Dan Weisz

Dan Weisz received his undergraduate degrees in physics and astronomy at UC Berkeley in 2004 and his PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Minnesota in 2010.  Following his PhD, Dan was a postdoctoral researcher for the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) program at the University of Washington, and then a Hubble Fellow at UC Santa Cruz and the University of Washington.  Dan joined the faculty of the Berkeley Astronomy Department in July 2016.  During this time at Berkeley, he has lead multiple large programs with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and James Webb Space Webb Space Telescope (JWST) including the >1000 orbit survey of the entire Andromeda Galaxy Ecosystem, from the main body of M31 to its entire satellite galaxy population, and the JWST Early Release Science Program for Resolved Stellar Populations, which laid the foundation for all resolved star science with JWST.  He hasHe is currently leading stellar and galaxy science for the Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) a NASA-selected MIDEX-scale mission that will launch in 2030.  UVEX will provide the first survey of the entire sky at UV wavelengths, discover millions of "missing" low-mass galaxies, and study the evolution of low-metallicity stars in the LMC and SMC. Dan's broad research interests in low-mass galaxies, low-metallicity stars, and near-field cosmology have been recognized with multiple awards including an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, and the Newton Lacey Pierce Prized from the American Astronomical Society.