Cosmic Origins
Searching for answers about our universe and its origins

Decadal Survey Mission Concept Studies

Large Ultraviolet / Optical / Infrared Surveyor
(LUVOIR)

Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) Membership

Community Chairs of the STDT
Debra Fischer Yale University
Brad Peterson The Ohio State University

Study Scientist and Co-Chair of the STDT
Aki Roberge NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Members of the STDT
Jacob Bean University of Chicago
Daniela Calzetti University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rebekah Dawson Pennsylvania State University
Courtney Dressing California Institute of Technology
Lee Feinberg NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Kevin France University of Colorado
John Gallagher University of Wisconsin
Olivier Guyon University of Arizona
Walter Harris University of Arizona
David Schiminovich Columbia University
Mark Marley NASA Ames Research Center
John O'Meara Saint Michaels College
Victoria Meadows University of Washington
Leonidas Moustakas Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ilaria Pascucci University of Arizona
Marc Postman Space Telescope Science Institute
Laurent Pueyo Space Telescope Science Institute
David Redding Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jane Rigby NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Britney Schmidt Georgia Institute of Technology
Karl Stapelfeldt Jet Propulsion Laboratory

International Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members of the STDT
Martin Barstow University of Leicester (UK Space Agency)
Nicolas Cowan McGill U. (Canadian Space Agency (CSA) appointee)
Ana I Gómez de Castro Spanish National Program for Research, Development and Innovation (SNPR & D & I)
Marc Ferrari LAM Marseille (Centre National d'Etudes spatiales (CNES) appointee)
Thomas K. Henning MPIfA (Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) appointee)

Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members of the STDT
Mario Perez
Program Scientist
NASA Headquarters
Erin Smith
Deputy Program Scientist
NASA Headquarters
Susan Neff
Cosmic Origins Chief Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Deborah Padgett
Cosmic Origins Deputy Chief Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Shawn Domagal-Goldman
Deputy Study Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Meetings and Telecons

News
7 March 2025
UPDATED LINK: Self-Nominations to the HWO Community Science and Instrument Team (CSIT)
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6 March 2025
NASA Science Mission Design Schools: Planetary Science Summer School | Due March 18th, 2025
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Applications Open! Postbaccalaureate Positions in Astrophysics Science and Solar System Exploration Divisions at NASA/GSFC | Due March 31st, 2025
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Organizing Committee of the IAU EC Working Group of Junior Members and Invitation to Our ECA Discourse Series
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2025B NASA IRTF Call for Proposals | Due April 1st, 2025
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