Juna Kollmeier

Juna Kollmeier is an esteemed astronomer currently serving as the Founding Director of the Carnegie Theoretical Astrophysics Center and as a director at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, roles held since January 2018 and January 2017, respectively. Kollmeier has also directed the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and held a professorship at the University of Toronto from February 2021 to March 2024. Previous positions include Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Carnegie-Princeton Fellow at the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Hubble Fellow at NASA. Juna Kollmeier's academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Caltech and a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from The Ohio State University.