In Review

Photograph by J. Adam Fenster

LEAD SCIENTIST: Physics postdoctoral research associate Satya Gontcho A Gontcho was chosen as one of 10 researchers to serve as a lead observing scientist on a project intended to create the most detailed 3-D map ever made of the universe. She will help lead the observations for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, an initiative to capture data from 35 million galaxies and give researchers more information about how dark energy is influencing the expansion of the universe. Formally beginning its survey in 2020 from its base in Arizona, the DESI project is expected to take about five years to gather and compile data. In recognition of her contributions to such cosmology research, Gontcho was named by Forbes Europe as one of 2019’s “30 Under 30” in the area of science and health care. Photograph by J. Adam Fenster