Active staff
| Mark Allen | Astronomer, Director of the CDS |
| Nathan Barloy | Software engineer |
| Matthieu Baumann | Software engineer |
| Thomas Boch | Software engineer |
| Caroline Bot | Astronomer |
| Ivan Brossard | Software engineer |
| Marianne Brouty | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Catherine Brunet | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Mihaela Buga | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Laurent Cambrésy | Astronomer |
| Margot Chevalier | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Esther Collas | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Sébastien Derrière | Astronomer |
| Aline Eisele | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Pierre Fernique | Software engineer |
| Françoise Genova | Astronomer |
| Anais Gonneau | Astronomer |
| Céline Halter | CDS Secretary |
| Gilles Landais | Software engineer |
| Soizick Lesteven | Software engineer |
| Cécile Loup | Astronomer |
| Grégory Mantelet | Software engineer |
| Manon Marchand | Software engineer |
| Giacomo Monari | Astronomer |
| Ada Nebot | Astronomer |
| Magali Neuville | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Anaïs Oberto | Software engineer |
| Pierre Ocvirk | Astronomer |
| Emmanuelle Perret | Engineer (Documentation) |
| François-Xavier Pineau | Software engineer |
| André Schaaff | Software engineer |
| Pooja Sharma | Postdoc |
| Arnaud Siebert | Astronomer |
| Luc Trabelsi | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Katia van der Woerd | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Patricia Vannier | Engineer (Documentation) |
| Karina Voggel | Astronomer |
| Bernd Vollmer | Astronomer |
| Philippe Vonflie | Technician (documentation) |
Retired staff
They took their retirement:
| James Marcout | Documentation |
| Marie-José Wagner | Documentation |
| Suzanne Laloe | Documentation |
| Suzanne Borde (from GEPI, Observatoire de Paris) | Documentation |
| Pascal Dubois | Astronomer |
| Andrea Preite Martinez | Professeur associé, IASF, Roma |
| Emmanuel Davoust (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) | Astronomer |
| Gratiane Chassagnard (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) | Documentation |
| Marc Wenger | Software engineer |
| Chantal Bruneau | CDS Secretary |
| François Ochsenbein | Astronomer |
| François Bonnarel | Software engineer |
Other key contributors
Other key contributors to the CDS, and especially to the SIMBAD project are:
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- The ADS team (U.S. Simbad gateway)
A long-term collaboration with Mireille Louys (iCUBE, Strasbourg) is also gratefully acknowledged.
Contribution to SIMBAD of B. Skiff, W. Osborn and J. MacConnell is also gratefully aknowledged.
Scientific Council
Period: 2023 - 2025
Members:
- Stephen Serjeant (Open University, UK) - Chair
- Marica Branchesi (0Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy)
- Anna Scaife (University of Manchester, UK)
- Guido de Marchi (ESA)
- Roopesh Ojha (NASA, Astrophysics Division, Washington DC, USA)
- Eric Peng (NOIRLab, USA)
- Martino Romaniello (ESO, Munich, Germany)
- Philippe Laudet (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France)
- Thierry Forveille (IPAG, Grenoble, France)
- Franck Le Petit (Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France)
- Astrid Lamberts (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France)
Artist view
An artist's view of the CDS staff at work.