The GIANO Team whishes to dedicate this project to the memory of Sandro
Gennari, prematurely dead on July 30th 2007.
We all thank Sandro for his great work on astronomical technologies and
GIANO as well as for his immense courage and humanity.
We deeply miss him.
The GIANO team includes several Italian researchers and technicians from INAF, namely:
| Principal Investigator | L. Origlia | INAF-Bologna |
| Project Manager | E. Oliva | INAF-Arcetri/FGG |
| Project Scientist | R. Maiolino | INAF-Arcetri |
| Scientific Coordinator | R. Gratton | INAF-Padova |
| Responsible Optics & Cryo-Mechanics | S. Gennari | INAF-Arcetri |
| Responsible Control Software | C. Baffa | INAF-Arcetri |
| Responsible Electronics & Array | V. Biliotti | INAF-Arcetri |
| Responsible High-Level Software | E. Rossetti | INAF-Bologna |
| Responsible Polarimetric Mode | F. Leone | INAF-Catania |
| Responsible Data Reduction | P. Montegriffo | INAF-Bologna |
| Responsible WEB Site | M. Lolli | INAF-Bologna |
| Responsible Absorption Cells | F. D'Amato | INOA-Firenze |
| Responsible Administration | A. Piccioni | INAF-Bologna |
| Controls & Software | E. Giani | INAF-Arcetri |
| Optics & Cryo-Mechanics | I.Mochi | INAF-Arcetri |
| Electronics & Controls | M. Sozzi | INAF-Arcetri |
| Electronics & Controls | M. Gonzalez | INAF-FGG |
| Precision Mechanics | G. Falcini | INAF-Arcetri |
| Mechanical Design and FEA Modeling | C. Del Vecchio | INAF-Arcetri |
| Instrument Characterization | F. Mannucci | INAF-Arcetri |
| Software & Polarimetric Mode | S. Scuderi | INAF-Catania |
| Software & Pre-Slit System | P. Bruno | INAF-Catania |
| Absorption Cells | S. Desidera | INAF-Padova |
| Integration at TNG | F. Ghinassi | INAF-FGG |
| Coordination with TNG Software/Archive | M. Lodi | INAF-FGG |
| Optics | P. Sandri | Gestione Silo srl |