Governance

• LSST:UK Partners and Board Members
• Executive Group
• Science Working Group

LSST:UK Consortium Partners (and Board Members)

The LSST:UK Consortium has 36 partners representing all major UK astronomy research groups:

• Armagh Observatory (Gavin Ramsay)
• Cardiff University (Stephen Eales)
• Durham University (Alastair Edge — Board Deputy Chair)
• Imperial College London (Daniel Mortlock)
• Keele University (Rob Jeffries)
• Lancaster University (John Stott)
• Liverpool John Moores University (Helen Jermak)
• Newcastle University (Joachim Harnois-Deraps)
• The Open University (Hugh Dickinson)
• Queen Mary University of London (Will Sutherland)
• Queen's University Belfast (Megan Schwamb)
• University of Bath (Vicky Scowcroft)
• University of Birmingham (Sean McGee)
• University of Bristol (Malcolm Bremer)
• University of Cambridge (Vasily Belokurov)
• University of Central Lancashire (Victor Debattista)
• The University of Edinburgh (Andy Lawrence)
• University of Exeter (Tim Naylor)
• University of Glasgow (Martin Hendry)
• University of Hertfordshire (Sugata Kaviraj)
• University of Hull (Kevin Pimbblet)
• University of Kent (contact george.beckett [at] ed.ac.uk (George Beckett) for information)
• University of Leicester (Mike Watson — Board Chair)
• University of Leeds
• The University of Manchester (Chris Conselice)
• The University of Nottingham (Simon Dye)
• University of Oxford (Matt Jarvis)
• University of Portsmouth (David Bacon)
• University of St Andrews (Juan Hernandez Santisteban)
• The University of Sheffield (James Mullaney)
• University of Southampton (Manda Banerji)
• University of Surrey (Michelle Collins)
• University of Sussex (Jon Loveday)
• The University of Warwick (Danny Steeghs)
• University College London (Jason McEwen—MSSL; Benjamin Joachimi—P&A)
• UK Astronomy Technology Centre (Oscar Gonzalez)

LSST:UK Science Centre Executive Group

The day-to-day work of the LSST:UK Science Centre is handled by an Executive Group chaired by the Project Leader (Bob Mann, Edinburgh) and with the following elected members:

• Sarah Casewell (Leicester);
• Cosimo Inserra (Cardiff);
• Richard McMahon (Cambridge);
• Matt Nicholl (QUB);
• Kathy Romer (Sussex).

The Project Scientist (Stephen Smartt, Oxford), Project Commissioning Coordinator (Graham Smith, Birmingham), Project Managers (George Beckett and Terry Sloan, Edinburgh) and Consortium Board Chair (Mike Watson, Leicester) also attend Executive Group meetings, as does Aprajita Verma (Oxford) who is a member of the Rubin Observatory Director's Office.

LSST:UK Science Working Group

Engagement with the LSST Science Collaborations for strategically important science domains is coordinated by a Science Working Group, with membership as noted below (N.B. POC = Point of Contact).

• Chair: Stephen Smartt
• Galaxies Science POC: Brooke Simmons
• Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume : Phil Lucas (Milky Way stars), Annette Ferguson (Local group and near-field comology)
• Solar System Science POC: Meg Schwamb
• Dark Energy Science Collaboration POC: Benjamin Joachimi and Catherine Heymans
• AGN POC: Sebastian Hoenig
• Transients & Variable Stars POC: Sarah Casewell (variable stars) and Cosimo Inserra (transients)
• Strong Lensing POC: Aprajita Verma
• Informatics & Statistics POC: Jason McEwen

A small number of additional members (called LSST:UK Science Liaisons) are to be appointed to assist and expand the expertise in this group, with view to being able to review and comment on Phase B requirements and progress :

• SKA: David Bacon
• EUCLID: Bob Nichol
• Stars, Milky Way, Astrometry: Tim Naylor