Dr. Eduardo do Couto e Silva is a particle physicist and Deputy Manager of Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Science Operations Center.
Since 2005, particle physicist Eduardo do Couto e Silva has served as Deputy Manager for the Instrument Science Operation Center (ISOC) of the Large Area Telescope, which is the primary science instrument on the Fermi observatory and he has, ever since, co-led the ISOC's Science Operations team.
Eduardo's activities in Fermi typically involved coordination of large and diverse groups of scientists and engineers to evaluate LAT performance and ensure readiness for on-orbit operations. Eduardo was the Manager of the Science Verification Analysis and Calibration Department during most of the pre-launch activities involving integration and test of the Large Area Telescope.