SDSS @ JHU People

The SDSS project at Johns Hopkins University has been a team effort consisting of many talented people working together. This is an incomplete list, grouped by the role that each person played in bringing SDSS to life.

The colors of the dots next to the names indicate how each person fits into JHU.
= at JHU
= formerly at JHU, now moved on
= external

Design and Development

The people in this list set the vision for SDSS at JHU, and guided the development of that vision into what the SDSS project is today.

Alex Szalay

Ani Thakar

Jim Gray

Science

Data from the SDSS has revolutionized many fields of science; the people in this list worked to make these discoveries. The list is sorted by scientific field and project.

Astronomy
Tamás Budavári
Ching-Wa Yip
Mike Specian
Manu Taghizadeh-Popp
Laszlo Dobos
Roy Gal (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai`i)
Sebastien Heinis (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

Photometric Redshifts
Tamas Budavari
Istvan Csabai (Eötvös University Budapest)

Visualization
Miguel Aragon y Calvo

Computational Science
Rafael Santos
Sam Carliles
Vivek Haridas
Tanu Malik

Programming

The SDSS team at JHU has developed many web-based tools that have been used by scientists and educators all over the world. The people in this list helped to develop these tools. The list is sorted by project.

Catalog Archive Server databases
Narendra Buddana
Deoyani Nandrekar-Heinis
Victor Paul
Vamsi Vakiti

Image Cutout Service
Maria Nieto-Santisteban

CasJobs
Nolan Li
Wil O'Mullane

Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM)
George Fekete

Education and Citizen Science

The SDSS team at JHU has worked to bring access to rich scientific datasets not only to professional astronomers and computer scientists, but also to students, teachers, and the public. The people in this list helped make this equal access possible. The list is sorted by project.

SkyServer projects
Jordan Raddick
Samaira Basit
Ellen Briefel
Gale Gleisner
Dorian Janney
Devin Powell

Education Research
Jordan Raddick
Andrea Lardner

System Administrators

The SDSS project at JHU has required complex data and computer resource management strategies. The people in this list provided the expertise to manage the required computer systems.

Budget Analysts

The SDSS project at JHU has required complex tracking of time and money requirements. The people on this list have made that tracking possible.