Dr. John Donor
Research Scientist at Texas Christian Univ
SPIE Involvement:
Author
Area of Expertise:
survey scheduling , survey operations , software development , computer hardware , sysadmin , devops
Profile Summary

I have worked on scheduling and operations software with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey since 2015, first as a graduate student and now as a research scientist. My primary responsibility is survey scheduling. In practice this means I work closely with our observers and science teams to coordinate priorities and ensure data quality, in addition to closely monitoring nightly progress. As a product owner, and Linux enthusiast, I also take an active role in server management.
Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper
John Donor, Michael Blanton, Kevin Covey, Tom Dwelly, Ilija Medan, José Sánchez-Gallego
Proceedings Volume 13101, 1310146 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020292
KEYWORDS: Observatories, Observational astronomy, Physics, Transparency, Telescopes, Spectroscopy

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper
Nicholas Konidaris, Thomas Herbst, Cynthia Froning, Stefanie Wachter, Solange Ramírez, Juna Kollmeier, Hans-Walter Rix, Niv Drory, Guillermo Blanc, Jose Sánchez-Gallego, Carlos Godoy Alfaro, Hojae Ahn, Leon Aslan, Felipe Besser, Pavan Bilgi, Peter Bizenberger, Dmitry Bizyaev, Julia Brady, Rebecca Brown, Florian Briegel, Mauricio Flores Cabrales, Scott Case, John Donor, Tobias Feger, Wolfgang Gaessler, Maximilian Häberle, Ellen Houston, Charlie Hull, Amy Jones, Changgon Kim, Vince Kowal, Yevgen Kripak, Kathryn Kreckel, Markus Kuhlberg, Alicia Lanz, Michael Lesser, Richard Mathar, Lars Mohr, Francisco Morales, Soojong Pak, Povilas Palunas, Richard Pogge, Christopher Ritz, David Robertson, Marcelo Rodriguez, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Alan Uomoto, Ming Yeong, Abner Zapata, Ross Zhelem
Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019892
KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Cryostats, Observatories, Equipment, Lens arrays, Image quality, Mirrors, Lanthanum, Charge-coupled devices

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper
José Sánchez-Gallego, Brian Cherinka, Joel Brownstein, John Donor, Conor Sayres, Hojae Ann, Changgon Kim, Juna Kollmeier, Nick Konidaris, Soojong Pak, Solange Ramírez, Shane Thomas, Stefanie Wachter, Mingyeong Yang, Lionel Zumarán
Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218906 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629714
KEYWORDS: Software development, Observatories, Telescopes, Human-machine interfaces, Databases, Galactic astronomy, Astronomy, Data archive systems, Computer programming, Telecommunications

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper
José Sánchez-Gallego, Conor Sayres, John Donor, Andrés Almeida Toro, Ricardo Araujo, Luzius Kronig, Loïc Grossen, Richard Pogge, Stefanie Wachter, Solange Ramírez, Joel Brownstein
Proceedings Volume 11449, 114490O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561810
KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging, Robotics, Telescopes, Stars, Solar system, Robotic systems, Observatories, Cameras, CCD cameras

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