Baylor Professor Earns NASA Funding to Prepare the Next Generation Telescope

Benjamin Rose, PhD, Baylor University

Benjamin Rose, PhD., an assistant professor of physics, will serve as one of four project leaders for a research team which recently earned $11 million in NASA funding to investigate infrastructure solutions for the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, due to launch by 2027, is NASA’s next large flagship mission. The telescope will provide significant advances in panorama and processing to examine vast expanses of the universe.

“The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will dramatically enhance scientists’ ability to answer significant cosmic questions,” Rose said. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to work on the project and to partner with an excellent team of scientists as we prepare the telescope for use.”