The COPAG, together with the PhysPAG and ExoPAG, is forming a Great Observatories Science Analysis Group (SAG) to study the future of multi-wavelength Astronomy from space. The Great Observatories opened up the electromagnetic spectrum from space from gamma rays to the far-infrared and, with subsequent missions, have provided sustained access to the astronomical community for more than two decades. The goals of this SAG are to (1) identify the gaps in wavelength coverage and scientific capabilities anticipated over the next 10–20 years as NASA's current space observatories age or are decommissioned, and (2) analyze how these gaps will affect the ability of the community to continue to make progress in a rapidly changing scientific landscape.
The SAG will provide a report to NASA by April 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Decadal Review. We are now soliciting members of the astronomy community who are interested in participating in this SAG. If interested, please fill out the form by 10 August 2018. We encourage applicants at all career stages.
| Lee Armus | Caltech/IPAC |
| Misty Bentz | Georgia State University |
| Breanna Binder | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| David Ciardi | Caltech/IPAC |
| Francesca Civano | Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Lia Corrales | University of Michigan |
| Julianne Dalcanton | University of Washington |
| Diana Dragomir | MIT |
| Martin Elvis | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Catherine Espaillat | Boston University |
| Steven Finkelstein | UT Austin |
| Derek Fox | Penn State University |
| Suvi Gezari | University of Maryland |
| Matthew Greenhouse | GSFC |
| Richard Griffiths | University of Hawaii |
| Rachel Hamburg | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Erika Hamden | University of Arizona |
| Patrick Hartigan | Rice University |
| Sara Heap | GSFC |
| Keri Hoadley | Caltech |
| Jens Kauffmann | MIT Haystack Observatory |
| Ciska Kemper | ESO / ASIAA |
| Gourav Khullar | Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago |
| Allison Kirkpatrick | University of Kansas |
| Ralph Kraft | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Joe Lazio | JPL |
| Janice Lee | Caltech/IPAC |
| Paul Lightsey | Ball Aerospace |
| Chales Lillie | Lillie Consulting LLC |
| Massimo Marengo | Iowa State University |
| Stephan McCandliss | Johns Hopkins University |
| Mark McConnell | Univ of NH / Southwest Research Institute |
| Brett McGuire | NRAO |
| Tom Megeath | University of Toledo |
| Michael Meyer | University of Michigan |
| Arielle Moullet | USRA / SOFIA |
| Richard Mushotzky | University of Maryland |
| John O'Meara | St. Marys College |
| Andrea Prestwich | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Pete Roming | Southwest Research Institute |
| Claudia Scarlata | University of Minnesota |
| Paul Scowen | ASU |
| Deirdre Shoemaker | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Joseph Simon | JPL / Caltech |
| JD Smith | University of Toledo |
| Kevin Stevenson | STScI |
| Grant Tremblay | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Jason Tumlinson | STScI |
| Sarah Tuttle | University of Washington |
| Q. Daniel Wang | University of Massachusetts |
| Scott Wolk | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
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