Texas A&M University has officially joined the MSE project, after participating as an Observer institution for the past year.  Texas A&M joins MSE partners Canada, France, Hawaii, Australia, China, and India, and Observers NOAO and a consortium of institutions from the UK.  

Texas A&M is represented in the MSE project by Project Scientist Jennifer Marshall, Management Group representative Darren DePoy, Galaxy Formation and Evolution Science Working Group co-lead Kim-Vy Tran, and on the Science Team by faculty members Casey Papovich and Louis Strigari and Mitchell Postdoctoral Fellow Terese Hansen.  

Darren DePoy says this transition comes at a great time.  “Our contributions to the MSE project to date include support for Jennifer’s role as Project Scientist.  We look forward to increased involvement in the technical aspects of MSE through our lab’s instrumentation activities.”

MSE Project Manager Kei Szeto especially welcomes Texas A&M, saying “it is wonderful to see the first transition of an Observer in the project into formal project participation.”