Sergio MARTIN (martin@iram.es) will start his PhD Thesis at IRAM Granada in July, he will also participate in assisting visiting astronomers on Pico Veleta.
Axel WEISS (aweiss@iram.es) is the responsible for the pooled (flexible) observations at the 30-m telescope. In addition he will be the local contact for the Mambo I and II bolometers.
The contact person for our Heterodyne Receiver Array HERA will be Albrecht SIEVERS (sievers@iram.es). The contact for any issues related to the VESPA spectrometer remains Gabriel PAUBERT (paubert@iram.es).
In July, Dieter NÜRNBERGER has left the astronomer's group for a postdoc position at ESO Chile. Stephane CLAUDE and Philippe NOUVEL have left the IRAM receiver group in August. We wish them all the best for their future careers, and thank them for the years of good collaboration.
After her successful diploma, Melanie KRIPS has returned to IRAM in August to work on her thesis, and to do service observations as an astronomer on duty on the Plateau de Bure.