Three institutions. One team.

MESA is built by investigators, staff, and students at the University of New Mexico, the University of Arizona, and UNC-Chapel Hill / RENCI.


The team

Portrait of Tyson L. Swetnam

Tyson L. Swetnam, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator · UNM

Portrait of Arthur B. Maccabe

Arthur B. Maccabe, Ph.D.

Co-PI · Arizona site lead

Portrait of David Ebert

David Ebert, Ph.D.

Co-PI · Chief AI & Data Science Officer · Arizona

Portrait of Lei Cao

Lei Cao, Ph.D.

Co-PI · Lakehouse lead · Arizona

Portrait of Terrell Russell

Terrell Russell, Ph.D.

Co-PI · Data Mesh Lead · RENCI Site Lead

Portrait of Alaina Martinez

Alaina Martinez

Program Manager · UNM

Portrait of Illyoung Choi

Illyoung Choi, Ph.D.

Research Software Engineer · Arizona

Portrait of Kory Draughn

Kory Draughn

Chief Technologist · RENCI

Portrait of Alan King

Alan King

Senior Software Developer · RENCI

Portrait of Justin James

Justin James

Applications Engineer · RENCI

Portrait of Sarah Roberts

Sarah Roberts

Research Software Engineer · Arizona

Portrait of Tony Edgin

Tony Edgin

Data Curator · Arizona

Portrait of Edwin Skidmore

Edwin Skidmore

Cloud Orchestration / Infrastructure · CyVerse

Portrait of Greg Chism

Greg Chism, Ph.D.

EOT Lead · Senior Personnel · Arizona

Portrait of Jingdi Chen

Jingdi Chen, Ph.D.

5G/6G Networking · Arizona

Portrait of CK Chan

CK Chan, Ph.D.

Astronomer · Arizona

Portrait of Wolfgang Jentner

Wolfgang Jentner, Ph.D.

Human-Computer Interaction · Arizona

Portrait of Junjia Guo

Junjia Guo

PhD Student · Arizona

Portrait of Pengxin Wang

Pengxin Wang

PhD Student · Arizona

Portrait of Junyong Zhao

Junyong Zhao

PhD Student · Arizona

Portrait of Linan Zheng

Linan Zheng

PhD Student · Arizona

Reducing time to discovery.