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Professor; Director, Munnerlyn Lab; Deputy Director, Mitchell Institute, Texas A&M University 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics & Astronomy | Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory @ TAMU
Summary:

DePoy heads the Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Lab, building high-throughput spectrographs and precision photometric-calibration systems (DECam/DECal for the Dark Energy Survey, VIRUS for HETDEX, GMACS for the Giant Magellan Telescope). A strong astronomy pivot where detector/spectrograph sensitivity is the enabling technology.

Created at: July 11, 2026, 7:46 p.m. Updated at: July 11, 2026, 7:46 p.m. Metadata: Freshness 2026-07; Munnerlyn Lab (co-led with Marshall). Astronomy-instrumentation pivot.