The LSST Team

More than 200 collaborators attended the LSST All-Hands Meeting in August, 2010.

The effort to build the LSST is overseen by the LSST Corporation and is actively being supported and developed by more than one hundred astronomers, physicists, and engineers throughout the country who see the LSST as the next big leap in charting the heavens, probing nature, an exciting technological challenge, and a new model for doing big science.

Contact The LSST Corporation.

LSST Corporation President, Sidney Wolff, LSST Corporation
LSST Director, J. Anthony Tyson, University of California, Davis
Project Manager, Donald Sweeney, LSST Corporation
System Scientist, Zeljko Ivezic, University of Washington
System Engineer, Chuck Claver, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
EPO Manager, Suzanne Jacoby, LSST Corporation
Deputy Project Director, Steven Kahn, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Camera
Project Manager, Nadine Kurita, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Lead Scientist, Steven Kahn, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
System Scientist, Kirk Gilmore, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Telescope & Site
Project Manager, Victor Krabbendam, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Project Scientist, Chuck Claver, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Data Management
Project Manager, Jeff Kantor, LSST Corporation
Project Scientist, Mario Juric, LSST Corporation
System Architect, Gregory Dubois-Felsmann, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Operations Simulation Scientist
Abi Saha, NOAO
Image Simulations Scientist
Andy Connolly, University of Washington


LSSTC INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
REPRESENTATIVE
Adler PlanetariumMark Subbarao
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Sam Aronson
California Institute of TechnologyGeorge Helou
Carnegie Mellon UniversityFred Gilman
ChileSebastian Lopez
Cornell UniversityRachel Bean
Drexel UniversityGordon Richards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Craig Hogan
George Mason UniversityKirk Borne
Google, Inc.Rob Pike
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsChris Stubbs
Institut de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3)Stravros Katsanevas
Johns Hopkins UniversityTim Heckman
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) - Stanford UniversityPat Burchat
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc.Wayne Rosing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)Scot Olivier
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)Tom Vestrand
National Optical Astronomy Observatory*David Silva
National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryRobert Dickman
Princeton UniversityMichael Strauss
Purdue UniversityIan Shipsey
Research Corporation for Science Advancement*John Schaefer
Rutgers UniversityEric Gawiser
SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryDavid MacFarlane
Space Telescope Science InstituteHarry Ferguson
Texas A & M UniversityDarren DePoy
The Pennsylvania State UniversityLawrence Ramsey
The University of Arizona*Peter Strittmatter
University of California at DavisWinston Ko
University of California at IrvineDavid Kirkby
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDanny Powell
University of MichiganChris Miller
University of PennsylvaniaLarry Gladney
University of PittsburghJeffrey Newman
University of Washington*Lee Huntsman
Vanderbilt UniversityKeivan Stassun
* Founding Member


Board of Directors
David MacFarlane, LSSTC Chairman of the Board
Patricia Burchat, KIPAC/Stanford
Fred Gilman, Carnegie Mellon University
Lee Huntsman, University of Washington*
Sebastian Lopez, University of Chile
Danny Powell, UIUC/NCSA
Lawrence Ramsey, The Pennsylvania State University
Constance Rockosi, UC Santa Cruz
Ian Shipsey, Purdue University
David Silva, NOAO*
Michael Strauss, Princeton University
Peter A. Strittmatter, University of Arizona*
* Founding Member

LSSTC Officers
David MacFarlane, Chairman of the Board
Lee Huntsman, Vice Chairman
Sidney Wolff, President
Daniel Calabrese, Secretary
Danny Powell, Treasurer

Site Selection Committee
Mark Sarazin, Chair, European Southern Observatory
William Althouse, LSSTC, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Roc Cutri, California Institute of Technology, IPAC
Bob Gehrz, University of Minnesota
Alan Harris, Space Science Institute
Frank Hill, National Solar Observatory
Zeljko Ivezic, University of Washington
Steve Kahn, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Rene Racine, University de Montreal
Simon Radford, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Michael Strauss, Princeton University

Site Selection Committee: Non-Voting
Don Sweeney, LSSTC
Tony Tyson, UC Davis

Site Selection Committee: Observers
NSF Representative
DOE Representative

Community Input
Science Working Groups, chaired by Michael Strauss of Princeton University, represents the scientific community in developing the science programs that will use LSST data. We also have a parallel mechanism for LSST community science program suggestions. These inputs have resulted in key deliverables and a Science Requirements Document [PDF 342KB]. We welcome suggestions for additional science programs that would be enabled by the LSST. Join the Mission!

Array Technology
Veljko Radeka, Chair, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Don Figer, STSCI
John Geary, Harvard Smithsonian CFA
Kirk Gilmore, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Paul O'Connor, Brookhaven National Laboratory
John Oliver, Harvard University
Christopher Stubbs, Harvard University
Tony Tyson, University of California, Davis

LSST Science Collaborations and their chairs
Supernovae: Richard Kessler (University of Chicago); Michael Wood-Vasey (University of Pittsburgh);
Weak lensing: Bhuvnesh Jain (University of Pennsylvania); David Wittman (University of California Davis);
Stellar Populations: Kevin Covey (Lowell Observatory); Knut Olsen (NOAO);
Active Galactic Nuclei: Niel Brandt (Pennsylvania State University);
Solar System: Michael Brown (CalTech); Lynne Jones (University of Washington);
Galaxies: Harry Ferguson (Space Telescope Science Institute);
Transients/variable stars: Josh Bloom (University of California Berkeley); Lucianne Walkowicz (Princeton University);
Large-scale structure/baryon oscillations: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University); Hu Zhan (National Astronomical Observatories of China);
Milky Way and Local Volume Structure: Marla Geha (Yale University); Beth Willman (Haverford College);
Strong Lensing: Phil Marshall (University of Oxford);
Informatics and Statistics: Kirk Borne (George Mason University);

Science Council
The LSST Science Council (SC) is a primary body chartered to monitor the technical development of the LSST to ensure that it will meet its science requirements. The SC is empowered to make final science decisions on behalf of the entire LSST project. These decisions are presented by the SC chair for approval by the Director, Project Manager and the LSST Board of Directors.


LSST Science Council Members (Feb 6, 2012):  
The System Scientist (chair): Zeljko Ivezic
The System Engineer: Chuck Claver (acting)
The Sub-system Project Scientists: Chuck Claver, Kirk Gilmore, Tim Axelrod, Andrew Connolly
Device and Calibration Expert: Christopher Stubbs
Algorithms Expert: Robert Lupton
Astrometry Expert: Dave Monet
Database Expert: Alex Szalay
Performance Scientist: Lynne Jones
Data System Architect: Gregory Dubois-Felsmann
SWGC Chair: Michael Strauss
EPO Lead: Suzanne Jacoby
Publications Manager: Pat Burchat
Chilean Representative: Ricardo Munoz
Project Manager: Don Sweeney
Deputy Director: Steve Kahn
Director: Tony Tyson
President: Sidney Wolff