Toney Minter

Head of GBT Telescope Operations


Personal Home Page (304) 456-2275 email: tminter			Dr. Toney Minter is the Head of Green Bank Telescope Operations. He provides day-to-day oversight of the operations of the GBT to ensure it provides maximum scientific output. His duties range from overseeing the instrumentation on the GBT through scheduling the telescope and overseeing the support staff. Minter received his B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He came to NRAO as a Jansky Fellow in 1995 and became part of the NRAO scientific staff in 1996. Minter's research interests include interstellar turbulence and galactic HI.

(304) 456-2275

email: tminter

Dr. Toney Minter is the Head of Green Bank Telescope Operations. He provides day-to-day oversight of the operations of the GBT to ensure it provides maximum scientific output. His duties range from overseeing the instrumentation on the GBT through scheduling the telescope and overseeing the support staff.

Minter received his B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He came to NRAO as a Jansky Fellow in 1995 and became part of the NRAO scientific staff in 1996.

Minter's research interests include interstellar turbulence and galactic HI.

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.