Jonathan Hargis

Background

About Jonathan Hargis

I am a professional astronomer and the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). I work at the intersection of scientific management, data science, and research. I have many years of senior management and team leadership experience in a research and technology environment. I am most happy when overseeing teams of scientists and software engineers develop state-of-the-art tools and software for the science community. My research interests are in understanding galaxy formation in a cosmological context. I focus mainly on how we can constrain cosmological models and galaxy formation theory by studying the oldest stellar populations in nearby galaxies. Over the years I have published papers across a number of topics in astrophysics, including stellar astrophysics, galaxy formation, near-field cosmology, and stellar populations.