Intro
The MAST Users Group (MUG) provides essential user perspectives on archive operations and development, including suggesting priorities for short and long term operational and scientific enhancements to the archive.
| Julianne Dalcanton (Chair) Flatiron Institute | Claudia Scarlata University of Minnesota | Jamie Tayar University of Florida |
| Ben Rose Baylor University | Ian Wong STScI | Ryan Trainor Franklin and Marshall College |
Past MAST Users Group Members, Presentations, and Reports
March 2025 (MUG 2024 meeting)
2024 MUG Report- John O’Meara (Chair) W. M. Keck Observatory
- Britt Lundgren UNC Asheville
- Brian Nord Fermilab / Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
- Tansu Daylan Washington University in St. Louis
- Jeyhan Kartaltepe Rochester Institute of Technology
- Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast
April 2024 (MUG 2023 meeting)
2023 MUG Report- John O’Meara (Chair) W. M. Keck Observatory
- Britt Lundgren UNC Asheville
- Brian Nord Fermilab / Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
- Tansu Daylan Washington University in St. Louis
- Jeyhan Kartaltepe Rochester Institute of Technology
- Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast
November 2022
2022 MUG Report- John O’Meara (Chair) W. M. Keck Observatory
- Britt Lundgren UNC Asheville
- Brian Nord Fermilab / Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
- Tansu Daylan Washington University in St. Louis
- Jeyhan Kartaltepe Rochester Institute of Technology
- Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast
October 2021
2021 MUG Report- John O’Meara (Chair) W. M. Keck Observatory
- Britt Lundgren UNC Asheville
- Ben Montet University of New South Wales
- Brian Nord Fermilab / Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
- Karin Sandstrom U.C. San Diego
- Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast
October 2020
2020 MUG Report- Tabetha Boyajian (Co-chair) Louisiana State University
- John O’Meara (Co-chair) Keck Telescopes
- Karin Sandstrom University of California San Diego
- Ben Montet University of New South Wales
- Brian Nord Fermilab / Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
- Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast
February 2019
2019 MUG Report- Knut Olsen (Chair) NOAO
- Tabetha Boyajian LSU
- Martha Boyer STScI
- Ben Montet U. of Chicago
- Karin Sandstrom UC San Diego
- John O'Meara Keck Observatory, absent
January 2018
2018 MUG Report- Dan Foreman-Mackey (Chair) Center for Computational Astrophysics
- Tabetha Boyajian LSU
- Martha Boyer STScI
- Knut Olsen NOAO
- John O'Meara St. Michaels - Vermont
- Dan Weisz UC Berkeley
December 2016
Dec 2016 MUG Report- Todd Tripp (Chair) U. of Massachusetts
- Martha Boyer STScI
- Steve Howell NASA/Ames K2 Project Scientist
- Dan Foreman-Mackey Sagan fellow at U. of Washington
- Knut Olsen NOAO
- Dan Weisz UC Berkeley
- Gail Zasowski STScI - Lasker Data Science Research Fellow
January 2016
Jan 2016 MUG Report- Sarbani Basu (Chair) Yale University
- Dan Foreman-Mackey Sagan fellow at U. of Washington
- Cynthia Froning U. of Texas at Austin
- Mariska Kriek UC Berkeley
- Letizia Stanghellini NOAO
- Todd Tripp University of Massachusetts
December 2014
2014 MUG Report- Guy Stringfellow (Chair) U. of Colorado
- Sarbani Basu Yale University
- Cynthia Froning U. of Texas at Austin
- Timothy Hamilton Shawnee University
- Letizia Stanghellini NOAO
- Todd Tripp U. Mass
November 2013
2013 MUG Report- Guy Stringfellow (Chair) U. of Colorado
- Sarbani Basu Yale University
- Ed Fitzpatrick Villanova
- Suvi Gezari UMD
- Timothy Hamilton Shawnee University
- Letizia Stanghellini NOAO
November 2012
2012 MUG Report- Megan Donahue (Chair) Michigan State
- Jay Anderson STScI
- Ed Fitzpatrick Villanova
- Suvi Gezari UMD
- Timothy Hamilton Shawnee University
- Guy Stringfellow U. of Colorado
September 2011
2011 MUG Report- Steve Howell (Chair) NOAO
- Jay Anderson STScI
- Mike Crenshaw Georgia State
- Megan Donahue Michigan State
- Casey Papovich Texas A&M
- Ben Williams Washington
July 2010
2010 MUG Report- Steve Howell (Chair) NOAO
- Jay Anderson STScI
- Mike Crenshaw Georgia State
- Casey Papovich Texas A&M
- Evgenya Shkolnik CIW
- Ben Williams Washington
July 2009
2009 MUG Report- Steve Howell (Chair) NOAO
- Mike Crenshaw Georiga State
- Duília de Mello GSFC/JHU
- Casey Papovich Texas A&M
- Evgenya Shkolnik CIW
- Ben Williams Washington
July 2008
2008 MUG Report- Leonidas Moustakas (Chair) JPL/Caltech
- Christine Chen STScI
- Duília de Mello GSFC/JHU
- Steve Howell NOAO
- Casey Papovich Texas A&M
- Richard Wade Penn State
June 2007
2007 MUG Report- Leonidas Moustakas (Chair) JPL/Caltech
- Christine Chen NOAO
- Duília de Mello GSFC/JHU
- Jeff Newman LBNL Berkeley
- Sandyha Rao U. of Pittsburgh
- Richard Wade Penn State
April 2006
- Ann Zabludoff (Chair) U. Arizona
- Anton Koekemoer STScI
- Leonidas Moustakas JPL/Caltech
- Jeff Newman LBNL Berkeley
- Sandyha Rao U. of Pittsburgh
- Aki Roberge GSFC
- Richard Wade Penn State
February 2005
2005 MUG Report- Ann Zabludoff (Chair) U. Arizona
- Tom Ayres U. Colorado
- Anton Koekemoer STScI
- Jeff Newman LBNL Berkeley
- Sandhya Rao University of Pittsburgh
- Aki Roberge Carnegie Institution of Washington
October 2003
2003 MUG Report- Tom Ayres (Chair) U. Colorado
- Luciana Bianchi JHU
- Aki Roberge Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Edward Sion Villanova
- Paula Szkody U. Washington
- Ann Zabludoff U. Arizona
- Tom Ayres (Chair) U. of Colorado
- Luciana Bianchi JHU
- Jane Charlton Penn State University
- Andy Fruchter STScI
- Bob Nichol Carnegie Mellon
- Paula Szkody U. Washington