Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Ritz is a Professor of Physics at the University of California Santa Cruz and is the Director of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP). His current interests include dark energy studies using weak lensing and searches for signatures of dark matter. As the LSST Camera Project Scientist, essentially all of his available research time is now devoted to working with colleagues on the LSST Camera, which is currently being integrated at SLAC. LSST first light will be in 2021, and the 10-year science survey will start in 2022. The LSST group at UCSC/SCIPP continues to grow, and there are often opportunities for new students to join the group.https://ritz.sites.ucsc.edu