community Science Meeting 

Meeting poster designed by Petrula Vrontikis.
 
The Second Annual GMT Community Science meeting, "Transient Phenomena in Astronomy and Astrophysics," took place October 6 - 8, 2014 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D. C.
 
The next generation of sky surveys and time-domain experiments will soon open a new window on transient phenomena in the Universe. "Transient Phenomena in Astronomy and Astrophysics" brought together experts from around the world to discuss the state of the field and our understanding of objects identified through their explosive variability. Topics included gamma-ray bursts as probes of the early universe, supernova explosions, the discovery potential of large-scale optical and radio time domain surveys, and electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave sources. More than 130 scientists attended the meeting, and the presentations were excellent.


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