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PRESS RELEASE: First Astrophysics Fellowship to Include a Social-Science Dimension Announces Awardees

The first six LSSTC Catalyst Fellows Funded by the John Templeton Foundation have been selected to conduct cross-disciplinary work on big data from US astronomy’s flagship Rubin LSST. These early-career scientists will study everything from black holes to galaxy formation, while collaborating to explore how social science can improve collaborations among researchers.

Dr. Beth Willman will lead the Corporation on September 7th 2022

LSSTC is pleased to announce that Dr. Beth Willman will join the Corporation starting September 7th 2022 to become its next Executive Director, taking on the previously separate roles of Chief Executive Officer and Director of Science.

The LSST Corporation (LSSTC)

To advance understanding of the dynamic universe by enabling LSST science through research and education.

LSSTC, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation formed to initiate the LSST Project and advance the science of astronomy and physics. LSSTC represents a consortium of nearly 40 institutional members, as well as 34 international contributors representing 23 countries. LSSTC will partner with NSF/AURA and DOE/SLAC in Rubin Observatory LSST operations and enable the exploitation of the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time’s (LSST) data by advocating for and supporting LSST science.

Using Big Data for Big Science

With construction underway, LSSTC's focus has turned to preparing the community to use this amazing facility when it becomes operational in 2022. LSSTC is committed to foster and build new modes of interdisciplinary collaboration at the interface of astronomy, physics, computer science, mathematics, and information science. Through graduate and postdoctoral fellowships and endowments, science schools, workshops, and think tanks, and support of science collaborations, LSSTC will enable the training of a new generation of young scientists and researchers and prepare the scientific community for the challenges that Rubin Observatory LSST will bring.