Dr. Joseph Eimer | Director
Joseph Eimer received his Ph.D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University in 2013. He is a cosmologist specializing in the design of instrumentation for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background, including the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) experiment. Joseph joined MDSGC as Director in 2024.
Dr. Matt Collinge | Deputy Director
Matt Collinge received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Princeton University in 2010. He taught interdisciplinary science for four years as a Science Fellow at Columbia University. His celestial interests range from modern astrophysics to amateur astronomy and the history of cosmology. He has lived in Baltimore since 2011.
Matt has served as Deputy Director of MDSGC since 2017. In that role, he manages the day to day operations of MDSGC, oversees its programs, coordinates with member institutions and prospective partner organizations, and investigates new ways to leverage Maryland’s Space Grant for the maximum benefit to the state. He is the primary point of contact for general inquiries to MDSGC and for questions about proposing for funding or other forms of partnership.
Cheryl Dillard-Ewing | Grants/Contracts Analyst
Cheryl Dillard-Ewing joined MDSGC in 1992, as a secretary and desktop publisher, and now serves the Consortium as a grants and contracts analyst; she is also a member of the Scholarship Committee, coordinating and facilitating student tuition and internship support; and she is the administrator of education programs supported by the Consortium.
Sierra Genné | Observatory Fellow
Sierra Genné is the current Observatory Fellow. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. She is interested in planetary atmospheres both within and outside of our solar system. Her current work is focused on using Hubble images to analyze the temporal and zonal atmospheric trends in the outer planets in our solar system, namely Saturn and Uranus. As the Observatory Fellow, Sierra leads the outreach and training activities performed with the Morris W. Offit Telescope.
Former Observatory Fellows
Program Committee
Matt Collinge Uday J. Shankar Guangming Chen Mary L. Bowden Christine Maceo
Director, MDSGC
The Johns Hopkins University
Deputy Director, MDSGC
The Johns Hopkins University
Principal Professional Staff
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Director, Systems Engineering & Management Institute
Morgan State University
Associate Graduate Director, Aerospace Engineering
Director, MDSGC Balloon Payload Program
University of Maryland at College Park
Supervisory Engineer, Space Systems Engineering Lab
U.S. Naval Academy
Professor, Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences
Towson University
Abhijit Nagchaudhuri
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Carlos Romero-Talamás
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Marcel Mabson
Adjunct Professor, Astronautical Engineering
Capitol Technology University
Jeff Goldstein
Director
National Center for Earth & Space Science Education
Ed Sigler
Associate Professor, Engineering
Hagerstown Community College