{"id":72324,"date":"2017-12-14T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=72324"},"modified":"2019-03-15T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T23:32:24","slug":"hasinger-leaving-uh-institute-for-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/14\/hasinger-leaving-uh-institute-for-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasinger leaving <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Institute for Astronomy for European Space Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_72329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72329\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-hasinger-g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-hasinger-g.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-hasinger-g-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">G\u00fcnther Hasinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a> (IfA) Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/faculty\/director.shtml\"><strong>G\u00fcnther Hasinger<\/strong><\/a> is leaving <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to be the next director of science at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA\">European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA), Europe&#8217;s equivalent to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He will be responsible for the definition, planning and execution of <abbr>ESA<\/abbr>&#8216;s science program, which includes working with member countries and international partners like the United States. Hasinger has been with the university since 2011.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/For_Media\/Press_Releases\/Guenther_Hasinger_appointed_as_ESA_Director_of_Science\"><em>G\u00fcnther Hasinger appointed as <abbr>ESA<\/abr> director of science<\/em><\/a>, <abbr>ESA<\/abbr>, December 14, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;I am extremely honored to have been part of the <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> and to have worked with such a talented and dedicated group of people,&rdquo; said Hasinger, who will be based in Spain and will be closer to his family, including his first grandchild. &ldquo;I look forward to future partnerships between <abbr>ESA<\/abbr>, <abbr>NASA<\/abbr> and the ground-based observatories, especially those here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to thank G\u00fcnther for his passion and dedication to astronomy, to our students, and to the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Vice Chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/ovcr\/bio-bruno\/\"><strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;He has been an extraordinary ambassador for the university while working tirelessly to support the outstanding scientists and students of the Institute for Astronomy. He will be missed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lasting changes to <abbr>IfA<\/abbr>\u2019s education and outreach programs were made under G\u00fcnther\u2019s leadership,&rdquo; added <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President and Interim M\u0101noa Chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/david-lassner\/\"><strong>David Lassner<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;<abbr>IfA<\/abbr> and the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Natural Sciences greatly expanded undergraduate education opportunities with a new <abbr title=\"bachelor of arts\">BA<\/abbr> in astronomy and a <abbr title=\"bachelor of science\">BS<\/abbr> in astrophysics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, Hasinger oversaw many significant advances at <abbr>IfA<\/abbr>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/research\/Pan-STARRS.shtml\"><abbr title=\"Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System\">Pan-STARRS<\/abbr>1 telescope<\/a> on Haleakal\u0101 came into full operation on Maui, producing the world\u2019s foremost sky survey and becoming the world leader in the detection of asteroids, comets and near-Earth objects. The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, also on Haleakal\u0101, drew close to completion during his tenure. Hasinger also helped shepherd the transfer to <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope and James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Maunakea. <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> also worked with the Maunakea observatory community to significantly expand public outreach, including partnering in the development of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cfht.hawaii.edu\/en\/news\/MaunakeaScholars\/\">Maunakea Scholars program<\/a>. <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> now organizes more than 200 events annually, reaching 25,000 people on multiple islands across the state.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> will name an interim director for <abbr>IfA<\/abbr> to lead the institute during an international search for its next director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hasinger will be responsible for the definition, planning and execution of the science program at Europe&#8217;s equivalent to <abbr>NASA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[691,35,9,947],"class_list":["post-72324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-administration","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72324"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92809,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72324\/revisions\/92809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}