MARTIN STILL - DIRECTOR - phone# (650) 604-2018
Martin received his BSc in Mathematics and Astronomy in 1991 from the University of Leicester, England, followed by an MSc (1992) and PhD (1995) in Astronomy from the University of Sussex. After receiving his doctorate, he worked for three years as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Martin joined the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in 1999 under a contract agreement with the Universities Space Research Association within the Guest Observer Facility for the XMM-Newton space observatory. After 2002, Martin's primary responsibilities at GSFC were science support for the Swift gamma ray burst mission. In 2005 he joined the astronomy support team for the 10m Southern African Large Telescope, followed in 2007 with appointment as the Post-Launch Operations Manager for Swift and XMM-Newton at the University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory. He began his role as Director of the Kepler Guest Observer Office at NASA Ames in August 2009 and has held the joint position of Deputy Director of the Kepler Science Office since October 2010. His scientific interests lie in the study of accretion, compact binary stars, black hole physics, gamma-ray bursts and exoplanet detection and characterization.

TOM BARCLAY - SUPPORT SCIENTIST - (650) 604-3560
Tom studied Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Leeds in England where he received a BSc in 2006. After that he completed his MSc at the University of Manchester in 2007 where he studied at Jodrell Bank Observatory. His Doctorate research was performed at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland in collaboration with the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London. His research interests focus on the identification of variable star populations with a particular focus on sources which vary on time-scales of less than an hour such as ultra-short period binaries and pulsating white dwarfs. He joined the Guest Observer Office in March 2011.

KAREN KINEMUCHI - SUPPORT SCIENTIST - phone# (650) 604-4246
Karen received B.S. degrees in Physics and in Astronomy from Case Western Reserve University in 1996. After a short internship at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, she obtained a M.A. in Astronomy at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, in 1998. In 2004, she received her Ph.D in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Michigan State University under the supervision of Dr. Horace A. Smith. Her first postdoctoral position (2004-2007) was at the University of Wyoming. From 2007-2010, she was a joint postdoctoral research associate with Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) and the University of Florida (USA). Karen joined the Kepler Guest Observer office in June 2010. Her research interests include the study of old stellar populations through the time-series analysis of variable stars, in particular RR Lyrae stars, as well as implications to Galactic formation, i.e. dwarf spheroidal galaxies. Additionally she investigates the stellar populations of open clusters and enjoys doing ground based observations.