Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Since the summer of 2022, JWST has been fulfilling its promise of making revolutionary discoveries across all areas of astronomy. From studies of the early Universe to detailed analysis of solar system objects, JWST’s groundbreaking capabilities continue to open new windows to the cosmos, capturing the imagination and wonder of both the scientific community and the public. This presentation will review the most impactful and unexpected discoveries of the observatory to-date, and will look at what JWST’s future investigations may bring.

About Macarena García Marín

Dr. Macarena Garcia Marin is the Project Scientist for JWST at the Space Telescope Science Institute, and an astronomer for the European Space Agency.
Garcia Marin is from the Canary Islands, Spain. She pursued her undergraduate studies in Tenerife, and earned her PhD in Madrid, Spain. She then moved to Cologne, Germany, with a post-doctoral position to conduct multi-wavelength extragalactic studies, as well as studies of the black hole in the center of our galaxy. She also joined the JWST MIRI instrument Test Team and participated in all the ground testing and calibration campaigns up until the instrument delivery to NASA.
In 2015 Macarena joined the European Space Agency and moved to Baltimore to be part of the MIRI team at the Space Telescope Science Institute. There she has worked in the operations, calibration, and commissioning of MIRI, and between 2019 and 2022 was the MIRI team lead. More recently, she has been appointed JWST Project Scientist for the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Macarena is an expert in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy and is part of international collaborations that use space and ground-based observatories to understand the origin and evolutions of our galaxies, from the dawn of the Universe to our own galactic center.