Team

Group of 8 people standing on and next to a wooden ladder. The ladder is room with a hardwood floor and brick wall, and directly next to a large telescope with a bright blue base. — Part of the Yerkes Team in the large dome, 2019

The University of Chicago team includes:

Faculty/Staff

Sherry Byrne, Preservation Librarian
Barbara Kern, Director of Science and Social Sciences
Emily Kern, History of Science Assistant Professor
Prof. Rich Kron, Emeritus
Christina Miranda-Izguerra, Digitization Manager
Kristine Palmieri, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor
Andrea Twiss-Brooks, Director of Humanities and Area Studies
Lauren Boegen
Elisabeth Long

John Crerar Foundation Fellows

Clara del Junco
Biying Ling
Kristine Palmieri

Research Assistants

Daniel Babnigg
Isaiah Escapa
Aafia Sait

Student volunteers

Chloe Brettmann
Will Cerney
Ali Chapman
Ha Do
Rowen Glusman
Rachel Kovach-Fuentes
Olina Liang
Jason Lin
Michael Martinez
Liz Medina
Amanda Muratore
Buduka Ogonor
Sophie Poff
Jorge Sanchez
Audrey Scott
Abigail Sudit
Grace Wagner

Support for this project comes from the National Science Foundation (Grant AST-2101781), University of Chicago College Innovation Fund, John Crerar Foundation, Kathleen and Howard Zar Science Library Fund, Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, and Yerkes Future Foundation.