James De Buizer (USRA)
Instrument Scientist
jdebuizer@sofia.usra.edu

Dr. James De Buizer received his Ph.D. from the Department of Astronomy Infrared Astrophysics Group at the University of Florida in 2000. In the fall of that year, he moved to La Serena, Chile to take up a research fellow position at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). While there he chaired an international meeting on star formation in 2002. He was hired by Gemini Observatory in La Serena in 2004 to become the Thermal-Region Camera and Spectrometer (T-ReCS) instrument scientist, a post he held for three years before being hired by SOFIA at the beginning of 2008.

The focus of Dr. De Buizer’s research extends from his thesis work on exploring unsolved mysteries of the formation of stars. However, he considers himself above all an infrared astronomer, and has been involved in the infrared observations of a variety of cosmic objects ranging from solar system bodies to nearby galaxies. His interest and background in infrared instrumentation has led him to SOFIA, where he will be involved in first-flight instrument commissioning.

A full list of his publications and his CV can be found at his web page.