Keynote Speaker

Dr. Sandrine J. Thomas is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Rubin Associate Director for Summit Operation, leading the team responsible to acquire all the data needed for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). This includes raw images, calibration data as well as the telemetry data.

Dr Thomas’ main expertise is in physical optics, active/adaptive optics and coronagraphy as well as fostering a healthy workplace culture. She mostly worked on instruments and telescopes located on Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón in Chile (CTIO, SOAR and Gemini before Rubin). Other appointments include postdocs at the University of Santa Cruz and NASA Ames. Her PhD is from University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.