Michael Rosa
Born 1953 in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr. Michael Rosa
studied Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Heidelberg and the State Observatory Heidelberg,
receiving a Diploma in Physics in 1978 and a PhD
in Astronomy in 1981. >From 1982 to 1984 he held
a Fellowship at the Munich Headquarters of the European
Southern Observatory (ESO), from where he joined
the Space Telescope
European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF, jointly
operated by ESO and the Euorpean Space Agency ESA)
as an ST Instrument Information Scientist, ESA staff.
In parallel to his scientific investigations (observationally
and theoretically) on photoionized nebulae (H II
regions) and the evolution of the most massive stars
which are generally located in such regions, Michael
early on developed a strong interest in the calibration
of data from astronomical instrumentation. Contributions
to the HST project range from an early pre-launch
version of a general HST exposure simulation package
to solutions to complex instrumental effects in
the Faint Object Spectrograph on HST. Currently,
Michael is leading the ST-ECF based Instrument Physical
Modeling Group responsible for the final, improved
versions of calibration for HST legacy instruments
(eg. FOS, GHRS) - the so called Post
Operational Archives (POA).
Michael's interests off-work are best described
as ``heavy duty'' - like yardwork (lumbering rather
than flowers), weight lifting, restoring old cars,
and sailing. He served for 20 years in the local
fire brigade and last but not least shares with
his spouse Dorothea the guiding of 3 children through
college.
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