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    It was 30 years ago when I first came to the summit of Maunakea. I had just moved to Hilo from Santa Fe, New Mexico having accepted an engineering position with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. In the intervening decades I came back and forth to that island, and that mountain, as an engineer and, later,…

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    23 July 2019
    Thirty Meter Telescope
  • Update on the Astrophysics Front

    As an observational astronomer I’ve been mostly focused on the topics of star formation and the interstellar medium within our own galaxy. Here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to recently. In May 2019 elected as co-chair for the LSST Stars, Milky Way, and Local Volume Science Collaboration. The overarching goals of the SMWLV…

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    23 June 2019
    Thirty Meter Telescope, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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