SPHEREx Science Team
- Current members (November 2025)
| Name | Institution | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
|
Joe Adamo |
UA |
Cosmology |
|
Rachel Akeson |
Caltech/IPAC |
IPAC Lead |
|
Matt Ashby |
CfA |
Interstellar ices pipeline and science; Photometric calibration |
|
Yoonsoo Bach |
KASI |
Solar system objects |
|
Lindsey Bleem |
ANL |
Galaxy clusters |
|
Jamie Bock |
Caltech |
Principal Investigator |
|
Sean Bruton |
Caltech |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Sean Bryan |
ASU |
Survey design team co-lead |
|
Ye Cao |
UCI |
EBL |
|
Tzu-Ching Chang |
JPL/Caltech |
EBL mapping; Intensity mapping lead |
|
Shuang-Shuang Chen |
Caltech |
EBL |
|
Yun-Ting Cheng |
Caltech |
Cosmology |
|
Jamie Cheshire |
Caltech |
Cosmology |
|
Yi-Kuan Chiang |
ASIAA |
Cosmology, redshift measurement validation |
|
Jatlin Chopra |
UCI |
EBL |
|
Carlos Contreras |
SNU |
Ices investigation |
|
Asantha Cooray |
UCI |
Galaxy formation L4 lead |
|
Brendan Crill |
JPL/Caltech |
Pipeline architect |
|
Ari Cukierman |
Caltech |
EBL |
|
Olivier Doré |
JPL/Caltech |
Project scientist; Inflationary cosmology L4 lead |
|
Darren Dowell |
JPL |
System scientist |
|
Gregory Dubois-Felsmann |
Caltech/IPAC |
IPAC Pipeline systems designer |
|
Tim Eifler |
UA |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Spencer Everett |
Caltech |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Andreas Faisst |
Caltech/IPAC |
IPAC Pipeline Scientist; High redshift quasars; Dust modeling |
|
Tamim Fatahi |
Caltech/IPAC |
Pipeline |
|
Candice Fazar |
RIT |
EBL pipeline |
|
Richard Feder |
Caltech |
Cosmology investigation, redshift measurement |
|
Henry Gebhardt |
Caltech |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Utkarsh Giri |
Caltech |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Tatiana Goldina |
Caltech/IPAC |
Pipeline developer |
|
Salman Habib |
ANL |
Galaxy catalog simulations |
|
Katrim Heitman |
ANL |
Galaxy catalog simulations |
|
Chris Hirata |
OSU |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Joseph Hora |
CfA |
Interstellar ices pipeline and science |
|
Zhaoyu (Gemma) Huai |
Caltech |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Howard Hui |
Caltech |
Instrument characterization and pipeline |
|
Fynn Janssen |
Caltech |
Cosmology |
|
Woong-Seob Jeong |
KASI |
KASI Principal Investigator |
|
Young-Soo Jo |
KASI |
KASI |
|
Miju Kang |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Jaeyeong Kim |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Young-Jung Kim |
SNU |
AGN |
|
Yongjung Kim |
SJU/KASI |
AGN |
|
Davy Kirkpatrick |
Caltech/IPAC |
Brown dwarfs |
|
Phil Korngut |
Caltech |
Instrument scientist |
|
Elisabeth Krause |
UA |
Cosmology analysis |
|
BoMee Lee |
KASI |
Cosmology, redshift measurement |
|
Ho-Gyu Lee |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Jae-Joon Lee |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Jeong-Eun Lee |
SNU |
Ices investigation |
|
Thomas Li |
UCI |
EBL |
|
Carey Lisse |
JHU/APL |
Solar system science |
|
Dan Masters |
Caltech/IPAC |
Cosmology, redshift measurement, IPAC pipeline scientist |
|
Phil Mauskopf |
ASU |
Survey planning; Galaxy clusters |
|
Gary Melnick |
CfA |
Interstellar Ices L4 lead |
|
Mary Minasyan |
Caltech |
EBL |
|
Jordan Mirocha |
JPL |
EBL modeling |
|
Annie Moore |
UA |
Power spectrum modeling |
|
Giulia Murgia |
Caltech |
EBL |
|
Christina Nelson |
Caltech/IPAC |
Pipeline |
|
Chi Nguyen |
Caltech |
Instrument characterization |
|
Hien Nguyen |
JPL |
Instrument characterization |
|
Jinyoung Noh |
SNU |
AGN |
|
Karin Öberg |
CfA |
Ice science interpretation |
|
Steve Padin |
Caltech |
Optical and Electrical Systems Manager |
|
Roberta Paladini |
Caltech/IPAC |
IPAC Pipeline scientist; Interstellar ices; ISM |
|
Jeonghyun Pyo |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Nesar Ramachandra |
ANL |
Cosmology simulations |
|
Zafar Rustamkulov |
Caltech/IPAC |
Stellar legacy catalog |
|
Roger Smith |
Caltech |
H2RG implementation |
|
Yong-Seon Song |
KASI |
Cosmology analysis |
|
Harry Teplitz |
Caltech/IPAC |
IPAC data archive lead |
|
Volker Tolls |
CfA |
Interstellar Ices pipeline and science |
|
Gabriela Torrini |
Caltech/IPAC |
Pipeline |
|
Phani Velicheti |
Caltech/IPAC |
Pipeline |
|
Pao-Yu Wang |
ASU |
Survey, Cosmology |
|
Mike Werner |
JPL |
Legacy survey science; Ice analysis |
|
Roger Windhorst |
ASU |
JWST synergy |
|
Soung-Chul Yang |
KASI |
Ices investigation |
|
Yujin Yang |
KASI |
Ices science; Reference catalog lead |
|
Mike Zemcov |
RIT |
Data analysis pipeline; EBL science |
- Past members (partial list)
| Name | Institution | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
|
Joyce Byun |
UA |
Bispectrum modeling |
|
Peter Capak |
Caltech/IPAC |
Redshift pipeline and astronomical synergies |
|
Chang Feng |
UCI |
EBL modeling |
|
Roland de Putter |
Caltech/JPL |
Cosmology forecasting |
|
Yan Gong |
UCI |
EBL modeling |
|
Milad Pourrahmani |
Caltech/IPAC |
Survey design, pipeline |
|
Hooshang Nayyeri |
UCI |
EBL modeling and systematics |