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# Authors

ASPECT is being developed by a large, collaborative, and inclusive
community. The code and its community are currently maintained by the
following *Maintainers*:

* Wolfgang Bangerth (Colorado State University, USA)
* Juliane Dannberg (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany)
* Menno Fraters (University of California, Davis, USA)
* Rene Gassmoeller (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany)
* Anne Glerum (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Germany)
* Timo Heister (Clemson University, USA)
* Bob Myhill (University of Bristol, UK)
* John Naliboff (New Mexico Tech, USA)

## Principal developers

The following people currently serve as *Principal Developers* -- people
who have and are providing substantial technical contributions to ASPECT:

* Jacky Austermann (Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA)
* Wolfgang Bangerth (Colorado State University, USA)
* Juliane Dannberg (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany)
* Menno Fraters (University of California, Davis, USA)
* Rene Gassmoeller (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany)
* Anne Glerum (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Germany)
* Timo Heister (Clemson University, USA)
* Bob Myhill (University of Bristol, UK)
* John Naliboff (New Mexico Tech, USA)
* Cedric Thieulot (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

## Community

A complete and growing list of the many authors that have contributed to ASPECT
can be found [in our Github repository](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/graphs/contributors).

**With special contributions to the manual by:** Jacqueline Austermann, Magali Billen, Markus B&uuml;rg, Thomas Clevenger, Samuel Cox, William Durkin, Grant Euen, Thomas Geenen, Ryan Grove, Eric Heien, Ludovic Jeanniot, Louise Kellogg, Scott King, Martin Kronbichler, Marine Lasbleis, Haoyuan Li, Shangxin Liu, Hannah Mark, Elvira Mulyukova, Bart Niday, Jonathan Perry-Houts, Elbridge Gerry Puckett, Tahiry Rajaonarison, Fred Richards, Jonathan Robey, Ian Rose, Max Rudolph, Stephanie Sparks, D. Sarah Stamps, Cedric Thieulot, Wanying Wang, Iris van Zelst, Siqi Zhang.

We are grateful for all contributions to ASPECT and its documentation, and
your participation in our community!
