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Steve Vogt is an Astronomer and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UCO/Lick Observatory of the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has been at UC Santa Cruz since 1978. His duties involve undergraduate and graduate teaching, instrumentation development for ground-based telescopes, and various research projects involving high dispersion astronomical spectroscopy. He is the developer of both the Hamilton spectrometer at Lick Observatory, the HIRES spectrometer of Keck Observatory, and the MTHR spectrometer concept for the Thirty Meter Telescope. His principal research focus in recent years has been the discovery of extra-solar planets, construction of an Automated 2.4-m Exoplanet Finder Telescope, and instrumentation development for the Thirty-Meter Telescope project. Dr. Vogt’s knowledge and experience in optics and optical instrumentation enable him to provide keen insight into an area critical to the successful implementation of ESI systems and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. | 