LM
Lucas Macri
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, NSF NOIRLab, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies · Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
0000-0002-1775-4859
Employment
- 2025 - Present
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NOIRLab Project Director2023 - 2025
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Texas A&M University Adjunct Professor2023 - 2025
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Texas A&M University Associate Dean for Curriculum, Assessment and Analytics2022 - 2023
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Texas A&M University Professor2017 - 2023
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Texas A&M University Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs2017 - 2022
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Texas A&M University Associate Professor2013 - 2017
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Texas A&M University Assistant Professor2008 - 2013
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National Optical Astronomy Observatory Hubble & Goldberg Fellow2002 - 2008
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Visiting Fellow2001 - 2002
Education
- 1995 - 2001
- 1991 - 1995
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (151)
- The Perfect Host: JWST Cepheid Observations in a Background-free Type Ia Supernova Host Confirm No Bias in Hubble-constant Measurements Save
- JWST Validates HST Distance Measurements: Selection of Supernova Subsample Explains Differences in JWST Estimates of Local H 0 Save
- The Hubble Constant Anchor Galaxy NGC 4258: Metallicity and Distance from Blue Supergiants Save
- Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances with JWST. II. I-band Measurements in a Sample of Hosts of 10 Type Ia Supernova Match HST Cepheids Save
- Small Magellanic Cloud Cepheids Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Provide a New Anchor for the SH0ES Distance Ladder Save
- The M33 synoptic stellar survey. III. Miras and LPVs in griJHKS Save
- The Mira Distance to M101 and a 4% Measurement of H 0 Save
- Reassessing the constraints from SH0ES extragalactic Cepheid amplitudes on systematic blending bias Save
- JWST Observations Reject Unrecognized Crowding of Cepheid Photometry as an Explanation for the Hubble Tension at 8σ Confidence Save
- Crowded No More: The Accuracy of the Hubble Constant Tested with High-resolution Observations of Cepheids by JWST Save
- High-resolution Spectroscopic Metallicities of Milky Way Cepheid Standards and Their Impact on the Leavitt Law and the Hubble Constant Save
- A 1.3% Distance to M33 from Hubble Space Telescope Cepheid Photometry Save
- A First Look at Cepheids in a Type Ia Supernova Host with JWST Save
- Absolute Calibration of Cepheid Period–Luminosity Relations in NGC 4258 Save
- Cluster Cepheids with High Precision Gaia Parallaxes, Low Zero-point Uncertainties, and Hubble Space Telescope Photometry Save
- Measurements of the Hubble Constant with a Two-rung Distance Ladder: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad Save
- A Comprehensive Measurement of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant with 1 km s−1 Mpc−1 Uncertainty from the Hubble Space Telescope and the SH0ES Team Save
- The iron and oxygen content of LMC Classical Cepheids and its implications for the extragalactic distance scale and Hubble constant Save
- H-band Light Curves of Milky Way Cepheids via Difference Imaging Save
- A Sub-2% Distance to M31 from Photometrically Homogeneous Near-infrared Cepheid Period–Luminosity Relations Measured with the Hubble Space Telescope Save