Dr. Matt Mountain is the current Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), leading the 500-person institute responsible for the science operations of Hubble Space Telescope, as well as the mission and science operations of its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. Dr. Mountain is also the Telescope Scientist for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a member of the Webb Science Working Group, a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford (UK).
Director of STScI
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Dr. Matt Mountain, STScI Director, James Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, AURA, and the great Observatories program. Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Department of Physics and Astronomy, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. Former Gemini Observatory Director, AURA. research topics include astronomy, extrasolar planets, stellar evolution, cosmology.
