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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tPaul Withers<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor;
\r\nChair, Department of Astronomy<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2013\/07\/C_Espaillat_2020-150x150.jpg\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tCatherine Espaillat<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor; Professor; Associate Professor; Assistant Professor; <\/p>\n \n\t Department Administrator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n\t Observatory Manager \/ Senior Research Scientist Observatory Manager Faculty Administration Administrative Staff Technical Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7810,"featured_media":0,"parent":8674,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8710"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12478,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710\/revisions\/12478"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\nAssociate Chair, Department of Astronomy
\r\nDirector, Institute for Astrophysical Research<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a><\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tElizabeth Blanton<\/h6>\n\t\t
\r\nDirector of Undergraduate Studies<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2020\/07\/WenLi-150x150.png\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tWen Li<\/h6>\n\t\t
\r\nDirector of Graduate Studies<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2023\/07\/Brout-Dillon-150x150.png\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tDillon Brout<\/h6>\n\t\t
\r\nDirector of Graduate Admissions<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
\nAdministrative Staff<\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2015\/01\/Anne-Smart-cropped-e1421955340717.jpg\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tAnne Smartvlasak<\/h6>\n\t\t
\nTechnical Staff<\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/03\/BU_profilepic_CP-150x150.jpg\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tColt Pauley<\/h6>\n\t\t
\r\n(Perkins Telescope Observatory – Flagstaff, AZ)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n![\"\"](\"\/astronomy\/files\/2024\/09\/BU_profilepic_QS-resized-150x150.jpg\")
\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tQuinn Sykes<\/h6>\n\t\t
\r\n(Coit Observatory – Boston, MA)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"