Task Forces and Project Liasons

Task Forces

Within SMWLV we have a number of formally defined Task Forces which are marked by ties to other LSST science collaboration.
Task Force Connections Notes
Astrometry (DAWG) All Led by David Monet
Observing Strategy All Led by Mike Rich
Crowded Field TVS Chaired by Massimo Dall’Ora
Low Surface Brightness Galaxies Connection with Galactic Structure and ISM science working group, but not active participant
Dark Matter DESC Connection with Near Field Cosmology science working group

Project Liaisons

Data Management:
Colin Slater

Education and Public Outreach:
tbd

In-kind Contributions:
Peregrine McGehee

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Sara Bonito (also for TVS)

Science Advisory Committee:
Márcio Catelan: Stars and Stellar Populations
Will Clarkson: Milky Way, Star Clusters
Joshua Simon: Milky Way structure
Ashley Villar: supernovae and stellar evolution

Science Collaborations Advisory Committee:
Peregrine McGehee

Survey Cadence Optimization Committee:
Knut Olsen, NSF’s NOIRLab (SMWLV SC liaison)
Jay Strader, Michigan State University (SMWLV SC liaison)

SCOC Milky Way Observing Strategy:
Convened in July 2023.
Adam Miller
Colin Slater
Federica Bianco
Jay Strader
Jennifer Sobeck
Kat Volk
Knut Olsen
Loredana Prisinzano
Lynne Jones
Mariano Dominguez
Massimo Dall’Ora
Peregrine McGehee
Rachel Street
Robert Hynes