John C. Wilson, Senior Scientist

Email: jcw6z@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-4907 Fax: (434) 924-3104 Office: 255 Astronomy Building Address:    Department of Astronomy    PO Box 400325    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325
Curriculum Vitae B.S. Systems Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, 1987 M.S. Applied Physics, Cornell University, 1998 Ph.D. Applied Physics, Cornell University, 2002 Presently: Senior Scientist, University of Virginia Previous Positions: Palomar Instrumentation Postdoc, Astronomy Department, Cornell University, 2001-2002	My primary research interests are infrared astronomy and instrumentation. I am a staff member in the Astronomy Department's infrared instrumentation group led by Professor Mike Skrutskie.

Instrumentation Projects

	APOGEE An R~25000 fiber-fed narrow-band near-infrared multi-object spectrograph for the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey as part of SDSS-III on the Sloan Telescope at Apache Point Observatory.
	LMIRCam A 3-5 micron camera (and low resolution spectrograph with future grisms) to image the combined focus of the Large Binocular Telescope at Mount Graham, Arizona.
	TripleSpec An R~3500 cross-dispersed near-infrared facility spectrograph for Apache Point Observatory. Three near-identical copies have been made through a collaboration of Cornell Univ, JPL, Caltech and the Univ of Virginia. We are working with Cornell to develop a fourth copy for NOAO.
	WIRC A Wide-Field Infrared Camera for the Palomar 200-inch Telescope.
	CorMASS An R~300 cross-dispersed near-infrared spectrograph visiting instrument

Selected Recent Papers Development of a large mosaic volume phase holographic (VPH) grating for APOGEE, J. Arns, J.C. Wilson, M. Skrutskie, S. Smee, R. Barkouser, D. Eisenstein, J. Gunn, F. Hearty, A. Harding, P. Maseman, J. Holtzman, R. Schiavon, B. Gillespie & S. Majewski, 2010, SPIE, 7739 abstract Semiconductor fabrication techniques for producing an ultra-flat reflective slit, T.E. Vandervelde, M.J. Cabral, J. Wilson & M. Skrutskie, in Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy, eds E. Attad-Ettedgui, J. Antebi and D. Lemke, 2006, SPIE, 6273 abstract Discovery of a Young Substellar Companion in Chamaeleon, K.L. Luhman, J.C. Wilson, W. Brandner, M.F. Skrutskie, M.J. Nelson, J.D. Smith, D.E. Peterson, M.C. Cushing & E. Young, 2006, ApJ, 649, 894 abstract A Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph Spectral Sequence of M, L, and T Dwarfs, M.C. Cushing, T.L. Roellig, M.S. Marley, D. Saumon, S.K. Leggett, J.D. Kirkpatrick, J.C. Wilson, G.C. Sloan, A.K. Mainzer, J.E. VanCleve & J.R. Houck, 2006, ApJ, 648, 614 abstract Spectrum of a Habitable World: Earthsine in the Near-Infrared, M.C. Turnbull, W.A. Traub, K.W. Jucks, N.J. Woolf, M.R. Meyer, N. Gorlova, M.F. Skrutskie & J.C. Wilson, 2006, ApJ, 644, 551 abstract Near-infrared spectra of the leading and trailing hemispheres of Enceladus A.J. Verbiscer, D.E. Peterson, M.F. Skrutskie, M. Cushing, P. Helfenstein, M.J. Nelson, J.D. Smith & J.C. Wilson, 2006, Icarus, 182, 211 abstract JCW Last Updated 20 Sep 11