Brief Bio

Dr Clampin is currently the Director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate. He previously served at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Observatory Project Scientist., and subsequently as Director of the Astrophysics Science Division. Prior to joining GSFC, Dr Clampin was the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Group Lead at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), where he worked on three Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Missions. Dr Clampin is a Co-Investigator with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and the Advanced camera for Surveys (ACS) science team and served as the Detector Scientist. His research interests focus on studying the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Dr Clampin has also designed ground-based telescope instruments including adaptive optics systems, coronagraphs and detectors.

Selected Publications

Refereed

Kalas, P., J. R. Graham, and M. Clampin. 2005. "A planetary system as the origin of structure in Fomalhaut's dust belt." Nature 435 1067 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1038/nature03601]

Krist, J. E., D. R. Ardila, D. A. Golimowski, et al. M. Clampin, H. C. Ford, G. D. Illingworth, G. F. Hartig, F. Bartko, N. Benítez, J. P. Blakeslee, R. J. Bouwens, L. D. Bradley, T. J. Broadhurst, R. A. Brown, C. J. Burrows, E. S. Cheng, N. J. Cross, R. Demarco, P. D. Feldman, M. Franx, T. Goto, C. Gronwall, B. Holden, N. Homeier, L. Infante, R. A. Kimble, M. P. Lesser, A. R. Martel, S. Mei, F. Menanteau, G. R. Meurer, G. K. Miley, V. Motta, M. Postman, P. Rosati, M. Sirianni, W. B. Sparks, H. D. Tran, Z. I. Tsvetanov, R. L. White, and W. Zheng. 2005. "Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Coronagraphic Imaging of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk." The Astronomical Journal 129 1008 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1086/426755]

Clampin, M., M. Sirianni, G. F. Jartig, et al. H. C. Ford, G. D. Illingworth, W. Burmester, W. Koldewynd, A. R. Martel, A. Riess, R. J. Schrein, and P. C. Sillivan. 2004. "In-flight Performance of the Advanced Camera for Surveys CCDs." Scientific Detectors for Astronomy, The Beginning of a New Era p.555-563

Ardila, D. R., D. A. Golimowski, J. E. Krist, et al. M. Clampin, J. P. Williams, J. P. Blakeslee, H. C. Ford, G. F. Hartig, and G. D. Illingworth. 2004. "A Resolved Debris Disk around the G2 V Star HD 107146." ApJ 617 L147.

Clampin, M., J. Krist, D. R. Ardila, et al. D. A. Golimowski, H. C. Ford, and G. Illingworth. 2003. "ACS Coronographic Observations of Optically Thin Debris Disks." Star Formation at High Angular Resolution, International Astronomical Union Symposium 221, held during the XXV General Assembly of the IAU, Sydney, Australia, 22-25 July 2003 p. 449

Clampin, M., J. E. Krist, D. R. Ardila, et al. D. A. Golimowski, G. F. Hartig, H. C. Ford, G. D. Illingworth, F. Bartko, N. Benítez, J. P. Blakeslee, R. J. Bouwens, T. J. Broadhurst, R. A. Brown, C. J. Burrows, E. S. Cheng, N. J. Cross, P. D. Feldman, M. Franx, C. Gronwall, L. Infante, R. A. Kimble, M. P. Lesser, A. R. Martel, F. Menanteau, G. R. Meurer, G. K. Miley, M. Postman, P. Rosati, M. Sirianni, W. B. Sparks, H. D. Tran, Z. I. Tsvetanov, R. L. White, and W. Zheng. 2003. "Hubble Space Telescope ACS Coronagraphic Imaging of the Circumstellar Disk around HD 141569A." The Astronomical Journal 126 385 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1086/375460]

Clampin, M. 2002. "Strategies for Extra-Solar Planet Characterization with Large Aperture Telescopes." Proceedings Hubble's Science Legacy: Future Optical/Ultraviolet Astronomy from Space, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 291, held 2-5 April 2002 at University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA p.109

Clampin, M. 2002. "UV-Optical CCDs for Space Instrumentation." SPIE Optical Engineering 41(06) 1185-1191