
Roman Space Telescope Observing
Time Allocation Principles
Report Series—Committee on Astronomy and
Astrophysics
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Committee on Astronomy and
Astrophysics
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Space Studies Board
Division on Engineering and
Physical Sciences
Consensus Study Report
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COMMITTEE ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
THOMAS (TOM) GREENE, NASA Ames Research Center, Co-Chair
CHRISTOPHER F. MCKEE (NAS), University of California, Berkeley, Co-Chair
WILLIAM NIELSEN BRANDT, The Pennsylvania State University
DANIELA CALZETTI (NAS), University of Massachusetts Amherst
IAN P. DELL’ANTONIO, Brown University
PETER GARNAVICH, University of Notre Dame
ANTHONY H. GONZÁLEZ, University of Florida
GABRIELA GONZÁLEZ (NAS), Louisiana State University
ALYSSA A. GOODMAN, Harvard University
SHAUL HANANY, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Roman Observations Working Group Lead
ELIZABETH HAYS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GARTH D. ILLINGWORTH, University of California, Santa Cruz
MUSTAPHA ISHAK-BOUSHAKI, The University of Texas at Dallas
EAMONN J. KERINS, University of Manchester
CHRISTOPHER S. KOCHANEK, The Ohio State University
QUINN M. KONOPACKY, University of California, San Diego
JEFF R. KUHN, University of Hawaii
SCOTT M. RANSOM, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
KATE SCHOLBERG (NAS), Duke University
JOSEPH SILK (NAS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie
ALYCIA J. WEINBERGER, Carnegie Institution for Science
Staff
GREGORY MACK, Study Director
DIONNA WISE, Program Coordinator
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director, Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy
BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
ANDREW J. LANKFORD, University of California, Irvine, Chair
MEIGAN ARONSON, Stony Brook University
WILLIAM BIALEK (NAS), Princeton University
JILL P. DAHLBURG, Naval Research Laboratory (retired)
SALLY DAWSON, Brookhaven National Laboratory
LOUIS F. DIMAURO, The Ohio State University
CHUNG-PEI MA (NAS), University of California, Berkeley
ANDREW J. MILLIS (NAS), Columbia University
ANGELA VILLELA OLINTO (NAS), University of Chicago
DAVID H. REITZE, California Institute of Technology
SUNIL K. SINHA, University of California, San Diego
EDWARD E. THOMAS, JR., Auburn University
RISA H. WECHSLER, Stanford University
WILLIAM A. ZAJC, Columbia University
Staff
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director
NEERAJ GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Associate Program Officer
CHRISTOPHER JONES, Senior Program Officer
RADAKA LIGHTFOOT, Financial Associate
GREGORY MACK, Senior Program Officer
DONALD SHAPERO, Senior Scholar
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
SPACE STUDIES BOARD
MARGARET G. KIVELSON (NAS), University of California, Los Angeles, Chair
JAMES H. CROCKER (NAE), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (retired), Vice Chair
ADAM BURROWS (NAS), Princeton University
DANIELA CALZETTI (NAS), University of Massachusetts Amherst
JEFF DOZIER, University of California, Santa Barbara
MELINDA D. DYAR, Mount Holyoke College
ANTONIO ELIAS, Orbital ATK, Inc. (retired)
STEPHEN J. MACKWELL, American Institute of Physics
NELSON PEDREIRO (NAE), Lockheed Martin Corporation
MARK SAUNDERS, Independent Consultant
J. MARSHALL SHEPARD (NAS/NAE), University of Georgia
HOWARD SINGER, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ERIKA B. WAGNER, Blue Origin, LLC
PAUL D. WOOSTER, Space Exploration Technologies
EDWARD L. WRIGHT (NAS), University of California, Los Angeles
ENDAWOKE YIZENGAW, The Aerospace Corporation
Staff
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director
TANJA PILZAK, Manager, Program Operations
CELESTE A. NAYLOR, Information Management Associate
MARGARET A. KNEMEYER, Financial Officer
ALEXIS BHADHA, Financial Associate
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